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Edith Wharton's Italian Gardens

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Publisher : Frances Lincoln
ISBN 13 : 9780711211551
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (115 download)

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Download or read book Edith Wharton's Italian Gardens written by and published by Frances Lincoln. This book was released on 1997-09-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1903 Edith Wharton was commissioned by Century Magazine to write a series of articles on Italian villas and gardens. She gathered her household together and set off with her husband, her housekeeper and her small dogs on a four-month tour of Italy. Her articles were published in 1904 as Italian Villas and their Gardens. One of the first books to treat the subject of Italian garden architecture seriously, it influenced a generation of garden writers and landscape architects. Nearly 100 years later, photographer and writer Vivian Russell set out on her own odyssey, following Edith Wharton's footsteps around Italy to photograph the best surviving gardens from her book and to tell the story of how each one was made. her lively text describes the patrons and architects who created the gardens and explores their hidden symbolic meaning.

Italian Villas and Their Gardens

Author : Edith Wharton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Italian Villas and Their Gardens written by Edith Wharton and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Italian Gardens

Author : Judith Wade
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Italian Gardens written by Judith Wade and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 2002 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the earliest Roman settlements, Italians have been expertly cultivating their land into beautiful and creative displays of nature, where terraces and walkways, plants and flowers, water and statuary are combined to provide a unique ad inspiring setting. The Italian garden has greatly evolved throughout the ages, taking on different forms, favoring different plants, and serving different purposes. Early Italian gardens made use of citrus, still regarded as an essential element for its bright fruit and shiny leaves. The ancient art of the topiary was revived in the Renaissance for its drama and elegance, and the refined parterre was developed to spread forth from the great palazzos and provide a dramatic view from their upper stories. Later, in the nineteenth century, the influence of the English garden took hold, with its meandering paths, asymmetrical lakes, and blossoming trees. In "Italian Gardens, author Judith Wade explores more than five hundred years of this tradition, discussing each of these developments and transporting the reader to thirty-seven of the most captivating gardens of Italy. Eleven regions are visited, from Lombardy and Piedmont in the north, to the island of Sicily in the south. Both small and grandiose, historic and contemporary gardens are featured. Travel with Wade to the aristocratic Villa Favorita in Lugano, where an avenue of cypresses welcomes those who approach; the English-style park of Villa Novare Bertani in Verona, with its seventeenth-century wine cellar; the eighteenth-century Avenue of the Camelias at Lucca's Villa Reale, where the American artist John Singer Sargent painted; and great examples of contemporary Italian landscapes, likeLa Mortella in Naples, which boasts more than eight hundred species of rare plants. As "living works of art" these changing displays of nature grow and bloom with the seasons. Smell the roses and lavender, feel the light

Italian Gardens of the Renaissance

Author : John Chiene Shepherd
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Italian Gardens of the Renaissance written by John Chiene Shepherd and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Italian Gardens

Author : Alex Ramsay
Publisher : McCarta Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Italian Gardens written by Alex Ramsay and published by McCarta Publishing. This book was released on 1989 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Garden and Grove

Author : John Dixon Hunt
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812292782
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book Garden and Grove written by John Dixon Hunt and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2016-02-15 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Garden and Grove is a pioneering study of the English fascination with Italian Renaissance gardens. John Dixon Hunt studies reactions of English visitors in their journals and travel books to the exciting world of Italian gardens: its links with classical villas, with Virgil and farming, with Ovid and metamorphosis, its association with theater, its variety, its staged debates between art and nature. Then he looks at what English visitors made of these Italian garden experiences upon their return home and at how they created Italianate gardens on their estates, on their stages, and in their poems. With a wealth of literary and visual materials previously untapped, Hunt provides a new history of an intriguing and vital phase of English garden history. Not only does he suggest the centrality of the garden as a focus for many social, aesthetic, political, and philosophical ideas but he argues that the so-called English landscape garden before "Capability" Brown, in the late eighteenth century, owed much to a long and continuing emulation of Italian Renaissance models.

The Italian Renaissance Garden

Author : Claudia Lazzaro
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780608078311
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (783 download)

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Download or read book The Italian Renaissance Garden written by Claudia Lazzaro and published by . This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Better Homes and Gardens Italian Cook Book

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Publisher : Meredith Corporation
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Better Homes and Gardens Italian Cook Book written by and published by Meredith Corporation. This book was released on 1979 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cooks can plan geniune Italian meals with readily available ingredients. Includes authentic favorites! 201 recipes.

Gardens of the Italian Lakes

Author : Steven Desmond
Publisher : Frances Lincoln
ISBN 13 : 9780711236301
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (363 download)

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Download or read book Gardens of the Italian Lakes written by Steven Desmond and published by Frances Lincoln. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gardens of the Italian Lakes are a favourite destination for garden lovers and groups. The gardens around Lake Como and Lake Maggiore, in the far north of Italy, are admired throughout the world for their beauty and variety in a magnificent natural location. This book sets out to become the standard work on these gardens as there is nothing of this kind on the market at the moment. It will appeal both to the specialist and enthusiast preparing for a visit. The common factor for all these gardens is their setting in this landscape of exceptional scenery. Lake Como is a deep lake hemmed in like a fjord by towering mountains. Lake Maggiore has more the character of an inland sea, with ferries crossing to the famous island gardens for an afternoon in another world. Both lakes are lined with the towers, villas and grand hotels that speak of a complex history including key events in Italy's struggle to achieve nationhood, inspiration for a string of illustrious writers and composers, and a long line of distinguished visitors. The gardens include: Villa Melzi, Bellagio: an early 19th-century romantic park on the lake shore Villa Carlotta, Cadenabbia: a terraced 17th-century property with woodland Villa del Balbianello, Lenno: a famously picturesque loggia Villa D'Este, Cernobbio: a 16th-century cascade garden with royal connections Villa Cicogna Mozzoni, Bisuschio: an intact 16th-century villa garden Villa Della Porta Bozzolo, Casalzuigno: a rural baroque garden Isola Bella, Stresa: a well-known island garden Isola Madre, Stresa: an island retreat of flowers and birds Villa San Remigio, Pallanza: an Edwardian garden made by two lovers Villa Taranto, Pallanza: one of the world's great woodland gardens

