Gianni Rodari and Bruno Munari have always paid close attention to the world of childhood, united by a shared desire to free images and words, helping us discover the joy of invention, imagination, and creativity.
By combining seemingly opposite and distant elements, imagining unexpected syntheses and solutions, they gave new meanings to letters and signs, pursuing parallel paths for years that also converged in books such as Filastrocche in cielo e in terra, Favole al telefono, Il pianeta degli alberi di Natale, Il libro degli errori, La torta in cielo, Il gioco dei quattro cantoni, and C’era due volte il barone Lamberto.
In the illustrations created for Rodari, Bruno Munari manages, with his lightness and unmistakable style, to recreate the same poetry found in Rodari’s stories and rhymes, enriching their fantastical side and their ability to amaze.
In this book, a rich selection of Munari’s “signs” is accompanied—not only by quotes from various Rodari books—but also by a testimony from Antonio Faeti and unpublished texts by Riccardo Falcinelli and Marco Belpoliti. These texts explore how Munari’s drawings fit into the history of children’s illustration, focusing on their reception and their nature as “doodles.”
A book to read and look at, to complete with your own “crooked signs and scribbles” or, on the contrary, to use as a starting point to invent new stories, letting yourself be inspired by the images.
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ISBN: 9788875708504
Publisher: Corraini Edizioni
Language: Italian and English
Binding: Sewn paperback with flaps
Pages: 200
Width: 16 cm
Height: 20 cm
Edition: 2020
Reprint: First
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Gianni Rodari and Bruno Munari have always paid close attention to the world of childhood, united by a shared desire to free images and words, helping us discover the joy of invention, imagination, and creativity.
By combining seemingly opposite and distant elements, imagining unexpected syntheses and solutions, they gave new meanings to letters and signs, pursuing parallel paths for years that also converged in books such as Filastrocche in cielo e in terra, Favole al telefono, Il pianeta degli alberi di Natale, Il libro degli errori, La torta in cielo, Il gioco dei quattro cantoni, and C’era due volte il barone Lamberto.
In the illustrations created for Rodari, Bruno Munari manages, with his lightness and unmistakable style, to recreate the same poetry found in Rodari’s stories and rhymes, enriching their fantastical side and their ability to amaze.
In this book, a rich selection of Munari’s “signs” is accompanied—not only by quotes from various Rodari books—but also by a testimony from Antonio Faeti and unpublished texts by Riccardo Falcinelli and Marco Belpoliti. These texts explore how Munari’s drawings fit into the history of children’s illustration, focusing on their reception and their nature as “doodles.”
A book to read and look at, to complete with your own “crooked signs and scribbles” or, on the contrary, to use as a starting point to invent new stories, letting yourself be inspired by the images.
° If you are a Member of the Foundation, shipping within Italy is free!
° For everyone: for purchases over €50, shipping within Milan is free!
