Book ID: 94186
                                                            
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                    
MASSON, Georgina
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                            
                                                                 Italian Gardens. 2nd revised edition. 2011. 100 col. illustr. 210 b/w illustr. 359 p. 4to. Hardcover.
                                                            
                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                    Revised new edition of this classic text also including new images. Itis intended to present a layman's point of view on the subject. It provides comprehensive background information to the gardens, theirantecendents and history. Tracing a line through the history andtopography of Italy, the author picks out the finest examples ofgardens dating from the Renaissance, Mannerist and Baroque periods.