Best Gardens In Italy - April 2024

The Best Gardens in Italy: A Traveller's Guide

Italy's gardens speak to us all. In the history of gardening they are the bridge between our world and the ancient world. Their harmony, symmetry and serenity are at once inimitable and universally copied. During the past few years Italy has awoken to a realization of its gardens. In a gardening renaissance, interesting new gardens are being created all over Italy, and there has been exemplary restoration of some historic gardens. In this pioneering new book, Kirsty McLeod and Primrose Bell celebrate over a hundred of the finest Italian gardens open to the public. They take the reader with the... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0711234191
• ASIN: 0711234191
• ISBN: 0711234191
• Brand: Frances Lincoln
• Manufacturer: Frances Lincoln

A Family Farm in Tuscany: Recipes and Stories from Fattoria Poggio Alloro

Sarah Fioroni shares stories of family traditions and daily life as well as recipes in A Family Farm in Tuscany: Recipes and Stories from Fattoria Poggio Alloro. Fioroni provides a month-by-month glimpse of farm living as well as seasonal recipes that are simple yet so delicious, and easy to prepare in your kitchen. Three generations of Fioronis continue to work the land using age-old practices and sustainable agriculture, growing a bounty of fruits, vegetables, cereal crops, olives, and grapes for their award-winning wines. They also keep bees, produce saffron, and raise chickens, Chianina ca... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0940672839
• UPC: 793318672839
• ASIN: 0940672839
• ISBN: 9780940672833
• Manufacturer: Shearer Publishing

Painting and Experience in Fifteenth-Century Italy: A Primer in the Social History of Pictorial Style (Oxford Paperbacks)

Well illustrated. References. Index. 183p. Both an introduction to fifteenth-century Italian painting and a text on how to interpret social history from the style of pictures in a given historical period.

• ASIN: 019282144X
• ASIN: 019282144X
• ISBN: 019282144X
• Brand: imusti
• Manufacturer: Oxford University Press

The Pursuit of Italy: A History of a Land, Its Regions, and Their Peoples

A provocative, entertaining account of Italy's diverse riches, its hopes and dreams, its past and presentDid Garibaldi do Italy a disservice when he helped its disparate parts achieve unity? Was the goal of political unification a mistake? The question is asked and answered in a number of ways in The Pursuit of Italy, an engaging, original consideration of the many histories that contribute to the brilliance―and weakness―of Italy today. David Gilmour's wonderfully readable exploration of Italian life over the centuries is filled with provocative anecdotes as well as personal observations, ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0374533601
• ASIN: 0374533601
• ISBN: 0374533601
• Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy

Why do some democratic governments succeed and others fail? In a book that has received attention from policymakers and civic activists in America and around the world, Robert Putnam and his collaborators offer empirical evidence for the importance of "civic community" in developing successful institutions. Their focus is on a unique experiment begun in 1970 when Italy created new governments for each of its regions. After spending two decades analyzing the efficacy of these governments in such fields as agriculture, housing, and health services, they reveal patterns of associationism, trust, ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0691037388
• ASIN: 0691037388
• ISBN: 0691037388
• Manufacturer: Princeton University Press

The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (Volume Two of The Liberation Trilogy)

• ASIN: 0805062890
• ASIN: 0805062890
• ISBN: 0805062890
• Brand: Brand: Henry Holt and Co.
• Manufacturer: Henry Holt and Co.

Death in Venice

The world-famous masterpiece by Nobel laureate Thomas Mann - here in a new translation by Michael Henry Heim Published on the eve of World War I, a decade after Buddenbrooks had established Thomas Mann as a literary celebrity, Death in Venice tells the story of Gustav von Aschenbach, a successful but aging writer who follows his wanderlust to Venice in search of spiritual fulfillment that instead leads to his erotic doom. In the decaying city, besieged by an unnamed epidemic, he becomes obsessed with an exquisite Polish boy, Tadzio. "It is a story of the voluptuousness of doom," Mann wrote. "B... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0060576170
• ASIN: 0060576170
• ISBN: 9780060576172
• Brand: Ecco Press
• Manufacturer: Harper Perennial

Giovanni and Lusanna: Love and Marriage in Renaissance Florence

This compelling account of a wronged woman in Renaissance Florence, first published in 1986, is a fascinating view of Florentine society and its attitudes on love, marriage, class, and gender. Lusanna was a beautiful woman from a middle-class background who, in 1455, brought suit against Giovanni, her aristocratic lover, when she learned he had contracted to marry a woman of his own class. Blending scholarship with insightful narrative, the book portrays an extraordinary woman who challenged the unwritten codes and barriers of the social hierarchy and dared to seek a measure of personal indepe... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0520244958
• ASIN: 0520244958
• ISBN: 0520244958
• Manufacturer: University of California Press

The Italian Renaissance: Culture and Society in Italy - Third Edition

In this brilliant and widely acclaimed work, Peter Burke presents a social and cultural history of the Italian Renaissance. He discusses the social and political institutions that existed in Italy during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, and he analyses the ways of thinking and seeing that characterized this period of extraordinary artistic creativity.Developing a distinctive sociological approach, Peter Burke is concerned not only with the finished works of Michelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, and others, but also with the social background, patterns of recruitment, and means of sub... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0691162409
• ASIN: 0691162409
• ISBN: 9780691162409
• Manufacturer: Princeton University Press

Gardner's Art through the Ages: The Western Perspective, Volume II

GARDNER'S ART THROUGH THE AGES: THE WESTERN PERSPECTIVE, VOLUME II, gives you the tools to master your course material. A unique scale feature will help you better visualize the actual size of the artworks shown in the book. Within each chapter, the "Framing the Era" overviews, timeline, extended captions, and the chapter summary section titled "The Big Picture" will help you review for exams. In addition, MindTap for this 15th edition of GARDNER'S ART THROUGH THE AGES provides an interactive digital experience for exploration, study, and development of critical-thinking skills. It includes an... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1305645057
• ASIN: 1305645057
• ISBN: 9781305645059
• Brand: Wadsworth Pub Co
• Manufacturer: Cengage Learning

The Sistine Secrets: Michelangelo's Forbidden Messages in the Heart of the Vatican

The Shocking Secrets of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ArtworkThe recent cleaning of the Sistine Chapel frescoes removed layer after layer of centuries of accumulated tarnish and darkness. The Sistine Secrets endeavors to remove the centuries of prejudice, censorship, and ignorance that blind us to the truth about one of the world's most famous and beloved art treasures.

