Italian Mosaics: 300-1300
Praise for Joachim Poeschke'sItalian Frescoes: The Age of Giotto:"This is the fourth installment in Abbeville’s authoritative series on Italian fresco painting...Twenty-two fresco cycles are presented in superb color photographs." —Chicago Tribune"A luscious oversized book with incredible detail and depth on the topic, this is great for armchair scholars who would otherwise wear out numerous pairs of shoes if they tried to visit and study all of these incredible frescoes in person...The reproduction quality of the images is superb." —Antiques "& The Arts Weekly"This is an unsurpassed accomplishment combining extraordinary photographs with an authoritative text and extensive bibliography." —Museum Store MagazinePraise for the Italian Frescoes series:"One of the finest set of artbooks that one might wish for... Gorgeous. *****" —Art Times"Detailed plans and descriptions set the projects before us as never before, bringing home masterpieces that in some cases can only be seen with difficulty in out-of-the-way places. The second volume is eagerly awaited." —Chicago Tribune"...lucid text and an abundance of magnificent color photographs... The close-up views of famous and lesser-known sites... are almost as good as traveling to Italy." —Philadelphia Inquirer"Perfectly illustrated and designed to give absolute clarity to a text that is a model of concision. This is the model of how all art books ought to be." —The World of Interiors