All Italy: The Book of Everything Italian by Frank Bianco, Monica Grau de Cristoforis, Gabriella Dosi Delfini, Donald Flannell Freidman, Robert Holzer, Richard Horn, Nicoletta Iacobacci, Arlene Isaacs, Francesca Manisco & Ada Francesca Maarciano
4to. pp. 207. profusely illustrated. source guide. index. paperback (near fine -light wear to corners). [Toronto]: Stoddart, [1987].
ISBN-10: 0773750916 / ISBN-13: 9780773750913
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FOR CENTURIES, PEOPLE OF TASTE HAVE LOOKED TO ITALY FOR INSPIRATION IN THE ARTS, MUSIC, FASHION, DESIGN, CUISINE, AND JUST ABOUT EVERY ASPECT OF LIFE THAT COULD BE EHNHANCED BY THE INTIMITABLE ITALIAN SENSUALITY AND STYLE. FROM SHOES TO SCULPTURE, FROM CARS TO THE COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE, ITALIANS HAVE APPROACHED LIFE WITH AN AESTHETIC SENSIBIITY AND VITALITY UN MATCHED IN EUROPEAN CULTURE. NOW, FOR THE FIRST ITME, HERE IS THE ULTIMAATE CATALOG OF EVERYTHING ITALIAN. WRITTEN AND COMPILED BY EXPERTS, AND ILLUSTRATED IN SUMPTUOUS FULL-COLOR WITH OVER 200 PHOTOS. ALL-ITALY IS A LAVISH AND LOVING SOURCEBOOK OF ITALIAN FASHION, CUISINE, ART AND ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, FILM, LITERATURE, CRAFTS, FURNITURE AND MUCH MUCH MORE. A UNIQUE AND INVALUABLE SOURCES SECTION, PINPOINTING STORES, SUPPLIERS, ORGANIZATIONS AND SOURCES OF FURTHER INFORMATION, IS ALSO INCLUDED. ALL-ITALY IS A GORGEOUS GUIDE TO A RICH AND RESONANT HERITAGE AND LIFESTYLE THAT CONTINUE TO DAZZLE, DELIGHT, INSTRUCT AND INFLUENCE MOST OF WESTERN CULTURE.