Villas and Gardens of Tuscany
Author: Sophie Bajard
Publisher:
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13:
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The Garden of Love in Tuscan Art of the Early Renaissance
Author: Paul F. Watson
Publisher:
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The Garden of Love is an important subject in secular art of the fifteenth century, both in Italy and in northern Europe. The chief Italian examples were all painted in Tuscany in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries. They depict a landscape consisting of a flowery meadow, a grove, and a great marble fountain, where lovers gather to sing, dance, and make love. Allied to the Garden of Love are variations on a horticultural theme--gardens for lovers celebrated in history, fountains of love, hunts set in a forest that conclude alongside a fountain. Sometimes, too, the Garden of Love becomes the setting for narratives and romances. In all these instances the Garden is more than a pleasing tapestry like backdrop: it serves as a visible symbol of the nature of love itself. This book illustrated with 97 excellent photographs, attempts to do two things ; to chart the history of the Garden of Love, and explain the significance it once had." -- Book jacket.
Tuscany
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Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 370
ISBN-13: 0847831388
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPreeminent 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.
Bella Tuscany
Author: Frances Mayes
Publisher: Crown
Published: 2003-08-05
Total Pages: 295
ISBN-13: 0767916301
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrances Mayes, whose enchanting #1 New York Times bestseller Under the Tuscan Sun made the world fall in love with Tuscany, invites readers back for a delightful new season of friendship, festivity, and food, there and throughout Italy. Having spent her summers in Tuscany for the past several years, Frances Mayes relished the opportunity to experience the pleasures of primavera, an Italian spring. A sabbatical from teaching in San Francisco allowed her to return to Cortona—and her beloved house, Bramasole—just as the first green appeared on the rocky hillsides. Bella Tuscany, a companion volume to Under the Tuscan Sun, is her passionate and lyrical account of her continuing love affair with Italy. Now truly at home there, Mayes writes of her deepening connection to the land, her flourishing friendships with local people, the joys of art, food, and wine, and the rewards and occasional heartbreaks of her villa's ongoing restoration. It is also a memoir of a season of change, and of renewed possibility. As spring becomes summer she revives Bramasole's lush gardens, meets the challenges of learning a new language, tours regions from Sicily to the Veneto, and faces transitions in her family life. Filled with recipes from her Tuscan kitchen and written in the sensuous and evocative prose that has become her hallmark, Bella Tuscany is a celebration of the sweet life in Italy. Now with an excerpt from Frances Mayes's latest southern memoir, Under Magnolia.
La Foce
Author: Benedetta Origo
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2001-10-26
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 0812235932
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSituated in the Val d'Orcia, a wide valley in southeastern Tuscany, La Foce is run by Benedetta and Donata Origo, and is open to the public one day a week.".
A Garden in Lucca
Author: Paul Gervais
Publisher: Hyperion
Published: 2001-06-13
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780786884391
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNow available in paperback, this delightful memoir, written by critically acclaimed novelist Paul Gervais, recounts the challenges, elations, setbacks, and revelations that accompanied the process of making an acclaimed garden out of the sprawling, overgrown grounds of a Renaissance Tuscan hunting lodge.
Villas of Tuscany
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Publisher: I.B.Tauris
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9781860649981
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDotted 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.
Slow Flowers
Author: Debra Prinzing
Publisher:
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780983272687
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst there was "slow food." Now there's "slow flowers," local and fresh: no chemical-laden, lifeless blooms flown in from afar. Acclaimed garden writer Debra Prinzing wants to show us the rich, floral bounty closer to home. In Slow Flowers, she takes us through the seasons to create 52 vibrant, sensual bouquets using only locally sourced materials - even in winter.--
Tuscan Paradise
Author: Marina Schinz
Publisher:
Published: 1998-03-05
Total Pages: 184
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor "A Tuscan in Paradise", Marina Schinz focuses on all the beauty to be found in Tuscany. At Valle Pinciole, the home of Italian friends, she records changing seasons, Renaissance landscapes, distinctive furnishings, and sublime plantings, all with the discerning eye that has made her one of the the world's preeminent photographers. 150+ color photos.
Bringing Tuscany Home
Author: Frances Mayes
Publisher:
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9781840914283
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn her inimitable warm and evocative tone, Frances Mayes helps readers develop an eye for authentic Tuscan style, with advice on how to: Choose a Tuscan colour palette for the home, from earthy apricot tones to invigorating shades of antique blue; Cultivate a Tuscan garden, adding fountains, vine-covered pergolas, and terracotta urns among the herbs and flowers.. Make prime finds at their local antique markets - and to truly bring Tuscany home, shipping advice and market days for several Tuscan towns are included. Set an imaginative Tuscan table using majolica and vintage linens; Enjoy the abundant flavours and easy simplicity of the Tuscan kitchen, with details on everything from olive oil and vin santo to pici and gnocchi, plus special, homegrown menus and recipes.
