100 Kilims - masterpieces from Anatolia

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Associazione amici del Bargello

Giuseppe Morazzoni
Edizioni libri artistici

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Galleria la porta d'oro

Olga A. Polyakova
Vivay Publishing

We are proud to offer this important book on icons dating from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. These sixty icons from the Kolomenskoye State Museum are presented with full descriptions of their origins and symbolic meanings written by a leading specialist in Old Russian art. This lesser-known collection shows the evolution and development of Russian iconography through its themes, styles and details - for example, historical figures such as Peter the Great featured in the battlefield on one of the intercession icons. These images are at once powerful and moving, engaging the observer in the story depicted in the painting or drawing the eye to a face that seems to look directly out at the viewer. This book provides a fascinating insight into the world of the mysterious and beautiful icons. Icons: Masterpieces of Russian Art is a valuable resource for art historians, scholars of religious practice, and collectors of icons.

L. Camusso, S. Bortone
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore

Dario Valcarenghi
Electa

I tappeti kilim sono l'espressione di una tradizione nata tra le donne dell'Anatolia circa novemila anni fa e trasmessa di madre in figlia per centinaia di generazioni. Al di là dell'aspetto tecnico, questi preziosi manufatti rappresentano una testimonianza culturale ricca di fascino e di mistero: il significato delle complesse simbologie racchiuse nei disegni dell'intreccio è ancora in buona parte da decifrare, e implica una lunga ricerca delle loro radici filosofiche, religiose, persino alchemiche. Questo volume presenta 160 preziosissimi esemplari di kilim.

Bérénice Geoffroy-Schneiter
Skira Editore

The ultimate reference book on the ethnic jewellery of Asian peoples. A comprehensive picture of jewellery beginning with prehistory and continuing into the 20th century with the works of contemporary designers. Ivory, beads, leather, shells, enamel work, precious metals, and stones, alone or in combination, are all illustrated throughout. Pieces chosen for their exceptional quality and historical importance, through wonderfully composed photographs, come to life here. It is rare for jewellery to have a solely aesthetic purpose, for above all it is anchored in the social, religious and political contexts that lend it meaning. Differing attitudes are explained by the function assigned to jewellery in the traditional societies from which the examples in the book are drawn.

Maurizio Fusi
Rima Editrice

Sammlung Cremer
Arnoldsche

The Cremer Collection covers a wide geographical span from Armenia to Finland and Morocco in the west and from Iran to Tibet in the east. Most are knotted pile products whose history dates beyond the great traditions of carpet design, going back several thousand years. The collection is a result of the discerning eve of an accomplished artist who has purposely limited his collection to 99 pieces so that the inner coherence of the collection does not "burst its banks". The genuine and great collectors are distinguished by the fact that they are able to seek out just those things which could be their own children from among the immense variety that is offered.

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Francesca Cortesi Bosco
Credito Bergamasco

Enza Cilia Platamone
Skira Editore