Massimo Listri & Florence - (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Massimo Listri gives us an impressive photographic account of the city of Florence, a complete and unique visual narrative of a city that tells its own story through its architectural beauty

Coffee table book lovers, get ready for the arrival of a volume to add to your collection and give your guests to leaf through. Massimo Listri gives us an impressive photographic account of the city of Florence, a complete and unique visual narrative of a city that tells its own story through its architectural beauty In Listri's photographs, urban scenarios are enhanced by the rigor of photographic composition; perspectives, glimpses, detail shots reveal the complexity of these grand scenes, off ered to the eye in a timeless dimension. The close-up shots, accompanied by a careful study of natural light, reveal the minuteness of the decorations that characterise the Florentine palaces, unknown to passers-by. The result is an 'ideal, ' almost Renaissance-like representation of the spaces as they are conceived in their original essence, without additions or subtractions.

About the Author

Massimo Listri has held personal exhibitions in various parts of the world, the most recent being on show at the Palazzo Reale in Milan, the Morgan Library & Museum in New York, the Palazzo Pitti in Florence, the National Central Library in Taipei, the Institute of Culture in Tokyo, the University Museum in Hong Kong, the Museum of Modern Art in Bogotà, and the Vatican Museums in Rome.