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Published on 28. August 2012
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-500-51625-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book is a mouthwatering tour of 20 of Italy's most beautiful and finely appointed country villas and palazzos, captured by the lens of renowned architecture photographer Massimo Listri. Italy attracts visitors from all over the world thanks to its sun-drenched landscape, rich history, enticing traditions and welcoming lifestyles. Listri's stunning photographs vary between sweeping panoramas of the houses in their glorious settings to close-ups of specific rooms, furniture and design details. These houses provide glorious fodder for dreaming as well as a concrete source of inspiration for creating one's own personal style.
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'Captures all that is good about Italian country living' - Irish TimesMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Illustrations
235 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 235 mm
Weight
1570 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-500-51625-6 (9780500516256)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Massimo Listri's photographs have appeared in many international style journals, including Connaissance des Artes, Ambiente and Architectural Journal, as well as in such books as Magnificent Italian Villas and Palaces and Villas of Tuscany. His book Casa Mundi was published by Thames & Hudson in 2008.
Content
Casa Torre del Chito testi di Nicoletta del Buono, Barberino Val d'Elsa, Tuscany * Casa Franzin, Torre Spaccata, Puglia * Casa Bozzo, Bargino, Tuscany * Casa Botero, Marina di Pietrasanta, Tuscany * Masseria Mandrascate, Catanese, Sicily * Tenuta Trullo Sovrano, Locorotondo, Puglia * Palazzo Ducale di Scorrano, Scorrano, Puglia * Casa di Nicola and Elda Fabrizio, Comasco, Lombardy * Villa l'Olmo, Argentario, Tuscany * Casa Garcea, Capalbio, Tuscany * Casa Arrivabene, Rivolta d'Adda, Lombardy * Casa Gandini, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Veneto * Casa Franchetti, Val d'Orcia, Tuscany * Casa Longari-Ponzoni, Rivarolo del Re, Lombardy * Villa De Domo Alberini, Umbria * Masseria Castellini, Gallipoli, Puglia * Villa di Murlo, San Casciano, Tuscany * Casa Trojer, Val Pusteria, Upper Adige * Casa Servadio, Todi, Umbria * Il Castelluccio, Noto, Sicily * Il Mulino di Baggio, Pistoia, Tuscany