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Tuscan Lifestyle
by Pier Francesco Listri
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Mandragora SRL (2006-07-12)
ISBN: 8885957994
EAN: 9788885957992
Dewy Decimal #: 394
Paperback: 159 pages
SKU: 081808068
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: ...No noticeable Underlining or Highlighting...minor wear on cover
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Product Description
According to a recent study, Tuscany is perceived by foreigners as a 'landscape of great beauty and environmental quality where everything has retained a human dimension', revolving around 'the artistic, historic and cultural centre of Florence, transposed from the Renaissance to the contemporary age'. This book does not dwell on the region's famous products, it does not narrate once again its eventful and colourful history, nor focus on the sumptuous art works that comprise what is the finest and most extensive collection in the world. It does not extol to excess the unequalled atmosphere of the landscape nor is it over-emphatic in its praise of the region's intrinsic sense of harmonious physical and mental proportion. What it does seek to do is to tie together these and other characteristics in order to grasp what concretely derives from them today, namely a style of life. This is the region's most precious quality, the specificity of a productive and innovative Tuscany fully integrated into the
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