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GREAT ITALIANS OF THE PAST:
Palma Bucarelli
By Giovanni Verde
The history of Palma Bucarelli is that of a life devoted to art, especially to a
vision of the art that failed
to escape from classical
schemes, with the goal of
breathing the fresh and
complex air of the '900. A
vision that will make this
great intellectual protagonist of a cultural revolution
in Italy. Palma Bucarelli
was born in Rome on Mar-
ch 16, 1910. She gradua- leria Borghese. In July
tes in Literature at the Uni- 1941, she takes over the
direction of the National
versity "La Sapienza".
Gallery of Modern Art.
She studies together with
Giulio Carlo Argan, who During the war, she saves
will mark the Art History several works of art, divieducation of the twen- ding them among Castel
tieth century. Together Sant'Angelo in Rome and
with him, Palma wins the the Palazzo Farnese in Caministerial
competitive prarola.
exam of 1933, and soon
starts working at the Gal- After the war, the revoluWE THE ITALIANS | 61
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