Six Art Books for Summer Reading: From David Bowie to Gio Ponti

A roundup of six recently published art and culture books recommended for summer reading. The list includes 'David Bowie – Tutti gli album' by Francesco Donadio, an album-by-album analysis of the musician's work; 'Ricerche e fotografia di paesaggio in Lombardia' edited by Andrea Arcidiacono and Carlo Manfredi, a photographic survey of Lombardy's landscape fragilities; 'Louis Vuitton' by Alessia Lautone, a tribute to the fashion genius on the bicentenary of his birth; 'Autoritratto di un Fotografo' by Ferdinando Scianna, an updated autobiography covering his last ten years; 'Enchanting Architecture. The Italian Cultural Institute in Stockholm by Gio Ponti', which details the architect's complete design of the institute inaugurated on November 24, 1958, with contributions from Pier Luigi Nervi and Ferruccio Rossetti; and 'Neapolis' by Boogie, a black-and-white photo book on Naples with an introduction by rapper Luchè, published by Drago Publisher.