Italian Gardens: A Guide - Softcover

Helena Attlee; Alex Ramsay

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1899858539 ISBN 13: 9781899858538

Publisher: Ellipsis London Pr Ltd, 2001

Synopsis

For more than 500 years the gardens of Italy have attracted visitors from all over the world. Many of the greatest artists and architects of the Renaissance were employed in their design and ornamentation. Italian Gardens is a practical and beautifully illustrated guide to more than 60 of the finest examples, from the seventeenth-century gardens of Castello d'Aglie in Piedmont to the thirteenth-century Moorish garden of the Villa Rufolo in Campania. As well as well-known gardens (for example, the Boboli gardens, Florence, Villa d'Este outside Rome), the book takes visitors away from the well-trodden tourist paths to a private world of beauty and, often, eccentricity. Both practical and up to date, the guide provides histories and descriptions, as well as detailed information on locations, facilities, opening times, and accessibility.

About this title

About the Author:

Helena Attlee works as an editor and as a journalist writing on gardens and garden history. Her work has appeared in a number of leading magazines and she has spent several years living and working in Italy. Alex Ramsay also writes on garden history and is well-known as a photographer of houses and gardens. His work is widely published in the UK and abroad.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ellipsis London Pr Ltd
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1899858539
• ISBN 13: 9781899858538
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 400