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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The Basilica of Saint Mary Major is the only patriarchal basilica of the four in Rome to have retained its paleo-Christian structures and is the resting place of Pope Francis. This elegant guide showcases ultra-high gigapixel photography of the Basilica's interior and traces its history from 425 AD and tradition has it that the Virgin Mary herself inspired the choice of the Esquiline Hill for the church's construction. Appearing in a dream to both the Patrician John, the landowner of the Esquiline Hill, and Pope Liberius, she asked that a church be built in her honour on a site she would miraculously indicate. This is the essential and most innovative guide to this important pilgrimage and tourist site in Rome. Text in English and Italian. AUTHOR: Andreas Raub is the Director of the Liberian Museum Complex of Saint Mary Major in Rome. SELLING POINTS: . The Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome is the first Basilica to have been dedicated to the Virgin Mary and is the resting place of Pope Francis. Visited by thousands of pilgrims and tourists every year, this is the most innovative, comprehensive, and elegant guide . Extraordinary photography of all elements of the Basilica never before captured at this level of detail prior to this publication, this is the must-have guide on one of the most important spiritual centres of Christianity in the world 42 colour illustrations The Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome is the first Basilica to have been dedicated to the Virgin Mary and is the resting place of Pope Francis. Visited by thousands of pilgrims and tourists every year, this is the most innovative, comprehensive, and elegant guide. Text in English and Italian. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The definitive photographic guide to discovering the beauty of Rome. A historical-archaeological introduction immerses the visitor in the Eternal City. The 15 itineraries explore the main riches of the historic centre of the Urbe, with its fountains, squares, churches, palaces, museums and parks, also include precious gems, far from the traditionally visited routes. Each itinerary features a map, a rich corpus of descriptive images, historical information, curiosities and tips for enjoying an authentic Roman stay. QR codes at the opening of chapters get to digital contents that enrich the experience of getting to know the Eternal City, from paper to digital. AUTHOR: Emma Mafalda Montella graduated in Art History from the University of Bologna, lived and studied abroad for many years in Greece, England, Canada and Spain. She fell in love with Rome, where she lived while attending a Master in Art and Cultural Heritage Management. SELLING POINTS: . Fifteen different itineraries that concern the historic centre of Rome covering squares, palaces and monuments; the guide gives the visitor the opportunity to observe how these places have changed over the centuries . The 15th chapter is an in-depth look at Rome's parks and fountains and illustrates some of the city's green areas, explaining the long relationship between the Urbe and its waterways 242 colour, 1 b/w image Fifteen different itineraries that concern the historic centre of Rome covering squares, palaces and monuments; the guide gives the visitor the opportunity to observe how these places have changed over the centuries. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. This is a comprehensive essential tool to understanding and appreciating the Dome of Florence in its entirety. It is published as the result of several months of photographing all the famous structures the interior of the Cathedral, Brunelleschi's dome, the Baptistery in ultra-high gigapixel photographic capture, including the frescoes inside the dome that no one but conservators have seen in centuries. More than an architectural icon for the millions of visitors to Florence every year, Santa Maria del Fiore represents the moment Europe discovered its new identity-one that valorised human ingenuity, revived classical ideals, and re-imagined the relationship between beauty, mathematics, and the divine. This publication captures that pivotal transition with unprecedented fidelity. Brunelleschi's dome and its frescoes, the Baptistery, and the inner cathedral are showcased in fine detail. Text in English and Italian. AUTHORS: Vincenzo Circosta, Sales Office & Bookshop Coordinator. Giovanni Serafini, Digital Catalogue of the Collections (External Relations Area). Monica Serrano, Communications Coordinator (External Relations Area). SELLING POINTS: . The most innovative and comprehensive guide to the iconic Florence Duomo that is visited by millions of tourists every year, showcasing ultra high definition photography and expert commentaries on architecture, engineering, conservation, iconography, and Renaissance urban context 120 colour illustrations This is the essential guide to the Duomo of Florence that guides visitors and readers and showcases all photography as the result of the publishers' months-long photographing the interior and exterior of the cathedral, Brunelleschi's cupola and its frescoes, and the Baptistery in ultra-high gigapixel capture. Text in English and Italian. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. The beautifully illustrated pocket edition is an editorial tribute to the history of the Comunale Theatre in Bologna, a city institution of international fame. With previously unpublished and richly detailed images and complementary texts by Professor Piero Mioli, this publication celebrates the theatre's great and unique story. Also included is a rich photographic array from the theatre's historical archives featuring posters, stage photos, sketches, drawings and figurine plates, which have been hidden from public view, until now. Text in English and Italian. AUTHOR: Prof. Piero Mioli is from Bologna and teaches history of music. He is Counsellor of the Accademia Filarmonica and President of the cappella dei Servi and writes for the newspaper Resto del Carlino. He has written essays and books on Padre Martini, Rossini, Gluck, Donizetti, Verdi, and on the Opera. He has also edited a manual on the history of music, several conference proceedings and complete editions of librettos by Verdi, Mozart, Bellini, Rossini and Wagner. Among his latest books, in addition to the reissue of the Dizionario di musica classica in two volumes (BUR), Il melodramma romantico (Mursia) and L'opera italiana del Novecento (Manzoni). SELLING POINT: . This compact pocket edition showcases the splendour of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna through richly detailed images and comprehensive texts 165 colour images Pocket Edition of the most complete volume on the Comunale Theatre in Bologna made thanks to the new and exclusive photographic campaign by Scripta Maneant. text in English and Italian. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. Rising near the baths of Diocletian, where Imperial Rome once proclaimed its power, the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome stands as a different but no less enduring monument to Italian genius. Inaugurated in 1880 as the Teatro Costanzi, it was born at a pivotal hour when a newly unified Italy sought not only political coherence but a shared cultural soul. Within its crimson and golden interiors, that soul found one of its most resounding expressions. Here Puccini's Tosca premiered in 1900, at a time when the theatre became both witness and protagonist of modernity surviving war, regime, and reinvention while safeguarding a repertoire that binds Italy to the wider world. To enter its auditorium is to step into a continuum: ancient stone outside, velvet and light within, and above all the breath of singers transforming silence into shared memory. This is a stunning volume, enriched by glorious photography, that honours and uplifts one of the most important opera houses in the world. Text in English and Italian. SELLING POINTS: . Stunning historic and contemporary photography of the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome . A comprehensive, elegant volume for all lovers of opera, theatre, Italian travel, and world monuments to music 149 colour illustrations This is an elegant and contemporary volume on the history and significance of one of the most important opera houses in the world, the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma. Text in English and Italian. