Codex Seraphinianus

Zusatztext Codex Seraphinianus is the perfect book to drive a reader mad with delight and frustration. Created by Italian artist Luigi Serafini, it's a vast compendium of surreal illustrations annotated in a made-up language. The infinitely bizarre diagrams a horse with a caterpillar rear end, umbrellas walking on human legs, a machine extruding people make Codex impossible to put down or comprehend. It feels like a biology textbook designed by Salvador Dalí on acid. The giant new 40th anniversary edition from Rizzoli includes 15 fresh drawings. To see it once is to be enchanted forever." WASHINGTON POST "This mysterious and untranslated book of wonder is phenomenal even if your state has not legalized marijuana. If your state has legalized psilocybin you might want two copies." BOINGBOING.NET Informationen zum Autor Luigi Serafini is a multifaceted artist, born in Rome and based in Milan and Rome. In 2007, the Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea in Milan (PAC) dedicated a mostra ontologica (ontological exhibition) to him. In early 2021, the Centre Régional d'Art Contemporain (CRAC-Occitanie) in Sète, France, hosted an exhibition devoted to the surrealist universe of the Codex. The original plates of the Codex can be seen in the Masone Labyrinth Museum, near Parma, Italy. Klappentext "Published to coincide with the 40th anniversary of its original publication, this special edition of the beloved, bestselling cult classic features a new design, new cover illustration, and fifteen never before seen drawings. The book is a visual encyclopedia of an unknown world written in an unknown language and features intricate, surreal, and highly imaginative illustrations that are almost architectural in detail by Luigi Serafini"-- Zusammenfassung Published to coincide with the 40th anniversary of its original publication, this special edition of the beloved, best-selling cult classic features a new design, new cover illustration, and 15 never-before-seen drawings....

“Codex Seraphinianus is the perfect book to drive a reader mad with delight and frustration. Created by Italian artist Luigi Serafini, it’s a vast compendium of surreal illustrations annotated in a made-up language. The infinitely bizarre diagrams – a horse with a caterpillar rear end, umbrellas walking on human legs, a machine extruding people – make “Codex” impossible to put down or comprehend. It feels like a biology textbook designed by Salvador Dalí on acid. The giant new 40th anniversary edition from Rizzoli includes 15 fresh drawings. To see it once is to be enchanted forever." —WASHINGTON POST 

"This mysterious and untranslated book of wonder is phenomenal even if your state has not legalized marijuana. If your state has legalized psilocybin you might want two copies." —BOINGBOING.NET

Auteur

Luigi Serafini is a multifaceted artist, born in Rome and based in Milan and Rome. In 2007, the Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea in Milan (PAC) dedicated a mostra ontologica (ontological exhibition) to him. In early 2021, the Centre Régional d’Art Contemporain (CRAC-Occitanie) in Sète, France, hosted an exhibition devoted to the surrealist universe of the Codex. The original plates of the Codex can be seen in the Masone Labyrinth Museum, near Parma, Italy.

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"Published to coincide with the 40th anniversary of its original publication, this special edition of the beloved, bestselling cult classic features a new design, new cover illustration, and fifteen never before seen drawings. The book is a visual encyclopedia of an unknown world written in an unknown language and features intricate, surreal, and highly imaginative illustrations that are almost architectural in detail by Luigi Serafini"--