The Florentine villa : architecture, history, society / Grazia Gobbi Sica ; [translated from the Italian by Ursula Creigh].
By: Gobbi, Grazia
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BookSeries: [The classical tradition in architecture]. Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2007Edition: English language ed.Description: 223 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 29 cm.ISBN: 9780415443975 (hc : alk. paper); 0415443970.Uniform titles: Villa fiorentina. English Subject(s): Country homes -- Italy -- Florence (Province) | Architecture and society -- Italy -- Florence (Province)DDC classification: 728.80945/51 Online resources: Table of contents only
Contents:
Origins and development of the villa -- Ideology of villa life in florentine culture and society -- Typological research and renaissance treatises -- Garden: origin and development -- Villas in the nineteenth century -- Shape of the landscape -- History of the area -- Mapping the area -- Villas in the Castello-Sesto Fiorentino area -- Six villas to visit.
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Series statement from jacket.
Includes one fold-out map.
"Original Italian edition published 1998 by Alinea Editrice, La villa fiorentina: elementi storici e critici per una lettura"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-214) and index.
Origins and development of the villa -- Ideology of villa life in florentine culture and society -- Typological research and renaissance treatises -- Garden: origin and development -- Villas in the nineteenth century -- Shape of the landscape -- History of the area -- Mapping the area -- Villas in the Castello-Sesto Fiorentino area -- Six villas to visit.
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