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. A photographic narrative that crosses the world's main cities to witness the shared intentions and feelings that bind the single Pride events in one big wave that envelops and crosses all countries, exalting the uniqueness and variegated compositions of identities and modes. A snapshot of global LGBTQIA+ pride, with a focus on Pride parades marking momentous anniversaries, including New York Pride in 2019, 50 years after the events of Stonewall, and London Pride in 2020, 50 years after the birth of the Gay Liberation Front. The book also bears witness to the spread of the Wave in the countries of Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Australia, which since the end of the 1990s, with particular regard to the last decade, has been gaining spaces for listening and rights. The Pride project recounts, celebrates and enhances LGBTQIA+ pride around the world, through the faces and claims of the protagonists of a struggle that involves us all: that for a fair and inclusive world, in which no person should feel excluded or discriminated against for their way of being, living and loving. Text in English and Italian. AUTHORS: Emiliano Reali has always been involved in civil rights and inclusion, author of Italy's first transgender trilogy Bambi. Storia di una metamorfosi (Avagliano), collaborated on the series Refuge LGBT (Lucky Red) and writes for Il Mattino, HuffPost, Il Riformista. Silvia Ranfagni Assistant director for Bernardo Bertolucci and Giuseppe Tornatore, screenwriter for Carlo Verdone, Ferzan Ozpetek and Lamberto Bava, David di Donatello nominee with Il mio miglior nemico (2006) and La Dea Fortuna (2020). Lecturer in Creative Writing and Screenplay at the Rome University of Fine Arts (2017-2019). With Giovanni Piperno, she is the author of the podcast Corpi liberi (free bodies), which tells the story of Mark, Alex and Silvia: a trans person, a non-binary person and a bewildered mother in search of answers. Shrouk El-Attar Meng activist for LGBTQIA+ refugee rights in the UK, where she lives as a refugee since 2007 and queer community rights in her native country, Egypt. She performs a Dancing Queer to raise funds for legal defense fees for LGBTQIA+ people in Egypt. In 2018 she was listed among the 100 Most Influential Women in the World by the BBC. Sue Sanders Emeritus Professor Harvey Milk Institute. LGBTQIA+ rights activist, co-chair of Schools Out for the equality of LGBTQIA+ people in the education system. Her concrete commitment has been recognised with the awarding of numerous important prizes, including the Crown Prosecution award for Equality and Diversity (2012). In the same year, she was awarded a Commendation from the Metropolitan Police Service for her long-standing involvement and commitment to the MPS LGBT Advisory Group and her contribution to improving policing services for LGBT Londoners. In 2014 she was short-listed for the lifetime achievement award in the National Diversity Awards. In 2019 she was awarded the Lifetime Achievement award from the Rainbow Honours Board and in 2024 she was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Education Union. SELLING POINTS: . A photographic narrative that celebrates Pride events across the world, with a focus on momentous anniversaries, such as New York Pride 2019, and the 50th anniversary of the birthday of the Gay Liberation Front A photographic narrative that celebrates Pride events across the world, with a focus on momentous anniversaries, such as New York Pride 2019, and the 50th anniversary of the birthday of the Gay Liberation Front. Text in English and Italian. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. Investigations by Sara Penco stem from the insightful finding of the absence of a key figure in the Sistine Chapel's Last Judgement fresco. Prior to this illuminating research, Mary Magdalene was not unequivocally identified within Michelangelo's masterpiece. Father Pfeiffer, with whom Penco establishes an inescapable dialectic, had already hypothesised the presence of Mary Magdalene in the fresco, but it is the scholar, for the first time in these pages, who convincingly justifies her identification. Mary Magdalene is closely connected to the salient episodes in the life of Jesus. The author rightly wonders, therefore, how it is possible that a figure so central to the biblical narrative and the Christian imagination could have been excluded from the depiction of the Parousia. This observation gives rise to an accurate reflection on the iconography of the saint and the Judgement, in relation to the sacred texts and in relation to Michelangelo's poetics and production. Sara Penco traces Mary Magdalene in the tangle of figures on the wall behind the altar of the Sistine Chapel, contributing to characterise the fresco one of the best known and most appreciated works in the world with an unprecedented theological message. Text in English and Italian. AUTHOR: Sara Penco is an art restorer, whose work includes the restoration of the frescoes by Filippino Lippi in the Chapel Carafa in Santa Maria Sopra Minerva, of some of the ceilings in the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Parliament, restorations in the Villa Algardi, and in the interiors of Villa Pamphili, all in Rome. She is the creator of the Smarticon method, a patented technique for classification, cataloguing, and tracking valuable assets, particularly works from the art world. She has contributed to the preservation of prestigious works and written several unpublished works for the academic world, that were subsequently the subject of further studies, exhibitions, and publications. Sara has participated in numerous national and international conferences focusing on the discovery of newly uncovered works and on innovative technologies for the preservation of Cultural Heritage. SELLING POINTS: . For the first time, scholar Sara Penco traces Mary Magdalene in the tangle of figures on the wall behind the altar of the Sistine Chapel . Sara Penco's persuasive analysis alters the message and characteristics of one of the most famous and well-known frescoes in the world, and highlights a new theological message brought by Michelangelo to millions of visitors across centuries . The author's ground-breaking research forever alters the reading of the fresco and of Michelangelo's own interpretation of biblical passages . The book is written by the restorer Sara Penco, and edited by art historian Asia Graziano, and includes a Preface by Yvonne Dohna Schlobitten, professor at the Gregorian University in Rome and a leading scholar on the theme of the role of women in the Church 100 colour illustrations Reveals the fresco of The Last Judgement in every detail thanks to astonishing ultra-high gigapixel photography. The 1:1 ratio to the Chapels frescoes allows reader to see the work of art as Michelangelo himself would have painted it from the scaffolding at the top of the Chapel. Text in English and Italian. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Condizione: NUOVO. Reggio Emilia, Scripta Maneant cm.26x14, pp.168, brossura con cop.fig.a col. Preafzione di Arrigo Levi. Note intr. di Rita Levi Montalcini. e Cristina Bettini.

