An artistic corpus collected by Paolo Zani between 1987 and 2018 which highlights a real predilection for marble and precious stone mosaic tops and tiles, hung on the walls like large paintings or set among modern marbles, treated as recovery to which to give a new identity. There are sixteen specimens that we can admire today along the exhibition itinerary, inside the 11 rooms of the House Museum – as can be seen from the text The house of colored stones by Massimiliano Capella – made between Rome and Florence from the second half of the sixteenth century to the end of the eighteenth century. An extraordinary corpus that documents in an excellent way the evolution of the technique and of the iconography of the commission and of the inlay of semi-precious stones: from the geometric theme and of the villages between the 16th and 17th centuries, to the flowers and animals between the 17th and 18th centuries, up to to the still life of old-fashioned vases at the end of the 18th century.

The eBook The octagonal trasure: marvel, art, nature, stone, is a real novelty among the editorial products of the Zani Foundation. It was born from the collaboration with the CFP Zanardelli Institute of Brescia, multimedia author course – from traditional technologies to augmented reality, as part of the initiatives promoted by the Lombardy Region Operational Program and co-financed by the European Social Fund, thanks to the “Lombardia Plus Linea Culture”. The project develops the idea of ​​young students to experiment with a digital version of the paper catalogue. The proposal is more concise and focused only on the octagonal table. An interactive journey with video presentations, captivating graphics and a dynamic text format with scroll arrows and reading schemes. The use on digital media, computers, smartphones, tablets is possible by directly downloading the eBook (it may be necessary to wait at least a minute for correct display).