Download or read book Villa dello strozzino written by Renato Corpaci and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-07-04 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chi è Elettra, evanescente fotografa che aspira ad assistere alla rovina degli assassini del padre? Che relazione ha con gli amici del "Comandante"? E chi è stato, della gioiosa congrega, ad allertare i sequestratori del banchiere DeYong? Ispirato a una tragedia di Sofocle, Villa dello strozzino è un dramma sull'asimmetricità dei sentimenti. Nella versione odierna, gli eroi della saga degli Atridi cospirano per assassinare un autorevole banchiere e la moglie di questi che, incidentalmente, è anche loro madre. Il dramma di Oreste e Elettra, emblematico di un aspetto della realtà corrente, viene qui presentato in un contesto storico in cui una progenie dispersa e spodestata del proprio futuro si confronta con una stagionata élite che non riesce più a dissimulare la propria allergia per i valori tradizionali e fatica a riconoscere le aspirazioni, i drammi e i bisogni più elementari anche dei soggetti appartenenti alla propria più ristretta cerchia affettiva. Con esiti catastrofici...

Download or read book Renaissance Florence written by Roger J. Crum and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-04-03 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the social history of Florence from the fourteenth through to sixteenth centuries.

Download or read book Florence written by Richard J. Goy and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2015-08-11 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each year, millions of visitors travel to Florence to admire the architectural marvels of this famous Renaissance city. In this compact yet comprehensive volume, architect and architectural historian Richard J. Goy offers a convenient, accessible guide to the city’s piazzas, palazzos, basilicas, and other architectural points of interest, as well as pertinent historical details regarding Florence’s unique urban environment. Clearly laid out and fully illustrated, this handbook is designed around a series of expertly planned walking tours that encompass not only the city’s most admired architectural sites, but also its lesser-known gems. Maps are tailored to each walking tour and provide additional references and insights, along with introductory chapters on the city’s architectural history, urban design, and building materials and techniques. Featuring a complete bibliography, glossary of key terms, and other useful reference materials, Goy’s guide will appeal both to travelers who desire a greater architectural context and analysis than that offered by a traditional guide and to return visitors looking to rediscover Florence’s most enchanting sites.

Download or read book Florence written by Touring club italiano and published by Touring Editore. This book was released on 1999 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over a century, the Touring Club of Italy has been publishing the country's most authoritative guidebooks and maps. The Heritage Series is the expert's guide to travel and sightseeing in Italy. Each volume includes museums, town histories, churches, landmarks, and archaeological sites. There are dozens of maps that give an overview of each city, plus detailed neighborhood plans. Listings of accommodations and restaurants are complete with addresses, price ranges, hours, and phone and fax numbers.

Download or read book Florence Under Siege written by John Henderson and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-20 with total page 575 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vivid recreation of how the governors and governed of early seventeenth-century Florence confronted, suffered, and survived a major epidemic of plague Plague remains the paradigm against which reactions to many epidemics are often judged. Here, John Henderson examines how a major city fought, suffered, and survived the impact of plague. Going beyond traditional oppositions between rich and poor, this book provides a nuanced and more compassionate interpretation of government policies in practice, by recreating the very human reactions and survival strategies of families and individuals. From the evocation of the overcrowded conditions in isolation hospitals to the splendor of religious processions, Henderson analyzes Florentine reactions within a wider European context to assess the effect of state policies on the city, street, and family. Writing in a vivid and approachable way, this book unearths the forgotten stories of doctors and administrators struggling to cope with the sick and dying, and of those who were left bereft and confused by the sudden loss of relatives.

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Download or read book Medici Gardens written by Raffaella Fabiani Giannetto and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2017-03-31 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medici Gardens challenges the common assumption that such gardens as Trebbio, Cafaggiolo, Careggi, and Fiesole were the products of an established design practice whereby one client commissioned one architect or artist. The book suggests that in the case of the gardens in Florence garden making preceded its theoretical articulation.

Download or read book Artistical Guide to Florence and District written by Società Editrice Fiorentina and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Florentine Villas in the Fifteenth Century written by Amanda Lillie and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-04-18 with total page 734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, which was originally published in 2005, Amanda Lillie challenges the urban bias in Renaissance art and architectural history by investigating the architecture and patronage strategies, particularly those of the Strozzi and the Sassetti clans, in the Florentine countryside during the fifteenth century. Based entirely on archival material that remained unpublished at the time of publication, her book examines a number of villas from this period and reconstructs the value systems that emerge from these sources, which defy the traditional, idealized interpretation of the 'renaissance villa'. Here, the house is studied in relation to the families who lived in them and to the land that surrounded them. The villa emerges as a functional, utilitarian farming unit upon whose success families depended, and where dynastic and patrimonial values could be nurtured.

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Download or read book Futuro Antico written by Giovanna Naldi and published by Alinari IDEA. This book was released on 2007 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Un panorama di 500 anni visti dalle finestre di Palazzo Antinori, simbolo della continuità di un antico casato e di una solida tradizione di famiglia diventate una moderna realtà. Gli Antinori sono inizialmente mercanti iscritti all'Arte della Seta dal 1285 e successivamente, grazie alla rete di affari che sapientemente imbastiscono in tutta Europa, all'Arte del Cambio. A queste attività uniscono inoltre quella di produttori e mercanti di vini, che nel corso del tempo finirà per diventare prevalente. A metà del Quattrocento, quella di Niccolò Antinori è una delle famiglie più importanti della città, molto attiva nella vita politica e amica dei personaggi più influenti. È il tempo di Lorenzo dei Medici, "il Magnifico", e Firenze è una delle capitali politiche ed economiche del mondo e una città in grande fermento. Palazzo Antinori viene costruito proprio in questa fase cruciale per la storia di Firenze, quando la città sta passando dalla sua dimensione medievale a quella rinascimentale. Imprenditorialità e conduzione della cosa pubblica sono ormai nel sangue della famiglia Antinori, ma il vino resterà la passione e l'attività principale del casato.

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