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Felice Palma. Massa 1583-1625. Collezione / Collection.
Texts by Claudio Casini, Andrei Cristina, Ciarlo Nicola, Federici Fabrizio and Sara Ragni.
Italian and English Text.
Pontedera, 2024; bound in a case, pp. 289, b/w and col. ill., b/w and col. plates, cm 24,5x34.
(L'Oro Bianco. Straordinari Dimenticati. The White Gold Forgotten Masters).
cover price: € 160.00
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Felice Palma. Massa 1583-1625. Collezione / Collection.
Texts by Claudio Casini, Andrei Cristina, Ciarlo Nicola, Federici Fabrizio and Sara Ragni.
Italian and English Text.
Pontedera, 2024; bound in a case, pp. 289, b/w and col. ill., b/w and col. plates, cm 24,5x34.
(L'Oro Bianco. Straordinari Dimenticati. The White Gold Forgotten Masters).
FREE (cover price: € 160.00)
Le botteghe del marmo
Italian and English Text.
Ospedaletto, 1992; bound, pp. 153, 10 b/w ill., 60 col. ill., cm 24x29.
(Immagine).
FREE (cover price: € 34.49)
Museo Stefano Bardini. I Bronzetti e gli Oggetti d'Uso in Bronzo
Edited by Nesi A.
Firenze, 2009; paperback, pp. 191, 102 b/w ill., 7 col. ill., cm 17x24,5.
(Museo Stefano Bardini).
FREE (cover price: € 30.00)
Bronzetti e Rilievi dal XV al XVIII Secolo
Bologna, 2015; 2 vols., bound in a case, pp. 729, ill., col. plates, cm 21,5x30,5.
FREE (cover price: € 90.00)
Signs of Italy. Outdoor lettering up and down the boot
Clough James
Lazy Dog Press s.r.l.
Milano, 2015; bound in a case, pp. 248, ill., 300 col. plates, cm 29x21.
ISBN: 88-98030-08-8 - EAN13: 9788898030088
Subject: Essays (Art or Architecture),Graphic Arts (Prints, Drawings, Engravings, Miniatures)
Period: 1960- Contemporary Period
Places: Italy
Languages: 
Weight: 1.4 kg
Before typefaces and fonts dominated the scene, there was no standardization in Italy of letterforms for commercial signs and there were no printed manuals for signwriters. This freedom and detachment from standard models of letters as well as the craftsmanship and creativity of the signmakers and designers are what make Italian signs so extraordinary.
In this book, the Italian-based British designer, teacher and writer, James Clough, examines Italian signs within a historical perspective and from many standpoints. From the ornate Tuscan style of the 19th century to the eccentric letters of Art Nouveau, from the grandiose architectural lettering of the 1930s to the exquisite surviving examples of the old signwriters, from fascist ghost signs to lettering on manhole covers, Clough points out the highs and lows of this artistic expression as he takes readers on a fascinating lettering tour of Italy.
