Apollo Book Competition 16 July 2010
For our last competition, we offered you the chance to win ‘Christen Købke – Danish Master of Light’ by David Jackson (Yale, £25).
We asked you: What 18th-century feature was omitted from Købke’s Frederiksborg Castle. View near the Møntbro Bridge (1836) to remain true to period authenticity?
Answer: A staircase
Congratulations to Beatrice Wang, winner of this competition, drawn at random from the hundreds of correct answers we received.
We are pleased to announce that our new competition prize is ‘The Hockemeyer Collection: 20th Century Italian Ceramic Art’ by Gillo Dorfles and Lisa Hockemeyer (Hirmer Verlag, €85,00). ‘The Hockemeyer Collection’ brings together 23 of the most important artists of Italy between the late '20s and mid-'80s, including Lucio Fontana, Roberto Crippa and ceramic artists such as Pietro Melandri, Guido Gambone, Marcello Fantoni and Pompeo Pianezzola. Lisa Hockemeyer calls for a debate so that the work of these artists, whose innovative and challenging ceramics made up almost a fifth of all Italian exports during the 1950s, can be recognised. She offers a cultural historical context to the artists’ work, reminding us that the ceramic-making tradition has existed since ancient times, reaching its apogee in the Renaissance. Each work is individually annotated and illustrated with exquisite large-format colour photographs.
For your chance to win, simply answer the following question: In what country was Lucio Fontana born?
Email your answers to offers@apollomag.com using 'Fontana' as the subject of your email. Only answers received before midday on 21st July will be entered into the competition draw.
Good luck!
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