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Villa Balbiano

Author :
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
ISBN 13 : 2080203657
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Villa Balbiano written by and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jacques Garcia's meticulous restoration of Villa Balbiano, a magnificient Italian architectural masterpiece with a centuries-long history. Esteemed interior architect Jacques Garcia has undertaken painstaking restoration work at Villa Balbiano that combines a stunning array of precious materials and a world-class collection of paintings and antique furnishings set against the backdrop of the original design that had been obscured over the centuries. From its prominent position on Lake Como, Villa Balbiano radiates a majestic charm emblematic of the most splendid chapter in the history of great villas in the idyllic Italian region. Each successive owner added to the splendor of the villa through additions, new frescoes and statues, and increasingly extensive and sumptuous gardens, which were distinguished by the Society of Garden Designers for best historic garden restoration in 2018. The villa's history reached an acme at the end of the eighteenth century, when the enlightened Cardinal Angelo Maria Durini, as master of the house, transformed Villa Balbiano into a crucible of philosophy and art, framed within the villa's archetypal Roman lines. Garcia's glorious new restoration inaugurates a new season in the life of the villa in one of the world's most glamorous locations.

Italian Splendor. Palaces, Castles, And Villas

Author : Jack Basehart
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (145 download)

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Download or read book Italian Splendor. Palaces, Castles, And Villas written by Jack Basehart and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The World of the Italian Renaissance

Author : E R Chamberlin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9780367262679
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (626 download)

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Download or read book The World of the Italian Renaissance written by E R Chamberlin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-07 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1982, this book tackles the underlying problem of what is meant by 'the Renaissance' and outlines those social, economic and topographical factors which triggered it off. It covers a number of subjects, the family, war, trade, religion and art but recognizing that the Renaissance was essentially an urban growth it focusses on 7 great Italian cities: Florence, Rome, Venice, Milan, Urbino, Mantua and Ferrara. It also includes studies of some extraordinary Renaissance individuals: Federigo Montefeltro, Isabella d'Este, Machiavelli, Baldasssare Castiglione, and the Medici clan, among others.

Villa D'este Cookbook

Author : Jean Govoni Salvadore
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
ISBN 13 : 9781556708817
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Villa D'este Cookbook written by Jean Govoni Salvadore and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 1999-04-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Como, Villa d'Este has been a favorite retreat among the world's royalty and nobility for centuries. From Clark Gable to Arnold Schwarzenegger, Greta Garbo to Sharon Stone, Gianni Versace to Calvin Klein, Giuseppe Verdi to Frank Sinatra, and Josephine Baker to Madonna, the rich, the powerful, and the beautiful have flocked to Villa d'Este, and continue to do so, in order to experience grand luxury, lush accommodations, and absolutely exquisite meals. For the first time published, here are nearly 100 delectable recipes from the hotel's renowned chef, Luciano Parolari. Book jacket.

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

Milan

Author : Massimo Zanella
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788857224121
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (241 download)

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Download or read book Milan written by Massimo Zanella and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An art city and a fashion, business, and nightlife capital, as well as a testing ground for urban planning with the 2015 Expo: with over one hundred photographs, Milan Highlights offers a fascinating tour of the architecture, masterpieces, and hidden corners of Milan.

Villa Astor

Author : Right Honorable the Lord Astor of Hever
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
ISBN 13 : 2081375923
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (813 download)

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Download or read book Villa Astor written by Right Honorable the Lord Astor of Hever and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2017-05-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume showcases the legendary Italian villa that William Waldorf Astor exquisitely curated as a masterpiece of art, architecture, and design. Dominating the Bay of Naples in the charming town of Sorrento, with spectacular views of Mount Vesuvius, Villa Astor is an Italian landmark with a rich history dating back to the Roman Empire. American businessman, collector, and politician William Waldorf Astor—founder of the legendary Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York—fell in love with Italy during his time as American ambassador in Rome. He purchased the villa that now bears his name and turned it into a paradise of art, beauty, architecture, and exquisite gardens. The eccentric, extravagant, and discerning art lover spent a decade restoring and decorating the house and gardens with an outstanding collection of classical artifacts. After Astor’s death in 1919, the villa changed hands. It was recently acquired by new owners, who have restored the villa and gardens to their former splendor with the talented French decorator Jacques Garcia. This volume traces the splendid history of a legendary house, garden, and art collection and the extraordinary life of one of the world’s most enigmatic tycoons.

