Chromatic Herbarium (light wear) – Massimo Gardone and Alessandra Muran
Chromatic Herbarium by Massimo Gardone and Alessandra Muran / ISBN 9791254930670 / 128-page hardback, 9.1 x 12.75 inches, published in 2024 by Corraini Editions / Italian/English edition, illustrated throughout / very light bumps from inbound shipping
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Massimo Gardone with Alessandra Muran has produced a volume that is many things: a living and vivid herbarium of nature’s colors with elements collected and photographed while still fresh, but also an evocative photo book capable of enhancing with the eye of the graphic artist the colors and “pantone” of petals, leaves, branches and other elements of nature. The texts accompanying this research are an essay by Francesco Messina and reflections by landscape designer Matteo Lacivita who starts from the naturalistic observation of colors to also talk about painting, music and other art forms that color really cannot do without.
