A leading representative of the Russian avant-garde, Alexander Rodchenko (1891 – 1956) revolutionized the world of graphic art, design and photography. The over 250 illustrations featured in this volume allow the reader to grasp the full for...

The relationship between art, nature and fashion in the creations of the Venezuelan designer that conquered public and critics around the world. Fashion and art have always had intimate and fruitful relations, accompanying social change and, in pa...

The most complete monograph realized about the noted Austrian painter, photographer, filmmaker, performer and set designer, born in Vienna in 1948. The works of Helnwein show the bare truth where society instead hides and removes. What emerges by ...

Over seventy works from museums and private collections trace out the meteoric career of Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988), “enfant terrible” of the art world who quickly became the symbol of the New York multiethnic culture of the Eightie...

John Malkovich and Sandro Miller pay homage to the icons of photography that have changed our collective imagination. Meryl Streep is a myth, even without the celebrated portrait taken by Annie Leibovitz in 1981, and another myth – John Malk...

An exciting monograph dedicated to an extraordinary figure and one of last century’s most famous and influential artists. ​Man Ray (1890-1976) was a photographer, painter, and creator of objects, experimental films, and images which were ...

The book presents the extraordinary three-dimensional “live sculptures” by the Russian architect, designer, writer and artist. Having some engineering experience, Klyukin was able to experiment and derive a concept of connecting steel ...

This exhibition catalogue shows the evolution of taste in the Italian and European courts from late mannerism through to the first decades of last century. Writing desks, tables, beds, chairs, thrones, mirrors, vases, and objects made of or decorated...

120th anniversary of his birth, the life and masterpieces by Alfred Hitchcock, a British filmmaker, master of suspense and cinema genius. “If you make a bomb go off, the audience has a shock that lasts 10 seconds, but if you simply tell them...

Alphonse Mucha was an extraordinarily prolific and versatile artist who made his mark in the diverse fields of design – including posters, jewellery, interior decoration, theatre, packaging and product designs – as well as in painting, book illustrat...

Finizio’s theme is one we can see on the streets: having changed the 19th-century city into a “metropolis” of suburbs and highways, the car as an object is, in turn, changing in relation to the modern city. A leading Italian design professional, Fini...

Published for the celebrations of the fifth centenary of the printing of the first book in Armenian in Venice (1512), this volume offers a rich, fascinating chronological survey, presenting over 200 works from the leading museums and libraries of Arm...

The first book to exclusively present Cleto Munaris latest creations in the field of the applied arts: a unique collection of art carpets. Cleto Munari was born in Gorizia and he lives and works in Vicenza. After meeting Carlo Scarpa in 1973, who en...

Over the past fifteen years Beijing has experienced unprecedented change - a change more dramatic and profound than ever before. Contemporary skyscrapers and architectural forms are gradually enclosing the historic city center. Steel and glass struct...

Un-volumetric architecture expresses a new condition acquired in dealing with and designing open and public space from the nineties to today. This volume is therefore intended to offer a theoretical reflection conducted through 100 construction pr...