Delve into Italy at the turn of the last century in this fascinating collection of photochromes and vintage-colored prints. Through Venice, Rome, Pisa, Florence, Naples, Vesuvius, Lake Como, and beyond, explore gorgeous landscapes and popular street scenes of this young country with an extraordinary history.
Bella Italia
Journey back to early 20th-century Italy
“You may have the universe,” composer Giuseppe Verdi once said, “if I can have Italy.” Back in the mid-19th century, Verdi's emotive language appealed to the patriotic sentiments of an emergent nation state. After decades of struggle and bloodshed, the movement known as Risorgimento triumphed with the 1861 proclamation of Italian Unity, assembling disparate kingdoms, territories, and borders that had hitherto been ruled by Austria, the Kingdom of Sardinia, and the Papal States.
Today, Verdi's call to Italy resounds not only for its native patriots, but for the millions around the world who look upon this peninsula shaped like a boot and delight in a land of light, art, and sensuality. This collection is a fascinating visual document of Italy at the turn of the century, gathering photochromes and vintage colored prints.
From coast to coast, through classical sites and Renaissance wonders, down beguiling Venetian waterways and along the dappled shores of the Amalfi coast, each evocative image impresses as much for its color clarity as for the vivid evocation of times gone by. As if in an enchanted dream, we walk an empty and dusklit St. Mark's Square, stroll the shady Uffizi courtyard alone, and find just a few horse carts pulled up in front of the Pantheon in Rome. In place of cameras, guides, and tour groups, we find ordinary traders and laborers, quiet street scenes, and humble settlements. As sunlit charms and historic reality combine, the result is an unrivaled record of this young nation that fought hard to exist, and went on to win the world's hearts.
The editors
Graphic designer, photographer, and collector Marc Walter (1949–2018) specialized in vintage travel photographs, particularly photochromes, of which he held one of the world's largest collections. He published numerous books featuring images from his collection as well as his own photographs.
Sabine Arqué is a photo researcher, editor, and author. She has collaborated on numerous publications on the themes of travel, the history of tourism, and photography.
The author
Giovanni Fanelli, professor of Architecture History at the University of Florence, is the author of several works of architectural history, urban history, graphic arts and photography, translated into several languages; he has been the Scientific Director of the Fondazione Ragghianti (Lucca) and is series editor for a number of titles of Laterza publishers (Rome).
Italy 1900. A Portrait in Color
Marc Walter, Sabine Arqué, Giovanni Fanelli
Hardcover, 25 x 34 cm, 3.67 kg, 580 pages
ISBN 978-3-8365-9197-3
Multilingual Edition: English, French, German
在这本引人入胜的复古彩色相册中，深入了解上世纪初的意大利。通过威尼斯、罗马、比萨、佛罗伦萨、那不勒斯、维苏威火山、科莫湖以及其他地方，探索这个有着非凡历史的年轻国家的绚丽风景和流行街景。
美丽的意大利
回到20世纪初的意大利
作曲家朱塞佩·威尔第（Giuseppe Verdi）曾说，“你可以拥有全宇宙，我只需拥有意大利”。早在19世纪中期，威尔第这句富有感情的话语吸引了一个新兴民族国家的爱国主义情绪。经过几十年的斗争和流血，“复兴运动”在1861年宣布意大利统一后取得了胜利，将迄今为止由奥地利、撒丁王国和教皇国统治的不同王国、领土和边界集合在一起。
今天，威尔第对意大利的呼唤不仅在其本土爱国者中回响，而且在全世界数以百万计的人中回响，他们看着这个呈靴子形状的半岛，为这片充满光明、艺术和感性的土地而高兴。这个系列是世纪之交意大利的一个迷人的视觉文件，收集了彩色照片和复古的彩色印刷品。
从一个海岸到另一个海岸，穿过古典遗址和文艺复兴时期的奇迹，沿着迷人的威尼斯水道和阿马尔菲海岸斑驳的海岸，每张令人回味的图片都因其色彩的清晰度和对过去时代的生动描述而令人印象深刻。仿佛在一个迷人的梦境中，我们走在空荡荡的黄昏的圣马可广场上，独自漫步在阴暗的乌菲兹院子里，发现罗马万神殿前只停着几辆马车。取而代之的是照相机、导游和旅游团，我们发现普通的商人和劳动者、安静的街景和简陋的定居点。阳光下的魅力和历史上的现实相结合，对这个年轻的国家进行了无与伦比的记录，它为生存而努力奋斗，并继续赢得世界的心。
编辑
平面设计师、摄影师和收藏家马克·沃尔特（Marc Walter，1949-2018）专门研究复古旅游照片，特别是照相馆，他拥有世界上**的收藏之一。他出版了许多书籍，介绍了他收藏的图片以及他自己的照片。
萨宾·阿尔克（Sabine Arqué）是一位摄影研究者、编辑和作家。她曾合作出版过许多关于旅行、旅游史和摄影主题的出版物。
作者
乔瓦尼·法内利（Giovanni Fanelli），佛罗伦萨大学建筑史教授，撰写了多部建筑史、城市史、平面艺术和摄影作品，并被翻译成多种语言；他曾是拉吉安蒂基金会（卢卡）的科学主任，也是Laterza出版社（罗马）一些系列书籍的编辑。
意大利1900：彩色肖像
马克·沃尔特，萨宾·阿尔克，乔瓦尼·法内利
精装，25 x 34 cm，3.67 kg，580页
ISBN 978-3-8365-9197-3
语言版本：英语、法语、德语
