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La Foce: A Garden and Landscape in Tuscany (Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture)
Benedetta Origo; Laurie Olin; John Dixon Hunt; Morna Livingston
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001
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La Foce: A Garden and Landscape in Tuscany (Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture)
Benedetta Origo; Laurie Olin; John Dixon Hunt; Morna Livingston
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001
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Condizione: acceptable. Acceptable: The book has obvious wear. It may have some damage to the cover, but its integrity is intact. The binding may be slightly damaged, but its integrity is still intact. There may be possible writing in the margins and underlining and highlighting of text, but there are no missing pages or anythin…g that would compromise the legibility or understanding of the text. See the seller's listing for full details and a description of any imperfections.
La Foce: A Garden and Landscape in Tuscany (Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture)
Benedetta Origo,Laurie Olin,John Dixon Hunt,Morna Livingston
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001
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hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: light wear. Clean Pages. No EXPEDITED OR INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING FOR THIS ITEM because of size / weight. Until further notice, USPS Priority Mail only reliable option for Hawaii. Proceeds benefit the Pima County Public Library system, which serves Tucson and southern Arizona.… Slight edge wear and bumping.
La Foce: A Garden and Landscape in Tuscany (Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture)
Benedetta Origo; Laurie Olin; John Dixon Hunt; Morna Livingston
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001
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La Foce : Paradise in Tuscany
Lysy, Katia; Origo, Benedetta (CON); Upton, Simon (PHT); Carassale, Matteo (PHT)
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La Foce: A Garden and Landscape in Tuscany (Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture)
Benedetta Origo; Laurie Olin; John Dixon Hunt; Morna Livingston
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 2001
Serie: Libro 4 di 38 - Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture
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Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Clean, unmarked copy with gently bumped top corners (only). DJ has tiny tear to top front corners o/w G+ condition. BP/Gardens.
La Foce : Paradise in Tuscany
Lysy, Katia; Origo, Benedetta (CON); Upton, Simon (PHT); Carassale, Matteo (PHT)
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Hardback. Condizione: New. Discover La Foce, the Renaissance villa and classically inspired twentieth-century garden, at the dawn of its hundredth anniversary-once a barren Tuscan estate brought to life through the extraordinary vision and determination of Iris and Antonio Origo.In 1924, English-born biographer and writer Iris O…rigo (1902-1988) and her husband, Antonio, purchased La Foce, a sprawling estate centered around a half-ruined fifteenth-century villa with a dream that was as ambitious as it was audacious. Guided by a deep-seated desire to make a difference, the Origos dedicated their lives to transforming an impoverished terrain into a thriving landscape of wheat fields, olive groves, and vineyards. With English architect Cecil Pinsent, they refurbished the house and designed an elegant terraced garden with box hedges, a rose garden, fountains, and a wisteria-covered pergola.The dramatic story of La Foce-from the taming of the wild valley and personal loss to wartime strife-is told by the Origos' granddaughter Katia Lysy, with reminiscences by Benedetta Origo, the couple's elder daughter. The letters and diaries of Iris Origo weave beautifully into a personal narrative of the creation of the property and the people behind it. Newly commissioned photographs by Simon Upton and Matteo Carassale, a foldout annotated view of the property, and a recently discovered cache of unpublished images of the creation of the garden in the 1920s bring to life the rich history of the magnificent property.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Philadelphia [Pa.] : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001
Serie: Libro 4 di 38 - Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture
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First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: viii, 320 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm + 1 plan (78 x 67 cm folded to 20 x 21 cm). Notes: Folded coloured plan attached to p. opposite…p. [3] of cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. 294-296). Contents: Includes notes and references. Subjects: Villa La Foce (Chiusi, Italy). Villa La Foce (Chiusi, Italy). Villa La Foce (Chiusi, Toscana, Italy). 1 Kg.
La Foce: A Garden and Landscape in Tuscany (Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture)
Benedetta Origo,Laurie Olin,John Dixon Hunt,Morna Livingston
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001
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hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Good first edition in Very Good dust jacket. Rear flyleaf has stains and small tears. Used with minor wear and age-toning, but no markings in text. Binding is pressed open in a couple of spots.
