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Florence: The Paintings & Frescoes, 1250-1743
£48.60£57.00 (-15%)
Every painted work that is on display in the Uffizi Gallery, The Pitti Palace, the Accademia, and the Duomo is included in the book, plus many or most of the works from 28 of the city’s other magnificent museums and churches. The research and text are by Ross King (best-selling author), Anja Grebe (author or The Louvre and The Vatican), Cristina Acidini (former Superintendent of the public museums of Florence) and Msgr. Timothy Verdon (Director of the artworks for the Archdiocese of Florence).
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Additional information
| Publisher | Black Dog & Leventhal, Slp Har/Ma edition (12 Nov. 2015) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Hardcover | 696 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 9781631910012 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1631910012 |
| Dimensions | 28.26 x 6.03 x 28.58 cm |
by Steven Warriner
Large. Well printed. Liked the insert (a map of Florence). Great period/location.
by Apostolopoulos Vassilios
Everything that other reviewers mentioned is true. It is a well written book with a lot of material about the most important museums and churches of Florence presented in chronological order. A small minus is the relation of the descriptions to the specific pictures not being done in the most reader friendly way but this is not enough in my opinion to deduct a star from the review. It’s a book very worth having if someone is interested in Florence Art.
by KC Higg
This book is beautiful, each page brings back memories of previous visits to this wonderful city. The book is well researched and written and to me is so exciting to read.
The book came well packaged therfore protected from bumps and marks, so I would very much recommend this supplier.
by Neil Fox
I’d love to give this book 5 stars and I feel mean giving it less; however, there are too many tiny pictures. Some of them, not a lot of them, are literally smaller than postage stamps or barely bigger. I’m not especially sight-impaired although I do use reading glasses. But I can barely see anything in the smallest pictures even with a magnifying glass. There is much to enjoy and there are many sublime paintings – and details of paintings – but the book could be improved by reducing the white space around many pictures and increasing the size of the images. Could be more disappointing for people who’re sight-impaired.
by Dc
I bought this for an upcoming trip to Florence, buying the softcover due to weight considerations. No slipcover for this one, or Florence map insert , and, I noticed a ‘trade copy, although not sure what this actually means. The cover seems very flimsy for the weight of the book. The printing of the smaller pictures lacks definition. Not yet sure whether to send back or not, but it is good value.
by Stephanie
Any person interested in Italian art must have this book on their shelves.
by Dave
I have acquired The Louve, Vatican and the above. However, regardless how much I love art I am not foolish enough to pay over £70 for The Prado. ( plus, my wife would cut them off )
Florence is an absolutely amazing book. I admit you could go back and forward to the Louve and still not cover it but you might see the works your looking for. Now this is were the books are totally different.
Florence has its five main museums, obviously the great Uffizi but also twenty-eight additional museums and churches. I am not going to list the Artist’s here but they obviously cover Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Botticelli, Titian Caravaggio and a great deal more. Even painters that are not that well known. Artist’s that sent me over to an encyclopaedia for even more information on them because some of the work is beautiful.
So, to sum this book up you have 2,000 painted works from all the notable art institutions.
( Now I Cannot Be Wrong……Because I Read It At The Back Of The Bloody Box!)
But seriously. This is a very very beautiful book which should give you many many days to study and also read. But again the same old adage applies: where are you going to put it. Florence weighs over 4Kg, not as bad as Michelangelo’s book just over 5Kg but also hard to find a home for, hard to move and a definite broken toe if dropped on the foot ) ” But Good Heavens Worth It “
Plus like me, you might want Florence, Louve, Vatican, Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci and a load of beautiful Taschen’s.
( For some reason I am not very popular in my house )
Beautiful Book and Very well packaged by Amazon. Looked after as if it was there own. Great care was taken so if the box took a bash she will be o.k
THANK YOU AMAZON.
DBS x
by CFive
Coffee table book that lives up to the positive reviews. Excellent paper, first class prints of the paintings and a mine of info in print. If you love the renassiance but can’t get to Florence then this is probably the next best thing.
Link this book with the “Chapel of the Magi” by C Luchinat and deep joy will result despite empty pockets. 🙂