Palace Envy

Florence Behind the Facade

Allison Levy (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

2014
Bellevue Literary Press (Verlag)
978-1-934137-74-1 (ISBN)

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Six centuries of intrigue--fortunes won and lost, passion, murder, and manners--enliven this "biography" of a celebrated Renaissance palazzo.

When Allison Levy, a Renaissance scholar on sabbatical in Florence, saw an advertisement for an apartment in the Palazzo Rucellai, she couldn't believe her luck. An architectural masterwork that can be found in every art history textbook and travel guide to Italy, it was a revered pilgrimage site for her, but it wasn't until she dwelled within its walls that the palazzo began to yield its secrets. Witty and illuminating, Levy's colorful prose brings six centuries of the palace's designers and denizens to life via captivating tales of Leon Battista Alberti, the architect of Palazzo Rucellai; Giovanni Rucellai, the extravagant socialite banker who commissioned the project; Filippo Brunelleschi, the 15th-century genius who engineered Florence's famous "Duomo;" and Alvise di Robilant, the aristocratic art dealer whose 1997 murder within the palace goes unsolved to this day. Levy's own encounters with contemporary Florentines--including a romantic misadventure with an eccentric nobleman--link the past to the present and reveal the shocking hold "Old Europe" still exerts on the hearts of minds of its visitors. Allison Levy, an art historian specializing in the visual culture of early modern Italy, is the recipient of numerous grants and awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Whiting Foundation, and the American Association of University Women, among others. Born and raised in New Orleans, she lives in New York.

Allison Levy is an art historian specializing in the visual culture of early-modern Italy. She is the author and editor of scholarly books and "Palace Envy: Florence Behind the Facade, " which was inspired by her residential sabbatical at Florence's famed Palazzo Rucellai. The recipient of numerous grants and awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Whiting Foundation, and the American Association of University Women, among others, she has taught and lectured widely in the United States and abroad. Born and raised in New Orleans, she now lives in New York.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	26.6.2014
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Europa
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Technik ► Architektur
ISBN-10	1-934137-74-X / 193413774X
ISBN-13	978-1-934137-74-1 / 9781934137741
Zustand	Neuware