Born in 1953 in Venice, Antonio Martinelli graduated in Architecture, University of Venice, in 1979 with a dissertation ‘SRIRANGAM: History and Planning of South-India City-Temple’ with Prof. Francesco Dal Co. He has specialisation in Architecture, Art, Documentary, Illustration and Travels. He has built long relation with India - and an all - important empathy with the country and its people -which goes back many years. From 1973 has travelled extensively in Europe, India, carrying out photographic researches on all kind of topics. His interest goes to what it still remains untouched.
EXHIBITIONS (collective and personal):
Aditi : The Living Arts of India - Festival of India - 1985 Washington : Smithsonian Inst.
Idea e Architettura - XVI Triennale di Milano, 1985
Vistara : The Architecture of India - Bombay, Festival of India, 1986
Le Corbusier Architect of the Century - London, Hayward Gallery, 1987
Fotografia Ottanta - Milano, Fondazione Corrente, 1989
150 Anni di Fotografia Italiana - Venezia, Museo Fortuny, 1989
Aldo Rossi par Aldo Rossi, Architecte - Paris : Centre Georges Pompidou 1991
L’Arsenale di Venezia - Paris, Institut Culturel Italien, 1991
Jean Nouvel : Lumières - Tokyo Gallery-MA 1995
Architecture & Citoyenneté : L’Architecture Civile Européenne - Namur 1995
The Vision of the Kings : Art and Experience in India - Nat. Gallery of Australia 1995
Oriental Scenery:Then and Now, Art Today Gallery, New Delhi 1999
Venise et le Théâtre du Monde: Hommage à l’architecte Aldo Rossi, Theatre du Rond Point Champs Elysées, Paris 1999.
Oriental Scenery : Two hundred years of India’s artistic and architectural heritage - Victoria Memorial Hall - Calcutta 2000
Velha Goa - Fondaçao Oriente - Macau, 2000
Jean Prouvé - Paris - Pavillion de l’Arsenal, Paris 2000
Henri Gaudin - IFA, Paris 2001
Velha Goa - Maison du Portugal, Paris 2001
Jean Prouvé - Paris - Pavillion de l’Arsenal, Paris 2000 Henri Gaudin - IFA, Paris 2001
Velha Goa - Maison du Portugal, Paris 2001
Passages en Inde. Hier et Aujourd’hui – Conciergerie, Paris 2005
Passaggi in India. Ieri e Oggi– Scuderie del Quirinale 2005
Indianscope – Maison Europeenne de la Photographie, Lille 2006
Teatro del Mondo di Aldo Rossi - Biennale di Venezia, 2010
Oriental Scenery: Yesterday & Today – Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts – New Delhi, 2011 Lucknow au Miroir du Temps - Musée Guimet, Paris, 2011
La Tendenza - Centre George Pompidou - Paris, 2012
MONOGRAPHS AND PUBLISHED BOOKS (SOLO):
Kanch Mandir - Il Tempio degli Specchi. - Milano : FMR 1978
Kanch Mandir - Le temple des Miroirs - Paris : Chêne/FMR, 1979
Il Teatro del Mondo da Venezia a Dubrovnik - 1980
Bologne : ATER Teatro del Mondo - Aldo Rossi - Venezia : Cluva, 1982
Palladio a Venezia - Firenze : Sansoni, 1982
L’Arsenale di Venezia - Venezia : Marsilio, 1983
L’Armonia e i Conflitti : La Chiesa di S. Francesco della Vigna - 1983
Torino : Einaudi India - Milano : Touring Club Italiano, 1985
L’Inde Hier et Aujourd'hui -Paris : Ed. Belfond, 1985
India - New York : Gallery Books, 1985
India - London : Orbis Publishing Co., 1985
India - Oslo : Aschehoug, 1985
Indien - Upsala : Förlagshuset Fyris AB, 1985
Carlo Scarpa - Tokyo : A+U, 1985
Valle d’Aosta - Milano : Touring Club Italiano, 1985
Indija - Beograd : Yugoslavenska Revija, 1986
Mario Botta - Tokyo : A+U, 1986
Indien - Berne : Kümmerly+Frey, 1987
Firenze - Milano : Touring Club Italiano, 1988
Florenz - Berne : Kümmerly+Frey, 1988
I Pali - Venezia : Edizioni Remer, 1988
Toscana I - Milano : Touring Club Italiano, 1989
Toscana II - Milano : Touring Club Italiano, 1990
The 20th Century Architecture and Urbanism : PARIS - Tokyo : A +U,1990
The 20th Century Architecture and urbanism : MILANO -Tokyo : A +U,1991
