Camillo Boito (1836-1914), writer, architect and art critic, known for his architectural works (Padua Museum and Palace of débité) and acute trials (Architecture of the Middle Ages in Italy and Leonardo and Michelangelo), was linked to literary movement known as "Scapigliatura" which impinged on the duality of human behavior and fascination for the physical and moral decay. In his stage narrator wrote vain Tales and soul of a painter. In 1883 he published Senso (editorial Trama, 2010).