Salvatore Ferragamo: Inspiration and Vision - Softcover

Risaliti, Sergio

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8857211339 ISBN 13: 9788857211336

Publisher: Skira Editore, 2012

Synopsis

Paperback. Pub Date :2012-09-03 Pages: 168 Language: English Publisher: Skira Editore A journey in search of the sources of Salvatore Ferragamos creativity. Salvatore Ferragamo was a shoemaker. proud of being one and defined himself as such. Growing up in the workshop. he cultivated the craft and that connection between mind and hand which underlies many masterpieces of art. This beautifully illustrated catalogue describes Salvatore Ferragamos craft trying to identify the sources of his creativity and his innate ability to assimilate the spirit of the times. Through almost 100 models for footwear the book takes into consideration two periods in his life where conditions encouraged inspiration and visions to flourish and which influenced the artists later life: his move to California around 1915 and his return to Florence in 1927. Ferragamos experience in Hollywood was an opp...

About this title

About the Author:

Stefania Ricci is the director of the Museo Ferragamo in Florence. Sergio Risaliti is an art critic and an author.

About this edition

• Publisher: Skira Editore
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 8857211339
• ISBN 13: 9788857211336
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 168
• Editor: Ricci Stefania