Condizione: NUOVO. Reggio Emilia, Scripta Maneant cm.23,5x33,5, pp.96, num.tavv.a col.nt. legatura editoriale cartonata sopraccoperta figurata a colori. Testo in italiano, inglese, francese e tedesco. Monza, Villa Reale, 21 maggio-30 settembre 2015. A cura di Martin Kemp. Introduzione di Vittorio Sgarbi.…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. The Basilica of Saint Mary Major is the only patriarchal basilica of the four in Rome to have retained its paleo-Christian structures and is the resting place of Pope Francis. This elegant guide showcases ultra-high gigapixel photography of the Basilica's interior and traces its history from 425 AD and tradition has it that the Virgin Mary herself inspired the choice of the Esquiline Hill for the church's construction. Appearing in a dream to both the Patrician John, the landowner of the Esquiline Hill, and Pope Liberius, she asked that a church be built in her honour on a site she would miraculously indicate. This is the essential and most innovative guide to this important pilgrimage and tourist site in Rome. Text in English and Italian. AUTHOR: Andreas Raub is the Director of the Liberian Museum Complex of Saint Mary Major in Rome. SELLING POINTS: . The Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome is the first Basilica to have been dedicated to the Virgin Mary and is the resting place of Pope Francis. Visited by thousands of pilgrims and tourists every year, this is the most innovative, comprehensive, and elegant guide . Extraordinary photography of all elements of the Basilica never before captured at this level of detail prior to this publication, this is the must-have guide on one of the most important spiritual centres of Christianity in the world 42 colour illustrations The Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome is the first Basilica to have been dedicated to the Virgin Mary and is the resting place of Pope Francis. Visited by thousands of pilgrims and tourists every year, this is the most innovative, comprehensive, and elegant guide. Text in English and Italian. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. Leonardo da Vinci's Anatomical Atlas brings together the complete corpus of the artist's anatomical drawings held at the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, the world's richest collection of the great artist's work on paper. According to Count Galeazzo Arconati, who gave other Leonardo manuscripts to the Ambrosiana Library in Milan, the drawings concerning nature, anatomy, and colour, have been in the hands of the King of England before 1640. The collection has been recorded as being in the possession of Queen Mary II, in 1690, a year after she and her husband, William III, ascended the throne as joint monarchs. The collection comprises all the known anatomical drawings by Leonardo. Three hundred images of the human body by the great artist, made between about 1485 and 151015, are showcased in this magnificent volume. Based on the artist's own anatomical dissections, they show his evolving understanding of physiology. The drawings demonstrate, as well, Leonardo's progress from technical mastery of his subject to consummate draftsmanship. The commentary on this astonishing body of work is by Professor Martin Kemp of Oxford University, a leading international authority of Leonardo da Vinci, who explains the uniqueness of the painter's stroke and the refined figurative transposition. One of the most renowned Italian Anatomists, Professor Mario Rende of the University of Perugia, analyses the significance of these works from a medical-scientific angle, revealing the insights, the research methodology, and the experimental and analytical approach of the Genius of da Vinci. Moving between art and anatomy, between unsurpassed illustrative display and avant-garde Renaissance scientific research, the work thus provides an in-depth and comprehensive look at an indispensable aspect of the Great Master's story. Text in English and Italian. AUTHOR: Martin Kemp is Emeritus Research Professor in the History of Art at Oxford University and a Fellow of the British Academy. He has written and broadcast extensively on imagery in art and science spanning the Renaissance to the present day. He speaks on issues of visualization and lateral thinking to a wide range of audiences and is considered one of the world's foremost experts on Leonardo da Vinci, who has been the subject of many of his articles, essays, and books, including Leonardo (Oxford University Press, 2004). Kemp has also published on imagery in the sciences of anatomy, natural history, and optics, as in The Science of Art: Optical Themes in Western Art from Brunelleschi to Seurat (Yale University Press, 1990). He was trained in Natural Sciences and Art History at Cambridge University and the Courtauld Institute of Art at the University of London. From 1993 to 1998 he was Wolfson Research Professor at the British Academy. For more than twenty-five years he was based in Scotland, at the University of Glasgow and at the University of St. Andrews. Kemp has curated a series of exhibitions on Leonardo as well as on other themes, including Spectacular Bodies at the Hayward Gallery in 2000, Leonardo da Vinci: Experience, Experiment, Design at the Victoria and Albert Museum in 2006, and Seduced: Art and Sex from Antiquity to Now at the Barbican Art Gallery in 2007. SELLING POINTS: . Leonardo da Vinci's Anatomical Atlas brings together the complete corpus of the artist's anatomical drawings held at the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, the world's richest collection of the great artist's work on paper . Enriched by Mario Rende's considerations and Giampaolo Guida's introductory note, Martin Kemp's work surprises and redefines our way of looking at and feeling Leonardo's work . Gold foil lamination included on plate and spine 287 colour illustrations Leonardo da Vinci's Anatomical Atlas brings together the complete corpus of the artist's anatomical drawings held at the Roya Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. This is a comprehensive essential tool to understanding and appreciating the Dome of Florence in its entirety. It is published as the result of several months of photographing all the famous structures the interior of the Cathedral, Brunelleschi's dome, the Baptistery in ultra-high gigapixel photographic capture, including the frescoes inside the dome that no one but conservators have seen in centuries. More than an architectural icon for the millions of visitors to Florence every year, Santa Maria del Fiore represents the moment Europe discovered its new identity-one that valorised human ingenuity, revived classical ideals, and re-imagined the relationship between beauty, mathematics, and the divine. This publication captures that