MOMENTAN AUSVERKAUFT
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Product Identifiers
PublisherVendome Press, T.H.E.
ISBN-100865651701
ISBN-139780865651708
eBay Product ID (ePID)53845458
Product Key Features
Book TitlePrivate Splendor : Great Families at Home
Number of Pages208 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2006
TopicDecoration & Ornament, Buildings / General, Historic Preservation / General, General, Europe / General
IllustratorYes
GenreArchitecture, History
AuthorAlexis Gregory
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight63 Oz
Item Length12.9 in
Item Width9.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2006-018620
Dewey Edition22
Grade FromEighth Grade
Photographed byWalter, Marc
Dewey Decimal728.8094
Grade ToCollege Graduate Student
SynopsisThis beautiful volume explores eight European estates that, despite war, taxes, and the passage of time, have remained in the same families for centuries. The photographs are redolent in atmosphere and the text is revealing, due to the author's long friendships with the owners of these great houses. Offering an inside view of a highly refined way of life, Private Splendor reveals the secrets that kept these homes in private hands. The houses include Seville's Casa de Pilatos, owned by Spain's most illustrious grandee; Harewood House in Yorkshire, owned by a cousin of Queen Elizabeth; Germany's Schloss Regensburg, occupied by the flamboyant Princess Gloria von Thurn and Taxis; and the Palazzo Sachetti near Vatican City, whose enormous Sala dei Mapi is entirely frescoed by Francesco Salviati (15101563).", This beautiful volume explores eight European estates that, despite war, taxes, and the passage of time, have remained in the same families for centuries. The photographs are redolent in atmosphere and the text is revealing, due to the author's long friendships with the owners of these great houses. Offering an inside view of a highly refined way of life, "Private Splendor" reveals the secrets that kept these homes in private hands. The houses include Seville's Casa de Pilatos, owned by Spain's most illustrious grandee; Harewood House in Yorkshire, owned by a cousin of Queen Elizabeth; Germany's Schloss Regensburg, occupied by the flamboyant Princess Gloria von Thurn and Taxis; and the Palazzo Sachetti near Vatican City, whose enormous Sala dei Mapi is entirely frescoed by Francesco Salviati (15101563).
LC Classification NumberNA7710.G74 2006
