The Chronicles of Time

Giacomo Costa

ISBN 10: 8862080794 / ISBN 13: 9788862080798

Edité par Visual Books, Damiani Apr 2009, 2009

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Neuware - Florence-based photographer Giacomo Costa employs Hollywood-blockbuster-style digital techniques in his large-scale photographs, which reshape our collective idea of the metropolis through fantastic cityscapes straight out of science fiction. At turns historical and contemporary, real and imagined, the images in 'The Chronicles of Time' could be the result of natural catastrophe or nuclear war. At the same time, they are so rich with meticulous detail and intricate perspective that they recall classical Florentine architect Antonio di Pietro Averlino's ideal city. An excellent introduction to Costa's work, this volume includes photographs from the past 12 years.Giacomo Costa, born in 1970, dropped out of high school to devote himself to motocross while working as a mechanic. In the 1990s he set up a photography studio, concentrating mainly on portraiture until 1996, when he arrived at his current fusion of traditional photography and digital technologies.

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• Titre: The Chronicles of Time
• Éditeur: Visual Books, Damiani Apr 2009
• Date de parution: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 8862080794
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9788862080798
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 287 L x 246 H x 29 P (en millimètres) 287 millimètres de largeur par 246 millimètres de hauteur par 29 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 1814 grammes

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The Chronicles of Time, 9788862080798

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Giacomo Costa s research initially began with the study of photography before moving gradually in a direction that has lost all contact with traditional photography. Employing sophisticated digital techniques borrowed from the world of cinema the artist reinterprets the collective imagination of the metropolis, creating unreal cityscapes, spaces with vast perspectives that include spectacular ruins and architectures. Suspended between tradition and modernity, real and dreamlike, the views in The Chronicles of Time recall the sci-fi genre (are they perhaps the result of natural catastrophes? nuclear wars?) and at the same time, so rich in meticulous details, they seem to be the fruit of a contemporary reinterpretation of the most classic topos, that of the ideal city. The book covers twelve years of activity, setting out from the first urban agglomerates right on down to the artist s most extreme and crazy visions.