pivotal transition with unprecedented fidelity. Brunelleschi's dome and its frescoes, the Baptistery, and the inner cathedral are showcased in fine detail. Text in English and Italian. AUTHORS: Vincenzo Circosta, Sales Office & Bookshop Coordinator. Giovanni Serafini, Digital Catalogue of the Collections (External Relations Area). Monica Serrano, Communications Coordinator (External Relations Area). SELLING POINTS: . The most innovative and comprehensive guide to the iconic Florence Duomo that is visited by millions of tourists every year, showcasing ultra high definition photography and expert commentaries on architecture, engineering, conservation, iconography, and Renaissance urban context 120 colour illustrations This is the essential guide to the Duomo of Florence that guides visitors and readers and showcases all photography as the result of the publishers' months-long photographing the interior and exterior of the cathedral, Brunelleschi's cupola and its frescoes, and the Baptistery in ultra-high gigapixel capture. Text in English and Italian. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The definitive photographic guide to discovering the beauty of Rome. A historical-archaeological introduction immerses the visitor in the Eternal City. The 15 itineraries explore the main riches of the historic centre of the Urbe, with its fountains, squares, churches, palaces, museums and parks, also include precious gems, far from the traditionally visited routes. Each itinerary features a map, a rich corpus of descriptive images, historical information, curiosities and tips for enjoying an authentic Roman stay. QR codes at the opening of chapters get to digital contents that enrich the experience of getting to know the Eternal City, from paper to digital. AUTHOR: Emma Mafalda Montella graduated in Art History from the University of Bologna, lived and studied abroad for many years in Greece, England, Canada and Spain. She fell in love with Rome, where she lived while attending a Master in Art and Cultural Heritage Management. SELLING POINTS: . Fifteen different itineraries that concern the historic centre of Rome covering squares, palaces and monuments; the guide gives the visitor the opportunity to observe how these places have changed over the centuries . The 15th chapter is an in-depth look at Rome's parks and fountains and illustrates some of the city's green areas, explaining the long relationship between the Urbe and its waterways 242 colour, 1 b/w image Fifteen different itineraries that concern the historic centre of Rome covering squares, palaces and monuments; the guide gives the visitor the opportunity to observe how these places have changed over the centuries. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A Fine (As New) copy in a close to Fine dust jacket which has just a minor trace of use to rear top edge. Multi-lingual text throughout including English. Please see four pictures attached. Note: Owing to 1.1kg weight a postage adjustment may be requested for International ordering.…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. This book offers a privileged journey through the geography and history of Italian and international figurative culture kept at the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan, with works spanning a chronological period from the 13th to the 20th centuries. The Pinacoteca, born within the Enlightenment culture as a testimony to the progress of the human spirit, remains today a dynamic and lively instrument of civilisation. The book reconstructs the patronage and provenance of the paintings and the way in which they were received; it specifies their technical data, as well as introducing comments and in-depth studies. In addition, the rich illustrative apparatus leads to continuous comparisons and new explorations. AUTHORS: Rossella Lauber is a professor of Modern Art History at the School of Specialization of the University of Udine. Her studies on collecting and artists such as Michelangelo, Raphael, Giorgione, Titian, and Mantegna have been translated into several languages. Asia Graziano is an art historian and author for publishing houses and art magazines. She has collaborated with important Italian museums and institutions including MAMBO Museum of Modern Art of Bologna and UNESCO Italy. Among her most recent publications is Artemisia Eccentrica (2024). SELLING POINTS: . Through 100 masterpieces chosen from among the over 2000 works housed in the Pinacoteca di Brera, this volume offers an exciting journey through the history of pictorial art between the 13th and 20th centuries . The selection, edited by Asia Graziano and with descriptions by Rosella Lauber, is an opportunity to admire masterpieces that have been celebrated and recognised as such for centuries, together with works that have been received adequate critical and historical attention, but which are, today more than ever, worthy of great attention . Includes the work of Lega, Segantini, Gaetano Previati, Boccioni, Carra, Morandi, De Pisis, Mafai, Guttuso, and Picasso, plus many more 277 colour illustrations Through 100 masterpieces chosen from among the over 2000 works housed in the Pinacoteca di Brera, this volume offers an exciting journey through the history of pictorial art between the 13th and 20th centuries. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. The iconic Dome of the Cathedral of Florence, the largest masonry vault in the world, was built by Filippo Brunelleschi between 1420 and 1436. More than 100 years later, between 1572 and 1579, the vault was decorated with frescos by the artists Giorgio Vasari and Federico Zuccari depicting the Last Judgment. Working with advanced imaging technology, total access, and Italy's leading art photographer, this book presents in never-before-seen detail and completeness the entire pictorial cycle of the Dome. Contributions by noted art historians Marco Bussagli, Mina Gregori, and Timothy Verdon illuminate the art historical significance of this magnificent symbol of Florence and the Renaissance. Text in English and Italian. AUTHORS: Marco Bussagli is an art historian and a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome. Mina Gregori is the Professor Emeritus of Modern Art History at the University of Florence. Timothy Verdon is an art historian trained at Yale University. He is Director of the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence. Carlo Vannini is one of Italy's leading art photographers and teaches photography for Culture Heritage at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna. SELLING POINTS: . Stunning photography captures in never-before-seen detail the entire fresco cycle of Brunelleschi's Dome in Florence, painted by Giorgio Vasari and Federico Zuccari between 1572 and 1579 180 colour illustrations Stunning photography captures in never-before-seen detail the entire fresco cycle of Brunelleschis Dome in Florence, painted by Giorgio Vasari and Federico Zuccari between 1572 and 1579. Text in English and Italian. