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Fornasetti

Practical Madness


  • Thames & Hudson
  • Expo: 11/3/2015 - 14/6/2015, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris
  • by Patrick Mauriès
Fornasetti's endless invention is celebrated here. His visual puns and decorative devices are set out in the context of his paintings, little considered until now. Bibliophilia occupies centre stage, with graphic schemes, designs for imaginary libraries and bookcases set in ironic interiors. The book gathers a plentiful array of his famous Themes and Variations, a series of plate designs drawing on over 500 variations on the face of a famous operatic beauty.

ISBN 9780500239377 | E | HB
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Publisher Thames & Hudson
ISBN 9780500239377
Author(s) Patrick Mauriès
Publication date April 2015
Edition Hardback
Dimensions 330 x 190 mm
Illustrations 350 col.ill.
Pages 288
Language(s) Eng. ed.
Exhibition Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris
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Fornasetti's endless invention is celebrated here in a book published to coincide with a major retrospective exhibition in Paris. His visual puns and decorative devices are set out in the context of his paintings, little considered until now. Bibliophilia occupies centre stage, with graphic schemes, designs for imaginary libraries and bookcases set in ironic interiors. The book gathers a plentiful array of his famous Themes and Variations, a series of plate designs drawing on over 500 variations on the face of a famous operatic beauty. A full chronology of Fornasetti's life and work accompanies the text.

Fornasetti

Fornasetti

€72.50