Diagrams
1 Stages in the contemporary evolutions of the arts. 39
2 The structure of the creative process. 69
3 Metaphysical structure of the maximalist work. 77
4 Metaphysical structure of the reductionist work. 77
5 Classification of works of art. 137
6 The Main factors that determine artistic creations. 138
Figures
1 Linda Carrara, Floating Object, acrylic and graphite on wood, 22 × 30 cm, 2018. Courtesy the artist and Iragui Gallery. 95
2 Fabio Roncato, Momentum, sculpture in aluminium made with the lost wax technique, 52 × 59 × 55 cm, 2018. Courtesy the artist. 96
3 Fabio Roncato, Momentum, bee wax, 52 × 59 × 55 cm, 2018. Photo by Marco Furio Magliani. Courtesy the artist. 96
4 Cleo Fariselli, Me as a Star (Monte Generoso), video performance, HDV Video, 00:06:45, courtesy the artist. 99
5 Jorge Macchi, Buried and Alive, 2018. Bricks, steel cables. Photo by Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio. Courtesy Galleria Continua San Gimignano / Beijing / Les Moulins / Habana / Roma / São Paulo / Paris. 100
6 Sara Enrico, Untitled, canvas, oil colors, 90 × 70 × 40 cm, 2015. Photo by Cristina Leoncini. Courtesy the artist and Fondazione 107, Torino. 101
7 Léa Dumayet, Obligé à rien, metal and stone, 115 × 130 × 56 cm, 2017. Courtesy the artist. 102
8 Paolo Inverni, Feedback #1, 2012. Indian ink and pigment print on paper, dried plant, metal pedestal, slide projector, slide; 85 × 44 × 147 cm. Courtesy AGIVERONA Collection. 105
9 Paolo Inverni, Feedback #1 (detail), 2012. Indian ink and pigment print on paper, dried plant, metal pedestal, slide projector, slide; 85 × 44 × 147 cm. Courtesy AGIVERONA Collection. 106
10 Paolo Inverni, Feedback #1 (detail), 2012. Indian ink and pigment print on paper, dried plant, metal pedestal, slide projector, slide; 85 × 44 × 147 cm. Courtesy AGIVERONA Collection. 106
11 Sophie Ko, Geografia temporale: Le albe e i risvegli, III, pure pigment, 170 × 70 cm, 2019. Courtesy Galleria de’ Foscherari. 107
12 Sophie Ko, Geografia temporale: Le albe e i risvegli, IV, pure pigment, 170 × 70 cm, 2019. Courtesy Galleria de’ Foscherari. 107
13 Anna Franceschini, Villa Straylight, 2019. Installation view at 2020 Art Quadriennale “Fuori”. Photo by DSL Studio. Courtesy: the artist and Vistamare / Vistamare Studio – Milano/Pescara; Fondazione La Quadriennale di Roma. 118
14 Lia Cecchin, Asap Research Library (2013–ongoing), installation view of the exhibition It Happened Tomorrow (in the framework of the Resò Meet Up programme), Associazione Barriera (Torino), 2013. Courtesy the artist and Fondazione per l’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea – CRT. Photo by Yukai Ebisuno and Raffaella Mantegazza. 124
15 Lia Cecchin, ASAP Research Library (2013–ongoing), talk by Professor Roberto Poli, guest futurist of the project, Department of Sociology and social research, University of Trento, and UNESCO Chair in Anticipatory systems, SPRINT Independent Publishers and Artists’ Books Salon Milano, 2015. Courtesy the artist and Fondazione per l’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea – CRT. Photo by Antonio Miucci. 124
16 Andrea ‘Ravo’ Mattoni, “Le sette opere di Misericordia” di Caravaggio, spray, 1000 × 500 cm, 2017. Courtesy the artist. 132
17 Christian Falsnaes, STAGE, Kiasma Museum for Contemporary Art, Helsinki. Photo: Finnish National Gallery – Pirje Mykkänen. 2019. 133
18 Christian Falsnaes, STAGE, Kiasma Museum for Contemporary Art, Helsinki. Photo: Finnish National Gallery – Pirje Mykkänen. 2019. 134