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. The beautifully illustrated volume is an editorial tribute to the history of the Comunale Theatre in Bologna, a city institution of international fame. With previously unpublished and richly detailed images and complementary texts by Professor Piero Mioli, this publication celebrates the theatre's great and unique story. Also included is a rich photographic array from the theatre's historical archives featuring posters, stage photos, sketches, drawings and figurine plates, which have been hidden from public view, until now. Text in English and Italian. AUTHOR: Prof. Piero Mioli is from Bologna and teaches history of music. He is Counsellor of the Accademia Filarmonica and President of the cappella dei Servi and writes for the newspaper Resto del Carlino. He has written essays and books on Padre Martini, Rossini, Gluck, Donizetti, Verdi, and on the Opera. He has also edited a manual on the history of music, several conference proceedings and complete editions of librettos by Verdi, Mozart, Bellini, Rossini and Wagner. Among his latest books, in addition to the reissue of the Dizionario di musica classica in two volumes (BUR), Il melodramma romantico (Mursia) and L'opera italiana del Novecento (Manzoni). SELLING POINT: . Showcases the splendour of Teatro Comunale di Bologna through richly detailed images and comprehensive texts 226 colour images The most complete volume on the Comunale Theatre in Bologna made thanks to the new and exclusive photographic campaign by Scripta Maneant. Text in English and Italian. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. The sound of Maria Callas, artist and woman. Maria Callas was one of the most influential and renowned opera singers of the 20th century. Callas 100 recounts the diva's unparalleled career and epoch-making moments through exclusive images and previously unpublished documents, such as her debut at La Scala in 1950, her 1958 Norma at the Rome Opera, her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 1956, and her Lucia di Lammermoor at the Dallas Civic Opera in 1959. Intimate conversations with friends and collaborators, anecdotes and photographs from personal archives introduce the unprecedented journey into the life of the artist beyond the curtain, from her stay in Ischia with her friend Giovanna Lomazzi to her trip to Africa with the writer Dacia Maraini, from her lessons at the Julliard School in New York to the private lessons she gave to the Soprano Sylvia Sass in Paris. Text in English and Italian. SELLING POINTS: . Maria Callas told through the words of colleagues, beloved, close collaborators and unpublished images . Features stunning black and white photography and previously unseen documents 180 b/w illustrations Maria Callas told through the words of colleagues, beloved, close collaborators and unpublished images. Text in English and Italian. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. The beautifully illustrated pocket edition is an editorial tribute to the history of the Comunale Theatre in Bologna, a city institution of international fame. With previously unpublished and richly detailed images and complementary texts by Professor Piero Mioli, this publication celebrates the theatre's great and unique story. Also included is a rich photographic array from the theatre's historical archives featuring posters, stage photos, sketches, drawings and figurine plates, which have been hidden from public view, until now. Text in English and Italian. AUTHOR: Prof. Piero Mioli is from Bologna and teaches history of music. He is Counsellor of the Accademia Filarmonica and President of the cappella dei Servi and writes for the newspaper Resto del Carlino. He has written essays and books on Padre Martini, Rossini, Gluck, Donizetti, Verdi, and on the Opera. He has also edited a manual on the history of music, several conference proceedings and complete editions of librettos by Verdi, Mozart, Bellini, Rossini and Wagner. Among his latest books, in addition to the reissue of the Dizionario di musica classica in two volumes (BUR), Il melodramma romantico (Mursia) and L'opera italiana del Novecento (Manzoni). SELLING POINT: . This compact pocket edition showcases the splendour of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna through richly detailed images and comprehensive texts 165 colour images Pocket Edition of the most complete volume on the Comunale Theatre in Bologna made thanks to the new and exclusive photographic campaign by Scripta Maneant. text in English and Italian. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Condizione: OTTIMO USATO. Comprendre - Revue de Politique de la Culture - Nouvelle sà rie INTERLINGUE Anno 2009 completo, presente N. 1 del periodico Comprendre - Revue de Politique de la Culture - Nouvelle sà rie, fondata nel 1950 da Umberto Compagnolo, direttore responsabile Marino Zorzi. Organo ufficiale della Socià tà Europà enne de Culture, Venise. Ottimo stato, coperta illustrata in cartoncino patinato semirigido, bordo un po'sfregato, cerniera stretta, tagli e pagine perfettamente conservati. Presenta testo posto su una e due colonne, illustrazioni a tutta pagina in b. e n. Lingue: Francese, Italiano, Inglese. Numero Pagine 250.…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. Rising near the baths of Diocletian, where Imperial Rome once proclaimed its power, the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome stands as a different but no less enduring monument to Italian genius. Inaugurated in 1880 as the Teatro Costanzi, it was born at a pivotal hour when a newly unified Italy sought not only political coherence but a shared cultural soul. Within its crimson and golden interiors, that soul found one of its most resounding expressions. Here Puccini's Tosca premiered in 1900, at a time when the theatre became both witness and protagonist of modernity surviving war, regime, and reinvention while safeguarding a repertoire that binds Italy to the wider world. To enter its auditorium is to step into a continuum: ancient stone outside, velvet and light within, and above all the breath of singers transforming silence into shared memory. This is a stunning volume, enriched by glorious photography, that honours and uplifts one of the most important opera houses in the world. Text in English and Italian. SELLING POINTS: . Stunning historic and contemporary photography of the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome . A comprehensive, elegant volume for all lovers of opera, theatre, Italian travel, and world monuments to music 149 colour illustrations This is an elegant and contemporary volume on the history and significance of one of the most important opera houses in the world, the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma. Text in English and Italian. