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Italian villas and their gardens / by Edith Wharton ; illustrated with pictures by Maxfield Parrish and by photographs ; new introductory notes by Arthur Ross, Henry Hope Reed, and Thomas S. Hayes

By:

Wharton, Edith, , 1862-1937

Contributor(s):

Parrish, Maxfield, , 1870-1966

Material type: Text

TextSeries: The Classical America series in art and architecture | A Da Capo paperbackPublication details: New York, N.Y. : Da Capo Press , 1988, c1904.Description: xxii, 270 p., [15] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cmISBN:

9780306800481

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

945 WHA

LOC classification:

NA7594 .W46 1988

Summary: Struck by the magnificence of the Italian countryside from the time of her first sojourn there, Edith Wharton draws on three centuries of knowledge written in four languages and covers some eighty villas and sixty garden architects. She describes the remarkable splendor of the villas for readers who have never seen them, and leads the reader through her discoveries of why the great houses and grounds create an effect of such profound calm and resolution.Their impact is not merely a matter of ancient statues or splashing fountains--impressive as these may be. Rather, the unique harmony stems from the spirit of the architects' and the designers' art: that delicate blending of man's work and the variations of nature to achieve a sense of flawless concord.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	945 WHA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		045988

Reprint. Originally published: New York : The Century Co., 1904.

"Classical America, The Arthur Ross Foundation."

Includes bibliography (p. 251-252) and index.

Struck by the magnificence of the Italian countryside from the time of her first sojourn there, Edith Wharton draws on three centuries of knowledge written in four languages and covers some eighty villas and sixty garden architects. She describes the remarkable splendor of the villas for readers who have never seen them, and leads the reader through her discoveries of why the great houses and grounds create an effect of such profound calm and resolution.Their impact is not merely a matter of ancient statues or splashing fountains--impressive as these may be. Rather, the unique harmony stems from the spirit of the architects' and the designers' art: that delicate blending of man's work and the variations of nature to achieve a sense of flawless concord.

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