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We’ve Spent A Year Making This One-Of-A-Kind Book Of Ornaments To Promote Our National Heritage

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We are Maria Postea and Bogdan Gargarita, the two illustrators who own a publishing house called Editura Intaglio.

We decided to make “The Neoromanian Detail – Bucharest” for those of you who are specialized or passionate about architecture, aesthetics, decorative arts and heritage. Whether you are studying architecture, history or visual arts, a specialist in the field or simply an art enthusiast, this collection art book will be a precious reference volume in your library!

More info: kickstarter.com

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We've Spent A Year Making This One-Of-A-Kind Book Of Ornaments To Promote Our National Heritage

The two editions

We've Spent A Year Making This One-Of-A-Kind Book Of Ornaments To Promote Our National Heritage

Join us in publishing “The Neoromanian Detail – Bucharest”, a bilingual (English-Romanian) ornamental art book.

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We've Spent A Year Making This One-Of-A-Kind Book Of Ornaments To Promote Our National Heritage

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Neoromanian house

We've Spent A Year Making This One-Of-A-Kind Book Of Ornaments To Promote Our National Heritage

The Neoromanian style developed between 1886 and 1947, in Romania. This National style has many elements in common with the more popular styles of the 1900s movement (Secession, Art Nouveau, Jugendstil) and has Ottoman and medieval influences.

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Photograph and illustration

We've Spent A Year Making This One-Of-A-Kind Book Of Ornaments To Promote Our National Heritage

The Neoromanian architecture is valuable for Arts History, Aesthetics and also politically, as a gesture of recovering the national identity.

Neoromanian house

We've Spent A Year Making This One-Of-A-Kind Book Of Ornaments To Promote Our National Heritage

“The Neoromanian Detail – Bucharest” presents to you the buildings that once were the pride of our city’s urban landscape, and today they are kept hidden by damage, cables and vandalism.

What is unique about this?

We've Spent A Year Making This One-Of-A-Kind Book Of Ornaments To Promote Our National Heritage

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A unique aspect of our project is the fact that we illustrated the ornaments and buildings by hand instead of using photographs. This way, we emphasize the artistic value of the book and provide the perfect alternative to a real exhibition.

Photograph and illustration

We've Spent A Year Making This One-Of-A-Kind Book Of Ornaments To Promote Our National Heritage

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The illustrations captivate the viewer and intrigue him to explore the cityscape for himself. More so, through the painted illustrations, we eliminate the unaesthetic elements which distract the viewer from the subject.

Neoromanian house

We've Spent A Year Making This One-Of-A-Kind Book Of Ornaments To Promote Our National Heritage

Some of these buildings are in a state of extreme deterioration. Very few are properly restored. This is why we consider our project a necessity.

Illustration and photograph of a Neoromanian decoration

We've Spent A Year Making This One-Of-A-Kind Book Of Ornaments To Promote Our National Heritage

Neoromanian house in Bucharest

We've Spent A Year Making This One-Of-A-Kind Book Of Ornaments To Promote Our National Heritage

Photograph and illustration of a Neoromanian ornament

We've Spent A Year Making This One-Of-A-Kind Book Of Ornaments To Promote Our National Heritage

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Deterioration on a Neoromanian building

We've Spent A Year Making This One-Of-A-Kind Book Of Ornaments To Promote Our National Heritage

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Through the album “The Neoromanian Detail – Bucharest”, we will be able to draw attention to these lost treasures, to raise awareness of their value and to increase conservation and restoration efforts.

Illustrations

We've Spent A Year Making This One-Of-A-Kind Book Of Ornaments To Promote Our National Heritage

The book will have watercolor illustrations with ornaments of exterior decorations and even entire Neoromanian building facades from Bucharest.

Bogdan Gargarita illustrating a house for the art book “The Neoromanian Detail – Bucharest”

We've Spent A Year Making This One-Of-A-Kind Book Of Ornaments To Promote Our National Heritage

Neoromanian house painted in watercolor by Bogdan Gargarita

We've Spent A Year Making This One-Of-A-Kind Book Of Ornaments To Promote Our National Heritage

Illustrations

We've Spent A Year Making This One-Of-A-Kind Book Of Ornaments To Promote Our National Heritage

The text will be written by an art historian and scientific researcher, Dr. Oana Marinache. “The Neoromanian Detail – Bucharest” will consist of 96 illustrated, colored pages.

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Support our Kickstarter campaign!

We've Spent A Year Making This One-Of-A-Kind Book Of Ornaments To Promote Our National Heritage

You can purchase “The Neoromanian Detail – Bucharest” on our Kickstarter campaign along with other great rewards for helping us make our project a reality!

We've Spent A Year Making This One-Of-A-Kind Book Of Ornaments To Promote Our National Heritage

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Editura Intaglio

We are Maria Postea and Bogdan Gargarita, the two visual artists who created a publishing house called Editura Intaglio. We did so in order to publish the projects we consider important for the times we live in. What makes us stand out is that our books have a classic collection aspect with contemporary preoccupations. Since we created Editura Intaglio, almost 5 years ago, we have already published 18 books and now we are focusing on ambitious projects of national and international significance. Editura Intaglio is a Romanian Publishing House where two enthusiastic artists decided to bring back the unique atmosphere of illustration into the rather superficial modern world. The Intaglio books have a wide variety of themes - from classical fairy tales to historical legends and original stories, all decorated with the plasticity and freshness of traditional art.

We are Maria Postea and Bogdan Gargarita, the two visual artists who created a publishing house called Editura Intaglio. We did so in order to publish the projects we consider important for the times we live in. What makes us stand out is that our books have a classic collection aspect with contemporary preoccupations. Since we created Editura Intaglio, almost 5 years ago, we have already published 18 books and now we are focusing on ambitious projects of national and international significance. Editura Intaglio is a Romanian Publishing House where two enthusiastic artists decided to bring back the unique atmosphere of illustration into the rather superficial modern world. The Intaglio books have a wide variety of themes - from classical fairy tales to historical legends and original stories, all decorated with the plasticity and freshness of traditional art.

Vėjūnė Rimašiūtė

Vėjūnė is a community manager who helps artists all over the world introduce their artwork to Bored Panda readers and in that way, become more popular. Since she was always fascinated by the art world, she studied Culture Management and Cultural Policy at Vilnius Academy of Arts where she expanded her knowledge about it. Now she's using all this knowledge to showcase its beauty and help others dive into the fascinating world of art.

Vėjūnė is a community manager who helps artists all over the world introduce their artwork to Bored Panda readers and in that way, become more popular. Since she was always fascinated by the art world, she studied Culture Management and Cultural Policy at Vilnius Academy of Arts where she expanded her knowledge about it. Now she's using all this knowledge to showcase its beauty and help others dive into the fascinating world of art.

What do you think ?

Kenya Rai 4 years ago

I absolutely have to buy the book, these are fantastic.

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Kenny Kulbiski 4 years ago

Enjoyed these. I would've liked to see what the interiors looked like originally.

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Kenya Rai 4 years ago

I absolutely have to buy the book, these are fantastic.

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Kenny Kulbiski 4 years ago

Enjoyed these. I would've liked to see what the interiors looked like originally.

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