The Florentine Villa : Architecture History Society Hardback
by Grazia (University of Florence, Italy) Gobbi Sica
Part of the The Classical Tradition in Architecture series
Hardback
Description
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 villaexplores the area between Florence and Sesto in its history, morphology and representationlooks 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.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:224 pages, 91 Line drawings, black and white; 158 Halftones, color; 160 Halftones, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:13/12/2007
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- ISBN:9780415443975
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:224 pages, 91 Line drawings, black and white; 158 Halftones, color; 160 Halftones, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:13/12/2007
- Category:
- ISBN:9780415443975
