This book gathers the covers of 120 regular issues and some special ones (in 1:1 format) of Ver Sacrum, plus an anthological selection of the most important inventions in printing, like block prints
Italian tailoring is a tradition of excellence in our country. In fact, clothes, especially men’s tailoring, are veritable works of art, which conceal within the secrets and history of the city in w
The book features eighty paintings and drawings, most of which unpublished, which shed a completely new light on the artistic activities of the father of the Beat Generation. A special focus is give
The volume presents an extraordinary collection of jewels, jewellers and international maisons which, from the start of the twentieth century to the present day, have mirrored the changing taste wor
A Murano artist and painter interested in the decorative arts, and particularly in glass, Vittorio Zecchin (1878–1947), from 1921 to 1925 and in accordance with a practice not seen in Murano before, o
A selection of drawings by two Belgian artists. Berlinde De Bruyckere’s selection of seventy items from Philippe Vandenberg’s extensive legacy of drawings, combined with a selection of her own drawin
A vast selection of works that illustrate the richness of Mimmo Rotella''s research, from 1954 to 2005.Unfolding in chronological order, this volume is divided into working periods, each focusing on o
This monograph celebrates the forty-year artistic career of Sue Williamson, one of South Africa’s most respected artists and a key member of the pioneering generation whose work challenged the Aparthe
The first official monograph dedicated to Morten Viskum, one of the most controversial contemporary artists in Norway.This volume collects the controversial artist''s work in which he uses unconventio
The Art of the 20th Century is a five-volume project that is distinguished by its innovative style and format. Each volume has narrative text and a full index arranged chronologically by artistic peri
The story told in this book, which analyzes the presence of Italians in California in the early decades of the twentieth century and the influence they exerted in various sectors (from architecture
The book presents about seventy paintings, gouaches and drawings by René Magritte and includes interesting studies by international researchers such as Julie Waseige and Xavier Canonne both on the a
This book gives extraordinary insights into the rich and diverse artistic practices of our time. Never has contemporary art been so popular as it is now; never has its audience been so big. In the r
Antonello da Messina (ca. 1430-1479) was one of the most groundbreaking and influential painters of the Quattrocento. No other Italian artist of the fifteenth-century responded in such a direct fash
Anyone who thinks of carpets has the bright colours of the Orient in mind. Knots, Art & History brings together the best, most unique carpets of the 14th–17th centuries from the Museum of Islamic
Meret Oppenheim (1913–1985) is one of the most recognized twentieth-century artists: an almost legendary figure able to stand out on a mainly male-dominated Surrealist art scene while developing her
A revolutionary movement, founded in 1924 by Andre Breton, dedicated to expressing the imagination as revealed in dreams. The surrealist circle was made up of many great artists, including Jean Arp, M
Post-impressionism was the movement that represented both an extension of Impressionism, as well as a rejection of the limitation of it. The term "post-impressionism" was coined for the work of such p
A heightened form of illusionism, the art of trompe l’oeil flourished from the Renaissance onward. Both witty and serious, trompe l’oeil is a game artists play with spectators to raise questions about
The first large-scale survey of the important self-taught artist’s work in 20 years, presenting approximately sixty of Hawkins’s lively paintings, drawings, and sculpture. Although he has long held a
