Tumult and order : Malcontenta, 1924-1939 / Antonio Foscari ; translated by Lucinda Byatt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Foscari, Antonio, 1938- author.

Contributor:

Byatt, Lucinda, translator.

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Villa Foscari (Mira, Italy)--History.

Villa Foscari (Mira, Italy).

Intellectuals--Italy--History--20th century.

Intellectuals.

Elite (Social sciences)--Italy--History--20th century.

Elite (Social sciences).

Landsberg, Alberto C.

History.

Italy.

Physical Description:

247 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Malcontenta, 1924-1939

Place of Publication:

Zürich, Switzerland : Lars Müller Publishers, [2012]

Summary:

In the 1920s and 1930s, the Villa Foscari in Venice, better known as La Malcontenta, became a meeting place for intellectuals, artists, and members of the nobility such as Sergei Diaghilev, Boris Kochno, Serge Lifar, Winston Churchill, Robert Byron, Diana Cooper, Bruce Chatwin, and Le Corbusier. It was an era of inspiring encounters between aristocrats, the avant-garde, snobs, and intellectuals that ended when Italy entered World War II. Antonio Foscari recounts this lively period in the building's history and talks about its then owner, Albert Clinton Landsberg, and his friends Catherine di Rochegude, Baronesse von Erlanger, and Paul Rodocanachi, who not only lovingly renovated the villa, but made it such a lively place for the first time. The text is complemented by numerous photographs dating from this exciting time that convey an impression of what was happening in the villa in those days.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-243).

ISBN:

9783037782972

3037782978

OCLC:

815728119