Italia: The Art of Living Italian Style - Tapa dura

For over 2000 years, Italy has been the major source of cultural and artistic inspiration to the rest of the world. With 400 specially commissioned colour photographs and a series of evocative essays, this book focuses on the most characteristic manifestations of the Italian genius and its beautiful landscape settings, from the magnificent Palladian villas and spectacular lakes and gardens in the north to the flamboyant baroque churches in the south and the exotic Arab-influenced architecture in Sicily. With sections on house interiors, towns, gardens and decorative details, the book provides a new sense of the richness and variety of the Italian experience, as well as being an invaluable sourcebook to a remarkable decorative heritage.