Bagno book, or, All for alum, or, Artifacts that tell the story of religious tolerance and enslavement to fuel Medici trade aspirations in the Mediterranean Basin, with Ghosting / Angela Lorenz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lorenz, Angela, book artist.

Contributor:

Ruth and Marvin Sackner Fund for the Arts of the Contemporary Book.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prisons--Italy--Livorno--History.

Prisons.

Slave labor--Italy--History.

Slave labor.

Enslaved persons--Social conditions--History.

Enslaved persons.

Shipping--Italy--Livorno--History.

Shipping.

Sailing ships--Models.

Sailing ships.

Alum industry--Italy--History.

Alum industry.

Medici, House of.

Livorno (Italy)--History--Religious aspects.

Livorno (Italy).

Livorno (Italy)--Commerce--History.

Genre:

Artists' books.

Shaped books (Publishing)

Sails.

Life preservers.

Physical Description:

8 unnumbered pages : illustrations, plans ; 22 x 16 cm

Other Title:

Bagno book

All for alum

Artifacts that tell the story of religious tolerance and enslavement to fuel Medici trade aspirations in the Mediterranean Basin

Ghosting

Place of Publication:

[Bologna, Italy?] : Angela Lorenz, 2021

Notes:

Title from lower cover verso.

Edition of 61, signed by the book artist.

"With Ghosting" in the title is in larger, handwritten-like black ink contrasting with smaller, printed green text throughout.

"Text and watercolors by the artist of Livorno's Bagno prison plan from the Archivo di Stato di Firenze, a model ship from the Palazzo Poggi Museum in Bologna and an Egyptian ceramic basin from Museo Nazionale di San Matteo in Pisa rendered through sublimation on recycled sails, flotation devices sewn inside by the artist."

Volume shaped as a right trapezoid.

Bindings: Self-wrappers.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Ruth and Marvin Sackner Fund for the Arts of the Contemporary Book.

OCLC:

1319545014