Gardens of Florence - Hardcover

Rizzoli

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0847814882 ISBN 13: 9780847814886

Publisher: Rizzoli, 1992

Synopsis

An insider's look at the romantic gardens of Florence visits more than thirty properties around the city with rich photographs that reveal yet another source of inspiration found in the Tuscan provincial capital.

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From Library Journal:

This sumptuous volume does justice to Florence's many gardens. Albrizzi's sharp photographic eye pushes the two-dimensional plane to its full potential: Page after page is filled with the lush, labyrinthine greenery and meticulous lawns that create nature's quietly breathing tapestries. Sculpted hedgerows shadow the countryside and flowers drape like garland or sprout alongside ancient villa walls, providing splashes of color. Woven into the text is each garden's unique history, giving readers a lasting impression of the many influential families that have lived in the palatial structures surrounded by or near these ornamental plots of earth since the Renaissance. Architects and their art form, fountains, stuccowork, frescoes, and variations of foliage, flowers, and trees--all are shown to have contributed to the beauty of epic proportion depicted here. Highly recommended.
- Marigrace Ma selli, New York
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Rizzoli
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0847814882
• ISBN 13: 9780847814886
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224