Loire Valley Sketchbook
ew places in the world have captured visitors' hearts like France's mythic Loire Valley. Here, the shimmering lime-stone chateaux constructed by powerful Valois monarchs in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries rise like mirages above Europe's most sublimely beautiful river. Not merely stone and mortar realizations of daring architectural design, these are palaces of the imagination, the grand triumphs of Renaissance dreams. They include the hunting chateau of Chambord, and the magnificent Chenonceau, resting on graceful arches across the Cher River-and once home to Diane de Poitiers, Catherine de Medici, and the mysterious Nostradamus. Capturing this singular mixture of natural and manmade beauty in loving brushstrokes, Fabrice Moireau collaborates with writer Jean-Paul Pigeat to bring this magical and enamor-ing land into the living rooms of American readers.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0312319347
ISBN13:9780312319342
Release Date:November 2003
Publisher:St. Martin's Press
Length:95 Pages
Weight:2.17 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 11.3" x 9.9"
Customer Reviews
4 ratings
A different guide to the Loire
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
Another great book in the sketchbook series wandering through the Loire. High quality paper and printing, great art work and relaxed prose make for a fabulous book - highly recommended
Great Sketches and Informative Too!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
I purchased this book because I had seen other books with paintings by Fabrice Maireau, and really liked them. I was pleasantly surprised that I enjoyed this even more than I thought I would, before I purchased. I hadn't realized the area has been classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, and the sketchbook helps provide an insite to the area.
watercolour sketchbook
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
thank you very much!!!!!not only the book arrived in a reasonably short time, but it was in perfect conditions, really as new!I'll buy again from this seller.
bravo
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
we were in the Loire valley May-2005, we took a lot of pictures, but the drawing in this book are even more close to the images left in mind.
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