Word: rizzoli
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...received Oscars for Best Foreign Film in the 1950s, Fellini still had a difficult time finding producers for his work. After the enormous success of "La dolce vita", the winner of the Golden Palm of Cannes in 1960, Fellini received his own film company as a bonus from Angelo Rizzoli, who financed "La dolce vita...
VICTORIAN AMERICA: CLASSICAL ROMANTICISM TO GILDED OPULENCE, by Wendell Garrett (Rizzoli; $65). The over-the-top style known as Victorian celebrated the industrial age's lucky few. Never mind that for the masses, conspicuous consumption usually meant an advanced case of tuberculosis. Still, the rich could be both showy and tasteful. Garrett's homage to opulent eclecticism guides us through the layered textures and studied array of objets that . whisper "old money" while at the same time suggesting the mother of all garage sales...
...UNCLE WILLIE by Gwen Everett (Rizzoli; $13.95). One magic summer, Li'l Sis' Uncle Willie -- a painter en route to New York CityQstops off in the South. Through his eyes the child sees a new world of colors and culture. Uncle Willie was William Johnson, a real African-American artist, and this biography artfully employs his work to enlighten as it entertains...
...Virginia Spate (Rizzoli; $65). Paul Cezanne put down his fellow painter: "Monet is only an eye." Perhaps, but with that organ the great Impressionist analyzed the effects of sunlight on cathedrals and haystacks and water lilies -- and altered our perceptions forever. A scholarly appreciation reveals...
...Juan Jose Junquera y Mato (Rizzoli; $125). Pre-Christian Rome, the Muslim conquest, the age of Christian Kings, the Napoleonic era, the modern epoch -- Spanish style is long and wide enough to embrace all periods. This landmark book covers every significant design. Its descriptions are brief, but Roberto Schezen's photographs speak volumes...