New Distributed Titles Fall 2009 - Oxbow Books

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Il “ghiribizzoso” Pontormo
by Maurizia Tazartes
Vasari’s depiction of Jacopo Pontormo as freakish,
neurotic and solitary defined the artist for centuries.
Maurizia Tazartes subtly investigates Pontormo’s
works and life, and brings to light a master who
was cantankerous but lucid, who never tired of
experimenting with techniques and styles. Despite
his individualism, he maintained friendships with
the greatest intellectuals of his time and produced
great works for the Medici and republican clients
alike. Italian text.
240p, illus, paperback, 9788856400366, $38.00(s),
Edizioni Polistampa, December 2008,
Gli artisti raccontati nel loro tempo 1.
Carta bianca
by Nicoletta Boris
Artist’s book published in relation with a paper hat
regatta along the Arno and an exhibition in Florence
in September and October 2008. Nicoletta Boris
lends life and language to her paper sculptures, as
if they were clay or marble. Her sculptures show no
hesitation between intuition and creation, and her
paper is a sculptural medium worthy of more traditional
materials. Texts in Italian and English.
48p, col illus, hardback, 9788859604464, $49.50(s),
Edizioni Polistampa, December 2008.
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Medusa
Il mito, l’antico e i Medici
by Valentina Conticelli
Exhibition catalogue examining, through numerous articles and images, the merits of serpents in
Christian iconography, Medusa’s diverse components in the history of images, and the theme’s success in
Medici patronage. Italian text.
144p, 40 col pls, paperback, 9788859605133, $29.50(s), Edizioni Polistampa, December 2008,
“I mai visti” / Capolavori dai depositi degli Uffizi 8.
Il Museo della Ceramica di Montelupo –
The Ceramics Museum of Montelupo
Storia, tecnologia, collezioni –
History, technology, collections
by Fausto Berti
The Ceramics Museum of Montelupo Fiorentino derives from the excavations
that have been carried out in the old town centre since 1973, when
rehabilitation works brought to light a large water well that after being
abandoned had been filled up with a vast quantity of firing waste from
the nearby kilns. This volume addresses the history of Montelupo as a
whole, with a large section devoted to the technology and organisation of
work in the workshops and kilns from the Middle Ages up to the end of the Modern Age. Italian and English text.
368p, col illus, paperback, 9788859603955, $60.00(s), Edizioni Polistampa, December 2008.
Barbie sogna Caterina de Medici – Barbie as Caterina de Medici
by Elisabetta Cianfanelli, Richard Dickson, Gabriella Goretti,
Emilio Petrone and Ambra Trotto
The volume explains, in a rich and detailed way, the transformation of Barbie, the world’s most famous doll, who
has always been an expression of style and timeless elegance, into Caterina de Medici by means of wearing the
wedding dress she wore when she married Enrico di Valois, on 27 October 1533. The dress was realized in both
life-sized and in scale models; it was then presented on 18 January 2008 at Palazzo Medici Riccard. The volume
is completed by a large introduction on the symbolism of Barbie, the history of Palazzo Medici Riccardi, and the
figure of Caterina de Medici. Italian and English text.
192p, col illus, hardback, 9788859603405, $20.00(s), Edizioni Polistampa, December 2008.
I luoghi di Giovanni Fattori
Nell’Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze. Passato e presente
edited by Anna Gallo Martucci and Giuliana Videtta
Catalogue of the exhibition commemorating the painter Giovanni Fattori on the 100th anniversary of his death.
Reproductions and commentaries of 150 works are followed by numerous articles examining Fattori’s work and
life, as well as the Florentine Accademia de Belle Arti during his lifetime. Italian text.
384p, 150 col pls, paperback, 9788856400359, $56.00(s), Edizioni Polistampa, December 2008.
The David Brown Book Company – Fall 2009