Download or read book Italian Villas and Their Gardens Classic Reprint written by Edith Wharton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fans of Edith Wharton simply must read Italian Villas and Their Gardens, which is considered the novelist's first published work. Century Magazine commissioned Wharton to write a series of articles on Italian villas and gardens. She then went on a four-month tour of Italy, which is described in loving detail in Italian Villas and Their Gardens. Wharton's articles are accompanied by 26 illustrations by painter Maxfield Parrish, whose dreamlike scenes transport the reader to scenic Italy. The book gives a detailed history of Italian garden architecture and ornamentation by exploring over 75 villas. Wharton expertly describes the magic of these traditional gardens and explains the relationship between the local countryside, the villas and their formal gardens. Wharton was one of the first writers to take the study of formal gardens as seriously as other forms of art and architecture, and Italian Villas and Their Gardens influenced generations of landscape artists and writers. As any devoted reader of The Age of Innocence and The House of Mirth knows, Wharton's novels always contain intricate descriptions of houses, gardens and decor. She used descriptions of houses and their surroundings as expressions of her characters' inner struggles. Wharton had a passion for European culture and she displays quite a command of Italian garden architecture in Italian Villas and Their Gardens. The themes of Wharton's fiction typically include journeys or travels or displacement. Cultural tensions also figure prominently, whether they are between new conventions and old traditions, or between European mores and American ways. These same concerns are intimated in Italian Villas and Their Gardens, which is a travelogue containing beautiful descriptions of an Italian tradition. This wonderful book will thrill readers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Italian Villas and Their Gardens written by Edith Wharton and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-09 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Italian Villas and Their Gardens is a classic work on gardening by none other than Edith Wharton.
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Download or read book Italian Villas and Their Gardens written by Edith Wharton and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 2008 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive look at the history and character of Italian garden architecture and ornamentation, with a brief history of more than seventy-five villas as well as a detailed discussion of their gardens and the relationship between the villa, its garden, and the surrounding countryside.
Download or read book Italian Gardens Classic Reprint written by Charles Adams Platt and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-25 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Italian Gardens About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Italian Villas and Their Gardens written by Edith Wharton and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-17 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries Florence has been celebrated for her villa-clad hills. According to an old chronicler, the country houses were more splendid than those in the town, and stood so close-set among their olive-orchards and vineyards that the traveller "thought himself in Florence three leagues before reaching the city." Many of these houses still survive, strongly planted on their broad terraces, from the fifteenth-century farmhouse-villa, with its projecting eaves and square tower, to the many-windowed m aison de plaisance in which the luxurious nobles of the seventeenth century spent the gambling and chocolate-drinking weeks of the vintage season. It is characteristic of Florentine thrift and conservatism that the greater number of these later and more pretentious villas are merely additions to the plain old buildings, while, even in the rare cases where the whole structure is new, the baroque exuberance which became fashionable in the seventeenth century is tempered by a restraint and severity peculiarly Tuscan. VILLA GAMBERAIA, AT SETTIGNANO, NEAR FLORENCE So numerous and well preserved are the buildings of this order about Florence that the student who should attempt to give an account of them would have before him a long and laborious undertaking; but where the villa is to be considered in relation to its garden, the task is reduced to narrow limits. There is perhaps no region of Italy so rich in old villas and so lacking in old gardens as the neighbourhood of Florence. Various causes have brought about this result. The environs of Florence have always been frequented by the wealthy classes, not only Italian but foreign. The Tuscan nobility have usually been rich enough to alter their gardens in accordance with the varying horticultural fashions imported from England and France; and the English who have colonized in such numbers the slopes above the Arno have contributed not a little to the destruction of the old gardens by introducing into their horticultural plans two features entirely alien to the Tuscan climate and soil, namely, lawns and deciduous shade-trees.
Download or read book Italian Villas and Their Gardens written by Edith Wharton and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-21 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries Florence has been celebrated for her villa-clad hills. According to anold chronicler, the country houses were more splendid than those in the town, andstood so close-set among their olive-orchards and vineyards that the traveller"thought himself in Florence three leagues before reaching the city."Many of these houses still survive, strongly planted on their broad terraces, fromthe fifteenth-century farmhouse-villa, with its projecting eaves and square tower, to the many-windowed maison de plaisance in which the luxurious nobles of theseventeenth century spent the gambling and chocolate-drinking weeks of thevintage season. It is characteristic of Florentine thrift and conservatism that thegreater number of these later and more pretentious villas are merely additions tothe plain old buildings, while, even in the rare cases where the whole structure isnew, the baroque exuberance which became fashionable in the seventeenthcentury is tempered by a restraint and severity peculiarly Tuscan
Download or read book Italian Gardens of the Renaissance written by John C. Shepherd and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Princeton Architectural Press's Reprint Series was established in 1981 to make rare volumes on architecture available to a wider audience. The books' beautiful reproductions and finest quality printing and binding match those of the originals, while their 9-by-12-inch format makes them accessible and affordable. New introductions bring a modern voice to these classic texts, updating them to become invaluable contemporary resources. These critically acclaimed books are an essential addition to any library.