A Tour of Italian Gardens

Author : Judith Chatfield
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780847809080
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book A Tour of Italian Gardens written by Judith Chatfield and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 1988 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Briefly looks at the history of Italian gardens, and describes the background and special features of gardens in each region of the country

Gardens of Italy

Author : Ann Laras
Publisher : Frances Lincoln
ISBN 13 : 0711224900
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book Gardens of Italy written by Ann Laras and published by Frances Lincoln. This book was released on 2005-09-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This inspirational book is an illustrated survey of more than 60 major gardens in Italy, from the lakes north of Milan down to Ravello in the south. They include the Villa Balbianello, Isola Bella, Giardini Giusti, Villa Medici, Villa Gamberaia, La Mortella, Villa Lante, Villa d'Este, Giardini di Ninfa, plus some important modern gardens. All the gardens featured are open to the public.

Notes from an Italian Garden

Author : Joan Marble
Publisher : WilliamMr
ISBN 13 : 9780060185749
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (857 download)

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Download or read book Notes from an Italian Garden written by Joan Marble and published by WilliamMr. This book was released on 2001-04-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty years ago journalist Joan Marble and her sculptor husband, Robert Cook, bought an unpromising piece of land near the little hamlet of Canale, north of Rome where the ancient Etruscans once lived. Here they built a house and, more important, set out to start a wonderful garden. All was not easy, however. They faced blank incomprehension from the local inhabitants. "Why do you want to have a garden here?" they were asked. "There's no water, the ground is like cement, it's too cold in winter and too hot in summer, it never rains. . . ." But Joan and Robert's enthusiasm for the land, their ignorance of the obstacles that faced them, their downright obstinacy and the unexpected friends who helped them -- all served to conquer the intransigent terrain. "I fell in love with Etruria one chilly evening in the middle of winter," says Joan. "They were having a New Year's Eve festival in a little town near Campagnano, and a group of local boys dressed in Renaissance costumes were marching in a torchlight parade down the main street. As I stood there in the cold watching the flames lurching to the sky, I realized that I felt very much at home in this ancient place. If ever we should decide to move to the country, this was the kind of place I would choose....." Inspirational, aspirational, enchanting -- this is an account of a passion for a place and an obsession with a garden that will charm all who love Italy, gardening, and life.

Fountains, Statues, and Flowers

Author : Elisabeth B. MacDougall
Publisher : Dumbarton Oaks
ISBN 13 : 9780884022169
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (221 download)

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Download or read book Fountains, Statues, and Flowers written by Elisabeth B. MacDougall and published by Dumbarton Oaks. This book was released on 1994 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resource added for the Landscape Horticulture Technician program 100014.

The Mafia and the Machine

Author : Frank Hayde
Publisher : Barricade Books
ISBN 13 : 9781569804438
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book The Mafia and the Machine written by Frank Hayde and published by Barricade Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the American Mafia is not complete without a chapter on Kansas City, MO. The 'City of Fountains' has popped up in The Godfather, Casino and The Sopranos, but many aren't aware that Kansas City is key in the history of organised crime. Events unfolding in this city affected the fortunes of all the 'families' and shaped the entire underworld. In The Mafia and the Machine, author Frank Hayde ties in every major name in organised crime - Luciano, Bugsy, Lanksy - as well as the corrupt Kansas City police force.

Italian Gardens of the Renaissance

Author : John C. Shepherd
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN 13 : 1878271520
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (782 download)

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Download or read book Italian Gardens of the Renaissance written by John C. Shepherd and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Princeton Architectural Press's Reprint Series was established in 1981 to make rare volumes on architecture available to a wider audience. The books' beautiful reproductions and finest quality printing and binding match those of the originals, while their 9-by-12-inch format makes them accessible and affordable. New introductions bring a modern voice to these classic texts, updating them to become invaluable contemporary resources. These critically acclaimed books are an essential addition to any library.

Gardens of the Italian Villas

Author : Marella Agnelli
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Gardens of the Italian Villas written by Marella Agnelli and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 1987 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Italian Gardens

Author : Helena Attlee
Publisher : Frances Lincoln
ISBN 13 : 9780711233928
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (339 download)

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Download or read book Italian Gardens written by Helena Attlee and published by Frances Lincoln. This book was released on 2012-09-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To many of us, the great gardens of Italy seem like paradise on earth. But how much do we know of their history, and the people who created them? In this ravishing book, illustrated with contemporary paintings, drawings and prints as well as photographs of the gardens today, Helena Attlee tells their story. She starts with Petrarch – still looking to medieval chronicles for advice on how and when to plant – and goes on to the Renaissance and those first gardens to emerge from architects' plans. Then she describes the great gardens of the Medici; the first botanic gardens; the weird Mannerist gardens and their grottoes followed by the Baroque splendour of Isola Bella and the Villa Aldobrandini; the Neoclassical and Picturesque gardens of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; and how, in the twentieth century, expatriates with money to lavish on their villas and gardens brought new delights.