Art Styles & Periods, Decorative Arts & Design - History
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Overview
This volume features 65 pages of full-color photographic documentation of the commissioned sculpture, "Fiori di Como" at the Bellagio resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. The more than 40,000 pound glass artwork hangs overhead in the hotel's main lobby from an intricate armature of metal "branches." The book displays in vivid detail the colorful garden of glass and its 2,000 pieces as well as reproductions of working faxes and fax drawings from Chihuly to Steve Wynn during the conceptual development of the project. This clothbound book, designed by Werkhaus Design of Seattle, provides image after image of the creative process and the final result of this monumental sculpture.Synopsis
This volume features 65 pages of full-color photographic documentation of the commissioned sculpture, "Fiori di Como" at the Bellagio resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. The more than 40,000 pound glass artwork hangs overhead in the hotel's main lobby from an intricate armature of metal "branches." The book displays in vivid detail the colorful garden of glass and its 2,000 pieces as well as reproductions of working faxes and fax drawings from Chihuly to Steve Wynn during the conceptual development of the project. This clothbound book, designed by Werkhaus Design of Seattle, provides image after image of the creative process and the final result of this monumental sculpture.
Book Details
Published
May 1, 2007
Publisher
Portland Press (Wa)
Pages
78
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781576841600