Massimo Mariani

Massimo Mariani studied painting at the Accademia di Brera in Milan and exhibited in numerous galleries in Italy. He published books and wrote on subjects including cinema, art, representations of femininity, poetry, and Freud and the subconscious. He also contributed articles on the art world to the magazine Grafica & Disegno. In addition, he wrote and illustrated short stories and novels. His publications include What Images Really Tell Us, a book on visual rhetoric in advertising and graphic design.