This boxed set features two books showcasing two of the world's most beautiful, prestigious museums: the Pitti Palace and the Uffizi Gallery. Situated across the Arno River from Florence's busy city center, the 15th-century Palazzo Pitti is one of the city's crown jewels and contains the palace's splendid collections ranging from early masters like Giotto and Duccio to contemporary Italian artists. Aside from the palace's major paintings in the Palatine Gallery, its sculptures, decorative objects, and the magnificent Boboli ...
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This boxed set features two books showcasing two of the world's most beautiful, prestigious museums: the Pitti Palace and the Uffizi Gallery. Situated across the Arno River from Florence's busy city center, the 15th-century Palazzo Pitti is one of the city's crown jewels and contains the palace's splendid collections ranging from early masters like Giotto and Duccio to contemporary Italian artists. Aside from the palace's major paintings in the Palatine Gallery, its sculptures, decorative objects, and the magnificent Boboli Gardens are beautifully photographed. The lively text weaves a web of intrigue, romance, and power as the story of the Medici family's creation of this world-class collection and the magnificent palace that houses it unfolds. Florence's Uffizi Gallery, on which construction began in 1560, houses such masterpieces as Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus," as well as works by Bronzino, Caravaggio, Titian, and Rubens. Connected to the Pitti Palace by a corridor designed by Vasari that crosses the Arno River, the Uffizi Gallery is a one-of-a-kind museum. This gorgeous oversize book showcases the extraordinary collection, and Alexandra Bonfante-Warren provides fascinating context by relating the story of the museum's construction and complex history.
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Fine in new dust jacket. Near fine to fine condition. On both volumes the binding is tight and the pages are clean and bright. There are 300 full color illustrations in each volume. NOT ex-library. 640 p. (320 p. in each volume). Both volumes have linen covered boards with gilt lettering and are quarter bound. The Pitti Palace Collections volume has a blue spine with red sides, and the Uffizi Gallery Museum volume has a red spine with blue sides. Both dust jackets are in near fine condition, protected by the slipcase. The slipcase is in very good condition, with very slight bumping.
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Very Good. Westport, CT: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Inc., 2006. 2 volumes. 320+320pp. Near Fine book. Very Good dust jacket. Case Near Very Good. Slipcase slightly rubbed at top. Dust jackets slightly rubbed. (Italy, Florence, art museums) [ISBN 0883635143] Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
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Like New. Collectible-Like New. Very Good dust jacket. Slipcase Very Good. 2 Volume Set. (Italian Gardens, Art Museums) NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
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