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This spectacular book offers a scintillating, visually outstanding
tour of more than 65 of the world's most fascinating houses.
Massimo Listris' stunning photographs vary between sweeping
panoramas of the houses in their glorious settings to close-ups of
specific rooms, furniture and design details, and they span homes
around the world, from India to France, from Morocco to Sweden,
from the USA to the UK. Unprecedented in scope and scale, this book
will be devoured by anyone with an interest in interior design and
architecture, and those many thousands of people who enjoyed "The
Way We Live", also published by Thames & Hudson.
Villa Albani Torlonia, with its collections, the Italian garden,
and the hemicycle of the Kaffeehaus, is a sublime testimony of that
particular antiquarian taste which came to the fore in the
mid-eighteenth century, that for which Rome became a favourite
destination on the Grand Tour. The classicist dream of Cardinal
Alessandro Albani (1692 1779), was preserved thanks to the Torlonia
family, who purchased the villa in 1866, enlarging the collection
and the gardens and restoring the most important cardinal residence
of the eighteenth century. More than 300 images by the great
Italian master Massimo Listri recount the history of this
extraordinary cultural heritage for the very first time. An
immersive journey leads the reader between its collections of
ancient masterpieces. Statues, bas-reliefs, and fountains are
ensconced between the various buildings and gardens of the villa in
a composition of environments, landscapes, and works of art forever
waiting to be discovered.
Each space represents its own decorative aesthetic and style. Some
follow in the tradition of Roman baths and Grecian spas, while
others are minimalist and modern, art deco and decadent,
Zen-inspired, eccentrically romantic, or art-centric sanctuaries.
The incredible bathrooms are made more intriguing by their
unexpected trimmings, such as Roman statuary, Renaissance
paintings, Baroque fixtures, modern art, and incredible views. Ever
romantic and wonderfully indulgent, Magnificent Baths visits the
lavish bathrooms of writers, artists, fashion designers, and other
notable figures who have added their own personal touch to create
sensuous, dreamlike spaces.
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