{"product_id":"luigi-pericle-ad-astra-archivio-luigi-pericle-9783039420223","title":"Luigi Pericle. Ad Astra","description":"\u003cb\u003eA new exploration of Swiss artist Luigi Pericle's engagement with the spiritual environment and tradition of Monte Verit , investigating his understanding of abstraction in art alongside his own syncretism of modern esotericism and spirituality.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Luigi Pericle (1916-2001) was a rare talent--a self-taught illustrator and painter, a man of letters, mystic, theosophist, and intellectual whose work and legacy eludes any categorization. Under his proper name Pericle Luigi Giovanetti he had great success as an illustrator and cartoonist in the 1950s. His cartoons were published worldwide in daily newspapers, such as the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eHerald Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as in satirical magazines like \u003ci\u003ePunch\u003c\/i\u003e. His comic strip \u003ci\u003eMax the Marmot\u003c\/i\u003e, published in newspapers and books, was hugely popular across Europe, the United States, and Japan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1958, he turned to explore abstract expression through painting and ink drawing. He quickly gained international recognition as an artist and his paintings were exhibited in gallery and museum shows in Britain and Switzerland during the 1960s. Yet recognition was not what he was looking for, and he disappeared voluntarily from the art world to lead an increasingly secluded life dedicated entirely to his art and writing. His home Casa San Tomaso on the legendary Monte Verit  in Ascona, in southern Switzerland, offered ideal surroundings for an artist so strongly drawn to spirituality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLuigi Pericle. Ad Astra\u003c\/i\u003e, published to coincide with a major exhibition at the MASI Museo d'arte della Svizzera italiana in Lugano, offers a fresh look at how the spiritual environment and tradition of Monte Verit  influenced Pericle as an artist and how Asian calligraphy and Zen Buddhism were influential to his drawing practice. Moreover, the book investigates Pericle's understanding of abstraction in art and his own syncretism of modern mysticism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Archivio Luigi Pericle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3039420224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783039420223\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scheidegger and Spiess\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/18\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.40h x 9.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Archivio Luigi Pericle","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43987694649599,"sku":"9783039420223","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_048482c6-cda4-48ce-ab9e-8adddde176cc.jpg?v=1683290462","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/luigi-pericle-ad-astra-archivio-luigi-pericle-9783039420223","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}