Ara Pacis. Le voci della storia
In this book, myth and history weave together to tell the story of a world-famous monument: the Ara Pacis Augustae.
In Italian it will be named PIPPO: PIccola Pinacoteca POrtatile; freely translated as SPAG, Small Portable Art Gallery. It is a new collection of activity books to play with art, to learn to observe what’s inside paintings, to think about how and why the painters imagine, draw, represent things, people, animals, plants, cities, landscapes... And to create yur own personal collection of pictures to hang or to give, having fun painting, composing, decomposing cutting, pasting in complete freedom and without fear, the great masterpieces of all times.
In this book, myth and history weave together to tell the story of a world-famous monument: the Ara Pacis Augustae.
Nei giardini segreti is a book made in collaboration with Galleria di Villa Borghese, one of the most prestigious and well-known Italian museums.
Since the ancient times we've heard of peculiar messengers who travel fast and far: Hermes for the Greeks; Mercury for the Romans; the incredibly fast Pheidippides who arrived from Marathon to Athe
Looking at a painting or an object in a museum, you may have wondered “Who is the author?”, “Why did they choose this technique?”, “How come their work is exhibited in a museum?”, “Are there hidden
Each painting mirrors the era in which it was painted: faces, hairstyles, clothes, architecture and landscapes in the background change.
Giovanna Ranaldi invites readers to learn the origin and the names of colours through the events, the discoveries, the masterpieces of ancient and modern painters that made their history.
Black is a special colour: rich, shiny and elegant on one side; severe and solemn on the other.
At the dawn of humanity, people’s eyes rejoiced in front of green, the sign of Mother Earth's life, fertility and wealth.
A hundred thousand billion cells: it is what a human being needs to exist.
Wonderful gardens, palaces, castles, parks full of trees, shadows, fountains, little lakes: En plein air is a journey through the most enchanting historical gardens of Trentino, northern I