It will be presented on Saturday, July 6, at 6 p.m., at the Fumagalli-Martorana hall of Villa Butera, the volume by Caterina Guttuso entitled: “Bagheria place of Delights”.
At the presentation will be present for institutional greetings, the mayor of Bagheria Filippo Maria Tripoli and the councillor for Education, School Building and Sports Antonella Elisa Insinga.
Conversing with the author will be architect Pino Fricano and journalist Camillo Scaduto with readings of excerpts from the book by Simona Aiello. The event enjoys the patronage of the municipality of Bagheria.
A fertile and lush plain, elegant villas and aristocratic residences with tree-lined avenues, sumptuous ornamental parks and romantic gardens: all this made Bagaria-as it was called in the 18th century-one of the most visited destinations of the Grand Tour, as stated in the synopsis of the volume. But what has remained of this “place of delights”? From this question stems the author’s ambitious and visionary idea to embark on a journey in search of her “ideal city,” recreating on canvas architectures and places that are today heavily damaged, when they no longer exist, in order to retrace through words and images the history of Bagheria at the time of its heyday. The volume is lo insight into the noble society of the mid-18th century.
Caterina Guttuso is a figurative painter and art history enthusiast who has always studied the beauty of her area. Since 2001 she has been president of the “Amaide” association. In 2007 she was awarded a Solemn Citation by the then president of the Regional Province of Palermo. In 2011 she was registered as an Italian artist at Das Deutsche Kunstarchiv, in the Nuremberg Museum. Since 2021 she has been president of the cultural association “Anthemion”. She has exhibited her works in prestigious venues: Deutsches Hirtenmuseum, Hersburck; Museo Guttuso, Bagheria; Fortezza da Basso, Florence; Villa Pallanza, Verbania; Albergo delle Povere, Palermo; Kreis Galerie am Germanischen Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg.