ART REFERENCE 37 The Springtime of the Renaissance Sculpture and the Arts in Florence 1400-60 Edited by Beatrice Paolozzi Strozzi and Marc Bormand Published to accompany an exhibition in Italy, this book charts masterpieces of sculpture; ancient art from the 13th and 14th centuries. It then looks into the assimilation of Gothic style of French origin, and follows development and influences from monumental sculptures by the likes of Donatello, Ghiberti, Nanni di Banco and Michelozzo, paintings by artists such as Masaccio, Paolo Uccello, Andrea del Castagno and Filippo Lippi, and the impact on the political and spiritual mood of the city. Two hundred stunning images bring the exhibition to life.
Mandragora ISBN: 9788874611867 290 x 245mm. 560 pp. 200 col. April 2013 £40.00 Paperback
• Accompanies the exhibition The Springtime of the Renaissance: Sculpture and the Arts in Florence 1400-1460 held at Palazzo Strozzi, from March - August 2013, moving on to the Musée du Louvre, from September 2013 to January 2014
Bramantino A Renaissance Painter in Milan Giovanni Agosti and Jacopo Stoppa Born in Bergamo and documented since 1480, Bramantino died in Milan in 1530. Bramantino was always up to date with the most innovative art, but, at the same time, developing his own style, somewhat abstract and ripe with mysterious iconographies. Bramantino: A Renaissance Painter in Milan sets forth a new chronology, emphasising his pivotal role in Lombard Renaissance. The book also discusses the twelve tapestries known as the Trivulzio Months, as well as the recent sensational discovery of new frescoes in the Castle of Voghera.
Masterpieces of Orientalist Art The Shafik Gabr Collection Shafik Gabr started his collection of Orientalist art in 1993 by acquiring a painting by Ludwig Deutsch. His collection contains a large number of works by the famed Austrian artist as well as some of the finest examples of the greatest masters of Orientalism such as Jean-Léon Gérôme, Frederick Arthur Bridgman, Gustav Bauernfeind and many others. The Shafik Gabr Collection is impressive in its richness and variety. It includes masterpieces by some of the major 19th- and 20th-century Orientalists found in private hands today and demonstrates the owner's appreciation of differences as well as similarities in European visions of the versatile and diverse Orient.
Officina Libraria ISBN: 9788897737032 240 x 220mm. 176 pp. 114 col. February 2013 £29.00 Hardback
• This is the first book in English on Bramantino. Beautifully illustrated with many details; Mauro Magliani, one of the best art photographers in Italy, was commissioned for the photography
M. Shafik Gabr 275 x 250 mm. 476 pp. 377 col ISBN: 9781905377657 Paperback, slipcase £125.00 ISBN: 9781905377640 Hardback, slipcase £150.00 ISBN: 9782867701924 Hardback, deluxe edition, slipcased in silk, numbered £250.00