Catalogue
To facilitate the navigation of our site we have divided the catalog into different categories, ranging from literature, fashion, history, art throughout the centuries. But it is also possible, through the site internal search engine (top right, "SEARCH"), find a volume by entering the author, publisher, title, ISBN or even just the subject of your search .
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EntertainmentIn this category you will find everything related texts of artistic representations that are made for the benefit of an audience and that can come from multiple sectors: cinema, theater, music, circus, television. ... more |
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Silver and SilverwareThe silverware is that form of applied art which has as its silver production. The silver is never worked alone, but with the addition of another metal is usually copper. There are many processing techniques that lead to the creation of silver in most cases for ... more |
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DesignThe term Interior Design means the design of spaces and objects within an enclosure that can be a house, an office, shop, hotel etc.. here. In this category you will find both volumes on the places that already furnished on individual items that will beautify and decorate the places themselves. ... more |
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Ceramics Porcelains and MajolicasThe pottery is an ancient and widespread process in areas very distant from each other. We have hints of ceramic production since prehistoric times and is supposed that his invention has taken place twice in the history of mankind: between the Saharan populations and in Japan. ... more |
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LiteratureIn this section you will find works of Italian and foreign literature, from Greek and Latin classics up to contemporary authors. Not only did the authors, who have made history, but also minor authors, possibly in special editions, valuable or limited one, as well as literary curiosities. ... more |
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Furniture Furnishings and FramesThe furniture is a container for furniture for everyday objects as clothing, documents, clothes. The furniture has been known since ancient Egypt, but it is only by Mediovo which are made of wood, both for civil and religious use. At that time also born the first shops that are followed ... more |
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CollectingCollecting is a passion that is the collection of objects of a particular category. These collections are often very well organized, cataloged, and attractively displayed. in this category you can find books, catalogs, essays and treatises on various specific topics (Swords, Knives, ... more |
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18th Century ArtThe 1700 is definitely the Age of Enlightenment, in contrast to the Baroque, because in this century is the recovery of lightness of the forms and of the color brightness. The task of art is no longer to make accessible to all religious bodies and the imitation of nature, art must be ... more |
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HistoryThe history is the subject that deals with the study of the past through the use of sources, that is all that can transmit knowledge. The history is the research and the continuous and systematic narrative of events of the past considered important for mankind. ... more |
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RestorationRrestore is an activity related to the recovery, maintenance, restoration and preservation of historical artifacts such as a work of art, a manuscript, a painting. In our catalog you will find a wide selection of books on various types of restoration published by leading theorists and ... more |
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Jewelry & GoldsmithThe jewels are ornaments that are worn by people. The jewels are usually made of precious metals like gold, are often enriched with gemstones and various inserts (ivory, coral, precious stones ...). In this category also includes costume jewelery that although it is made ... more |
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Drawing and Antique EngravingsIn this category you will find books on ancient drawings and engravings until the end of 1700. Very often they are gathered from private collections and exhibited in public museums. In the past, artists used drawings as drafts for paintings or frescoes realization of the design ... more |
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Ancient SculptureThe sculpture is the art of giving form to an object from a raw material or putting together more material. It is possible to make sculptures by addition or subtraction, depending on the material used. Wood and marble sculptures are made of carving the matter, while clay ... more |
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Local History Other RegionsIn this section you will find books about, and insights on specific issues, facts and events related to individual Italian regions from antiquity to modern times. These texts, monographs and illustrated books that recount and analyze the history and customs of the Italian regions ... more |
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15th Century ArtIn 1400, embodies the prospective method, which is a new way of representing space and design. In this period the bourgeois society is in full swing but also affirm the great families (the Medici in Florence, the Estensi in Ferrara, the Gonzaga in Mantua, etc..). ... more |
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Art EssaysIn this category you will find texts of Art history and Art history sources, indispensable tools for the study and understanding of the various schools of painting and the various historical periods. Influential personalities such as Carlo del Bravo, Federico Zeri, Arturo Carlo ... more |
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Fashion Costume Textiles and CarpetsIn the past centuries the fashion was at use of the richest classes due to the high cost of tissues. In fact, even before the nineteenth century clothes were part of the assets of wills. The poorest classes, instead were dressed in coarse and a little colorful outfits with shoes in wool or wood. ... more |
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ArchitectureArchitecture is the discipline that aims to organize the space in which live human being. Simplifying we can say that it is principally concerned with the design and construction of a building or built environment. In our catalog you will find valuable titles that will satisfy all your curiosity. ... more |
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ArcheologyArcheology is the science that studies human cultures and civilizations of the past and their relationship with the surrounding environment, by collecting, documenting and analyzing the material traces they left behind. ... more |
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PhotographyThe photography was born in 1800 and since then has evolved considerably, so much so that now in our time has become a true expression of art. From early daguerreotypes, we went to the reflex system and finally reaches the advent of the first Polaroid black and white and ... more |
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