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Condizione: NEW. Reggio Emilia: Scripta Maneant, 2025 9791280717160 2395 N vol.: 1, N pag.: 368, W: 25.2, Illustr.: COL + B/N, N illustr.: 300 Il corpus completo dei disegni anatomici dell'artista conservati presso la Royal Collection Windsor, la più ricca collezione al mondo di opere su carta del grande Genio. Le oltre 300 immagini qui raccolte offrono uno sguardo approfondito e completo su un aspetto imprescindibile della storia del Grande Maestro, precursore della ricerca scientifica rinascimentale d'avanguardia. Muovendosi tra arte e anatomia, il volume sorprende e ridefinisce il modo di guardare e "sentire" l'opera di Leonardo. Attraverso un'innovativa modalità espositiva, il professore Martin Kemp svela le unicità del tratto e la raffinata trasposizione figurativa degli studi anatomici di Leonardo, che si configurano altresì come trattato filosofico. Arricchiscono il volume le considerazioni del professore Mario Rende, anatomista dell'Università di Perugia, che rivelano le intuizioni scientifiche, la metodologia di ricerca e l'approccio sperimentale e analitico del Genio di Vinci. Il corpus completo dei disegni anatomici dell'artista conservati presso la Royal Collection Windsor, la più ricca collezione al mondo di opere su carta del grande Genio. Le oltre 300 immagini qui raccolte offrono uno sguardo approfondito e completo su un aspetto imprescindibile della storia del Grande Maestro, precursore della ricerca scientifica rinascimentale d'avanguardia. Muovendosi tra arte e anatomia, il volume sorprende e ridefinisce il modo di guardare e "sentire" l'opera di Leonardo. Attraverso un'innovativa modalità espositiva, il professore Martin Kemp svela le unicità del tratto e la raffinata trasposizione figurativa degli studi anatomici di Leonardo, che si configurano altresì come trattato filosofico. Arricchiscono il volume le considerazioni del professore Mario Rende, anatomista dell'Università di Perugia, che rivelano le intuizioni scientifiche, la metodologia di ricerca e l'approccio sperimentale e analitico del Genio di Vinci.…

Condizione: NEW. Reggio Emilia: Scripta Maneant, 2024 9791280717498 1808 N vol.: 1, N pag.: 240, Peso: 1808, L: 30.4, W: 24.8, Illustr.: COL L'indagine di Sara Penco muove dal perspicace riscontro dell'assenza di una figura chiave nell'affresco del Giudizio Universale in Cappella Sistina. Prima di questa illuminante ricerca, Maria Maddalena non era inequivocabilmente identificata all'interno del capolavoro di Michelangelo. Padre Pfeiffer, con cui la Penco istaura una dialettica imprescindibile, aveva già ipotizzato la presenza della Maddalena nell'affresco, ma è la studiosa, per la prima volta in queste pagine, a motivarne con convinzione l'identificazione. Maria Maddalena è strettamente connessa agli episodi salienti della vita di Gesù. L'autrice si domanda dunque, a ragione, come sia possibile che una figura così centrale del racconto biblico e dell'immaginario cristiano possa essere stata esclusa nella raffigurazione della Parusia. Da questa constatazione, nasce un'accurata riflessione sull'iconografia della santa e del Giudizio, in rapporto con i testi sacri e in relazione alla poetica e alla produzione di Michelangelo. Sara Penco rintraccia nel groviglio di figure sulla parete dietro l'altare della Cappella Sistina, Maria Maddalena, contribuendo a caratterizzare l'affresco - una delle opere più conosciute e apprezzate al mondo - di un inedito messaggio teologico. L'indagine di Sara Penco muove dal perspicace riscontro dell'assenza di una figura chiave nell'affresco del Giudizio Universale in Cappella Sistina. Prima di questa illuminante ricerca, Maria Maddalena non era inequivocabilmente identificata all'interno del capolavoro di Michelangelo. Padre Pfeiffer, con cui la Penco istaura una dialettica imprescindibile, aveva già ipotizzato la presenza della Maddalena nell'affresco, ma è la studiosa, per la prima volta in queste pagine, a motivarne con convinzione l'identificazione. Maria Maddalena è strettamente connessa agli episodi salienti della vita di Gesù. L'autrice si domanda dunque, a ragione, come sia possibile che una figura così centrale del racconto biblico e dell'immaginario cristiano possa essere stata esclusa nella raffigurazione della Parusia. Da questa constatazione, nasce un'accurata riflessione sull'iconografia della santa e del Giudizio, in rapporto con i testi sacri e in relazione alla poetica e alla produzione di Michelangelo. Sara Penco rintraccia nel groviglio di figure sulla parete dietro l'altare della Cappella Sistina, Maria Maddalena, contribuendo a caratterizzare l'affresco - una delle opere più conosciute e apprezzate al mondo - di un inedito messaggio teologico.…

Condizione: NEW. Reggio Emilia: Scripta Maneant, 2024 9791280717221 2109 300 p. : ill. col. b/n, indice ; 30 cm. L'arte di Maria Callas, il soprano che ha segnato un prima e un dopo nella storia della Lirica. Protagonisti e storici dell'Opera raccontano l'abilità vocale e il carisma interpretativo della Divina, che con il suo repertorio e le sue eroine ha saputo creare il mito definitivo dell'unicità interpretativa. Immagini esclusive e inedite dalla Collezione Ragni-Cuoco e dagli Archivi personali degli Autori narrano i momenti più significativi della carriera dell'Artista e della Donna. Con testi di: Carlo Fontana Già Sovrintendente del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Gina Guandalini Musicologa, Giovanna Lomazzi vice presidente del Teatro Sociale di Como, Marco Guardo direttore della Biblioteca dell'Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei e Corsiniana, Sergio Ragni musicologo, Placido Domingo tenore, Dacia Maraini scrittrice, Raina Kabaivanska soprano, Sylvia Sass soprano, Eugene Kohn direttore d'orchestra, Nadia Stancioff ufficio Stampa durante le riprese della Medea di Pier Paolo Pasolini, Alejandro Abrante responsabile pubbliche relazioni Rossini Opera Festival, Fabio Ceppelli giornalista, Piero Mioli musicologo. Guida,Giampaolo.