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Hardback. Condizione: New. Discover La Foce, the Renaissance villa and classically inspired twentieth-century garden, at the dawn of its hundredth anniversary-once a barren Tuscan estate brought to life through the extraordinary vision and determination of Iris and Antonio Origo.In 1924, English-born biographer and writer Iris O…rigo (1902-1988) and her husband, Antonio, purchased La Foce, a sprawling estate centered around a half-ruined fifteenth-century villa with a dream that was as ambitious as it was audacious. Guided by a deep-seated desire to make a difference, the Origos dedicated their lives to transforming an impoverished terrain into a thriving landscape of wheat fields, olive groves, and vineyards. With English architect Cecil Pinsent, they refurbished the house and designed an elegant terraced garden with box hedges, a rose garden, fountains, and a wisteria-covered pergola.The dramatic story of La Foce-from the taming of the wild valley and personal loss to wartime strife-is told by the Origos' granddaughter Katia Lysy, with reminiscences by Benedetta Origo, the couple's elder daughter. The letters and diaries of Iris Origo weave beautifully into a personal narrative of the creation of the property and the people behind it. Newly commissioned photographs by Simon Upton and Matteo Carassale, a foldout annotated view of the property, and a recently discovered cache of unpublished images of the creation of the garden in the 1920s bring to life the rich history of the magnificent property.
LA Foce : A Garden and Landscape in Tuscany
Origo, Benedetta (EDT); Lin=Vingston, Morna; Olin, Laurie; Hunt, John Dixon
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001
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La Foce: A Garden and Landscape in Tuscany
Origo, Benedetta; Livingston, Morna; Olin, Laurie; Hunt, John Dixon
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, PA, 2001
Serie: Libro 4 di 38 - Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture
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Hardcover. Condizione: As new. Near fine. First edition, second printing. Complete with additional large map of the villa and gardens, in new condition. A handsome, impressive, and well-researched volume comprising ". a contemplative, multifaceted study of the house, gardens and estate of La Foce." The volume includes photograph…s, sketches, and a critical analysis, as well as a historical essay and memoir by the creators' daughter. Also examines the gardens' landscape architecture within broader Tuscan topography. Authors are professors at University of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia University, and the owner. Book is new and pristine. The dustjacket has a few perceptible rubs under very bright light, but no tears, chipping, or or marks of any kind.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Philadelphia [Pa.] : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001
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First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: viii, 320 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm + 1 plan (78 x 67 cm folded to 20 x 21 cm). Notes: Folded coloured plan attached to p. opposite…p. [3] of cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. 294-296). Contents: Includes notes and references. Subjects: Villa La Foce (Chiusi, Italy). Villa La Foce (Chiusi, Italy). Villa La Foce (Chiusi, Toscana, Italy). 1 Kg.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001
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Condizione: Good. Original green cloth, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrated with numerous (full page) photographs in colour and b/w, square (circa 26x26cm).; Name on endpaper.
La Foce : Paradise in Tuscany
Lysy, Katia; Origo, Benedetta (CON); Upton, Simon (PHT); Carassale, Matteo (PHT)
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La Foce : Paradise in Tuscany
Lysy, Katia; Origo, Benedetta (CON); Upton, Simon (PHT); Carassale, Matteo (PHT)
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Lingua: Inglese
Editore: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001
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LA Foce : A Garden and Landscape in Tuscany
Origo, Benedetta (EDT); Lin=Vingston, Morna; Olin, Laurie; Hunt, John Dixon
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001
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Hardback. Condizione: New. The gardens and estate of La Foce constitute one of the most important and best kept early twentieth-century gardens in Italy. Amid 3,500 acres of farmland in the countryside near Pienza, with sweeping views of the Tuscan landscape, La Foce was the childhood dream garden of the late writer Marchesa Iri…s Origo. Passionate about the order and symmetry of Florentine gardens, Origo and her husband, Antonio, purchased the dilapidated villa in 1924, soliciting the help of English architect and family friend Cecil Pinsent to reawaken the natural magic of the property. Pinsent designed the structure of simple, elegant, box-edged beds and green enclosures that give shape to the Origos' shrubs, perennials, and vines, and created a garden of soaring cypress walks, native cyclamen, lawns, and wildflower meadows. It is, by all accounts, a remarkable achievement. Today the garden is a place of unusual and striking beauty, a green oasis in the barren Siena countryside. Situated in the Val d'Orcia, a wide valley in southeastern Tuscany that seems to exist on a larger, wilder scale than the rest of the Tuscan landscape, it is run by Benedetta and Donata Origo, and is open to the public one day a week. La Foce: A Garden and Landscape in Tuscany is a contemplative, multifaceted study of the house, gardens, and estate of La Foce. It includes a historical essay and memoir by the daughter of La Foce's creators, Antonio and Iris Origo, along with photographs, sketches, and a critical analysis of the gardens. The volume not only focuses on the beauty of the gardens themselves and their indisputable merit as fascinating works of landscape architecture but also sees them within the context of both the larger Tuscan topography and the wider landscape of geography and history. The book will be a delight to armchair travelers, trade and landscape architects, gardeners, and those interested in Tuscan culture.
