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An extraordinary witness to religious faith, the Basilica of San Francesco in Assisi is one of the great monuments of Italy, a treasure-house of masterpieces by great painters such Cimabue, Giotto, Simone Martini and Pietro Lorenzetti. The book illustrates the entire artistic patrimony of the Basilica, showing the frescoes that were damaged or destroyed during the 1997 earthquake, both in their original condition and as they now appear after restoration. This title includes texts by G. Bonsanti, M.M. Donato, G.B. Fidanza, A. Franci, A. Iacuzzi, P. Magro, F. Martin, L. Meoni, P. Mercurelli Salati, A. Monciatti, E. Neri Lusanna, R.P. Novello, G. Rocchi Coopmans de Yoldi, G. Ruf, G. Sapori. Photographs by E. and S. Ciol, G. Roli, G. Ruf. "Mirabilia Italiae" is a series unique in the world.It owes its existence to an innovative and ambitious project: an Atlas of the great monuments of Italy that will display them in all their details, from the best known to the least. This series represents a completely new way of documenting art. "Mirabilia Italiae" provides a guided tour of each monument, fully and accurately explained. Each Atlas contains hundreds of colour photographs, arranged in a precise topographical sequence and accompanied by diagrams showing the exact location of each detail. The Atlas is complemented by a volume of texts edited by the premier scholars in the field, consisting of critical essays and descriptive notes. Essays examine the monument from the art-historical point of view, and record the alterations it has undergone over time. Descriptive notes analyse the content and significance of the images.Extensive cross-references link the essays and notes to the images, facilitating consultation of the work. The General Editor of "Mirabilia Italiae" is Salvatore Settis, Director of the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa.

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"A trip down memory lane." — Artbooks Reviewed Since 1970, the collection of Panini stickers has accompanied every FIFA World Cup, which takes place every four years. The collection is not only a practical guide to the final tournament, but also provides a valuable visual archive of all the teams and their memorable matches. Through the faces of its protagonists, the book tells the story of the World Cup from Mexico 1970 to Qatar 2022, played for the first time in winter. Famous and less famous champions, loved and less loved, who shared the desire to raise the most coveted football award to the sky. Includes 992 pages of stickers, stadiums, scores, formations, rankings, summary tables and results that have made the history of the World Cup. For lovers of statistics and curiosities, the albums - always published before the competitions and shown in their original format - are completed by graphs and tables of the results of the final phase of the tournament and, starting from South Africa 2010, by an insert with stickers of substitutions. Text in English, Spanish, French, German, Dutch and Italian.

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A beautifully photographed, poetic and original perspective on the Italian contemporary urban landscape Luca Blast Forlani leads the reader through a range of urban spaces, places that, notwithstanding passing of time, have still retained their own identity. Although on the surface apparently empty and desolate, they each have a history and a story to tell; the details of identity caught in the lens, the clues of a life discarded but not entirely forgotten. These images are poignant, emotive and thought-provoking; the use of light and shadows, close-up details and wide-angle shots, footprints of the past, captured in the silence and the dust, like a long-forgotten conversation, a whisper of lives remembered.

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