Six New Art Books: From Beato Angelico to Marcel Duchamp
Jaca Book has reissued Liana Castelfranchi's works: 'L'arte rinascimentale in Europa' (€50), which advocates for a broader understanding of the European Renaissance beyond the confines of Italian uniqueness, and 'Beato Angelico' (€49), which presents Fra Angelico as a bridge between the medieval and Renaissance eras. Abscondita has re-released Jean Clair's 'Marcel Duchamp. Il grande illusionista' (€19), offering an interpretation of the Large Glass via Adam de Pawlowski. Skira has published 'Fulvio Roiter. High-Rise New York' (€37), showcasing 35 photographs taken between 1984 and 1998. Libri Scheiwiller has launched Andrea Branzi's 'Interni o esterni. Per una nuova Carta d'Atene' (€34.90), which critiques modernist myths. Quodlibet has issued 'Hybrid Venice. Designing a Self Portrait' (€32) by Luca Berta & Francesca Giubilei. Lastly, the Neapolitan group étant donnés has introduced 'Bambini e Musei Magazine #1', overseen by Viola De Vivo.
Key facts
- Jaca Book reissues Liana Castelfranchi's 'L'arte rinascimentale in Europa' (€50) and 'Beato Angelico' (€49).
- Castelfranchi's work deconstructs Italian Renaissance exceptionalism geographically and historically.
- Abscondita reissues Jean Clair's 'Marcel Duchamp. Il grande illusionista' (€19), first published in 1975.
- Clair interprets Duchamp's Large Glass via Adam de Pawlowski, opposing surrealist occultism.
- Skira publishes 'Fulvio Roiter. High-Rise New York' (€37), 35 photos from 1984–1998.
- Andrea Branzi's 'Interni o esterni. Per una nuova Carta d'Atene' (€34.90) critiques the 1938 Athens Charter.
- Quodlibet issues 'Hybrid Venice. Designing a Self Portrait' (€32) for the third Venice Design Biennial.
- Free magazine 'Bambini e Musei Magazine #1' launched, directed by Viola De Vivo, funded by Waldensian Church.
Entities
Artists
- Liana Castelfranchi
- Beato Angelico
- Jean Clair
- Marcel Duchamp
- Fulvio Roiter
- Andrea Branzi
- Luca Berta
- Francesca Giubilei
- Viola De Vivo
- Roberto Longhi
- Harald Szeemann
- Plato
- Gilles Deleuze
- Félix Guattari
- Bruno Bettelheim
- Gaston Williams Adam de Pawlowski
- Marco Senaldi
- Denis Curti
- Victoria Noel-Johnson
- Matylda Krzykowski
- Donna Haraway
- Le Corbusier
- Rosalind Krauss
- Bernard Aikema
Institutions
- Jaca Book
- Abscondita
- Skira
- Libri Scheiwiller
- Quodlibet
- étant donnés
- Chiesa Valdese
- Casa dei Tre Oci
- Collezione Guggenheim Venezia
- Venice Design Biennial
- Franco Angeli
- Artribune
Locations
- Milan
- Italy
- Venice
- New York
- United States
- France
- Germany
- Flanders
- Europe
- Naples
- Macerata