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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | For over two thousand years, Italy has been a major source of cultural and artistic inspiration to the rest of the world. This book focuses on the most characteristic examples of the Italian genius, from lavish piazzas and magnificent fountains to Palladian villas and flamboyant Baroque churches.
Within these pages, author Edmund Howard leads readers on a fascinating tour of Italy's most glorious landscapes and architecture. He explores a variety of homes and residences, form a simple farmhouse in Tuscany to majestic town palaces. Also on display here are the lush horticulture and exuberant statuary of Italy's most beautiful gardens. Readers will experience the wealth of striking decoration found in Renaissance facades, wrought-iron gates and balconies, Byzantine mosaics, and sumptuous frescoes.
With three hundred specially commissioned photographs and a series of evocative essays, this book is both a fascinating study of Italy's many treasures as well as an invaluable sourcebook of visual ideas.
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Edmund Howard | | Hardcover: | 192 pages | | Publisher: | St. Martin's Press | | Publication Date: | September 15, 1996 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0312148119 | | Product Length: | 10.26 inches | | Product Width: | 10.2 inches | | Product Height: | 0.86 inches | | Product Weight: | 2.79 pounds | | Package Length: | 10.3 inches | | Package Width: | 10.1 inches | | Package Height: | 0.8 inches | | Package Weight: | 2.75 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 2 reviews |
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31 of 32 found the following review helpful:
 Italy as the Marriage of History, Architecture, Gardens, Design Jan 22, 2006
By Grady Harp
ITALIA: THE ART OF LIVING ITALIAN STYLE is a title that may be misleading. This is not a 'decorator's source book' (though it certainly is an indispensable resource of information for any designer of interiors or exteriors!): this is a book rich in the Italian ambience that marries a respect of history in all forms while providing some of the finest photographs of a wide vista of Italian towns and gardens and homes. It is unique in its approach and a most rewarding read as well as a picture tour through Italy.
Edmund Howard utilizes the gifts of photographer Oliver Benn in partnering this leisurely journey through all parts of Italy.The writing and the visuals are equal in quality and when paired as they are here they are inimitable. Howard divides the book into chapters: 'Towns and Landscapes' surveys the various regions from the north (Venice) through Tuscany to the south with Rome and Sicily; 'Architecture' details the forms or buildings as they have developed through centuries; 'Interiors' span the humble with the grand; 'Gardens' are explored in all varieties. Then Howard and Benn swoop down on a chapter titled 'Details': here Doors and Windows, Frescoes, Fountains, Colors, Stonework, and Mosaics are scrutinized with word and image, a point where the reader gains more information about the Italian style than in any other source.
Realizing that the book will seduce many to visit the land of all this beauty, the book closes with a 'Visitor's Guide' which succinctly outlines the most interesting places to see in all of the Italian and Sicilian towns, villages and cities surveyed in this book. This is a photographic feast and a completely entertaining and readable as well as informative book. Highly Recommended. Grady Harp, January 06
1 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Great book with wonderful insights Sep 12, 2010
By cath
This is a great book if one wants to expand their appreciation of the "fine details" in traditional Italian design.. Gives great ideas as to how to use texture, color and materials to get an authentic look in design=-- both interior and exterior
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