“Canova, Hayez, Cicognara L’ultima gloria di Venezia” curated by F.Mazzocca, Paola Marini, Roberto De Feo
The exhibition Canova, Hayez, Cicognara. The last glory of Venice, is an opportunity to honour a special moment in the artistic history of the Serenissima, recalling that season of cultural revival in 1815 with the return from Paris of the four horses of St. Mark's, the city's symbolic work.
Paperback, 352 pages
“Damien Hirst. Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable” italian edition by E. Geuna – Marsilio
Hovering between reality and fiction, Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable is Damien Hirst's new, great provocation, a project the artist has been working on for over ten years, complex and ambitious, exceptional in its dimensions and intentions.
Hardcover, 336 pages
“Henri Cartier-Bresson Le Grand Jeu” by M. Humery, S. Aubenas, J. Cercas – Marsilio
At the beginning of the 1970s, at the request of his long-time friends and collectors John and Dominique de Menil, Henri Cartier-Bresson went through the thousands of prints in his archive with the idea of choosing the most important and significant works of his career.
Hardcover, 350 pages
“Jacques Henri Lartigue. L’invenzione della felicità” by D. Curti, M. Perceval, C. Revol – Marsilio
The success and recognition of the work of Lartigue (Courbevoie, June 13, 1894 - Nice, September 12, 1986) came very late, when the artist was almost 70 years old. It was 1963, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York hosted an exhibition with the images that the photographer had taken at the beginning of his career, in the early years of the twentieth century, in front of which it was impossible not to recognize the obvious closeness with the work of the great Henri Cartier-Bresson.
Hardcover, 208 pages
“John Ruskin. Le pietre di Venezia” curated by Anna Ottani Cavina – Marsilio
The catalogue of the exhibition held at the Doge's Palace at the opening of the celebrations for the bicentenary of John Ruskin's birth recounts the long and fruitful love affair between the famous English critic and the city of Venice.
Paperback, 219 pages
“L’ arte di vivere a Venezia. Architettura e cucina” by Toto Bergamo Rossi, Lydia Fasoli – Marsilio
This book takes us behind the stunning facades of Venetian palaces and gives us the opportunity to explore rich interiors, discover lush secret gardens and savor the delicious local cuisine.
Hardcover, 240 pages
“Shakespeare in Venice. Exploring the city with Shylock and Othello” Shaul Bassi, Alberto Toso Fei – Elzeviro Editore
A very refined and particular guide to Venice, which invites you to get lost in the labyrinth of calli and campielli to find the characters and places of William Shakespeare
Flexible cover, 224 pages
“Tintoretto (1519-1594)” by R. Echols, F. Ilchman – Marsilio
Catalogue of the exhibition in Venice, 7 September 2018-6 January 2019
The 500th anniversary of Tintoretto's birth is an opportunity to retrace the entire career of this great artist through the research of his greatest scholars, both Italian and foreign.
Paperback, 308 pages
“Veneziaenigma. Thirteen centuries of chronicles, mysteries, curiosities and extraordinary events poised between history and myth” English edition, Alberto Toso Fei
A mapping of places and anecdotes that, like an immense mosaic reassembled, piece by piece, reveals the enigmatic essence of Venice
Paperback, 400 pages
“Youssef Nabil. Once upon a dream” by J. Aillagon, M. Humery – Marsilio
Made using the traditional Egyptian technique widely used for family portraits and film posters that populated the streets of Cairo, Youssef Nabil's hand-painted photographs convey the suggestion of a legendary Egypt between symbolism and abstraction.
Paperback - 160 pages
