La Raccolta

La Raccolta
Editor-in-chiefGiuseppe Raimondi
CategoriesLiterary magazine
FrequencyMonthly
PublisherStrada Maggiore
Founder
Founded1918
First issue15 March 1918
Final issue
Number		15 February 1919
11–12
CountryKingdom of Italy
Based inBologna
LanguageItalian

La Raccolta (Italian: The Collection) was a monthly literary magazine which was published in Bologna, Italy, between March 1918 and February 1919. It was one of the significant platforms for the discussions about the development of a new approach towards Italian literary movements in the country during its run.

History and profile

La Raccolta was first published in Bologna on 15 March 1918.[1][2] Its publisher was Strada Maggiore.[2] The magazine came out monthly and was edited by Giuseppe Raimondi who cofounded it with Riccardo Bacchelli.[2] Regular contributors of the magazine included Riccardo Bacchelli, Vincenzo Cardarelli, Lorenzo Montano, and Aurelio Saffi.[1][2] The magazine featured drawings and writings of Caravaggio, Giorgio de Chirico, Giorgio Morandi, and Ardengo Soffici.[3] Soffici's book Primi principi di una estetica futurista (Italian: First principles of a futurist aesthetic) was serialized in the magazine between June and August 1918 before its publication by the publishing house Vallecchi in 1920.[3][4] The book was also serialized in other Italian magazines, including La Voce and Valori plastici.[3]

La Raccolta aimed at reviving cultural activities immediately after World War I.[5] The magazine opposed the dominant avant-garde perspective adopted in the pre-war Italy and attempted to develop a new approach towards Italian art based on the national tradition.[1] It supported the art movement Return to order or the "Italian plastic renaissance" through the metaphysical artists of which the notable example was Caravaggio.[3]

La Raccolta folded on 15 February 1919 with the publication of the double issue numbered 11–12.[1][5] It would be a model for two magazines: Valori plastici and La Ronda.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Simona Storchi (July 2020). "Metaphysical Writing and the "Return to Order": Artistic Theorization and Modernist Magazines Between 1916 and 1922". Italian Modern Art (4).
  2. ^ a b c d "La rivista Letteraria "La Raccolta" di Giuseppe Raimondi". Bologna Online (in Italian). 27 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e Simona Storchi (2001). Notions of tradition and modernity in Italian critical debates of the 1920s (Ph.D. thesis). University of London. pp. 60–61, 265. ISBN 978-1-339-48161-6. ProQuest 1778448531.
  4. ^ Ardengo Soffici (1920). Primi principi di una estetica futurista (in Italian). Vallecchi.
  5. ^ a b "La Raccolta, rivista letteraria ed artistica fondata a Bologna da Giuseppe Raimondi". ferraguti.it (in Italian). Retrieved 13 April 2024.