Benedetta Origo: Origo, B: Foce, Fester Einband
Origo, B: Foce
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- Verlag:
- Rizzoli International Publications, 09/2024
- Einband:
- Fester Einband
- ISBN-13:
- 9780847836246
- Gewicht:
- 567 g
- Maße:
- 272 x 224 mm
- Stärke:
- 28 mm
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 17.9.2024
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Klappentext
Discover La Foce, the Renaissance villa and classically inspired twentieth-century garden, at the dawn of its hundredth anniversary---once a barren Tuscan estate brought to life through the extraordinary vision and determination of Iris and Antonio Origo.
In 1924, English-born biographer and writer Iris Origo (1902--1988) and her husband, Antonio, purchased La Foce, a sprawling estate centered around a half-ruined fifteenth-century villa with a dream that was as ambitious as it was audacious. Guided by a deep-seated desire to make a difference, the Origos dedicated their lives to transforming an impoverished terrain into a thriving landscape of wheat fields, olive groves, and vineyards. With English architect Cecil Pinsent, they refurbished the house and designed an elegant terraced garden with box hedges, a rose garden, fountains, and a wisteria-covered pergola.
The dramatic story of La Foce---from the taming of the wild valley and personal loss to wartime strife---is told by the Origos' granddaughter Katia Lysy, with reminiscences by Benedetta Origo, the couple's elder daughter. The letters and diaries of Iris Origo weave beautifully into a personal narrative of the creation of the property and the people behind it. Newly commissioned photographs by Simon Upton and Matteo Carassale, a foldout annotated view of the property, and a recently discovered cache of unpublished images of the creation of the garden in the 1920s bring to life the rich history of the magnificent property.