Arti decorative

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Precious Portraits

Tiny Sculpture masterpieces of Imperial Rome, The Reinaissance Taste and the Antique

The cameo portraits of Imperial RomeIt could perhaps be said that the most elegant and precious sculptural art is that of miniature stone carvings. For its political and dynastic programmes, Imperial Rome required not only colossal images but also realistic sculptures in miniature, cameos, to be used...
Autore: Dario Del Bufalo
2020, Cartonato con sovraccoperta, 400pp., 650ill.
ISBN: 9788842224273
€ 130,00

Porcelain scent bottles

The Giordano Collection

The precious bottles of precious perfumesIn the 1700s, when Meissen porcelain was at its height of refinement and fame, ceramic perfume bottles became part of the private wardrobe, just like pocket watches, walking stick knobs and snuff boxes: collectable objects for the educated and discriminating.
A cura di: Andreina D'Agliano, Simone Caliri
2020, Cartonato con sovraccoperta, 224pp., 100ill.
ISBN: 9788842224679
€ 80,00

The Golden Age of Italian Maiolica-Painting

Catalogue of a Private Collection

Renaissance majolica: a priceless collectionItalian maiolica is a uniquely vivid and intimate reflection of the world of the Renaissance. This book is the catalogue of the world's most substantial private collection of Renaissance maiolica. Starting with some fine pieces from the fifteenth century,...
A cura di: Timoty Wilson
2019, Cartonato con sovraccoperta, 464pp., 420ill.
ISBN: 9788842224723
€ 120,00

Raphael Ware

The colours of the Renaissance

The golden age of the Majolica of the Duchy of UrbinoUrbino's fame in connection to majolica begins in the 16th century and is particularly linked to the storied production that in Urbino acquired extraordinary importance and space, perhaps also due to the fact that the definitive return of Francesco...
A cura di: Timothy Wilson, Claudio Paolinelli
2019, Brossura, 288pp., 150ill.
ISBN: 9788842224563
€ 60,00

Gian Enzo Sperone

Dealer/Collector

The private collection of one of the most important gallery owners of the century Gonzalez Palacios calls him “the example and prototype of the European who was able, unlike the majority of New Yorkers of the time, to keep an eye on both sides of the Atlantic”: Gian Enzo Sperone has been...
2019, Cartonato con sovraccoperta, 740pp., 600ill.
ISBN: 9788842224648
€ 200,00

Porphyry

Red Imperial Porphyry. Power and Religion

Imperial porphyry, the greatest symbol of religious power This volume presents the largest number of artefacts ever assembled and traces, by the stages which two symbols in widely different materials became intimately linked: purple dye, which is transfigured from the living body of rock snails into...
Autore: Dario Del Bufalo
2018, Cartonato con sovraccoperta, 336pp., 1000ill.
ISBN: 9788842224280
€ 130,00

Genius and mastery

Furniture and cabinet-makers at the Court of Savoy between the 18th and 19th centuries

From secret collections and from Royal residences, a high point of Italian artThis catalogue of a major exhibition at the palace of Venaria Reale includes more than 130 works from Piedmontese and international museum and private collections, created by the great cabinet-makers of the Court of Savoy:...
2018, Brossura, 416pp., 162ill.
ISBN: 9788842224594
€ 40,00

The Art of Valadiers
The splendour of 18th-century RomeThe antique deales Alberto Di Castro has tracked down the inventory ledgers of the workshop of the Valadier family, celebrated goldsmiths and architects in 18th-century Rome, it is entirely reproduced in this volume, together with unpublished drawings.A thrilling...
A cura di: Teresa Leonor M Vale
2017, Cartonato con sovraccoperta, 384pp., 472ill.
ISBN: 9788842224143
€ 120,00

The cabinet-maker's print workshop

History of a rediscovered piece of furniture by Pietro Piffetti

This unique, inlaid chest of drawers tells the story of a commission by the Piedmontese aristocracy and has recently been added to the list of workds by Pietro Piffetti (1701-1777), the eminent Italian cabinet-maker.In its iconography we see the the patron - the Marquis Giuseppe Francesco Ludovico...
A cura di: Arabella Cifani, Franco Monetti
2017, Cartonato con sovraccoperta, 192pp., 115ill.
ISBN: 9788842224334
€ 70,00

Fontana Arte

Gio Ponti, Pietro Chiesa and Max Ingrand

The extraordinary success of Fontana Arte Over a period of thirty years, Fontana Arte became the most widely admired company specialising in the use of glass for lighting and furniture, characterised by a modern concept and perfect workmanship. The architects who were its art directors were Gio Ponti,...
A cura di: Franco Deboni
2013, Cartonato con sovraccoperta, 336pp., 577ill.
ISBN: 9788842222163
€ 150,00

East Asian Ceramics

The Laura Collection

Ceramics and porcelain of China and Southeast AsiaAs the companion to the catalogue dedicated to Islamic ceramics, this second volume describes the collection of East Asian ceramics acquired over fifty years by Luigi Anton and Nera Laura. It includes Chinese ceramics and porcelain of the Song and...
A cura di: A cura di Nera Laura e Manuele Scagliola
2012, Brossura, 352pp., 680ill.
ISBN: 9788842220565
€ 90,00

Piedmontese Furniture in the 18th Century
A fundamental reference workThis book is the “museum” of Piedmontese furniture from the mid-17th century to the end of the 18th century, the apogee of Italian cabinet-making. More than one thousand colour images enable a close-up view each piece and its details. Baroque, Neo-classical, and...
Autore: Roberto Antonetto
2010, Due volumi in cofanetto, 716pp., 1155ill.
ISBN: 9788842216261
€ 350,00

Venini Glass
The complete works of the most famous 20th-century Venetian glass makersFrom the late 1940s and throughout the '50s, the enormous success of Venini design was one of the principal reasons for the explosion of international interest in Venetian glass. New techniques with respect to the previous production...
A cura di: Franco Deboni
2007, Due volumi in cofanetto, 536pp., 867ill.
ISBN: 9788842215240
€ 150,00