Dolce&Gabbana's creations transport the reader to a world of fabrics, colors, shapes, and fragrances that goes beyond one’s sensory limits, involving the artistic experience "in a never-ending exchange between the sacred and the profane, love and passion, instinct and devotion."
This experience of a greater reality, which enthralls and at the same time frightens us because of its enigmatic inability to be deciphered, is still manifested today in popular Sicilian culture and in the strong religious sentiment of the inhabitants of the island: this book is filled with images of the processions, the Easters, the Easter Monday celebrations taken in Sicily by the great masters of reportage photography, for such symbols of sacredness continue to characterize the outfits, the accessories, and the jewelry designed by Dolce&Gabbana, who over the years have interpreted them as a sign of love and respect for the arts.
The sacred heart, saints, the Madonna, the rosary, and the cross have always been just some of the recurring elements used for the collections of the Maison, which has embraced their iconography to represent the sacred.
In his introductory essay Alberto Rocca writes as follows, “Sacred is the memory of a beginning of perfect beauty and harmony," and many of the photographs specifically taken for this book reveal themselves to the reader exactly as if they were visions..

About The Author:
Alberto Rocca, born in 1967 and a priest of the Archdiocese of Milan since 1992, Alberto Rocca completed his theology studies at the Archiepiscopal Seminary in Milan he was awarded a degree in Modern History at the University of Milan, and a Master of Studies from the School of International Relations at the University of Cambridge. When he returned to Italy he was awarded a PhD at the University of Milan, specializing in the concept of ecclesiastical dominion during the Tudor period. Since September 2008 he has been Dottore of the Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana, since 2010 Director of the Class of Borromean Studies at the Accademia Ambrosiana, and since December 2014 Director of the Pinacoteca. He was Head of the Project for the major conservation of the preparatory cartoon of Raphael's School of Athens, for which a new Stanza was inaugurated on March 26, 2019. A scholar of the Japanese language and Japanese religious traditions since 2014, in October 6, 2023 he also became the Director of the Class of Far Eastern Studies at the Accademia Ambrosiana. He has been Canonico Ordinario of Milan Cathedral since 2018.

Book Details:
• Printed in: Italy
• Format: Hardcover
• Category: Photography - Subjects & Themes - Fashion
• Publisher: Rizzoli
• Trim Size: 22,5 x 33,5 cm
• Pages: 320

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