Download or read book The Old Gardens of Italy written by Mrs. Aubrey le Blond and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-03 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Old Gardens of Italy: How to Visit Them During the dark ages that succeeded it is un likely that anyone maintained or laid out villas, and even in the sixteenth century, that golden time of art, we meet with no gardens south of Rome, The topiarius was the slave entrusted with the difficult and responsible task of clipping the hedges and designing and keeping in shape the various animals represented in box and other shrubs and the clipped inscriptions. These were very elaborate, but happily the custom was so modified in the best xvith century gardens that except in three cases where the name of the villa is cut in box, the writer has never seen any topiary work in Italy that could be objected to. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Download or read book Italian Villas and Their Gardens Scholar s Choice Edition written by Edith Wharton and published by . This book was released on 2015-02-08 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Italian Gardens of the Renaissance and Other Studies Classic Reprint written by Julia Cartwright and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-08 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Italian Gardens of the Renaissance and Other Studies Boccaccio and Bembo, in the verse of Poliziano and Ariosto. But the enthusiasm for beauty and the ardent love of Nature which inspired their creators are themes of which the scholar and the poet will never tire. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Romance of the Italian Villas Northern Italy Classic Reprint written by Elizabeth W. Champney and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Romance of the Italian Villas (Northern Italy) Are these stories true?" Yes, true as brain and heart can make them. I have not, like Froude "attempted in cold blood to impart verisimilitude to otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative." Earnestly and without regard to the labour involved I have sought the essential truth. Returning from rambles in northern Italy, where I have been a guest, as at Villa Giusti, in Edens whose Eves have been long forgotten by their own descendants I have sought until their faces were revealed in a darkening canvas on the wall of some old palace and their lives as by flash-light by poets such as Dante, Bonifazio, or Cino. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Italian Villas and Their Gardens Scholar s Choice Edition written by Edith Wharton and published by Scholar's Choice. This book was released on 2015-02-08 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Italian Villas and Their Gardens written by Edith Wharton and published by Namaskar Book. This book was released on 2024-02-02 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step into the luxurious world of Italian elegance with "Italian Villas and Their Gardens: Edith Wharton's Ode to Italian Elegance" by Edith Wharton. Prepare to be transported to the enchanting landscapes of Italy as Wharton's eloquent prose and keen eye for detail capture the beauty and splendor of Italian villas and their magnificent gardens. As you leaf through the pages of this exquisite book, you'll find yourself immersed in the opulence and grandeur of Italy's most breathtaking estates. Wharton's vivid descriptions and insightful commentary offer readers a glimpse into a world of timeless beauty and refined taste. But amidst the sumptuous surroundings, one question arises: What secrets and stories do these Italian villas hold, and what lessons can we learn from their timeless elegance and sophistication? Join Wharton on a journey of discovery and appreciation as she explores the history, architecture, and horticulture of Italy's most illustrious estates. From the tranquil gardens of Tuscany to the majestic palaces of Venice, each villa tells a story of artistry, craftsmanship, and cultural heritage. Are you ready to immerse yourself in the allure of Italian elegance and sophistication? Prepare to be captivated by the beauty and grandeur of "Italian Villas and Their Gardens" by Edith Wharton. Don't miss the opportunity to experience the splendor of Italy's most magnificent estates. Dive into this exquisite ode to Italian elegance now, and let yourself be transported to a world of unparalleled beauty and refinement. Seize the chance to explore the artistry and culture of Italy's historic villas. Purchase your copy of "Italian Villas and Their Gardens" today and embark on a journey of discovery and appreciation for the timeless beauty of Italian architecture and design.
Download or read book The Gardens of Italy written by Evelyn March Phillipps and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Gardens of Italy: With Historical and Descriptive Notes Hen I set out before the Great War to prepare a new edition of the gardens OF italy it was with no calculated intention of doing more than a little revision and expansion. The interest of the subject has proved so great, however, that the present volume is, for all practical purposes, a new book. The magnificent series of photographs taken by the late Charles Latham has been retained, save for the elimination of a few subjects of minor interest, and about a hundred and fifty new photographs have been added to make the series of villas and gardens more comprehensive. Miss Evelyn March Phillipps' original text, with its valuable historical notes and the delightfully told stories of the people who lived in these old palaces and gardens, has been retained as far as possible. My work has been to add architectural notes throughout, to enlarge considerably the sections relating to the Roman and Florentine examples, to write entirely new chapters on the villas and gardens of Venetia, the lake district, and Genoa, to contribute a general introduction, and, not least important, to gather together a valuable series of plans. For these I have drawn freely on various sources, including Gauthier and Reinhardt for Genoa, and Percier et Fontaine for Rome. Although the garden plans by the latter, now reproduced, were made as long ago as 1809, they are in general so clear and correct that I thought it better to give them in their original state. Those which I checked on the spot did not show differences of such importance as to make it necessary to alter the originals. They contain in some instances restorations which Percier et Fontaine. Thought were justified to complete the original schemes. In some cases, e.g., the Palatine Hill, the drawings by these authors are all that now remain, and their labours in recording these old gardens deserve our warmest recognition. Returning to Italy for the purposes of this work, after nearly a quarter of a century, I was greatly impressed with the improved condition of the country. This is reflected in the better cared-for condition of many of these gardens and villas. Though some losses have occurred, it does not seem fair to bring the customary charges against the Italians of indifference to their own past. I take this opportunity of thanking the owners who in many cases have very cordially helped me: the views of the interiors at Dei Collazzi and the account of the Villa font'-all-'erta in particular are owing to such kindness. Two illustrations of the Villa Madama are reproduced from the Royal Institute of British Architects' Journal, by kind permission of Mr. Halsey Ricardo. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
