Le Petit Palais. Chef-d'oeuvre de Paris 1900

Gilles Plum
Éditions du Patrimoine - Centre des Monuments Nationaux

Construit pour l'Exposition universelle de 1900 et récemment restauré, le Grand Palais est un bâtiment audacieux dans son éclectisme, combinant, avec ses façades de pierre, la transparence de sa nef et son ornementation Art nouveau, une tradition néoclassique et une innovation esthétique qui annonçaient le XXe siècle. Cet ouvrage restitue le Grand Palais dans tous ses aspects : naissance, construction, décor, place dans l'urbanisme parisien, chronique de ses diverses métamorphoses. Illustré par une iconographie ancienne et contemporaine, il retrace l'histoire complète de ce monument majeur et offre de merveilleuses vues de la nef de verre et d'autres angles inaccessibles au public.

AA.VV.
s.e.

Giorgio Herrmann
Gastaldi editore

s.a.
INClub Editore

Enzo Di Martino
Centro Internazionale della Grafica

Cavandoli
Sperling e Kupfer Editori

AA.VV.
NAi Publishers

"The Magic Carpet" by Russian-born Victor Vasnetsov depicts a man placidly hovering on an oriental rug, flanked by three owls, above an eerie, moonlit landscape. Painted in 1880, it evidences the influence that Russian fairytales (in which magic carpets figure heavily) had on Russian painters and illustrators of the time. These stories were not only, as is often thought, used in traditional crafts like lacquer work and embroidery. Nineteenth-century artists blended imagery from fairytales and legends with references to what was happening politically, economically and socially in Russia and the rest of the world--creating a unique picture of the Russian psyche. An engaging survey of an under-explored phenomenon, Russian Legends, Folk Tales and Fairy Tales includes more than 80 works by artists like Vasnetsov, Nicholas Roerich, Ivan Bilibin, Vasili Kandinsky, Elena Polenova and Michail Vroebel alongside summaries of the depicted fairytales. Some of the works included are book illustrations, others large paintings on canvas. A great resource for understanding how and why Russian artists utilized fairytale imagery, this book also serves as an introduction to the repeating themes and humor in the stories.

Elena Cernevic
Cantini editore

AA.VV.
Communication Arts Magazine

Daniele Baroni
Cartiere Burgo

Wang Ying Lin
Edizioni Pulcinoelefante

Wang Ying Lin
Edizioni Pulcinoelefante