The Arts of Tuscany: From the Etruscans to Ferragamo

by Marina Belozerskaya

Tuscany is everyone€™s dream—a land of picturesque landscapes, fabulous food, and above all, extraordinary masterpieces of art of every kind. Focusing on a series of Tuscan centers, from the Etruscan capitals of Cerveteri and Tarquinia to the great medieval and Renaissance city-states of Lucca, Pisa, Siena, and Florence down to the present day, Marina Belozerskaya leads the reader on a journey through the arts of this astonishing part of Italy.  Unlike other books on Tuscany, this one spans time, geography, and a wide variety of art forms—from Etruscan bronzes to Ferragamo shoe

Genres: Italy

272 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Marina Belozerskaya was born in Moscow, USSR, and was an award-winning teacher at Harvard, Tufts, and Boston Universities. She currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband, a curator at the J.Paul Getty Museum, and her own exotic animal, a vizsla named Audrey.