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Title: The Splendor of France : Great Chateaux, Mansions, and Country Houses by Roberto Schezen, Laure Murat, Olivier Bernier, Massimo Vignelli ISBN: 0-7893-0012-5 Publisher: Universe Books Pub. Date: 15 July, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: A nice picture book on France's Chateaux
Comment: I got this because I really missed France after studying architecture there for a semester. This book really captured the same feeling of many of the historical sites I visited. My favorites are Chenonceau and Vaux-le-Vicomte, the French chateaux with formal garden.
This paper back version is only 287 pages much shorter then the first hardcover that was about 400-500 pages. I don't quite remembered, but I think there were some lesser chateaux taken out. I found the hardcover for $130 at a local architectural bookstore. So, this definitely a steal at Amazon price of $28.
The pictures are very big; every other page is a full page photograph. Some pages have a smaller picture and a written summary. This is more of a picture book with very little written texts, so you can't really use it for writing a resource paper. The picture of the building or site is very clean, since most of these places are full of tourist and it is funny seeing it empty. There are photographs of Chateaux, garden, interior design with furniture, and sculpture.
If you like France and garden after the Baroque period, this is a nice book. It would be a five star if they didn't condense the book from the in-depth first edition.
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Title: The Architecture of Delano & Aldrich by Peter Pennoyer, Anne Walker, Robert A. M. Stern, Thomas Jayne ISBN: 0393730875 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 17 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $60.00 |
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Title: La Dolce Vita: Living in Italy by Catherine Fairweather ISBN: 0821227513 Publisher: Bulfinch Pub. Date: 24 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: Alberto Pinto: Classics by Philippe Renaud, William Wheeler ISBN: 084782411X Publisher: Rizzoli Pub. Date: 01 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $75.00 |
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Title: The French Chateau: Life, Style, Tradition by Christiane De Nicolay-Mazery, Jean-Bernard Naudin, Christiane De Nicolai-Mazery ISBN: 0500282714 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: April, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: David Adler, Architect: The Elements of Style by David Adler, Martha Thorne, Art Institute of Chicago, Kisho Kurokawa Gallery of Architecture, Richard Guy Wilson, Pauline C. Metcalf ISBN: 0300097026 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $60.00 |
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