The Meaning of Creativity for Enzo Frateili

Keywords: Generic Creativity, Bound Creativity, Enzo Frateili, Inspiration, Formativity, Bound

Abstract

The central theme of the article is to analyze the idea of the creativity of Frateili through reading some of the essays he has written on this subject; the article analyzes the meaning of “generic creativity” of Enzo Frateili since he was a young painter until he was an older professor. The goal is to combine the creative and lively ideas of Enzo Frateili when he was a young painter to the most rigorous ideas of when he was a professor and a professional. Through the analysis of his youthful training and relationship with his father, the article seeks to emphasize that the idea of Frateili’s creativity was strongly influenced by the figurative abilities of the critic and his awareness of the creative act in general.

Author Biography

Isabella Patti, Università degli Studi di Firenze

Isabella Patti, an Art and Design historian and critic, graduated in History of Decorative and Industrial Arts at the University of Florence. In 2012 she earned her PhD in “Design, Environment and History”; currently she is a contract professor of Design History at DIDA Architecture Department of the University of Florence, and professor of History of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Master’s degree of Naval design and nautical (Polo Universitario G. Marconi) in La Spezia. In addition, she deals with scientific research on topics related to the critical-formal reading of objects of use: she is particularly interested in the analysis of the evolution of playful artifacts (from traditional games to video games), to theories of Game Design and topics specifically related to the historical-critical studies. She is responsible for the “training and research” sector of the La.Mo Laboratory of DIDA in Florence, where he follows the structuring of research topics and the writing of contributions and essays.

Published
2017-11-10
Issue
Vol 5 No 9 (2017): Rethinking Enzo Frateili. Memory and Actuality of an Intellectual of the Twentieth Century
Section
Essays

Copyright (c) 2017 Isabella Patti

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