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As Bruno Munari wrote in 1961, “The biggest hindrance to understanding a work of art is wanting to understand.” And so he has written this diminutive book of theorems, this witty, sincere book of enlightening poems, for the struggling art viewer. To excerpt from individual poems written between 1945 and 1960: if leonardo's gioconda/had legs/she would leave art/and return(...)
Bruno Munari : teoremi sull'arte / art theorems / art théorèmes
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As Bruno Munari wrote in 1961, “The biggest hindrance to understanding a work of art is wanting to understand.” And so he has written this diminutive book of theorems, this witty, sincere book of enlightening poems, for the struggling art viewer. To excerpt from individual poems written between 1945 and 1960: if leonardo's gioconda/had legs/she would leave art/and return to reality ... is the choice of subject important?/raphael's marriage of the virgin/art/john brown's marriage of the virgin/not art/art isn't the subject ... a hundred lovers can even understand realism/a million admirers/will reject concrete art/with all their might ... in italy art is supposed to be italian/in poland polish/in turkey turkish/and if a turk goes to paint in poland/what sort of art should he do?/and what if poland occupies turkey? ... ministers and dictators/noblemen/the bored rich/sportsmen/dissatisfied professionals/worldly galleries/obliging critics/welcoming newspapers/opening cocktails/lots of people/art no.
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Drawing the sun
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Sunset and dawn are the back and front of the same phenomenon: when we are looking at the sunset, the people over there are looking at the dawn.
Drawing the sun
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Sunset and dawn are the back and front of the same phenomenon: when we are looking at the sunset, the people over there are looking at the dawn.
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Little Green Riding Hood
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All children know Little Red Riding Hood but now they'll know Little Green Riding Hood and her frog friends too. Next there'll be Little Yellow Riding Hood and then Little White Riding Hood... Each of them in their own setting and with their own friends.
Little Green Riding Hood
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All children know Little Red Riding Hood but now they'll know Little Green Riding Hood and her frog friends too. Next there'll be Little Yellow Riding Hood and then Little White Riding Hood... Each of them in their own setting and with their own friends.
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Little Yellow Riding Hood
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A wolf in a car designs on Little Yellow Riding Hood, but she's agreed on a plan with her friends the canaries...
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A wolf in a car designs on Little Yellow Riding Hood, but she's agreed on a plan with her friends the canaries...
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Bruno Munari's zoo
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Bruno Munari was an internationally acclaimed artist, designer, and children's book creator. A contemporary of Leo Leonni, his books have been hailed as "among the most original, inventive and beautiful ever created." Meet the kangaroo, who is all legs but doesn't know it, the zebra in his striped pajamas, and the humpy camel, who has a seat for you. Young readers will(...)
Bruno Munari's zoo
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Bruno Munari was an internationally acclaimed artist, designer, and children's book creator. A contemporary of Leo Leonni, his books have been hailed as "among the most original, inventive and beautiful ever created." Meet the kangaroo, who is all legs but doesn't know it, the zebra in his striped pajamas, and the humpy camel, who has a seat for you. Young readers will enjoy Munari's bright, bold illustrations; older readers will appreciate his wry humor.
Children's Books
Plus and minus
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The visual game 'Plus and minus' consist of 72 cards, each having a different image. Many of these images (48) have a transparent background and can thus be superimposed to compose other more complex images and stimulate the child's creative capacities. Superimposing some of the tree images creates a wood. Superimposing on the wood the image of rain or that of the sun or(...)
Plus and minus
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The visual game 'Plus and minus' consist of 72 cards, each having a different image. Many of these images (48) have a transparent background and can thus be superimposed to compose other more complex images and stimulate the child's creative capacities. Superimposing some of the tree images creates a wood. Superimposing on the wood the image of rain or that of the sun or moon, or of a flight of birds, or of a passing dog, and so on, the total image can be continuously modified.
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Design as art: Bruno Munari
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Bruno Munari insisted that design be beautiful, functional and accessible, and this enlightening and highly entertaining book sets out his ideas about visual, graphic and industrial design and the role it plays in the objects we use everyday. Lamps, road signs, typography, posters, children's books, advertising, cars and chairs.
Design as art: Bruno Munari
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Bruno Munari insisted that design be beautiful, functional and accessible, and this enlightening and highly entertaining book sets out his ideas about visual, graphic and industrial design and the role it plays in the objects we use everyday. Lamps, road signs, typography, posters, children's books, advertising, cars and chairs.
Design Theory
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26 linear and circular elements to make up any letter of the alphabet or whatever the imagination suggests.
Bruno Munari ABC with imagination
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26 linear and circular elements to make up any letter of the alphabet or whatever the imagination suggests.
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Drawing a tree
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Drawing a tree One of my very old friends from the country, a certain Leonardo, born in a small village near Florence, Vinci (postal code 50059), was a very curious fellow. He would spend hours observing the plants... The books in the new Workshop series describe different working techniques, from educational to explanatory pamphlets and 'poetic'play...
Drawing a tree
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Drawing a tree One of my very old friends from the country, a certain Leonardo, born in a small village near Florence, Vinci (postal code 50059), was a very curious fellow. He would spend hours observing the plants... The books in the new Workshop series describe different working techniques, from educational to explanatory pamphlets and 'poetic'play...
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Ce livre a eu une première édition hors commerce, imprimée à Turin en 1958, pour le compte de la Firme Carpano; une deuxième édition a été imprimée par Muggiani en 1963 en ajoutant 20 gestes, textes et illustrations tirés d'un livre concernant le même sujet. En novembre 1999, Corraini propose de nouveau Le supplément au dictionnaire italien en respectant complètement(...)
Supplément au dictionnaire italien- supplement to the italian dictionary
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Ce livre a eu une première édition hors commerce, imprimée à Turin en 1958, pour le compte de la Firme Carpano; une deuxième édition a été imprimée par Muggiani en 1963 en ajoutant 20 gestes, textes et illustrations tirés d'un livre concernant le même sujet. En novembre 1999, Corraini propose de nouveau Le supplément au dictionnaire italien en respectant complètement l'édition de Muggiani: les images et les textes reflètent les années dans lesquelles ils ont été réalisés. In this book the author examines the various ways of expressing oneself without words, using the hands, expressions of the face and body gestures.
Architectural Theory