CHŁĘDOWSKI K.
ROCOCO IN ITALY
People- Literature- Art
Warsaw- Lublin- Lodz- Krakow, br. [ca 1915], Nakladem Gebethner i Wolff, G.Gebethner and Company New York, pp. 582 [1], 45 pp. of plates with illustrations; format 17x24cm;
An extensive, richly illustrated monograph on the subject. .
Chapters:
Conductive currents
Pietro Metastasio
Rococo in Venice
Carlo Goldini
Gozzi Brothers
Francesco Albergati
Venetian painting
Rosalba Carriera
Casanova
Alfieri and the Countess d`Albany
Rome in the second half of the 18th century.
Papa Lambertini
Clement XIV
Collectors
Artists in Rome
Papa Braschi
Canova
Ugo Foscolo
Lord Byron in Italy
HARDCOVER SEMI-PATTERNED PERIOD BINDING, SPINE WITH RAISED SCROLLS, STAINED EMBOSSING AND GILT. MARBLED PAPERBOARD. TOP TRIM MARBLED. DECORATIVE LINING. PROTECTIVE CASE.
The author of the binding is probably the famous Warsaw bookbinder Franciszek Joachim Radziszewski (1876-1941) [no signature].
His art, so to speak, went against the grain of modern artistic trends. His individual style was formed under the influence of English ideas of reaching back to the roots of crafts, to medieval art. It is a mixture of medieval aesthetics, classical and empire setting with elements of national art - Zakopane folklore. Characteristic of his works are numerous gold embossing, with his own hand-designed pistons with fanciful drawing of floral, animal or symbolic motifs. Filigree gilding done on colorful, usually red and green backgrounds gave the bindings a colorful effect, even though the bindings themselves were usually made of natural calfskin.
"Radziszewski was the greatest Polish master of bookbinding leatherwork." Source: W. Łysiak, "Empireum" vol. I. p. 102, Wyd. Nobilis, Warsaw 2004
BDB condition/ case with scuffs, upper part of box loose, otherwise BEAUTIFUL pieces
