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Author : Isabella Lapi Ballerini
Publisher : Giunti Editore
ISBN 13 : 9788809029958
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (299 download)
Download or read book The Medici Villas written by Isabella Lapi Ballerini and published by Giunti Editore. This book was released on 2003 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stefano Casciu
Publisher : Edizioni Polistampa
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Medici villas North-West of Florence written by Stefano Casciu and published by Edizioni Polistampa. This book was released on 2010 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Utile guida alle ville e ai giardini nei dintorni di Firenze, il libro permette di conoscere i complessi architettonici rurali delle più illustri e nobili famiglie fiorentine, prima fra tutte quella dei Medici, e le testimonianze archeologiche della Piana e delle colline a nord-ovest di Firenze. "Circondate da splendidi parchi e giardini - recita la presentazione di Matteo Renzi - le ville medicee, ma non solo, sono una grande ricchezza per i fiorentini ma anche per i turisti". A partire dalla formidabile triade delle ville medicee della zona di confine con Sesto: Petraia, Castello e Corsini, recentemente rilanciata anche grazie al restauro e all'esposizione di pezzi antichi provenienti dagli Uffizi. Ma tante altre ville, musei, luoghi privilegiati per l'incontro con la natura e con l'arte costellano il percorso: ognuno potrà divertirsi a scoprirli, sul territorio e sul volume. "L'iniziativa inviterà chi non ne ha l'esperienza diretta - scrive Cristina Acidini - a familiarizzare con le novità degli ultimi anni, dalla sistemazione delle magnifiche fontane cinquecentesche di Castello e Petraia alle colture introdotte nei giardini.
Author : Grazia Gobbi Sica
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134067178
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)
Download or read book The Florentine Villa written by Grazia Gobbi Sica and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-12-13 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholarly and innovative with visually stunning line drawings and photographs, this volume provides readers with a compelling record of the unbroken pattern of reciprocal use and exchange between the countryside and the walled city of Florence, from the thirteenth century up to the present day. Defying the traditional and idealized interpretation of the Florentine Villa, the author: analyzes the economic factors that powered the investment in and building of country houses and estates from the early Renaissance times onwards, as well as the ideology and the architectural and literary models that promoted the Florentine villa explores the area between Florence and Sesto in its history, morphology and representation looks at the villas existing in the area. A contribution to the protection of the important cultural heritage of the landscape in the Florentine area and of its historic buildings, villas and gardens, this study makes engaging reading, not only for scholars and students in architecture, landscape design and social history, but also for the well informed reader interested in art, architecture and gardens.
Author : Susan Horner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Walks in Florence and Its Environs written by Susan Horner and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard Stapleford
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 027105641X
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Lorenzo De' Medici at Home written by Richard Stapleford and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An inventory of the private possessions of Lorenzo il Magnifico de' Medici, head of the ruling Medici family during the apogee of the Florentine Renaissance"--Provided by publisher.
Author : James S. Ackerman
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691252319
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)
Download or read book The Villa written by James S. Ackerman and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2023-08-15 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic account of the villa—from ancient Rome to the twentieth century—by “the preeminent American scholar of Italian Renaissance architecture” (Architect’s Newspaper) In The Villa, James Ackerman explores villa building in the West from ancient Rome to twentieth-century France and America. In this wide-ranging book, he illuminates such topics as the early villas of the Medici, the rise of the Palladian villa in England, and the modern villas of Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier. Ackerman uses the phenomenon of the “country place” as a focus for examining the relationships between urban and rural life, between building and the natural environment, and between architectural design and social, cultural, economic, and political forces. “The villa,” he reminds us, “accommodates a fantasy which is impervious to reality.” As city dwellers idealized country life, the villa, unlike the farmhouse, became associated with pleasure and asserted its modernity and status as a product of the architect’s imagination.
Author : Katie Campbell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000521001
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Cultivating the Renaissance written by Katie Campbell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-30 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By exploring the evolution of the Medici family’s villas, Cultivating the Renaissance charts the shifting politics, philosophy and aesthetics of the age and chronicles the rise of an extraordinary family from obscure farmers to European royalty. From the fourteenth to the eighteenth century, the Medici family dominated European life. While promoting both arts and sciences, the Medici helped create a new style of architecture, present a new idea of villa life and promote the novel idea of living in harmony with nature. Used variously for pleasure and sports, scholarly and amorous liaisons, commercial enterprise and botanical experimentation, their villas both expressed and influenced contemporary ideas on politics, philosophy, art and design. Each patron's public interests and private passions, as well as the architects, artists and philosophers they employed, are examined. Through a chronological approach, this book reveals how the villas were used, their reception by contemporary commentators, their legacy and their current state five centuries after they were first built. Lavishly illustrated, Cultivating the Renaissance is of great interest to students and scholars of architecture, horticulture, landscape history, philosophy, art and the history of the Renaissance in Italy.
Author : Edward Chaney
Publisher : Robinson
ISBN 13 : 1472141288
Total Pages : 507 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (721 download)
Download or read book Florence written by Edward Chaney and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2018-06-28 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The best conceivable guide to the city' - an essential cultural history for all visitors of Florence The rich and glorious past of one of the best loved cities in the world, Florence, is brought vividly to life for today's visitor in this collection which draws on letters, diaries and memoirs of travellers to Florence and the Florentines themselves. Of all Italian cities, Florence has always had the strongest English accent: the Goncourt brothers in 1855 called it 'ville tout anglaise'. Though that accent is diminished now, Florence remains for the English-speaking traveller what it always has been - one of the best loved, and most visited, of cities. In this Traveller's Reader, Florence's rich and glorious past is brought vividly to life for the tourist of today through the medium of letters, diaries and memoirs of travellers to Florence from past centuries and of the Florentines themselves. The extracts chosen by cultural historain Edward Chaney include: Boccaccio on the Black Death; Vasari on the building of Giotto's Campanile; an eye-witness account of the installation of Michaelangelo's 'David'; the death of Elizabeth Barrett Browning at the Casa Guidi; and D. H. Lawrence and Dylan Thomas on twentieth-century Florentine society. Sir Harold Acton's introduction provides a concise history of the city from its origins, through its zenith as a prosperous city state which, under the Medici, gave birth to the Renaissance, and up to the Arno's devastating flood in 1966. Sir Harold Acton, man of letters, historian, aesthete, novelist and poet, spent most of his life in Florence. Among his best-known books is The Last Medici, Memoirs of an Aesthete.