Villas and gardens by Lake Como

Author : Enzo Pifferi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788888174709
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book Villas and gardens by Lake Como written by Enzo Pifferi and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Italian Gardens of Lake Como

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Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
ISBN 13 : 8891814717
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (918 download)

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Download or read book Italian Gardens of Lake Como written by and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2018-05-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An outstanding volume celebrating the most beautiful villas and gardens of Lake Como, a must-have book for lovers of spectacular landscapes, design, and historic Italian architecture. This is a tribute to the jewel of Italian lakes and the splendid gardens of the stately mansions and villas standing on the Lake Como shores. Surrounded by mountains, Lake Como combines breathtaking scenery with lush flowering gardens, which are renowned all over the world. Incredible and gorgeous photographs take the readers inside fourteen of the most beautiful villas and gardens of Lake Como. The author, an historian of architecture and gardens, explains why prominent Italian families have chosen Lake Como to build their splendid palazzi and gardens. Each garden represents the time when it was designed: magnificent Renaissance and Baroque Italian gardens, 19th-century English landscape gardens, early-19th- century romantic natural designs, and 20th-century sanctuaries for rare botanical species. The specific climate conditions (hot summers, temperate winters, rainy mid-seasons) support the gardens famous for their luxurious flowers. Villa Carlotta’s garden contains more than 150 species of azaleas and rhododendrons, camellias, citrus fruits, sequoias, and other plants from all over the world. Some of the palazzi are now luxury hotels, such as the renowned Grand Hotel Villa d’Este, whose beauty makes the visit to the place an unforgettable experience.

House of Versace

Author : Deborah Ball
Publisher : Crown Currency
ISBN 13 : 0307406520
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book House of Versace written by Deborah Ball and published by Crown Currency. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Versace. The very name conjures up images of outrageous glamour and bold sexuality, opulence and daring. All of course true, but only half the story. Versace is also the legacy of a great creative genius from a poor, backward part of southern Italy who transformed the fashion world through his intuitive understanding of both women and how a changing culture influenced the way they wanted to dress. The first book in English about the legendary designer, House of Versace shows how Gianni Versace, with his flamboyant sister Donatella at his side, combined his virtuosic talent and extraordinary ambition to almost single-handedly create the celebrity culture we take for granted today. Gianni Versace was at the height of his creative powers when he was murdered in Miami Beach. The story was front page news around the world and the manhunt for his killer a media obsession. His beloved sister Donatella demanded no less than a funeral befitting an assassinated head-of-state to be held in Milan’s magnificent cathedral. In what was the ultimate fashion show, the world’s rich and beautiful – Princess Dianna, Elton John, Carla Bruni, Naomi Campbell, Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, Anna Wintour and others – gathered to mourn a man already considered one of fashion’s great pioneers. Deborah Ball, a long-time Milan correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, conducted hundreds of interviews with Versace family members, Gianni Versace’s lovers and business rivals, models such as Naomi Campbell whom he helped shoot to international stardom and fashion industry icons, including Anna Wintour, the legendary editor of Vogue. Ball vividly recounts the behind-the scenes struggles – both creative and business – of Donatella as she stepped out of her brother’s long shadow and took control of the House of Versace. The book offers the first inside look at the enormous challenges Donatella faced in living up to Gianni’s genius, her struggle with a drug habit, her battles with her brother Santo and the mystery of why Gianni left control of his house to Donatella’s young daughter, Allegra. House of Versace is a compelling, highly readable tale of rise from obscurity, a painful fall and ultimate redemption as the Versace empire returned to health – for now. Bringing together fashion, celebrity, business drama, jet-set lifestyles, and a notorious crime, House of Versace is an old-fashioned page-turner about a subject of enduring fascination.

An Italian Home

Author : Paul Wright
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780956230812
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book An Italian Home written by Paul Wright and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travel writing.

