Introduction to the Tenth Anniversary Edition
THE DIVINE: GODDESSES, SAINTS, AND THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
1. The Campidoglio, Roman Forum, and Palatine Hill
2. The Pietà, Saint Peter’s Basilica–Rome
4. Churches Dedicated to Female Saints–Rome
5. Bernini’s Beautiful Broads and the Galleria Borghese–Rome
6. Venuses, Madonnas, and Judith at the Uffizi–Florence
7. Santa Maria Novella—Florence
9. Mary’s Sacred Girdle and Salome Dancing–Prato, Tuscany
10. Museum of the Madonna del Parto–Monterchi, Tuscany
11. City of Saint Catherine–Siena, Tuscany
12. Town of Saint Margaret–Cortona, Tuscany
13. Santa Maria Churches–Venice
14. Madonnas by Titian, Bellini, and Tintoretto–Venice
15. The Scrovegni Chapel–Padua, Veneto
16. Venus of the Beautiful Buttocks and Other Museo Archeologico Nazionale Treasures–Naples
17. Cloister of Santa Chiara–Naples
18. Cave of the Cumaean Sibyl–Cumae, Campania
19. Goddesses and Madonnas–Palermo
20. Nymphs, Goddesses, and Santa Lucias–Ortygia, Sicily
VILLE, PALAZZI, AND AN APARTMENT
24. The Costume Gallery at the Pitti Palace–Florence
26. The Peggy Guggenheim Collection–Venice
28. Villa Valmarana Ai Nani–Vicenza, Veneto
29. Palazzo Ducale–Mantua, Lombardy
30. The Royal Apartments in Palazzo Reale–Turin, Piedmont
31. Oplontis–Torre Annunziata, Campania
32. Villa Romana del Casale–Sicily
33. Villa d’Este–Tivoli, Lazio
34. The Park of the Monsters–Bomarzo, Lazio
35. Gardens Outside Florence–Tuscany
36. The Tarot Garden–Capalbio, Tuscany
37. Villa Cimbrone–Ravello, Campania
39. Gardens of the Isole Borromee–Piedmont
40. Giardino della Minerva—Salerno, Campania
46. Santa Teresa di Gallura–Sardinia
51. Grand Hotel Abano Terme–Veneto
53. Masseria Torre Maizza–Puglia
76. Morning at the Market–Florence
77. Cooking with Chef Patrizia—Venice
79. Tuscan Women Cook–Montefollonico, Tuscany
80. Mamma Agata Cooking School–Ravello
81. Cooking in Tropea–Calabria
LEARN ITALIAN CRAFTS AND CULTURE
82. Mosaics at Cassio Workshop—Rome
84. Maskmaking at Tragicomica–Venice
85. International School of Ceramic Art–Deruta, Umbria
86. Landscape Painting–Buonconvento, Tuscany
87. Giuditta Brozzetti Weaving and Embroidery Workshop–Perugia, Umbria
88. Art Restoration Workshop—Puglia