Discover one of the most charming places on earth through the incredible pictures featured here and find out why this place is adorable by all who visit. Showing everything from familiar sights to seldom-seen vistas, "The Secrets of Tuscany" is the definitive pictorial guide to this...
Age Range: 9 - 13 years
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Hardcover: 400 pages
Language: English
ISBN / Barcode: 9781416917779
Two tantalizing tales, magically intertwined, cross cultures and span centuries as three kids set out to save the lives of three others—who just happen to live in the Middle Ages! A stone lion roars....
A sleek black cat speaks....
A faun leaps from the canvas of a painting....
When Jared,...
Perfect Paperback: 300 pages
Language: English
in italiano 978-3869223971
ISBN / Barcode: 9783869223964
From the 1920s onwards, Milan has become a laboratory of architecture due to architects such as Giuseppe Terragni, Gio Ponti and Giuseppe Pagano. Magazines such as Domus and Casabella were founded in the 1920s which influenced international debate throughout the 20th century. A new trend arose...
Features thirty-six villages from all over Tuscany from those clustered around the great cities of Lucca and Florence, which produce some of the finest olive oil and are home to some of the world's greatest works of art, to the Chianti region and the valley of the Orcia, devoted to the cultivation...
Turin's rectangular Roman plan was extended and modified during the Renaissance period. The city's magnificent streets and squares can be seen in our large and splendid plan from Blaeu's Theatrum Saubaudiae.
Superbly engraved by Guiseppe Bouchard, this large and detailed plan shows the many features of urban design and civic embellishment that have attracted visitors for centuries.
Septembre 1478. Carla et Vincenzo habitent la masserie de Donato Rossini, à Naples. Des soldats espagnols mobilisés contre les Médicis ont établi leur camp aux abords de la ville et leur capitaine est envoûté par la beauté de Carla. Mais la jeune...
This substantial and beautifully illustrated volume documents the National Gallerys unrivaled collection of Venetian paintings created between 1540 and 1600, including some of the greatest works commissioned by the city from Veronese, Titian, Tintoretto, and the Bassano family. The collection is...