Altre immaginiEditore: Edizioni del Patullo, Milano, 2010
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Aggiungi al carrellopaperback. Condizione: Very Good. Tiratura limitata di 250 esemplari fuori commercio. In apertura, dedica autografa dell'autrice a Giulia [Massari, 1924-2015], giornalista vicina al milieu politico e culturale romano dagli anni sessanta in poi - Brossura editoriale con bandelle, 79 pagine. Tenue ombratura alla copertina, peraltr…o esemplare in ottime condizioni. Book.
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Hardback. Condizione: New. Discover La Foce, the Renaissance villa and classically inspired twentieth-century garden, at the dawn of its hundredth anniversary-once a barren Tuscan estate brought to life through the extraordinary vision and determination of Iris and Antonio Origo.In 1924, English-born biographer and writer Iris O…rigo (1902-1988) and her husband, Antonio, purchased La Foce, a sprawling estate centered around a half-ruined fifteenth-century villa with a dream that was as ambitious as it was audacious. Guided by a deep-seated desire to make a difference, the Origos dedicated their lives to transforming an impoverished terrain into a thriving landscape of wheat fields, olive groves, and vineyards. With English architect Cecil Pinsent, they refurbished the house and designed an elegant terraced garden with box hedges, a rose garden, fountains, and a wisteria-covered pergola.The dramatic story of La Foce-from the taming of the wild valley and personal loss to wartime strife-is told by the Origos' granddaughter Katia Lysy, with reminiscences by Benedetta Origo, the couple's elder daughter. The letters and diaries of Iris Origo weave beautifully into a personal narrative of the creation of the property and the people behind it. Newly commissioned photographs by Simon Upton and Matteo Carassale, a foldout annotated view of the property, and a recently discovered cache of unpublished images of the creation of the garden in the 1920s bring to life the rich history of the magnificent property.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001
Serie: Libro 4 di 38 - Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture
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Condizione: New. La Foce: A Garden and Landscape in Tuscany offers a rare look at the majestic, romantic, and personal aspects of one of the loveliest and most bewitching places on earth. Editor(s): Hunt, John Dixon; Origo, Benedetta. Series: Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture. Num Pages: 312 pages, 116 color, 65 b/w illus.…BIC Classification: 1DST; AJ; AMV; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 262 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1740. . 2001. Illustrated. Hardcover. . . . .
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La Foce A Garden and Landscape in Tuscany
Origo, Benedetta (Editor)/ Lin=Vingston, Morna/ Olin, Laurie/ Hunt, John Dixon/ Origo, Benedetta
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Univ of Pennsylvania Pr, 2001
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LA Foce : A Garden and Landscape in Tuscany
Origo, Benedetta (EDT); Lin=Vingston, Morna; Olin, Laurie; Hunt, John Dixon
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001
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Hardback. Condizione: New. The gardens and estate of La Foce constitute one of the most important and best kept early twentieth-century gardens in Italy. Amid 3,500 acres of farmland in the countryside near Pienza, with sweeping views of the Tuscan landscape, La Foce was the childhood dream garden of the late writer Marchesa Iri…s Origo. Passionate about the order and symmetry of Florentine gardens, Origo and her husband, Antonio, purchased the dilapidated villa in 1924, soliciting the help of English architect and family friend Cecil Pinsent to reawaken the natural magic of the property. Pinsent designed the structure of simple, elegant, box-edged beds and green enclosures that give shape to the Origos' shrubs, perennials, and vines, and created a garden of soaring cypress walks, native cyclamen, lawns, and wildflower meadows. It is, by all accounts, a remarkable achievement. Today the garden is a place of unusual and striking beauty, a green oasis in the barren Siena countryside. Situated in the Val d'Orcia, a wide valley in southeastern Tuscany that seems to exist on a larger, wilder scale than the rest of the Tuscan landscape, it is run by Benedetta and Donata Origo, and is open to the public one day a week. La Foce: A Garden and Landscape in Tuscany is a contemplative, multifaceted study of the house, gardens, and estate of La Foce. It includes a historical essay and memoir by the daughter of La Foce's creators, Antonio and Iris Origo, along with photographs, sketches, and a critical analysis of the gardens. The volume not only focuses on the beauty of the gardens themselves and their indisputable merit as fascinating works of landscape architecture but also sees them within the context of both the larger Tuscan topography and the wider landscape of geography and history. The book will be a delight to armchair travelers, trade and landscape architects, gardeners, and those interested in Tuscan culture.
