A photographic Spoon River Anthology of America today

I think it is the perfect visual illustration of Trump’s America, so well executed that it is almost harrowing. The ability to capture the soul of a nation, in photography, has always fascinated me as an idea. Renata Busettini and Max Ferrero have done it. They went there. They went all the way."
Alan Friedman

Ten years of research in the world of materials for Design

The culture of materials for design and the new trends in which it plays a leading role today are analysed in an exploratory way, stretching from innovation in the world of materials and new manufacturing technologies to the Third Mission of the University, through which researchers can play a fundamental role in territorial development.

The extraordinary life of Marguerite Chapin Caetani, patron of art, gardener of Ninfa

In The American Princess, Laurie Dennett tells the fascinating story of an American heiress who, in 1911, married Roffredo Caetani, Seventeenth Duke of Sermoneta

A history of the painter of angels
"The dream of all art critics is to read an art book not written by a critic. This book by Pier Rosa De Rocchi, with moral support from Giovanni Battista Fogazzi and Rosanna Sangalli, is one such.

Knowledge as a means of protecting historic installations and the values they embody
Artificial indoor lighting in the period starting in the late 17th and extending to the entire 18th century underwent profound changes, in keeping with changes in living quarters: to a certain degree, the Enlightenment or “century of lights”

The Rise and Fall of King Paintin

The astonishing adventures, rise and fall of King Paintin', a visual artist who combines Art with Ethics, at a time when such mix leaves people cold. This all happens behind the scenes of the Italian art system, a microcosm, an aristocratic circle in which one can find all one needs: social status, success, love and money.

Good practices, sustainable development, circular economy

The three publications of the Department of Architecture and Design (DAD) of the Politecnico di Torino (Turin Polytechnic) present the results of the EU project Retrace, REgions TRAnsitioning towards a Circular Economy.

Good practices, sustainable development, circular economy

The three publications of the Department of Architecture and Design (DAD) of the Politecnico di Torino (Turin Polytechnic) present the results of the EU project Retrace, REgions TRAnsitioning towards a Circular Economy.

Good practices, sustainable development, circular economy

The three publications of the Department of Architecture and Design (DAD) of the Politecnico di Torino (Turin Polytechnic) present the results of the EU project Retrace, REgions TRAnsitioning towards a Circular Economy.

The poetic memories of an Ottoman Jew

This is the sensitive and poetic autobiography of a distinguished and internationally famous antiques dealer, an unforgettable gentleman among those who made a living from art in the last century.

The new global model of protection by the Vatican Museums

This important book is dedicated to the new strategy being applied for the protection of the collections of the Vatican Museums. It aims to describe, using simple “manual-style” language, what it means to organise and plan effective operations of prevention, maintenance, and restoration within such a complex and diverse museum system as the Pope's Museums.

Clair, Canfora, Rosenberg: master thinkers face off on the question of fakes

This volume collects the masterful and memorable interventions of the workshops “The mirror of reality. Fakes and history of art”, organised by the Federico Zeri Foundation in Bologna in 2013.

The new global model of protection by the Vatican Museums

This important book is dedicated to the new strategy being applied for the protection of the collections of the Vatican Museums. It aims to describe, using simple “manual-style” language, what it means to organise and plan effective operations of prevention, maintenance, and restoration within such a complex and diverse museum system as the Pope's Museums.

The most renowned Italian publicist. In summary: a genius

“The world we live in is a world of images that will become even more intense, that the public will play to accept and to relive in different ways. This is the future of man, bombarded by images... it will be a new game, because the images will allow man to connect and exchange fast” (Armando Testa).

What quality of living means in modern times

The search for comfort in public and private buildings is what has most contributed to defining the quality of living in the modern world.

A “noir” about the international antique trade written by a famous gallery owner

A serial killer terrorises the major antique shows from New York to Paris, an intriguing American antique dealer fights the European establishment, powerful enemies threaten her, and an FBI agent protects her and seduces her.

What art owes to dreams

The author of this book is a successful physician who examines the relationship between art and dreams and explores what dreams represent and have represented in the various forms of art: literature, sculpture and painting, theatre and cinema, music.

The first simplified manual for those who want to invest in art

Often the purchase of a work of art, even one of considerable value, is made without taking the essential precautions. For example, what does it mean that a painting is “authentic”? What is the legal value of the expertise? How do you behave when the sale takes place through an art advisor of an auction house? How can you terminate negotiations without incurring liability?

The most famous pamphlet by Jean Clair against contemporary art

Galleries teem with diverse objects that have nothing of art except the places that exhibit them and the words of the commentators.

The initiatory manual for the “guardians” of cultural assets

Large sums are invested by public and private entities in the restoration of cultural assets, but it is above all necessary to have a correct and ongoing programme of routine maintenance, proper training for the “maintenance guardians”...

Just “how” good and sustainable is a food product?

The interuniversity Poliedro Research – Pollenzo Index Environmental and Economic Design has tried to answer the question using a multicriteria evaluation system to measure the sustainability and quality of a typical food or wine product.

A non-fiction novel in Afghanistan on the traffic of stolen human organsOne autumn morning, the life of a renowned surgeon and charming man in full maturity is turned upside down by his mysterious kidnapping. Many attempted to find him: the government, the international police, television reporters,...