Three new books explore Triennale posters, Pompeii photos, and Caillois minerals
Three recent works intertwine human, artistic, and geological timelines. 'Triennale. Cento anni di manifesti' by Mario Piazza (Marsilio Arte, 2024, €18) explores a century of Triennale Milano posters, showcasing artists like Marcello Nizzoli, Mario Sironi, and Ettore Sottsass. This book, dedicated to the late Italo Lupi and Pierluigi Cerri, includes a preface by Triennale president Stefano Boeri. Piazza refers to it as a 'saggio' that narrates the evolution of graphic design through 23 official International Exhibition posters. Luigi Spina's 'Interno pompeiano' (5 Continents Editions, 2023, €150) documents empty Pompeii interiors during the pandemic, featuring texts from Gabriel Zuchtriegel and others. Lastly, 'Scritto nella pietra. Minerali collezionati e descritti da Roger Caillois' (Franco Maria Ricci Editore, 2024, €80), edited by Stefano Salis, showcases Caillois's mineral collection, first displayed in 1965.
Key facts
- Mario Piazza's 'Triennale. Cento anni di manifesti' covers 100 years of Triennale Milano posters.
- The book includes works by Marcello Nizzoli, Mario Sironi, Max Huber, and others.
- It is dedicated to Italo Lupi and Pierluigi Cerri, who died in the last two years.
- Stefano Boeri wrote the preface.
- Luigi Spina photographed Pompeii's empty interiors during the pandemic.
- 'Interno pompeiano' includes texts by Gabriel Zuchtriegel, Massimo Osanna, Carlo Rescigno, Giuseppe Scarpati, and Spina.
- Giuseppe Scarpati's text quotes Goethe's 'Italian Journey' from 1787.
- Roger Caillois's mineral collection is featured in 'Scritto nella pietra', edited by Stefano Salis.
- The collection is at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris.
- Caillois first exhibited the minerals in 1965 at Katia Granoff's gallery.
Entities
Artists
- Mario Piazza
- Marcello Nizzoli
- Mario Sironi
- Max Huber
- Eugenio Carmi
- Massimo Vignelli
- Albe Steiner
- Ettore Sottsass
- Bob Noorda
- Giulio Confalonieri
- Italo Lupi
- Pierluigi Cerri
- Luigi Spina
- Roger Caillois
- Marguerite Yourcenar
- Stefano Salis
- Gabriel Zuchtriegel
- Massimo Osanna
- Carlo Rescigno
- Giuseppe Scarpati
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Stefano Boeri
- Katia Granoff
Institutions
- Triennale Milano
- Marsilio Arte
- 5 Continents Editions
- Franco Maria Ricci Editore
- FMR
- Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
- Parco Archeologico di Pompei
- Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli
- Università di Napoli Federico II
- Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
- Académie de France
- Collegio di Sociologia
Locations
- Monza
- Milan
- Italy
- Pompeii
- Naples
- Paris
- France