• ASIN: 006146905X
• ASIN: 006146905X
• ISBN: 006146905X
• Brand: Blech, Benjamin/ Doliner, Roy
• Manufacturer: HarperOne

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

• ASIN: 0156345706
• ASIN: 0156345706
• ISBN: 9780156345705
• Brand: Mariner Books
• Manufacturer: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (A Harvest/HBJ Book)

THE VILLA IN ITALY: Four strangers. An Italian villa. A will. (A Vintage Mystery)

• ASIN: B00KWEXCJ0
• ASIN: B00KWEXCJ0
• Manufacturer: BELSYRE BOOKS

Philosophy of Religion: An Introduction

What is the relationship between faith and reason? Find out in PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION: AN INTRODUCTION. Because it's written to be easily understood no matter your background, this philosophy of religion textbook introduces you to the debate in a way you can understand. Whether it's the philosophical proofs for God's existence or using reason to evaluate faith claims, the major points in the philosophy of religion are all covered in this excellent textbook. And with its built-in study tools, PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION: AN INTRODUCTION helps out during test time as well.

• ASIN: 0495007250
• ASIN: 0495007250
• ISBN: 0495007250
• Manufacturer: Wadsworth/Thomson

Othello: Texts and Contexts (The Bedford Shakespeare Library)

With a reprint of the Bevington edition of the play, this edition of Othello also contains six sets of thematically arranged primary documents and illustrations designed to help you see the many different approaches you can take with Shakespeare.

• ASIN: 0312398980
• ASIN: 0312398980
• ISBN: 0312398980
• Manufacturer: Bedford/St. Martin's

The Best Gardens in Italy: A Traveller's Guide

In this pioneering new book, Kirsty McLeod and Primrose Bell celebrate over a hundred of the finest Italian gardens open to the

• UPC: 22043458

Italian Greyhound Black and White - Best of Breed Patriotic I Garden Flags

Italian Greyhound Black and White - Best of Breed Patriotic I Garden

• UPC: 930735745

Italian Greyhound Black and White - Best of Breed Summer Flowers Garden Flags

Italian Greyhound Black and White - Best of Breed Summer Flowers Garden

• UPC: 514512657

Italian Greyhound Black/White - Best of Breed Fall Leaves Garden Flags

Italian Greyhound Black/White - Best of Breed Fall Leaves Garden

• UPC: 182453628

Italian Greyhound Fawn and White - Best of Breed Patriotic II Garden Flags

Italian Greyhound Fawn and White - Best of Breed Patriotic II Garden

• UPC: 437008619

Italian Greyhound Fawn and White - Best of Breed Summer Flowers Garden Flags

Italian Greyhound Fawn and White - Best of Breed Summer Flowers Garden

• UPC: 723381431

Italian Greyhound Fawn and White - Best of Breed Patriotic I Garden Flags

Italian Greyhound Fawn and White - Best of Breed Patriotic I Garden

• UPC: 840647456

Italian Greyhound Black and White - Best of Breed Patriotic II Garden Flags

Italian Greyhound Black and White - Best of Breed Patriotic II Garden

• UPC: 465921526

Italian Greyhound Fawn/White - Best of Breed Fall Leaves Garden Flags

Italian Greyhound Fawn/White - Best of Breed Fall Leaves Garden

• UPC: 123445025

Italian Greyhound Black and White - Best of Breed Patriotic I Large Flags

Italian Greyhound Black and White - Best of Breed Patriotic I Large

• UPC: 402666932

Best Gardens in Italy : A Traveller's Guide, Paperback by McLeod, Kirsty; Bel...

• UPC: 383394064859
• Category: Nonfiction
• Price: 22 USD

The Best Gardens in Italy: A Traveller's Guide (Paperback)

• UPC: 233356855925
• Category: Nonfiction
• Price: 27 USD

Best Gardens in Italy NUOVO

• UPC: 153843987474
• Category: Narrativa
• Price: 26 EUR

Best Gardens in Italy NUEVO

• UPC: 153844214954
• Category: Libros de literatura y narrativa
• Price: 26 EUR

The Best Gardens in Italy: A Traveller's Guide by McLeod, Kirsty

• UPC: 254348960686
• Category: Nonfiction
• Price: 16 USD

Best Gardens in Italy GA

• UPC: 153833607081
• Category: Non-Fiction
• Price: 22 GBP

Best Gardens in Italy: A Traveller's Guide by Kirsty McLeod (English) Paperback

• UPC: 382743300673
• Category: Nonfiction
• Price: 29 USD

The Best Gardens in Italy: A Traveller's Guide (Paperback), McLeo...

• UPC: 362770660387
• Category: Non-Fiction
• Price: 15 GBP

The Best Gardens in Italy by Kirsty McLeod, Primrose Bell

• UPC: 333475639246
• Category: Non-Fiction
• Price: 17 GBP

The Best Gardens in Italy: A Traveller's Guide New Paperback Book Kirsty McLeod

• UPC: 282562204354
• Category: Non-Fiction
• Price: 23 GBP