Books - Finestre sull'Arte

Here's why Frank Miller's 300 is a good comic book

When in 1998 Frank Miller (Olney, 1957), an American cartoonist and screenwriter, published 300, published by Dark Horse Comics, the American comics landscape was undergoing a phase of transformation: the superhero language was seeking new avenues, a...
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Between hoaxes and myths in art: out comes "True Fake," Federico Giannini's book

True, False, Fake. Beliefs, Errors and Falsehoods in the Art World(Giunti Editore), the essay by Federico Giannini (Massa, 1986) journalist, art critic, founder and editor-in-chief of the magazine Finestre sull'Arte. It can already be found in bookst...
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Superman and Dante meet in Florence in new graphic novel signed by Nucci and Celoni

Can a symbolic character of twentieth-century American popular culture, such as Superman, converse with one of the founding figures of medieval European literature, Dante Alighieri? Can the poetry of the Supreme Poet coexist with the drawn plates of ...
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Chanel launches an art and culture magazine: debut coincides with 100 years in UK

Chanel is strengthening its cultural commitment by launching a new publishing initiative: Arts & Culture Magazine, an international publication documenting the cultural activities promoted by the fashion house over the past five years. The operat...
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Palazzo Barberini presents book on Correggio's "Unnamed Young Man"

OnFriday, June 13, 2025, at 5:00 p.m., in the Conference Room on the second floor of Palazzo Barberini in Rome, there will be a presentation of the volume Correggio: the Young Unnamed from the Este, Sforza and Barberini Collections. Studies and Resea...
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The Royal Pavilion at Milan's Centrale: volume on Art Deco architecture published

On Thursday, June 5, 2025, at 4:30 p.m., the Sala Otto Colonne of the Royal Palace in Milan will host the official presentation of the volume The Royal Pavilion of Milan's Central Station. An Art Deco Masterpiece, edited by Fabio Mangone and publishe...
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A playbook on Giotto introduces children to 14th-century art: here's what it's like Learn with... Giotto

Who saidfourteenth-century art was only a subject for adults? With Learn with. Giotto even the youngest children can enter the world of art masterpieces while having fun and discovering without getting bored. The game-book (also called a puzzle for t...
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Skira publishes first catalog of Mario Schifano's pictorial production

Starting May 16, the volume Mario Schifano. Catalogo ragionato dell'opera pittorica 1960-1969, published by Skira and edited by Monica De Bei Schifano and Marco Meneguzzo. The work represents the first general catalog dedicated to the initial decade ...
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