…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. Leonardo da Vinci's Anatomical Atlas brings together the complete corpus of the artist's anatomical drawings held at the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, the world's richest collection of the great artist's work on paper. According to Count Galeazzo Arconati, who gave other Leonardo manuscripts to the Ambrosiana Library in Milan, the drawings concerning nature, anatomy, and colour, have been in the hands of the King of England before 1640. The collection has been recorded as being in the possession of Queen Mary II, in 1690, a year after she and her husband, William III, ascended the throne as joint monarchs. The collection comprises all the known anatomical drawings by Leonardo. Three hundred images of the human body by the great artist, made between about 1485 and 151015, are showcased in this magnificent volume. Based on the artist's own anatomical dissections, they show his evolving understanding of physiology. The drawings demonstrate, as well, Leonardo's progress from technical mastery of his subject to consummate draftsmanship. The commentary on this astonishing body of work is by Professor Martin Kemp of Oxford University, a leading international authority of Leonardo da Vinci, who explains the uniqueness of the painter's stroke and the refined figurative transposition. One of the most renowned Italian Anatomists, Professor Mario Rende of the University of Perugia, analyses the significance of these works from a medical-scientific angle, revealing the insights, the research methodology, and the experimental and analytical approach of the Genius of da Vinci. Moving between art and anatomy, between unsurpassed illustrative display and avant-garde Renaissance scientific research, the work thus provides an in-depth and comprehensive look at an indispensable aspect of the Great Master's story. Text in English and Italian. AUTHOR: Martin Kemp is Emeritus Research Professor in the History of Art at Oxford University and a Fellow of the British Academy. He has written and broadcast extensively on imagery in art and science spanning the Renaissance to the present day. He speaks on issues of visualization and lateral thinking to a wide range of audiences and is considered one of the world's foremost experts on Leonardo da Vinci, who has been the subject of many of his articles, essays, and books, including Leonardo (Oxford University Press, 2004). Kemp has also published on imagery in the sciences of anatomy, natural history, and optics, as in The Science of Art: Optical Themes in Western Art from Brunelleschi to Seurat (Yale University Press, 1990). He was trained in Natural Sciences and Art History at Cambridge University and the Courtauld Institute of Art at the University of London. From 1993 to 1998 he was Wolfson Research Professor at the British Academy. For more than twenty-five years he was based in Scotland, at the University of Glasgow and at the University of St. Andrews. Kemp has curated a series of exhibitions on Leonardo as well as on other themes, including Spectacular Bodies at the Hayward Gallery in 2000, Leonardo da Vinci: Experience, Experiment, Design at the Victoria and Albert Museum in 2006, and Seduced: Art and Sex from Antiquity to Now at the Barbican Art Gallery in 2007. SELLING POINTS: . Leonardo da Vinci's Anatomical Atlas brings together the complete corpus of the artist's anatomical drawings held at the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, the world's richest collection of the great artist's work on paper . Enriched by Mario Rende's considerations and Giampaolo Guida's introductory note, Martin Kemp's work surprises and redefines our way of looking at and feeling Leonardo's work . Gold foil lamination included on plate and spine 287 colour illustrations Leonardo da Vinci's Anatomical Atlas brings together the complete corpus of the artist's anatomical drawings hel Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. …

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. An expert in Pompeian studies and a qualified tourist guide since 2005, Professor De Albentiis has been Professor of Style, History of Art and Costume at the "Pietro Vannucci" Academy of Fine Arts, which in 2003 awarded him the title of Honorary Academician. In addition to his academic activity, which has also seen him involved as a visiting professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bilbao, Thessaloniki, Pontevedra, Cordoba Oporto and Nanjing, De Albentiis also stands out for his activity as a militant critic of contemporary art and as a promoter of sensitivity towards art and history, through his collaboration with various cultural bodies and associations. In this volume, he reconstructs the history of the discovery and excavation of Pompeii, immersing the reader in every aspect of Pompeian civilisation. A journey to discover the main areas and spaces dedicated to public and private life in Pompeii before the terrible eruption of 79 AD, which fatally decreed both its destruction and its preservation. The magnificence of Pompeii's villas, temples and squares is brought to life in this volume, together with an exhaustive analysis of the religious, economic, social, residential and funerary life of its civilisation. SELLING POINTS: . With many previously unpublished images by Alfredo Foglia and his nephew Pio Foglia . Alfredo founded his photographic studio in 1921. He is the progenitor of a family of photographers that has spanned the entire century and Pio has achieved several specialisations in photography, in Italy and abroad, collaborating with important organisations such as National Geographic 220 colour illustrations Text in English and Italian. Professor De Albentiis - one of the greatest experts on Pompeii - guides the reader in the fascinating discovering of the art, architecture and history of one of the world's major archaeological sites. Text in English and Italian. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. Scripta Maneant is proud to present this 320-page magnum opus on the Italian Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi, one of the most accomplished 17th-century artists and an icon among women artists of all time. Text in English and Italian. Artemisia Gentileschi has been the subject of much attention in recent decades. Research dedicated to her has, however, often returned a stereotyped and reductive image of the artistic universe and personality of the painter. The professional figure of Gentileschi, who was able to move with great success in what we now call the art system, finally finds new dignity. Unpublished attributions from private collections are flanked by the painter's masterpieces, reconstructing the framework of the international commissions that consecrated her as a protagonist of the European Baroque, in the most complete and up-to-date volume dedicated to the artist. The innovative charge of language and the exceptional nature of Artemisia's iconographic choices reveal the documented interests and literary, scientific and musical frequentations that the painter skilfully cultivated in every city that recorded her passage. Text in English and Italian. AUTHORS: Asia Graziano is an Art historian. She has collaborated with important Italian museums and institutions including MAMBO - Museum of Modern Art of Bologna and UNESCO