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Berlinetta '50s

Rare Italian Coupes of the Fifties

By (author) Christian Descombes
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Dalton Watson Fine Books, Loughborough, United Kingdom
Published: 5th Oct 2017
Dimensions: w 225mm h 300mm d 20mm
Weight: 2200g
ISBN-10: 1090267282
ISBN-13: 9791090267282
Barcode No: 9791090267282
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Synopsis
Author Christian Descombes pays tribute to the stylists who gave Italian design the leading position it occupied from the 1950s until the turn of the 21st century. Photographer Christian Descombes travelled widely to capture the cars in exciting and unusual settings which only serve to enhance their style. In the years following the Second World War, the Italian coachbuilders practised their art and demonstrated their talent on a huge range of cars. From this proliferation of creative ideas, both technical and artistic, some prestigious marques would emerge - Ferrari, Lancia, Maserati and Alfa Romeo. The coachbuilders such as Bertone, Ghia, Pinin Farina, Vignale and Zagato made their contributions producing cars in runs for the likes of Fiat, or for the most exclusive, Ferrari, designing models to satisfy a clientele demanding exclusivity. This abundance of creativity, both technical and aesthetic, raised the Italian designers to a dominant position in international automotive design

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