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Italy of the Cities: L'Italia Delle Citta
A veritable film on paper, this catalog has been designed to re-create this innovative installation by Peter Greenaway. At the Shanghai World Expo 2010, 30,000 visitors walked through an experiment in ‘architectural cinema’ that magically transported the audience to countless Italian towns in only a few minutes. This catalog has been designed to recreate in its pages the installation's composite structure. The reader is encouraged to take part in this pleasure trip along the book's pages, amongst signs and colours, words and images, yielding in to curiosity and a visual feast as well as to a refined narration.

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Italy of the Cities: L'Italia Delle Citta
A veritable film on paper, this catalog has been designed to re-create this innovative installation by Peter Greenaway. At the Shanghai World Expo 2010, 30,000 visitors walked through an experiment in ‘architectural cinema’ that magically transported the audience to countless Italian towns in only a few minutes. This catalog has been designed to recreate in its pages the installation's composite structure. The reader is encouraged to take part in this pleasure trip along the book's pages, amongst signs and colours, words and images, yielding in to curiosity and a visual feast as well as to a refined narration.

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Italy of the Cities: L'Italia Delle Citta

Italy of the Cities: L'Italia Delle Citta

by Peter Greenaway (Artist)
Italy of the Cities: L'Italia Delle Citta

Italy of the Cities: L'Italia Delle Citta

by Peter Greenaway (Artist)

Overview

A veritable film on paper, this catalog has been designed to re-create this innovative installation by Peter Greenaway. At the Shanghai World Expo 2010, 30,000 visitors walked through an experiment in ‘architectural cinema’ that magically transported the audience to countless Italian towns in only a few minutes. This catalog has been designed to recreate in its pages the installation's composite structure. The reader is encouraged to take part in this pleasure trip along the book's pages, amongst signs and colours, words and images, yielding in to curiosity and a visual feast as well as to a refined narration.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9788857208855
Publisher: Skira
Publication date: 09/27/2011
Edition description: Multilingu
Pages: 340
Product dimensions: 9.00(w) x 11.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Peter Greenaway started making his own films in 1966. His curatorial work and the making of exhibitions and installations in Europe includes the Joan Miro Gallery in Barcelona, the Boymans van Beuningen Gallery in Rotterdam, and the Louvre in Paris.

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