English
The known writer and art and literatur critic Mario Praz didn’t only suffer the evil words by Cyril Connolly who said about the House of Life that it is one of the most boring books he ever read, a book so unbelievably exhausting. But also did he have the reputation to bring bad luck and was held responsible for sinking ships, broken lamps and other kinds mishaps, that happened wherever the writer appeared.
Of course his fans didn’t want to leave it at that and think that this interpretation of> his text is nothing more than an unlucky coincidence.
To them the house of Mario Praz in Rome is one of the most incredible museums of a writer and The House of Life – in which Praz analyzed the story of his wonderful collection – is far from a bad reputation. According to James Joyce this collection was a way for Praz to express the mystery about himself in his furniture.
He was one of the greatest experts regarding Antonio Canova and Baroque, as well as Neoclassicism and the history behind the decorations in Pompeji. Luchino Visconti dedicated a figure in one of his movies, Gruppo di famiglia in un interni (1974) played by Burt Lancaster to Praz.
For more information visit: http://www.museopraz.beniculturali.it/
Paul Oilzum
If you rent apartments in Rome you should visit the Palazzo Primoli (Museo Mario Praz, Via Zanardelli 1).?
Translated by: salome antigone
