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Beautiful Nightmares
VENUSDEA PRÉSENTE - EN EXCLUSIVITÉ - LA NOUVELLE ÉDITION DE L'ART BOOK DE NICOLETTA CECCOLI !Beautiful Nightmares est le premier livre de Nicoletta Ceccoli publié en France, et le premier artbook qui lui est consacré au monde.En cinq chapitres, il regroupe la quasi-intégralité de son travail de peintre : Babes in Toyland, Beautiful Nightmares, Water Girls, Forbidden Fruit, Weird and Wonderful, autant de titres évocateurs, oniriques, poétiques, autant d'univers ludiques, merveilleux et monstrueux, des mondes de rêves et de cauchemars. La peinture de Nicoletta est ainsi : à la fois douce, rêveuse, mélancolique, séduisante, féerique, et parfois, aussi dérangeante, inquiétante. Sous la maîtrise de la technique, la délicatesse du trait et la subtilité des couleurs, peut apparaître un détail surprenant, incongru qui interroge.L'incroyable force de Nicoletta est d'emporter son lecteur, de lui faire pénétrer ses peintures et de le submerger d'émotions vives et contradictoires qui ne peuvent le laisser de marbre.
136 pages, Hardcover
First published September 15, 2010
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February 17, 2017
This book is so beautiful. It doesn't have any text, just sit down and enjoy every illustration.
April 6, 2011
So beautiful. And a little nightmarish (funnily enough).
Thinking of buying a second copy so I can frame pages from the first one.
Thinking of buying a second copy so I can frame pages from the first one.
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December 22, 2011I think this book is amazing i really love her art
May 13, 2014
so much like Mark Ryden
June 24, 2015
This is not a book to read, but a book to enjoy, sitting comfortably and staring for hours at the marvellous illustrations! Blue bird, Sheryl, Treegirl, and Crows some of my favourite.
May 4, 2018
The most hauntingly beautiful book I've ever owned! Absolutely adore it. Xoxo
July 13, 2023
She is such an amazing talent.
February 22, 2017
I stumbled across this collection of art quite by accident. Although I cannot remember now what I had originally been searching for, BEAUTIFUL NIGHTMARES was recommended by Amazon. Without seeing any of the artwork, I merely went on reviews both on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk.
The title of this book perfectly describes the pieces by Nicoletta Ceccoli. There is undoubtedly something very beautiful about the pictures, but when you study them in more detail, there is often also something quite nightmarish about them too. The pictures are organised into five chapters - Babes in Toyland, Beautiful Nightmares, Water Girls, Forbidden Fruit and finally Weird and Wonderful. At the end there is a short biography of Ceccoli, a bibliography and then credits for each picture included in the collection. From this final section, I learnt that Ceccoli has illustrated books which have been published in English - from seeing her work here, I am now eager to source some of these works too.
It is hard to try and put across what it is about this book that I love so much. The pictures themselves range from the quiet simplicity of the cover detail ('Angelica' page 109 - my edition has a different cover to the one shown here), to the more surreal ('Arcadia' page 112). Some of the pictures seem to suggest an obvious link - 'Snow White', for instance - whereas others make you conjure possible stories to go alongside them - for instance, 'The Battle' page 90.
Personally, my favourites include 'Flora' (page 98), 'Farfalla' (page 120) and 'Blue Bird' (page 121).
If you are interested in seeing some examples of her work, I suggest you start with her website, nicolettaceccoli.com.
The title of this book perfectly describes the pieces by Nicoletta Ceccoli. There is undoubtedly something very beautiful about the pictures, but when you study them in more detail, there is often also something quite nightmarish about them too. The pictures are organised into five chapters - Babes in Toyland, Beautiful Nightmares, Water Girls, Forbidden Fruit and finally Weird and Wonderful. At the end there is a short biography of Ceccoli, a bibliography and then credits for each picture included in the collection. From this final section, I learnt that Ceccoli has illustrated books which have been published in English - from seeing her work here, I am now eager to source some of these works too.
It is hard to try and put across what it is about this book that I love so much. The pictures themselves range from the quiet simplicity of the cover detail ('Angelica' page 109 - my edition has a different cover to the one shown here), to the more surreal ('Arcadia' page 112). Some of the pictures seem to suggest an obvious link - 'Snow White', for instance - whereas others make you conjure possible stories to go alongside them - for instance, 'The Battle' page 90.
Personally, my favourites include 'Flora' (page 98), 'Farfalla' (page 120) and 'Blue Bird' (page 121).
If you are interested in seeing some examples of her work, I suggest you start with her website, nicolettaceccoli.com.
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