Italy. Curator of the BCBF 2019 Illustrators Exhibition and the Illustrators Annual. She is an author for publishing houses and art magazines. Sheila Barker's studies on Artemisia Gentileschi have been published in monographs, exhibition catalogues, essays and articles. She has also contributed to the scientific debate on the painter in numerous conferences and academic readings. Gregory Buchakjian is Director of the School of Visual Arts of the Academie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts (ALBA) in Beirut, and is responsible for the attribution to Artemisia Gentileschi of the two paintings in Palazzo Sursock, Hercules and Omphale and the Magdalene, damaged during the explosion of 4 August 2020. For almost 20 years, Claudio Strinati has been director of the Roman Museum Complex, he organised numerous important exhibitions and wrote hundreds of essays and books translated all over the world. SELLING POINTS: . Features more than 60 paintings, spanning the full spectrum of Artemisia Gentileschi's works, from age 15 in Rome to her death in 1653 in Naples, captured for the first time in ultra-high giga pixel photography . Paintings in private collections, such as the Roman Charity belonging to individual collectors and Susanna and the Elders in the Royal Library Collection at Windsor, are shown in high-resolution photography for the first time . Two recently discovered paintings found in a bombed palace in Beirut and authenticated by essayist Gregory Buchakjian and the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles complete the entire oeuvre of Gentileschi's work as never shown before . The book includes a selection of letters Artemisia wrote drawn from newly discovered archival materials. One is shown in its original parchment form, showcasing her penmanship and style of writing . Published to accompany the exhibition Artemisia Heroine de l'art, 19 March- August 2025, Musee Jacquemart-Andre, Paris 300 colour illustrations Scripta Maneant is proud to present this 320-page magnum opus on the Italian Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi, one of the most accomplished 17th-century artists and an icon among women artists of all time. Text in English and Italian. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. The sound of Maria Callas, artist and woman. Maria Callas was one of the most influential and renowned opera singers of the 20th century. Callas 100 recounts the diva's unparalleled career and epoch-making moments through exclusive images and previously unpublished documents, such as her debut at La Scala in 1950, her 1958 Norma at the Rome Opera, her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 1956, and her Lucia di Lammermoor at the Dallas Civic Opera in 1959. Intimate conversations with friends and collaborators, anecdotes and photographs from personal archives introduce the unprecedented journey into the life of the artist beyond the curtain, from her stay in Ischia with her friend Giovanna Lomazzi to her trip to Africa with the writer Dacia Maraini, from her lessons at the Julliard School in New York to the private lessons she gave to the Soprano Sylvia Sass in Paris. Text in English and Italian. SELLING POINTS: . Maria Callas told through the words of colleagues, beloved, close collaborators and unpublished images . Features stunning black and white photography and previously unseen documents 180 b/w illustrations Maria Callas told through the words of colleagues, beloved, close collaborators and unpublished images. Text in English and Italian. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. Alessandra BigiIotti and Giulio Zavatta are noted art historians, authors, and professors who have organised exhibitions, events, and conferences in Italy and abroad. In this book, they take the reader on a journey through art galleries, museums, and places of worship, looking for celebrated as well as forgotten masterpieces of Mannerism the most controversial style of the Renaissance period. Mannerism emerged in the later years of the High Italian Renaissance and continued into the early 17th century. Noted artists who worked in this style include Pontormo, Rosso Fiorentino, Parmigianino, and Giulio Romano. This book offers insight into this movement in the context of its time and brings to light forgotten works that represent an important part of Italian art history. Text in English and Italian. AUTHORS: Alessandra Bigi Iotti, Giulio Zavatta are art historians, authors, and professors who have organised exhibitions, events and conferences, and published essays and books in Italy and abroad. Founders of the Taccuini d'Arte magazine, they have curated several editions of the Biennale del Disegno in Rimini. SELLING POINTS: . Illustrated with previously unpublished images created specifically for this book . An exploration the Mannerist movement in Italian art, featuring forgotten art masterpieces from locations throughout Italy 175 colour illustrations Alessandra Bigi Iotti and Giulio Zavatta guides the reader through an amazing path through the History of Italian Art to discover the paintings of Mannerism. Text in English and Italian. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. Alessandra BigiIotti and Giulio Zavatta are noted art historians, authors, and professors who have organised exhibitions, events, and conferences in Italy and abroad. In this book, they take the reader on a journey through art galleries, museums, and places of worship, looking for celebrated as well as forgotten masterpieces of Mannerism the most controversial style of the Renaissance period. Mannerism emerged in the later years of the High Italian Renaissance and continued into the early 17th century. Noted artists who worked in this style include Pontormo, Rosso Fiorentino, Parmigianino, and Giulio Romano. This book offers insight into this movement in the context of its time and brings to light forgotten works that represent an important part of Italian art history. Text in English and Italian. AUTHORS: Alessandra Bigi Iotti, Giulio Zavatta are art historians, authors, and professors who have organised exhibitions, events and conferences, and published essays and books in Italy and abroad. Founders of the Taccuini d'Arte magazine, they have curated several editions of the Biennale del Disegno in Rimini. SELLING POINTS: . Illustrated with previously unpublished images created specifically for this book . An exploration the Mannerist movement in Italian art, featuring forgotten art masterpieces from locations throughout Italy 175 colour illustrations Alessandra Bigi Iotti and Giulio Zavatta guides the reader through an amazing path through the History of Italian Art to discover the paintings of Mannerism. Text in English and Italian. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…