In her interview with Fortuny scholar Wendy Ligon Smith, published on Ytali, JoAnn Locktov discusses her exceptional new book. They delve into Fortuny's boundless creativity, muse Henriette, and Palazzo Fortuny turned into an exquiste museum. Fortuny: Time, Space, Light by Wendy Ligon Smith, is an ambitious and scholarly investigation into the creative world of polymath Mariano Fortuny Madrazo. Ligon Smith has deconstructed the incontrovertible parallels between Fortuny, Proust, and …
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Venice: A Private Invitation. Interview with Servane Giol
When you take the Line 1 vaporetto at night, you glimpse in wonder at the private residences along the Grand Canal. You see beguiling Murano glass chandeliers, ornate painted ceilings, and carved embellishments in stone and stucco. It is this wonderland that Servane Giol has beckoned us to explore in her new book, Venice: A Private Invitation. By delving into history, culture, and creativity, Giol unwraps an intimate Venetian world of design, craftsmanship, and the gracious art …
Dream of Venice in Black and White
Exploring Venice as a Narrative in Chiaroscuro Reviews forDream of Venice in Black and White "An enchanted Venice, in black and white, like a dream. But this is really the authentic Venice, a dream-reality that we must love and defend.” —Salvatore Settis, author, If Venice Dies “This remarkable anthology, thanks to the wintery season, the tones of black and white and the virtual absence of tourists, offers us the romantic melancholy, the poetry of reflections and the beauty of light …
Dream of Venice Series in Where Venice
In a Focus piece, the July 2017 issue of Where Venice featured the Dream of Venice series of books published by Bella Figura Publications, an imprint developed by JoAnn Locktov. The mention, “Inspired by the city” opens with a question: “Why do we take photographs when we’re travelling?” Its editors answer, “Because we want to take home the images of the places we’ve visited but also recapture the emotions we felt during our stay.” Dream of Venice Series in Where Venice In highlighting the …
JoAnn Locktov Independent Publisher
The Independent Publisher recently awarded Dream of Venice Architecture an IPPY award. The organization also asked the book's creator, JoAnn Locktov independent publisher, to pen a feature article for their online publication. In it, she presents her path to and through the intricacies of birthing two books. Here is a small excerpt of the piece, which you can see in full on the Independent Publisher site: JoAnn Locktov Independent Publisher The Accidental Publisher An IPPY …