The Royal Palace of India - London : Thames & Hudson 1994
Les Palais de l’Inde - Paris : Editions Menges 1994
I Palazzi Reali dell’India - Milano : Ed. Frassinelli 1995
The New Plenary Chamber Complex of German Bundestag in Bonn as seen by height Photographers - Heidelberg : Ed. Braus 1996
The Royal Palace of India (Second Edition) - London : Thames & Hudson 1998
Voyages en Inde (Oriental Scenery) - Paris (Sept. 1998) : Éditions Citadelles & Mazenod India: Yesterday and Today - London: SwanHill Press, 1998
Oriental Scenery : Two hundred years of India’s artistic and architectural heritage - New Delhi : Timeless Books, 1999
Paris Architecture: 1900-2000 - Paris: Éditions Norma 2000
Les Palais Indiens - Paris – Thames & Hudson 2004
Palaces of Rajasthan - Bombay - India Book House 2004
Princely Rajasthan : Rajput Palaces and Mansions - New York - Vandome Press 2004
Passages en Inde. Hier et Aujourd’hui – Editions du Patrimoine/ 5Continents, Paris/Milan 2005
Palais du Rajasthan - Paris: Citadelles & Mazenod , 2005
Henri Gaudin : Une Penseé Singulière de l’Architecture – Bouygues Immobiler : Paris 2005
Lucknow au Miroir du Temps – Filigranes Editions : Paris 2011
PHOTOGRAPHS AND REPORTAGES PUBLISHED IN COLLECTIVE BOOKS:
Corto Maltese : Fable de Venise - Paris : 1979 Casterman
The Presence of the Past : First Intern. Exhibition of Architecture - 1980 Venezia Biennale
Enciclopedia del Teatro del ‘900 - Milano : Feltrinelli 1980
Capire l’Italia : Campagna e Industria - 1981 Milano : Touring Club Italiano
Vetri Murano Oggi - 1981 Milano : Electa
Palladio e Venezia - 1982 Firenze : Sansoni Editore
Parchi e Riserve Naturali d’Italia - 1982 Milano : Touring Club Italiano
Archeologia Industriale - 1983 Milano : Touring Club Italiano
Città da Scoprire : Guida ai Centri Minori : Italia Settentrionale - 1983 Milano : T. C. I.
90 Anni di Turismo in Italia : 1884 - 1894 - Milano : Touring Club Italiano 1984
Città da Scoprire : Guida ai Centri Minori : Italia Centrale - 1984 Milano : T. C. I.
Guida Illustrata : Italia - 1984 Milano : Touring Club Italiano
Aldo Rossi : Buildings and Projects - New York : Rizzoli International 1985
India : Insight Guide - 1986 Singapore : APA Production
Festival of India in the United States 1985- 1986 - New York : Harry N. Abrams Inc.
Aditi : The Living Arts of India - 1985 Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press Ireland : Insight Guide - 1986 Singapore : APA Production
Italien : Frankfurter Algemeine Magazin - 1986 München : Hirmer Verlag Abruzzo - Milano : Touring Club Italiano, 1987
Guida alla Civiltà di Venezia - Milano : Arnoldo Mondadori Editore 1987
Aldo Rossi : Architecture 1981-1991 - New York : Princeton Architectural Press 1991
Trentino Alto Adige - Milano : Touring Club Italiano, 1989
Henri Gaudin : Seuil et d’Ailleurs - 1992, Paris : Les Éditions du Demi-Cercle
Querini Stampalia Foundation : Carlo Scarpa - London : Phaidon Press 1993
Lost Civilisation : Ancient India : Land of Mistery - 1994
Virginia Time - Life Books The Mosque - London : Thames & Hudson 1994
Massimiliano Fuksas - Zurich : Artemis Verlag 1994
Italia da Scoprire : Guida ai Centri Minori - Milano : Touring Club Italiano, 1994
Jean Nouvel - Paris : Éditions du Regard 1994
Architecture & Citoyenneté : L’Architecture Civile Européenne - Namur 1995
Lost Civilisation : Etruscan Italy’s Lovers of Life - 1995 Virginia Time - Life Books
Living Wisdom : India - London : MacMillan 1995
L’Amour des Villes - Paris 1995 Institut Français d’Architecture
Jean Nouvel - Lumières - Tokyo : TOTO Shuppan 1995
Claude Vasconi - 1995 Paris : Éditions du Regard
The Vision of the Kings : Art and Experience in India - Nat. Gallery of Australia 1995
Silk & Stones - The Art of Asia : The Third Hali Annual - London : HALI Publ. 1996
