Codex Seraphinianus

Serafini, Luigi

ISBN 10: 0847842134 / ISBN 13: 9780847842131

Published by Rizzoli, 2013

About this Item

New and updated edition. Clothbound hardcover in the publisher's decorated boards, with gilded text and decorations along the spine and on the covers. Larger format: Folio. Unpaginated, approximately 300 pgs. All of which are richly illustrated by the Serafini. Includes, at the rear, a 22 page "Decodex" booklet in a holder affixed to the inside of the back cover. The booklet has text in English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian. This edition was published 32 years after the first edition (1981).

Seller Inventory # BB 2963

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Codex Seraphinianus
• Publisher: Rizzoli
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0847842134
• ISBN 13: 9780847842131
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: As New
• Dimensions: 23.7W x 35.05H x 4.93D centimeters 23.7 centimeters width by 35.05 centimeters height by 4.93 centimeters depth
• Weight: 2.336 kilograms

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Synopsis

An extraordinary and surreal art book, this edition has been redesigned by the author and includes new illustrations. Ever since the Codex Seraphinianus was first published in 1981, the book has been recognized as one of the strangest and most beautiful art books ever made. This visual encyclopedia of an unknown world written in an unknown language has fueled much debate over its meaning. Written for the information age and addressing the import of coding and decoding in genetics, literary criticism, and computer science, the Codex confused, fascinated, and enchanted a generation.

While its message may be unclear, its appeal is obvious: it is a most exquisite artifact. Blurring the distinction between art book and art object, this anniversary edition-redesigned by the author and featuring new illustrations-presents this unique work in a new, unparalleled light. With the advent of new media and forms of communication and continuous streams of information, the Codex is now more relevant and timely than ever. A special limited and numbered deluxe edition that includes a signed print is also available.

About the Author

Luigi Serafini is an architect, ceramist, glazier, painter, sculptor, designer, opera director, set designer, and critic who works in Italy and abroad. In 2007, the Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea in Milan dedicated a successful mostra ontological (ontological exhibition) to him. He has illustrated works by Franz Kafka and Michael Ende.