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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.
Author: Sophie Bajard
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Published: 1993
Total Pages: 228
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John Petralia
Publisher: Chartiers Creek Press
Published: 2013-08
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9780615762531
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNewly 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.
Author: Cristina Acidini Luchinat
Publisher: Images Publishing
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9781920744724
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNot 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
Published: 2007-08-31
Total Pages: 842
ISBN-13: 9047421221
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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.
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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.
Author: Donna Huston Murray
Publisher: Ravenhill Press
Published: 2013-04
Total Pages: 86
ISBN-13: 098568805X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWho 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: Kelley F. Hurst
Publisher: Universe Publishing(NY)
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780789302601
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis comprehensive guide veers off the beaten track of tourist Italy to reveal unforgettable private villas, castles, fortresses, and farmhouses--places open to visitors.
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Published: 1993
Total Pages: 16
ISBN-13: 9780110252452
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Frances Mayes
Publisher: Crown
Published: 2003-08-26
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 0767917456
DOWNLOAD EBOOK#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The beloved memoir of self-discovery set against the spectacular Tuscan countryside that inspired the major motion picture starring Diane Lane—now in a twentieth-anniversary edition featuring a new afterword “This beautifully written memoir about taking chances, living in Italy, loving a house and, always, the pleasures of food, would make a perfect gift for a loved one. But it’s so delicious, read it first yourself.”—USA Today For more Frances Mayes, including a tour of her now iconic Cortona home, Bramasole, watch PBS’s Dream of Italy: Tuscan Sun Special! More than twenty years ago, Frances Mayes—widely published poet, gourmet cook, and travel writer—introduced readers to a wondrous new world when she bought and restored an abandoned Tuscan villa called Bramasole. Under the Tuscan Sun inspired generations to embark on their own journeys—whether that be flying to a foreign country in search of themselves, savoring one of the book’s dozens of delicious seasonal recipes, or simply being transported by Mayes’s signature evocative, sensory language. Now with a new afterword from Frances Mayes, the twentieth-anniversary edition of Under the Tuscan Sun revisits the book’s most popular characters.