Massimiliano Fuksas, Oscillazioni e Sconfinamenti - Turin : Testo & Immagine 1996
Terence Conran on Design - London 1996 : Conran Octopus
Architectures du 20ème Siècle - Köln : Benedick Taschen Verlag 1997
Formes Nouvelles : Architectures des Années 90 - Köln : Benedick Taschen Verlag 1997 Contemporary Japanese Architects (Vol. II) - Köln : Benedick Taschen Verlag 1997
Contemporary Europeans Architects (Vol. IV) - Köln : Benedick Taschen Verlag 1997  
Station to Station - 1997 London : Phaidon Press
L’Inde des Grands Moghols Découvertes - 1997 Paris : Gallimard
Le Roman du Taj Mahal - Paris : Éditions Noêsis 1997
Mies van der Rohe Pavillion Award for European Architecture - 1997 Barcelone : Electa
Massimiliano Fuksas - Paris : Éditions du Regard 1997
Claude Vasconi Bauten & Projecte 1980-1997 - Basel 1997 - Birkhäuser Verlag
Le Livre du Bain - Paris 1997 : Flammarion
The Floring Book - London 1997 : Ryland Peter & Small
ONE.ZERO Architecture : Massimiliano Fuksas - 1997 Rome Diagonale/G. Mondadori
The Architecture of Minimalism - 1997 Barcelone : ARCO Editorial
Architecture Today - London : Phaidon Press 1997
Mughal India - Collection New Horizons de Thames & Hudson - London 1998
Arts & Ideas : Indian Art - 1998 London : Phaidon Press
CAW : Massimiliano Fuksas - 1998 Gloucester - Massachusetts : Rockport Publisher
Architecture Today - 1997 London : Phaidon Press
Indian Art - 1997 London : Phaidon Press Houses of the Century - 1998 Barcelona : GG Publisher
RENDEZVOUS - Catalogue of the exhibition - 1998 New York: Guggeneheim Museum
Le Style International - Köln : Benedick Taschen Verlag 1998
Imagining the future of Museum of Modern Art - 1998 New York: MOMA
What Life Was Like: British India - 1999 Virginia: Time - Life Books
The New Cambridge History of INDIA: Architecture and Art of the Deccan Sultanates - 1999 CambridgeUniversity Press
Maharaja’s Jewels -Paris 2000 : Editions Assouline
Jean Prouvé - Paris -Paris 2000: Picard
Le Musée de la Maison - 2001 London : Phaidon Press
Massimiliano Fuksas - Caos Sublime - 2001 Milan: Rizzoli
Auguste Perret - 2001 London : Phaidon Press
L’Architectures du XXe Siècle - Köln 2001: Taschen
Monumental -Paris 2001: Editions du Patrimoine
Henri Gaudin - Paris: Éditions Norma 2001
Remain of the RAJ - 2001 London : Harper Collins Publishers
Corto Maltese - Fable de Venise - 2001 - Casterman
Massimiliano Fuksas (Frames) - 2001 - Actar
Aldo Rossi: Tout l’Oeuvre - 2001 - Kôenemann
Les Belles Etrangeres : 20 Ecrivains Indiens - Paris 2002 - Ezditions Philippe Picquier
Identification d’une ville - Architectures de Paris - Paris 2002 -Picard
Massimiliano Fuksas (Frames) – (édition française) 2002 - Actar
Auguste Perret - 2003 Paris – Phaidon ART DECO 1910-1939 : London : V&A Publication 2003 London
Le Corbusier - Köln : Benedick Taschen Verlag 2005
Massimiliano Fuksas - Opere e Progetti 1970 - 2005 – 2005 Milano SKIRA
Massimiliano Fuksas - Œuvres et Projets 1970 - 2005 – 2005 Milano SKIRA
Massimiliano Fuksas - Works and Projects 1970 - 2005 – 2005 Milano SKIRA
Styles – 2005 Paris – Editions Assouline
About C+D - 2006 Paris – Editions Alternatives
Massimiliano Fuksas - 2006 Milano – Motta Architettura
Interior Design & Decoration – 2006 New Jersey – Pearson, Prentice Hall
Rajasthan, l’Inde des Maharajas – 2006 Vevey – Editions Mondo
European Glass Forniture for Eastern Palaces – 2006 New York – The Corning Museum
Neue Architektur Oberrhein – 2007 Basel – Merian Verlag
L’Age d’or de l’Inde classique – 2007 Paris
L’Age d’or de l’Inde classique,L’Empire Gupta – 2007 Paris - RMN
Mughal Style – 2007 London - Thames & Hudson
Le Corbusier - Köln : Benedick Taschen Verlag 2009

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