Domus

Author : Oberto Gili
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
ISBN 13 : 0847849279
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (478 download)

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Download or read book Domus written by Oberto Gili and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An insider’s tour of the most creative and inspiring rooms belonging to tastemakers—artists, interior designers, craftspeople, collectors, and aristocrats—in Italy today. Italy has been a source of inspiration for generations of artists and lovers of beauty. In this book, Italians Oberto Gili and Marella Caracciolo Chia take us around the country and into the homes of some of its most stylish habitués. From rural estates in Tuscany and spectacular seaside villas to an eighteenth-century palace in Puglia and city residences in Turin, Milan, Venice, Rome, and Naples, the properties reveal the unique personal visions of the owners and the inescapable appeal of Italian style. The diversity of places echoes the wide range of geographical contexts. Each interior acts as a source of surprise and an impetus for creativity, reflecting the individual tastes and talents of those who live and have lived there—designer Carlo Mollino, couturier Stephan Janson, art and literary scholar Mario Praz, and artists Sandro Chia and Alessandro Twombly. In addition to the houses of artists and craftspeople, rooms of visionary interior designers, such as Camilla Guinness, Roberto Peregalli, and Laura Sartori Rimini, are also included. This book—an intimate glimpse into some of the most beautiful and inaccessible dwellings in Italy today—is perfect for aesthetically minded readers with an interest in interior design, Italy, and the art of fine living.

Tracing the Visual Language of Raphael’s Circle to 1527

Author : Alexis R. Culotta
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004430482
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Tracing the Visual Language of Raphael’s Circle to 1527 written by Alexis R. Culotta and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-06-22 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alexis R. Culotta explores how the Renaissance master’s recombination of visual sources ultimately served as a springboard for artistic innovation for his close associates as they collaborated in the years following Raphael’s death.

Giuliano Da Sangallo and the Ruins of Rome

Author : Cammy Brothers
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691193797
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book Giuliano Da Sangallo and the Ruins of Rome written by Cammy Brothers and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An illuminating reassessment of the architect whose innovative drawings of ruins shaped the enduring image of ancient Rome"--

Slim Aarons: Style

Author : Shawn Waldron
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1647004748
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Slim Aarons: Style written by Shawn Waldron and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glamorous fashions, personalities, and places captured by iconic photographer Slim Aarons Slim Aarons, at least according to the man himself, did not photograph fashion: “I didn’t do fashion. I did the people in their clothes that became the fashion.” But despite what he claimed, Aarons’s work is indelibly tied to fashion. Aarons’s incredibly influential photographs of high society and socialites being unambiguously themselves are still a source of inspiration for modern day style icons. Slim Aarons: Style showcases the photographs that both recorded and influenced the luminaries of the fashion world. This volume features early black-and-white fashion photography, as well as portraits of the fashionable elite—like Jacqueline de Ribes, C.Z. Guest, Nan Kempner, and Marisa Berenson—and those that designed the clothes, such as Oscar de la Renta, Emilio Pucci, Mary McFadden, and Lilly Pulitzer. Featuring some never-before-seen images and detailed captions written by fashion historians, Slim Aarons: Style is a collection of the photographer's most stylish work.

Fodor's See It Italy

Author : Fodor's
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 140000554X
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fodor's See It Italy written by Fodor's and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-08-02 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A photo-illustrated guide to travel in Italy that presents cultural and historical overviews, descriptions of sights to see and things to do, trip planning tips, maps, a lodging and dining section, and several walks and drives.

My Tiny Atlas

Author : Emily Nathan
Publisher : Ten Speed Press
ISBN 13 : 0399582266
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book My Tiny Atlas written by Emily Nathan and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wanderlust-inspiring and transporting collection of photos from some of the world's most astounding places, organized thematically—vistas, sunrises and sunsets, city streets and urban life, tropical jungles, dramatic architectural facades, food stalls and restaurants, and more—from the premier online curator of travel photography. As much an armchair travel companion as a guide to planning your next trip, My Tiny Atlas contains more than 200 lush, surprising, and stunning photos, along with stories about far-flung locales and tips for experiencing a new location like a local. From Tiny Atlas Quarterly—one of the most trusted sources for authentic, unusual, and inspiring travel photography—this book takes you to every continent and all corners of the world, from Paris, San Francisco, London, and Buenos Aires to the Arctic Circle, Tanzania, Tahiti, and Mongolia. My Tiny Atlas visually explores new destinations with an intimate, insider's view—not of the usual monuments and tourist attractions, but of the real people, mouth-watering food, verdant flora, bustling streets, wild animals, epic views, lazy rivers, architectural gems, and other details that make you feel what it's like to truly be in another place, whether or not you ever leave home.