Reviews matching “9781553650935”
 Italy Out of Hand"A delightfully irreverent compendium, this book details Italy's odd - and oddly interesting - culture... and history... backed up by a wealth of practical info." en Route Magazine, Dec 1, 2005 Read more >> |
Italy Out of Hand"...Italy Out of Hand teases out those palazzi, cathedrals, museums, and caffes where history and legend ebb and flow with the present in fabulously moody tides." "Hodgson, a veteran designer, illustrator, and author, mixes prose and image such that her wide-ranging subtext excites that dreamy core of the imagination, that has little use for words. With no map less than 80 years old, line drawings hovering behind text,, and hundreds of historic photographs and portraits in black-and-white and color, she casts her spell to blur the edges of time and place, reality and legend. "The book has surprising heft for such a diminutive volume." "This book... evoke[s] the current of sensuality that courses through Italy's equally boisterous past and present. It shines a curious light into the catacombs of Italy's past, peering into shadows cast by those who built, destroyed, invaded, rebuilt, frolicked, loved, ruled, and wandered its serpentine corridors of time." Boston Globe, The, Jan 29, 2006 Read more >> |
Italy Out of Hand"Hodgson displays a definite taste for the idiosyncratic and the arcane." "The pages are generously illustrated with period engravings and photographs, ans the margins are crammed with fascinating tidbits." "a close reading will definitely inspire you to stray from the beaten path." Texts and Pretexts, Jul 4, 2006 Read more >> |