Chronicles the life and closely examines the work of the Spanish-born Venetian artisan whose innovative creative vision greatly influenced stage lighting and theater design, textile design, and the fashion world

Mariano Fortuny: His Life and Work

DE OSMA, GUILLERMO

Rizzoli International Publications

Introductory note: "Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (1871-1949) was known by many of his celebrated contemporaries as the 'Magician of Venice'. Born in Granada of an illustrious family of Spanish painters, he was a man of prodigious talent and wide-ranging interests. Though known today primarily as a dress and fabric designer, Fortuny was also a painter, engraver, architect, protographer, set designer, lighting technician, inventor and impresario. He was a rare mixture of scientist, artist and craftsman who personified the ideal of the Renaissance man in an age of increasingly narrow specialization."

Fortuny: The Life and Work of Mariano Fortuny

Arts & Photography

Individual Artists

Aurum Press

This comprehensive monograph captures the fashions, art, and fantasy of one of the world’s most original fashion designers. Mariano Fortuny is an exceptional figure in the history of art and design. Born in Spain and raised in Paris, he is most associated with Venice—he was often called the "magician of Venice"—where he lived and worked at the legendary Palazzo Fortuny until his death in 1949. Fortuny excelled not only in fashion, but also as a painter, printmaker, photographer, textile designer, set designer, lighting engineer, and inventor—all covered in-depth in the book. However, Fortuny’s creativity has had its most enduring legacy in the fashion world, and this comprehensive monograph includes much archival and previously unpublished material. Inspired by classical antiquity, Fortuny’s legendary designs were fashion’s first step toward modernity. His dresses featured finely pleated silks, often adorned with glass beads or similar objects, which flowed seductively over the female form, revealing its natural curves. His velvet capes were instantly popular, and the Delphos gown was favored by notable clients such as Eleanora Duse and Isadora Duncan. Fortuny’s designs remain the ultimate example of fashion as art and continue to inspire twenty-first-century designers.

Fortuny: His Life and Work

Humor & Entertainment

Skira/Rizzoli

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See notes

Fortuny et Proust: Venise,Les Ballets Russes

Literature & Fiction

Essays & Correspondence

ECHOPPE

Fortuny

Painting

Editorial Nerea, S.A.

FORTUNY PROUST Y LOS BALETS RUSOS

History & Criticism

EDITORIAL ELBA,S.L.

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