Tuscany

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Land ofimtiirc and of civilization, of endlessh/ gentle land and suddenly harsh views, a land that is a foint of reference, a standard by which harmony and beauty are measured: Tuscany is impossible to ignore. Perhaps because its history has ahvays placed if at the center of literature, art, and universal culture, making it a necessary stop-over on the Grand Tour of the Romantics, enamoured of Italy, of young English ladies straight out of the novels of E.M. Porster, still sticky with Pre-Raphaelite sentiment, all the way down to groups of schoolchildren on an outing. Or, perhaps because it boasts so clear a personality, a sharp identity that distinguishes it from the rest of the world: Tuscan is an adjective that covers a world of hills and lovely architecture, of aspirated consonants and lianinous skies, of sublime works of art and the joy of living, warmed by good ivine and by the happy or desperate yells of the fans of the Palio in Siena. This glory is so universal that it... Tovább

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Land ofimtiirc and of civilization, of endlessh/ gentle land and suddenly harsh views, a land that is a foint of reference, a standard by which harmony and beauty are measured: Tuscany is impossible to ignore. Perhaps because its history has ahvays placed if at the center of literature, art, and universal culture, making it a necessary stop-over on the Grand Tour of the Romantics, enamoured of Italy, of young English ladies straight out of the novels of E.M. Porster, still sticky with Pre-Raphaelite sentiment, all the way down to groups of schoolchildren on an outing. Or, perhaps because it boasts so clear a personality, a sharp identity that distinguishes it from the rest of the world: Tuscan is an adjective that covers a world of hills and lovely architecture, of aspirated consonants and lianinous skies, of sublime works of art and the joy of living, warmed by good ivine and by the happy or desperate yells of the fans of the Palio in Siena. This glory is so universal that it almost becomes commonplace — photographers and writers who approach this topic must face a difficult challenge. They must succeed, yet again, in conveying the wonder, the curiosity, and the enchantment of these places. In awakening, with an image or a word, the desire to venture into the countryside, or to become lost in the creations of great artists and architects. Here, where only the horizon is a boundary limiting the art and beauty of the place. Vissza