Labyrinths: The Art Of The Maze

Author: Franco Maria Ricci

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Price : 140.00 AUD
ISBN : 9780847841646
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
Imprint : Rizzoli International Publications
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Weight (g) : 0.567
Publication date : 31 August 2013
Dimensions : 298mm X 298mm
Produced in : United States
RRP : 140.0
Availability date : 01 December 2013
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Product Type : books

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Author : Franco Maria Ricci
Bind : Hardback
Edition : Dec-13
Pages : 240
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In his first book in ten years, Franco Maria Ricci presents a rich and refined collection of photographs celebrating the art and mystery of mazes throughout the ages. Franco Maria Ricci--publisher, art collector, bibliophile, garden designer, visionary--presents this collection of beautiful, haunting photographs chronicling his latest project: a massive bamboo labyrinth near Fontanellato, Italy, scheduled to open in 2014. Beginning with the Minotaur, labyrinths have transfixed and enchanted us. This book explores labyrinths in every form--drawn graffiti-like on crockery, stamped on coins, traced in manuscript illuminations, carved on cathedral walls, and planted in gardens--and features literary quotations from Herodotus and Pliny to Jorge Luis Borges.