De gustibus (et urbe) disputandum non est

The read of letters around pincture, architecture and sculpture of Giovanni Gaetano Bottari(1689-1775) are one examples, purely Italian of localism, this is tre letters of Luigi Crespi, a pictgor and religious man, from Bologna, his origin from a city could seem very useless but in this contest is fundamental, because is evident localism of Crespi around his city, this is Bologna, in fact he traslated some steps of Voyage d’Italie of Charles Nicolas Cochin(1715-1790), France painter, writer and engraver, that has described very much art works in Italy, and during his passage for Bologna described also this city and he followed his taste very classic and present in other France writer De Chambray during 17th century. When France judges some architectures of Institute of science in Bologna he said that these architectures aren’t so ugly, on contrary to judgement of Giampietro Zanotti Cavazzoni(1674-1765) that was painter, and he studied painting to Bologna, and he exalts this architecture: “The Palace of Institute is very good and elegant architecture as no other, and it was built during 16th century very lucky century. It is designed by Pellegrino Tibaldi and his son twice very good architect…”; this is very appreciation around this built and judice is grandiloquent; but the other judge, that above we have read, is very poor, and the France writer judged very bad sculpture if pope Gregory XIII of Alexander Mangani, and Crespi judgedas for beauty no certainly inferiot to other, and he judged for this poor very much works of Guido Reni, Tibaldi and other; but I want stress that localism of Crespi is localist also is Vasari(1511-1574), painter and biographer of artists that exalts Florentine artists, and Tuscan but he uses some judges very poor for artists from other town in Italy. Then time is changed, century are elapsed, but Italian localismi s present always.

Alessandro Lusana