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Publisher: I.B.Tauris
ISBN: 9781860649981
Category : Architecture, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 318
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Dotted across the ancient Tuscan landscape of rolling hills, olive groves and towering cypress trees, sit some of the greatest country houses of Italy. Here, Professor Carlo Cresti and the photographer Massimo Listri present buildings by such noted masters as Sangallo, Buontalenti and Peruzzi.
Author: Sophie Bajard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 228
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Author: John Petralia
Publisher: Chartiers Creek Press
ISBN: 9780615762531
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 290
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Newly retired and looking for more than a vacation, John and Nancy Petralia intrepidly pack a few suitcases and head to the "perfect" Italian city for a year. Within days their dream becomes a nightmare. After residing in two Italian cities, negotiating the roads and health care, discovering art, friends, food and customs, the Petralias learn more than they anticipate -- about Italy, themselves, what it means to be American, and what's important in life.
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Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
ISBN: 0847831388
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 370
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Preeminent Florentine photographer Massimo Listri uncovers the great public as well as private Tuscan treasures in this unprecedented, oversize, and deluxe volume. Celebrating Tuscany's renowned art and architecture, elegance, and charm, this unique volume unveils the finest Tuscan gems, both the famous as well as the hidden. Photographer Massimo Listri's unique access affords this resplendent publication of Tuscany's great treasures, including the architecture, art, and artistry of its frescoes, churches, palazzi, and gardens, as well as previously unseen private residence interiors, chapels, villas, and estates. This oversize and deluxe volume features stunning gatefolds and showcases four hundred sumptuous color and large-format photographs. From Florence to its surrounding areas, such as San Gimignano, Arezzo, Pisa, Siena, Montepulciano, Chianti, Lucca, and Pistoia, this book culls from Listri's rich vault of visually stunning and historically noteworthy material to create a privileged journey through which Tuscany is at once marvelously displayed. Tuscany is a superb piece of art to be enjoyed by both Italian art and culture connoisseurs as well as those discovering the region for the first time.
Author: Cristina Acidini Luchinat
Publisher: Images Publishing
ISBN: 9781920744724
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 312
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Not only a photographic revelation of the residential treasures of Lucca, but an exploration of the artistic and cultural heritage of the region.
Author: Annalisa Marzano
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047421221
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 842
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This volume, which was awarded Honorable Mention and a Silver Medal from the Premio Romanistico Internationazionale Gérard Boulvert, investigates the socio-economic role of elite villas in Roman Central Italy drawing on both documentary sources and material evidence. Through the composite picture emerging from the juxtaposition of literary texts and archaeological evidence, the book traces elite ideological attitudes and economic behavior, caught between what was morally acceptable and the desire to invest capital intelligently. The analysis of the biases affecting the application of modern historiographical models to the interpretation of the archaeology frames the discussion on the identification of slave quarters in villas and the putative second century crisis of the Italian economy. The book brings an innovative perspective to the debate on the villa-system and the decline of villas in the imperial period.
Author: Kelley F. Hurst
Publisher: Universe Publishing(NY)
ISBN: 9780789302601
Category : Hotels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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This comprehensive guide veers off the beaten track of tourist Italy to reveal unforgettable private villas, castles, fortresses, and farmhouses--places open to visitors.
Author: Donna Huston Murray
Publisher: Ravenhill Press
ISBN: 098568805X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 86
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Who could refuse a two-week stay in a chateau perched on the edge of the Mediterranean? Certainly not Richard, who was fed up to his easel with the damp London weather. Babysitting a treasure-filled museum while his old Sorbonne roommate honeymooned in Spain was the least he could do. The vandals who’d been plaguing the chateau wouldn’t dare return, the repairmen Tom hired would be completely trustworthy, and “murder” was only found in something by Agatha Christie. Richard might even meet a woman, someone capable of surprising him like never before. He should go. He really should. He was dying for a vacation.
Author: Stationery Office, The
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780110252452
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 16
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Author: Alexandra Black
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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Book Description
Breaks Tuscan architecture and interior design into four components: stone, wood, earth, and water, and discusses each, presenting approximately two hundred color photos.
