Six New Art Books Explore Memory, Landscape, and History
Artribune presents six new books that intertwine art, travel, and memory. Stefano Cerio's 'Brenva' uses inflatable installations to mark the lost glacier at Mont Blanc, with texts by Stefano Chiodi and Riccardo Venturi, published by Quodlibet in 2025. Marco Di Capua's 'Goya' offers a unified narrative of the artist's life and work, from court theater to the Black Paintings, published by Galaad Edizioni. Ivan Carozzi's 'Cronache dall'Italia nascosta' maps over eighty micro-stories across twenty Italian regions, published by Blackie edizioni. Philippe Daverio's posthumous 'Come San Francesco inventò l'arte moderna' argues that Franciscan preaching paved the way for Giotto and modern art, published by Solferino. Gabriele Battaglia's 'Gobi Express' documents a train journey from Beijing to Ulaanbaatar, combining reportage and photography, published by Mimesis. Federico Zaina's 'Atlante del passato perduto' catalogs cultural heritage losses worldwide, from the Maya pyramid of Nohmul to the Juukan Gorge caves, published by Rizzoli.
Key facts
- Stefano Cerio's 'Brenva' uses inflatable blue wall to mark lost glacier at Mont Blanc.
- Book 'Brenva' includes texts by Stefano Chiodi and Riccardo Venturi, translation by Theresa Davis.
- 'Brenva' published by Quodlibet in 2025, 72 pages, €38.
- Marco Di Capua's 'Goya' covers artist's life from cartoons to Black Paintings.
- 'Goya' published by Galaad Edizioni in 2025, 394 pages, €35.
- Ivan Carozzi's 'Cronache dall'Italia nascosta' covers 20 regions with over 80 micro-stories.
- 'Cronache dall'Italia nascosta' published by Blackie edizioni in 2025, 294 pages, €20.
- Philippe Daverio's 'Come San Francesco inventò l'arte moderna' argues St. Francis invented modern art.
- 'Come San Francesco inventò l'arte moderna' published by Solferino in 2025, 256 pages, €21.50.
- Gabriele Battaglia's 'Gobi Express' documents train journey from Beijing to Ulaanbaatar.
- 'Gobi Express' published by Mimesis in 2025, 188 pages, €19.
- Federico Zaina's 'Atlante del passato perduto' catalogs cultural heritage losses globally.
- 'Atlante del passato perduto' published by Rizzoli in 2025, 320 pages, €15.
- Books cover themes of climate change, art history, Italian provincial life, and heritage destruction.
Entities
Artists
- Stefano Cerio
- Marco Di Capua
- Ivan Carozzi
- Philippe Daverio
- Gabriele Battaglia
- Federico Zaina
- Goya
- Giotto
- Piero della Francesca
- Mantegna
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Raffaello
- Tiziano
- Palladio
- Vermeer
- Rubens
- Stefano Chiodi
- Riccardo Venturi
- Theresa Davis
- Dario Moalli
Institutions
- Artribune
- Quodlibet
- Galaad Edizioni
- Blackie edizioni
- Solferino
- Mimesis
- Rizzoli
- Amazon
Locations
- Brenva
- Monte Bianco
- Mont Blanc
- Italy
- Pechino
- Beijing
- Ulan Bator
- Ulaanbaatar
- Dongbei
- Xinjiang
- Kirghizistan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Uyanga
- Mongolia
- Nohmul
- Juukan
- Assuan
- Aswan
- Lago d'Aral
- Aral Sea
- Mesopotamia
- Venezia
- Venice
- Persepolis
- Angkor
- Vigevano
- Milano
- Milan