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Urbano Vitry
Paolo Lampato Editore

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Paolo Ripamonti Carpano

Anthony Blunt
Mondadori Electa

Il volume abbina una sintesi magistrale, a tutt'oggi insuperata, dei principali caratteri dell'architettura napoletana dal Quattrocento fino all'arrivo di figure di spicco come Ferdinando Fuga (1699-1 781) e Luigi Vanvitelli (1 700-1773) dedicando molto spazio e attenzione ai dati documentari sui singoli edifici. Un ampio apparato iconografico, costituito da disegni tecnici e fotografie d'autore, restituiscono la ricchezza dell'architettura barocca e rococò a Napoli raccontata attraverso opere sacre e civili e attraverso lo sviluppo delle nuove correnti artistiche del ventesimo secolo.

Richard H. Axsom, Leah Kolb
Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation

In addition to his achievements in abstract painting and sculpture, Frank Stella has also made major contributions to the history of the modern print. An exploration of the artist's innovative use of the medium, Frank Stella: Prints reveals the intimate relationships between Stella's prints and his works in other mediums, demonstrating how Stella blasted a hole in the traditional tools and aesthetics of printmaking with works of compelling complexity and beauty.

Frank Stella: Prints registers in chronological sequence more than 300 editioned prints, reproduced in full color, including works in series and portfolios. Related works in other mediums--paintings, metal reliefs, maquettes and sculpture--are also illustrated for comparison. Complete documentation of each print offers a privileged insight into the creative process behind these works of art. An introductory essay, prefaces to each series and comments on individual prints provide background information, analysis and interpretation. Frank Stella: Prints also features an illustrated chronology, a glossary tailored to Stella's practice, a bibliography and an index.

Soon after arriving in New York in the late 1950s, Frank Stella (born 1936) came to prominence with his striped Black Paintings and shaped canvases. His early painting project reduced the medium to its most fundamental elements and introduced a key concept of Minimalism at an early date: "What you see is what you see." But it was not long before Stella, a restlessly experimental worker, abandoned austerity for brighter colors, irregular shapes, rougher textures and gestural brushstrokes.

Gianni Mercurio
Giunti Arte Mostre Musei

Il volume è il catalogo della mostra che presenta a Palazzo Reale di Milano Keith Haring e la sua opera. L'artista è presentato a tuttotondo, andando oltre all'idea di retrospettiva e mettendo in luce lo stretto legame tra la sua produzione artistica, in tutti i suoi aspetti, e la storia delle arti che egli ha compreso e collocato al centro del suo lavoro, assimilandola fino a integrarla esplicitamente nei suoi dipinti e costruendo così la parte più significativa della sua ricerca estetica. Il catalogo evidenzia questa stretta relazione, affiancando alle opere di Haring quelle di autori di epoche diverse che sono stati ispirazione per l'artista stesso, o le cui suggestioni sono state riprese nelle sue opere. Il volume segue quindi il percorso espositivo riprendendone le tematiche e approfondendole grazie anche ai saggi che mettono in luce lo stretto legame tra Haring e le tematiche principali della storia dell'arte. Completano il volume una selezione di interviste all'artista e una ricca biografia illustrata che permettono di mettere in luce ancora meglio l'eclettica e straordinaria personalità di Haring.

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Regione autonoma Valle D'Aosta

Kate Brown, Simon Quintero
Halcyon Gallery

Exhibition catalogue from Santiago Montoya's Improbably Landscapes exhibit at London's Halcyon Gallery, May 29-June 24, 2014.

Georges Meurant
Thames and Hudson

The Shoowa people, a small tribe from the kingdom of Kuba, now Zaire, have been designing and making embroidered textiles for hundreds of years. With their complex geometrical patterning and bold colours, these works of art were used in a variety of ways by the Shoowas, as status symbols, dowries, shrouds, religious vestments or as a type of currency. Genuine production ceased around 1905, with the result that they have become collectors' items.

