L'arte commemorativa postbellica. Antonio Bortone da Ruffano e una sua opera inedita

After First World War, in all the European and world countries involved, including Italy, many efforts had origin and in consequence statues, plaques, funerary stelae, monuments and sights were built everywhere in order to remember the soldiers died. In the world nations, celebrations, remembrance days were established; the cult of the fallen heroes became a political and civic programme; private and public memory were considered as a unique phenomenon. In the contest of these remembrance monuments, we find the statue called The Girl Knitting For the Front, made by Antonio Bortone (1844-1937), a famous artist who was born in Ruffano but lived mainly in Florence. This white Carrara statue is now in the town of Christchurch, New Zeland, and for the first time it is studied in this essay. Through the New Zeland press and a detailed research about Bortone's production and his personal and professional relationships, we try to recreate the origins of the statue and its long trip around the world.

第一次世界大战结束后，所有参战的欧洲及世界各国（包括意大利）均涌现出诸多纪念举措，各地纷纷修建雕像、牌匾、墓志碑、纪念建筑与纪念景观，以缅怀阵亡将士。各国陆续设立纪念庆典与阵亡将士纪念日；阵亡英雄纪念文化成为一项政治与公民议程；私人记忆与公共记忆被视作一种独特的统一文化现象。在这类纪念性建筑的范畴中，有一座名为《为前线织衣的少女》（The Girl Knitting For the Front）的雕像，出自安东尼奥·博尔托内（Antonio Bortone，1844-1937）之手——这位著名艺术家出生于鲁法诺，长期定居于佛罗伦萨。这座采用卡拉拉大理石（Carrara）打造的白色雕像现收藏于新西兰克赖斯特彻奇市，本文首次对其展开系统性研究。通过梳理新西兰当时的报刊资料，并针对博尔托内的创作生平及其个人与职业人脉展开详尽研究，本文力图还原这座雕像的创作缘起与辗转全球的漫长历程。