Author : Raffaella Fabiani Giannetto
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Medici Gardens of Fifteenth-century Florence written by Raffaella Fabiani Giannetto and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Benozzo (di Lese)
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
ISBN 13 : 9780500236918
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (369 download)
Download or read book The Chapel of the Magi written by Benozzo (di Lese) and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 1994-01 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Medici family chapel is a jewel-like room and, despite changes that have been made to it over the years, it houses the best preserved of Renaissance fresco cycles
Author : Collective
Publisher : Casa Editrice Bonechi
ISBN 13 : 9788847617926
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (179 download)
Download or read book Tuscany written by Collective and published by Casa Editrice Bonechi. This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the rich history and culture of some of the world¿s most influential historical places with these highly illustrated books, packed with information and enlightening descriptions.
Author : George Bradshaw
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book to Italy written by George Bradshaw and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rough Guides
Publisher : Rough Guides UK
ISBN 13 : 0241214041
Total Pages : 762 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (412 download)
Download or read book The Rough Guide to Tuscany and Umbria written by Rough Guides and published by Rough Guides UK. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new, full-colour Rough Guide to Tuscany and Umbria is the ultimate travel guide to some of Europe's most popular tourist destinations. Covering the region more comprehensively than any other guide, it's packed with up-to-date and expert information on all the attractions, from the great museums of Florence and Siena to the tiny rural hill-towns, as well as guiding you to the best of the beaches, forests, mountains and vineyard-clad hills. It also it gives you the lowdown on the best hotels and restaurants for all budgets, and illuminates the sights with background information on history, folklore, art, architecture and festivals. Dozens of photographs and easy-to-use colour maps complete a guide that has long been established as the best you can buy. Make the most of your time on EarthTM with The Rough Guide to Tuscany and Umbria.
Author : Mark Ellingham
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 024121405X
Total Pages : 762 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (412 download)
Download or read book The Rough Guide to Tuscany and Umbria written by Mark Ellingham and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-04-14 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new, full-color Rough Guide to Tuscany and Umbria is the ultimate travel guide to some of Europe's most popular tourist destinations. Covering the region more comprehensively than any other guide, it's packed with up-to-date and expert information on all the attractions, from the great museums of Florence and Siena to the tiny rural hill-towns, as well as guiding you to the best of the beaches, forests, mountains and vineyard-clad hills. It also it gives you the lowdown on the best hotels and restaurants for all budgets, and illuminates the sights with background information on history, folklore, art, architecture and festivals. Dozens of photographs and easy-to-use color maps complete a guide that has long been established as the best you can buy. Make the most of your time on EarthTM with The Rough Guide to Tuscany and Umbria.
Author : Michelin Travel & Lifestyle
Publisher : Michelin Travel & Lifestyle
ISBN 13 : 2067182358
Total Pages : 684 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (671 download)
Download or read book Michelin Green Guide Italy written by Michelin Travel & Lifestyle and published by Michelin Travel & Lifestyle. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eBook version of the Green Guide Italy is completely revised and expanded, featuring the best that the country has to offer. The guide explores the rich culture, heritage and history of the cities, countryside and coastal areas. Michelin's celebrated star-rating system pinpoints Italy’s highlights, whether the beautiful Dolomite mountain range, the UNESCO-designated historic city centers of Rome, Florence and Naples, or the stunning coastlines of Amalfi and Portofino Promontory. Regional introductions give an overview of each area, while Michelin’s walking and driving tours, up-to-date content, maps and color photos help you discover this diverse country.
Author : Caspar Pearson
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271056894
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Humanism and the Urban World written by Caspar Pearson and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2015-10-20 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Humanism and the Urban World, Caspar Pearson offers a profoundly revisionist account of Leon Battista Alberti’s approach to the urban environment as exemplified in the extensive theoretical treatise De re aedificatoria (On the Art of Building in Ten Books), brought mostly to completion in the 1450s, as well as in his larger body of written work. Past scholars have generally characterized the Italian Renaissance architect and theorist as an enthusiast of the city who envisioned it as a rational, Renaissance ideal. Pearson argues, however, that Alberti’s approach to urbanism was far more complex—that he was even “essentially hostile” to the city at times. Rather than proposing the “ideal” city, Pearson maintains, Alberti presented a variety of possible cities, each one different from another. This book explores the ways in which Alberti sought to remedy urban problems, tracing key themes that manifest in De re aedificatoria. Chapters address Alberti’s consideration of the city’s possible destruction and the city’s capacity to provide order despite its intrinsic instability; his assessment of a variety of political solutions to that instability; his affinity for the countryside and discussions of the virtues of the active versus the contemplative life; and his theories of aesthetics and beauty, in particular the belief that beauty may affect the soul of an enemy and thus preserve buildings from attack.
Author : Elisabeth B. MacDougall
Publisher : Dumbarton Oaks
ISBN 13 : 9780884022169
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (221 download)
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.