Peter Koepke
The design library

An insider's guide to the world's largest archive of patterns and textiles, the source of inspiration for the globe's top designers

Every season, designers from fashion, home furnishings, textiles, graphic arts, and paper-product industries seek inspiration from patterns to bring their collections to life. Many of these designers - including Beacon Hill, Boden, Calvin Klein, Clinique, Colefax & Fowler, Lululemon, Nike, Oscar de la Renta, Pottery Barn, and Target - look to the Design Library, the world's largest archive of surface design. This one-of-a-kind book, drawn from the Design Library's archive, is an exclusive and ultimate sourcebook of pattern and ornament.

Nicholas Foulkes
Van Cleef & Arpels

Daniel Rabreau
Bibliothèque de l'Image

Andrea Busto, Cristiano Isnardi
Carlo Cambi editore

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Rizzoli - Skira

Known for her life-size sculptures made entirely of beads, Liza Lou has had audiences and critics spellbound since her debut exhibition fifteen years ago. Liza Lou's sculptures, room-size installations, and performances have been at the center of the art world's bewilderment and awe since the unveiling of her first masterpiece, Kitchen, in 1996. A true-to-size replica of a kitchen in the midst of a museum gallery would hardly cause a stir, were it not for one important fact: the work is made entirely of beads. Eschewing the well-traveled path in art school to embrace the traditional mediums of painting or sculpture, Lou embarked on forging a body of work unlike any that had been seen before in the art world. In the nearly fifteen years since her auspicious debut, Lou's work has developed from realistic room-size tableaux taken from everyday life—such as Backyard and Trailer, among others—to works no less monumental in construction and more sober in their themes, such as Security Fence and Cell. In this comprehensive volume devoted to her work, illustrated with two hundred photographs, writers, critics, and scholars explore her work in depth.

Annie Kelly
Rizzoli

Splash provides the inspiration for anyone designing, or dreaming about, their own pool.

This celebration of the style, design, and joy that pools bring to us brims with over 200 glamorous photographs. It is organized by swimming pool design--from glimmering infinity pools with a view of the ocean to dramatic cascading waterfall pools and those in lush garden settings. Ranging from beautifully landscaped backyards to dramatic beaches and tropical paradise surroundings, the stunning pool locales show creative examples of pools as architecture and organic forms. In the mix are seductive pools owned by such celebrities as Cher and Dianne Keaton and leading designers Bunny Williams and Carolyne Roehm, as well as masterpieces by famed architects Frank Lloyd Wright, Richard Neutra, and Luis Barragán. Splash concludes with a section on poolside elements, from tiled steps, patterned surfaces, and Jacuzzis to pool houses with outdoor showers, landscaping, furnishings, and much more. Every example evokes the enduring and irresistible appeal of the swimming pool.

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Phaidon Press

At last - the next instalment in the popular Vitamin series - the world's hottest painters, selected by international experts

Since the publication of the first Vitamin P in 2002, painting has continued to evolve and excite, with new generations responding to its historic importance and taking it in unexpected directions. A central pillar of artistic practice, painting also has enduring appeal, dominating the art market. Vitamin P3 takes the conversation forward, spotlighting more than 100 outstanding artists who are engaging with - and pushing the boundaries of - the medium of paint.

Artists include: Etel Adnan, Michael Armitage, Matt Connors, Genieve Figgis, Helen Johnson, Sanya Kantarovsky, Ella Kruglyanskaya, Oscar Murillo, Imran Qureshi, Nicolas Party, Mary Ramsden, Rosie Wylie.

International experts include: Iwona Blazwick, Benjamin Buchloh, Marlene Dumas, Laura Hoptman, Geeta Kapur, Alex Katz, Tim Marlow, Sarah McCrory, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Beatrix Ruf, Nancy Spector.

Bruno Munari, Valeria Montaldi
Edizioni L'Agrifoglio

Ryan Gander
Dent De Leone

Georges Teyssot
Electa

David Moos
Skira Editore

Julian Schnabel is regarded as one of the most important artists of our time. Working in many media, he first became known for his paintings on collaged shards of smashed plates. This volume includes an account of his output and describes the personality of a metamorphic artist and his bold, somewhat confrontational style.

Simonetta Coppa, Anna Bernardini
Silvana Editoriale

Edoardo Massucci
Automobilia

Cristina Giannini
Casa Editrice Leo S. Olschki

Pietro Antonio
Silvana Editoriale

Lanfranco Scorticati
Musei civici