Morandi's Books, Mary Ellen Bartley

Morandi’s Books by Mary Ellen Bartley invites us into a quiet meditation on the essence of still life. Published in 2024 by Danilo Montanari Editore, this book emerged from an artist residency at the Casa Morandi in Bologna, where Bartley photographed the personal books and objects of the painter Giorgio Morandi. Over the course of 72 richly illustrated pages, she captures the poetry of everyday life, transforming volumes on Corot, Ingres, and Cézanne into minimalist compositions that evoke light, geometry, and silence , elements dear to Morandi. Texts by Alessia Masi and Lorenza Selleri accompany these images, providing an insightful perspective on this artistic encounter between two souls attuned to the beauty of simple things.

Danilo Montanari Editore
Text in English
Softcover
21 cm × 26 cm
72 pages
ISBN: 9791280750372