Piero Fornasetti: Practical Madness

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An extensive illustrated survey of one of the inventive design minds of the twentieth century. Combining whimsy and elegance, Piero Fornasetti transformed on a regular basis objects like cups, scarves, and plates into much sought-after artworks with his idiosyncratic motifs, such as the hand, the female face, and luminescent fish. His dazzling pieces of trompe l’oeil furniture, created in collaboration with Gio Ponti, are also highly prized by collectors all over the world. 
Fornasetti’s boundless imagination is celebrated here in a book published to document a major retrospective exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. The first half of the monograph is organized by type and includes Fornasetti’s paintings, drawings, and furniture. The second one half specializes in favorite themes: his use of trompe l’oeil, architectural drawings, and his variations at the face of a famous operatic beauty. Featuring 400 illustrations covering almost fifty years of a protean and prolific designer and artist like no other, this can be a should-have for Fornasetti connoisseurs and any individual interested in design.

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