Italy
Chartwell Books Inc.,U.S. (Verlag)
978-0-7858-3757-2 (ISBN)
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With stunning photography, Italy: An Amazing Place looks at Italy’s most famous architectural, archaeological, and artistic sites, studying the ways they intersect to form cultural and civic identity—while reveling in their incredible beauty.
Palaces and castles, villas and abbeys, churches and archaeological complexes: Italy’s signature structures tell extraordinary stories and are crucial to understanding its cities and cultures. One of the defining aspects of Italy’s art is its widespread distribution throughout the country. Indeed, Italy is a nation densely populated by extraordinary examples of art and architecture, and this network of treasures includes extraordinary symbolic structures, true universal icons that are known and loved around the world. These masterpieces are seen from a new perspective, in the context of their history and the cities and towns around them. Artistic, social, and human angles are covered. This book pays homage to the eternal beauty of Italy’s signature architectural works, which for centuries have relayed a message of serene beauty and human potential.
Many times it has been noted that one of the most distinctive things about Italy’s great artistic heritage is that the art and architectural works that comprise it are so evenly distributed throughout the country, so that Italy itself is a kind of open-air museum. There are impressive works to be seen everywhere, from its major cities to its smallest towns and most isolated country villages. That’s actually unsurprising, given the incredibly varied geography of this nation, home to the highest mountains in Europe, nestled in the heart of the Mediterranean, with a wide variety of landscapes, climates, and historical and cultural backgrounds. Even the smaller locales are rich in sites and structures in numerous styles and reflect an array of models. A building, cathedral, castle, or archaeological complex becomes “great” when it stands as a memorable example that endures over time and expresses the needs, hopes, and dreams of the person who conceived of it and built it. A masterpiece clearly speaks to its original era, but also lives in the present. It fills us with emotion and tells us stories about the people who came before us—bonding us to the city and even the country where it is located.
Examples of astounding mastery of visual mediums fill the pages of this book—Italy, it seems, has a limitless supply of buildings and other structures that move us, excite us, and claim our hearts forever.
Stefano Zuffi is an art historian with a specialization in museums and museology. He works with museums, institutions, and associations to curate exhibits and develop cultural initiatives. He has written essays and specialized studies of Renaissance and Baroque painting and numerous volumes on art history translated and sold in many countries around the world. He has worked on Veneto: Art, Architecture and Landscape (2005), Cats in Art (2007), Dogs in Art (2008), Art & the Zodiac (2009), Milan: A City of Art (2010), and How to Read Renaissance Art (2010). He serves as consulting editor for several well-known publications.
Introduction
I. The Ancient World
Barumini – Su Nuraxi Village
Agrigento – Valley of the Temples
Rome – The Colosseum
Pompeii – Archeological Area
Tivoli – Hadrian’s Villa
Piazza Armerina – Mosaics of Villa del Casale
Matera – The Sassi
Ravenna – Basilica of San Vitale
II. The Middle Ages
Aquileia – Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta
Modena – Cathedral of Modena
Pisa – Piazza dei Miracoli
Monreale – Cathedral of Monreale
San Gimignano – Towers and Medieva l Village
Assisi – Basilica di San Francesco
Florence – Santa Maria del Fiore
III. The Era of the City-State
Palermo – Palazzo dei Normanni
Andria – Castel del Monte
Siena – Palazzo Pubblico
Venice – Ducal Palace
Ferrara – Castello Estense
Naples – Maschio Angioino
Urbino – Ducal Palace
IV. The Renaissance
Milan – Santa Maria delle Grazie
Vatican City – Saint Peter’s Basilica
Mantua – Palazzo Te
Padua – Botanical Garden
Tivoli – Villa d’Este
Vicenza – Villa Almerico Capra, “la Rotonda”
V. The Baroque Era
Noto – Noto Cathedral
Turin – Royal Palace of Venaria
Stupinigi – Palazzina di caccia
Caserta – Royal Palace of Caserta
| Erscheinungsdatum | 28.09.2019 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Sassi Travel |
| Zusatzinfo | color photos |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 279 x 334 mm |
| Themenwelt | Bildbände ► Europa ► Italien |
| Reiseführer ► Europa ► Italien | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7858-3757-4 / 0785837574 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7858-3757-2 / 9780785837572 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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