FLORENCE
A Portrait
MICHAEL LEVEY
A New York Times Book Review
Notable Book of 1996
 lorence is unlike any other city in the world in its extraordinary mingling of great art and literature, natural splendor, and remarkable history. All these facets come to life in Michael Levey's richly rendered portrait of the city. Levey, former Director of the National Gallery, London, shows us Florence not just in its ascendancy and at its height but also in its less familiar years and guises. Intimate and grand, learned and engaging, this richly-illustrated portrait gives us Florence in all of its madness and magnificence, from the glory of the great Duomo down to the finest detail of a cameo or a poem.
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