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| Title | : | Codex Seraphinianus. Ein Orbis Pictus des Universums der Phantasie. |
| Author | : | Luigi Serafini |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 365 pages |
| Published | : | 1983 by Prestel (first published 1981) |
| Categories | : | Art. Fantasy. Fiction. Science Fiction |
Luigi Serafini
Hardcover | Pages: 365 pages Rating: 4.51 | 2975 Users | 321 Reviews
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Questo codice miniato fantastico e misterioso, "l'enciclopedia di un visionario" (nella definizione di Italo Calvino), continua da anni ad affascinarci per la sua capacità di rivelazione, che si cela dietro l'enigma di una grafia chiarissima eppure sfuggente. Una nuova edizione, arricchita e aggiornata dall'autore, di un'opera che abita ormai nella memoria profonda di tutti noi. Con allegato l'opuscolo "Decodex" che contiene scritti di più autori sull'opera di Luigi Serafini.Present Books Conducive To Codex Seraphinianus. Ein Orbis Pictus des Universums der Phantasie.
| Original Title: | Codex Seraphinianus |
| ISBN: | 3791306510 (ISBN13: 9783791306513) |
| Edition Language: | German |
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Ratings: 4.51 From 2975 Users | 321 ReviewsAssess About Books Codex Seraphinianus. Ein Orbis Pictus des Universums der Phantasie.
If we intercepted Wikipedia entries from another planet they would look something like this. Good for evoking a sense of alien-ness and incomprehensibility.Well, I did not exactly "read" it ... did anyone?
Well, you know, not so much reading as "reading"It feels strange to mark this book as "read" when no language interface of any kind actually happened. (I guess it's still better than listing my coloring books.) Having looked through the whole thing, I'm actually more intrigued and baffled by it than before. Apparently the language is asemic, so it's all about the pictures. At least one image has its source in a text, but I have neither the knowledge nor the patience to track down the various
My entire experience with this book involves flipping to a random page and thinking "whoa...weird." I find this greatly rewarding, but others might not.
This is an art book, oversized, with a fantastical premise: To appear like an encyclopedia of the unknown world, the imaginarium, complete with invented language. A work of immense ambition and kind of breath-taking scope, it is sort of like if Jim Woodring and Charles Burns and 40 fantasy artists combined to create this volume of amazing and strange creatures . . . only Serafini did it all, all by his lonesome. Originally published in 1981, it was re-released in 2013. And it's impressive. And
This a weird art book. And by weird, I mean extremely weird. o.O
A Not-So-Sacred Text For Those Who Believe In The Primacy Of ImaginationThis book really is as special as it was purported to be. There are a great many art books out there, art monographs that collect the paintings and photographs of an artist or group of artists. Some are even linked by a very specific theme, or setting, or models/characters, to give the monograph a more cohesive feel. The Codex Seraphinianus, however, is something different. Every page, every illustration, every alien glyph,
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