Shop millions of independent artists. Independent. Together.
North Bend, WA
$1,560.00
Title
Tuscan Homes
Artist
Inge Johnsson
Medium
Photograph - Digital Capture, Watermark Not On Actual Print
Description
House fronts in the Tuscan hill town of Pienza
.....
Pienza, a town and comune in the province of Siena, in the Val d'Orcia in Tuscany (central Italy), between the towns of Montepulciano and Montalcino, is the "touchstone of Renaissance urbanism."
In 1996, UNESCO declared the town a World Heritage Site, and in 2004 the entire valley, the Val d'Orcia, was included on the list of UNESCO's World Cultural Landscapes.
Pienza was rebuilt from a village called Corsignano, which was the birthplace (1405) of Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (Italian: Enea Silvio Piccolomini), a Renaissance humanist born into an exiled Sienese family, who later became Pope Pius II. Once he became Pope, Piccolomini had the entire village rebuilt as an ideal Renaissance town. Intended as a retreat from Rome, it represents the first application of humanist urban planning concepts, creating an impetus for planning that was adopted in other Italian towns and cities and eventually spread to other European centers.
The rebuilding was done by Florentine architect Bernardo Gambarelli (known as Bernardo Rossellino) who may have worked with the humanist and architect Leon Battista Alberti, though there are no documents to prove it for sure. Alberti was in the employ of the Papal Curia at the time and served as an advisor to Pius. Construction started about 1459. Pope Pius II consecrated the Duomo on August 29, 1462, during his long summer visit. He included a detailed description of the structures in his Commentaries, written during the last two years of his life.
Uploaded
November 27th, 2011
Statistics
Viewed 15,999 Times - Last Visitor from Fairfield, CT on 04/25/2024 at 12:10 PM
Embed
Sales Sheet
Palmdale, CA - United States
Beautiful this building in Tuscan that you found, Inge. I love flowers in the window. Your Gallery is beautiful.V/F
Maui, Ha - United States
. ╰⊰✿ . love the doors . charming stonework architecture and pretty window flower boxes . . lovely work Inge . . . ♥ . . ✿⊱╮ . .
Please Wait...
Sign up for our newsletter for exclusive deals, discount codes, and more.
Server Status OK
Copyright © 2024 Licensing.Pixels.com - All Rights Reserved
Share
Comment, Like, Favorite
0
0
0
0
0
41
18
32