Riva. A Name a Design. Ediz. Illustrata
Riva. A Name a Design. Ediz. Illustrata

Author: Decio G. R. Carugati

Publisher: Mondadori Electa

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13:

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È il 1842: Pietro, abile calafato, lascia il lago di Como e si trasferisce sul lago d'Iseo, a Sarnico, dove ha inizio l'avventura dei Riva. Nascono le barche da pesca, poi i battelli a vapore e ancora i primi scafi da corsa e da diporto. Nelle pagine del volume Decio Giulio Carugati racconta la storia dell'evoluzione del Cantiere Riva. L'iconografia declina le immagini di alcuni tra gli scafi più famosi e dei personaggi che hanno contribuito a caratterizzare, per oltre un secolo, il mondo della navigazione da diporto.

Botticelli Past and Present
Botticelli Past and Present

Author: Ana Debenedetti

Publisher: UCL Press

Published: 2019-01-08

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 178735461X

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The recent exhibitions dedicated to Botticelli around the world show, more than ever, the significant and continued debate about the artist. Botticelli Past and Present engages with this debate. The book comprises four thematic parts, spanning four centuries of Botticelli’s artistic fame and reception from the fifteenth century. Each part comprises a number of essays and includes a short introduction which positions them within the wider scholarly literature on Botticelli. The parts are organised chronologically beginning with discussion of the artist and his working practice in his own time, moving onto the progressive rediscovery of his work from the late eighteenth to the turn of the twentieth century, through to his enduring impact on contemporary art and design. Expertly written by researchers and eminent art historians and richly illustrated throughout, the broad range of essays in this book make a valuable contribution to Botticelli studies.

The Vatican Gardens
The Vatican Gardens

Author: Alberta Campitelli

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13:

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"Covering the period from the thirteenth century through 1930, when the Vatican became a state, The Vatican Gardens explores the plants, planters, and architectural structures of the gardens in fascinating detail. Here you will learn about such celebrated gardeners as Michele Mercate, who around 1570 introduced the rarest plants of his time to the Vatican, and the great botanist Johannes Faber. The famous Cortile del Belvedere courtyard, designed by Donato Branmante for Pope Julius II and envisioned as a vast outdoor room, is brought to vibrant life through word and image. Discussion of the Gardens' symbolic significance, agricultural functions, and upkeep by such gardening popes as Leo XIII--as well as of the gardens at Castel Gandolfo, the popes four-centuries-old summer residence--completes this authoritative volume."--From publisher description.

WA: The Essence of Japanese Design
WA: The Essence of Japanese Design

Author: Stefania Piotti

Publisher: Phaidon Press

Published: 2014-04-14

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 9780714866963

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Explore the enduring beauty of Japanese design through some 250 objects, ranging from bento boxes, calligraphy brushes, and Shoji sliding doors to Noguchi’s Akari lamp, the iconic Kikkoman soy sauce bootle, and a modern‐day kimono designed by Issey Miyake. Printed on craft paper and bound in the traditional Japanese style, WA features stunning, full‐page illustrations and an introduction by MUJI art director Kenya Hara.