The publisher has rightly earned a reputation for producing great art books, beautifully illustrated and lavishly bound. This new book lives fully up to the deserved reputation. Gianmaria Buccellati was an artist who chose to work in gold and jewels, leaving a legacy of beauty – Much Recommended.
NAME: Gianmaria Buccellati Foundation FILE: R2634 AUTHOR: PUBLISHER: SKIRA BINDING: hard back PAGES: 252 PRICE: £75.00 GENRE: Non Fiction SUBJECT: gold, gold smiths, artists, sculptures, designers, metal working, art work, beauty, life work, Milan, Italy, Italian ISBN: 978-88-572-3436-6 IMAGE: B2634.jpg BUYNOW: http://tinyurl.com/y8y8s7a9 LINKS: DESCRIPTION: The publisher has rightly earned a reputation for producing great art books, beautifully illustrated and lavishly bound. This new book lives fully up to the deserved reputation. Gianmaria Buccellati was an artist who chose to work in gold and jewels, leaving a legacy of beauty – Much Recommended. Gold has always fascinated down the centuries. It has been stored and worked and decorated by generations of gold smiths. It is always highly prized. Periodically, a great artist emerges and provides works in gold that hold timeless beauty and achieve a value far beyond the great value of the metal alone. Gianmaria Buccellati was one of these masters. His work is celebrated by the Gianmaria Buccellati Foundation and is laid out in this fine book. It is difficult to really categorize a gold master. Is he an artist, a sculptor, a gold smith, or much more? Perhaps we need a new word to describe this select band This book contains descriptive text and great images, telling the story of the man and his outstanding artistic contribution. The text is in English and the publisher has not included a text in Italian alongside, which is understandable because there is so much to tell and there are limits to the size of a book produced on quality gloss art paper and lovingly bound to reflect the quality of the subject. This is a book for the creative soul and for all who enjoy the beauty created by an outstanding craftsman.