Knopf Guide: Tuscany Book

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	Tuscany
	How to use this guide	2
	Introduction to the itineraries	6
	The authors	7
	Encyclopedia section
	Nature	15
	The Tuscan landscape	16
	The hills of Florence	18
	The Maremma National Park and the Trappola marshes	20
	The Tuscan Apennines	22
	Coastlines and islands	24
	Agriculture and horticulture	26
	Olives and oils, vines and grapes	28
	Stock farming	30
	History and Language	31
	From the beginning to the free cities	32
	The Guelphs and the Ghibellines	34
	The rise of the Medici	36
	The Medici	38
	The 17th and 18th centuries	40
	From the Risorgimento to Italian unification	42
	Language	44
	Popular literature	46
	Arts and Traditions	47
	Pottery	48
	Religious festivals	50
	Secular festivals	52
	Ribollita	54
	Cacciucco	56
	Cheese, salami and fish	58
	Bread, honey, cakes and biscuits	60
	Architecture	61
	Towers and courtyards	62
	Piazzas and palazzos	64
	The invention of the palazzo	66
	New cities and ideal cities	68
	Military cities	70
	Castles and villas	72
	Gardens	74
	The different Romantic styles	76
	The austere splendor of Gothic	78
	Renaissance, Mannerist and baroque	80
	Research into new materials	82
	Farmhouses	84
	Tuscany as Seen by Painters	85
	The invention of landscape painting	86
	Cities held in the palm of a hand	88
	Ideal cities	90
	Notebook illustrations	92
	Seascapes	94
	Tuscan artists as social outcasts	96
	Tuscany as Seen by Writers	97
	Itineraries in Tuscany
	Florence	115
	Florence	116
	The Uffizi Gallery	126
	The Bargello	134
	Il Viale dei colli	137
	From Fiesole to Villa Gamberaia	137
	From Careggi to Castello	138
	Around Florence	139
	In the Amo Valley	141
	From Florence to the Val di Pesa	143
	Pisa and Lucca	145
	Pisa	147
	The Pisano family of sculptors	150
	Around Pisa	154
	From Pisa to San Miniato	155
	Lucca	156
	From the Lucca Plain to the Garfagnana	159
	Massa, Carrara and the Apuan Alps	163
	Massa	165
	Carrara	165
	The Lunigiana	166
	The Apuan Alps	168
	The Versilia	169
	Apuan marbles	170
	Prato and Pistoia	173
	Prato	175
	The Centro per I'Arte Contemporanea 'Luigi Pecci'	176
	Pistoia	179
	From Pistoia to Collodi	181
	From Pistoia to Abetone	182
	Arezzo and its Surroundings	183
	Arezzo	185
	Toward Sansepolcro	190
	Sansepolcro	190
	Piero della Francesca: in pursuit of divine proportions	192
	La Verna, the Casentino and the hermitages	194
	Toward the 'new towns'	197
	The Valdichiana	198
	Cortona	199
	Chianti	201
	Florentine Chianti	202
	Sienese Chianti	205
	Siena	207
	Siena	208
	The Palio	214
	14th-century Sienese masters	218
	North of Siena	222
	South of Siena	222
	Around Siena	223
	From Siena to San Galgano	225
	From Siena to Chiusi	228
	Signorelli and Sodoma at Monte Oliveto Maggiore	230
	From Volterra to Livorno	235
	Volterra	237
	The Museo Etrusco 'Mario Guarnacci'	240
	Massa Marittima	242
	Piombino and Populonia	243
	The Tuscan Archipelego	244
	From Campiglia Marittima to Livorno	245
	Livorno	247
	Grosseto and the Maremma	252
	Grosseto	252
	From Roselle to Punta Ala	253
	From Castiglione della Pescaia to Orbetello	254
	Stone from the Maremma	256
	From Mount Argentario to Manciano	258
	From Pitigliano to Montemerano	260
	Practical information
	Getting there	262
	Getting around	264
	Living in Tuscany from A to Z	265
	Festivals and events	270
	Places to visit	271
	Hotels and restaurants	292
	Bibliography	312
	List of illustrations	313
	Index	319
	Map Section	325
A	Florence
B	Northern Tuscany
C	Central Tuscany
D	Southern Tuscany and the Tuscan Archipelego