It's Raining Cats and Dogs
Alessandro Gatti
15 Questions. What’s Beauty? – vol. 15
Non-Fiction
A book that explains everything about art
What need does art fulfil? How does one become an artist? Can videogames be considered works of art? This volume in the 15 Questions series invites readers to explore beauty in all its forms—from painting and sculpture to comics, photography, and digital art. With the guidance of design historian and curator Chiara Alessi, readers uncover what art really is, how it speaks to us, and how new creative languages are reshaping the way we experience and define it.
- A wide-ranging, inclusive look at traditional and contemporary art, from masterpieces to modern media like games and visual storytelling.
- Authored in collaboration with Chiara Alessi, one of Italy’s most prominent voices in design and visual culture.
From the same series: What’s Money For?, What’s Inside My Head?, Is Today Already Yesterday?, Can Trees Talk?, Is There Anyone Up There?, How’s Our Planet Doing?, Are We All Gonna Become Robots?, Are We Perfect Machines?, How Long Is A Light Year?, What’s Under My Feet?, Why Do I Like You?, Do Fish Dream?, Do You Understand Me When I Talk?, What’s The Earth Made Of?, What’s Beauty?
Publisher:
Il Castoro
Target:
10+
Year:
2023
Author
Pierdomenico Baccalario
Pierdomenico Baccalario has been writing children’s novels since 1997, when he won the Il Battello a Vapore literary prize with La strada del Guerriero (The Way of the Warrior) using his neighbour’s name. Since then, his bestsellers have been written under as many pseudonyms (the best known being Ulysses Moore and Irene Adler), translated into more than thirty languages and published with major Italian and foreign publishers. He has collaborated with Lucca Comics & Games for more than twenty years, has written for Repubblica, and is a columnist for the newspaper Corriere della Sera’s La Lettura literary supplement. In 2014, he founded the Book on a Tree creative agency in London.
Author
Federico Taddia
A writer, presenter, TV author and populariser, Federico Taddia collaborates with Topolino, Rai, Radio24 and La Stampa. One of his passions has always been to use the right words to tell the youngest everything that scientists study, look for and discover. He has written books with Margherita Hack, Telmo Pievano, Elisa Palazzi and Antonella Viola. With Teste Toste he won the Andersen Prize for the best science series for girls and boys and with Virus Game he won the Piccolo Galileo prize.
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