Terraroli, Valerio: Le arti decorative in Lombardia nell'età moderna 1780-1940. Brescia: Banca Agricola Mantovana, 1998. 383 pages; illustrated. Hardback. Text in Italian.
Text in Italian
Grafo, coll. « Grandangolo » 1990 In-4 31 x 22,5 cm. Cartonnage éditeur crème, jaquette en couleurs, nombreuses illustrations en couleurs et en noir & blanc, 163 pp., notes, biographies, chronologie, bibliographie, index
Texte en italien. Très bon état d’occasion
Editions Skira/Seuil, 2001. 24 x 31, 256 pp., très nombreuses illustrations en couleurs et en N/B, reliure d'édition + jaquette, très bon état.
Milano, Skira, 2007 Hardback, 280x240mm, 328p, English edition ISBN-13: 9788876246869. ISBN 887624686X.
Beautifully-illustrated and well documented with detailed technical entries, the volume surveys the production of Italian ceramic art through 500 objects. The essays examine the stylistic trends from the brilliant floral decorativism of the Tuscan ceramics by Galileo Chini, the extraordinary period of the 1920s and 1930s, as represented by Gio Ponti, Guido Andloviz, Giovanni Gariboldi, Pietro Meandri and Francesco Nonni, and the contamination with contemporary painting and sculpture, from the Futurists up to the first Informal pieces at the end of the second world war through the early works of Fontana, Leoncillo and Melotti. The book is filled with valuable information including biographical profiles of the artists, detailed descriptions of the manufacturers, a cataloguing of their back stamps, an up-to-date bibliography, and a technical glossary. Comprehensive and engrossing the book is essential reading for collectors, antique experts, art scholars, students and anyone interested in ceramics.