![]() ![]() ![]() There’s nothing finer than relaxing with the Italian master’s work before settling in for a night of the dreamless, with iPhoto giving me the option of musical accompaniment of choice. As a long time fan of the Italian master, I have always kept images of most of his works, sourced from Google Images, in iPhoto and would take these with me on my now defunct netbook when traveling. It’s simply not comfortable to keep it in your hands or on your lap for any period of time. One of the finest books in my small collection is Raphael by Pierluigi De Vecchi and while the quality of the reproductions and writing are both splendid, it’s never lost on me that the book weighs in at over 8 pounds. Context and background information are required to make the book truly useful. While the navigation is rudimentary, basically being limited to broad geographical locations and seemingly random order of content once you choose a location, it works well as it showcases great photography and the viewer doesn’t much care whether the photograph was taken in Montevideo or Moscow.īut that’s not an approach which will work well for most art books, be they about paintings or photography. The Beautiful Planet app for the iPad gives you some idea of the future of books. ![]()
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