Tuscany Interiors [antikvár]

Tuscany-A Journey into Harmony Photos by Cianni Berengo Cardir La Toscane - Voyage au cour de l'harmonie Photos de Gianni Berengo Cardin Toskana - Eine Reise in die Harmonie Photos von Gianni Berengo Cardin There is no shortage of beautiful countries in the world and each one visited leaves its own special memories. But Tuscany is a place you fall ir love with at once. The region is one of Italy's greatest attractions, with its endlessly varied beauty, the stinging Tuscan wit and the infinite threads of history woven into its cultural fabric. Tuscany's country lares are like capillaries, spreading through the land a longing for life, an emotion that flows on relentlessly even as it fades away into the far distance. Indeed it is such a lovely region that filmmakers keep coming back. The Taviani brothers, for instance, shot "The Meadow" (II Prato), "Floréal" (Fiorile), "The Night of San Lorenzo" (La Notte di San Lorenzo) and a free adaptation of Coethe's "Wahlverwandtschaften" in Tuscany, and Bernardo Bertolucci made "Stealing Beauty" (lo ballo da sola) there. For Luchino Visconti's "Vaghe stelle dell'orsa", for James Ivory's "A Room with a View" and for "The English Patient" by Anthony Minghella, Tuscany became a gigantic film set with stunningly beautiful towns, superbly photogenic countryside and a soundtrack enriched by the biting irony of the Tuscans themselves. Andrei Tarkovsky shot many of the scenes in "Nostalghia" at Bagno Vignoni and San Calgano. Jane Campion set her film version of "Portrait of a Lady", adapted from the novel by Henry James (1843-1916), in Tuscany, and Kenneth Branagh came here to shoot some of the scenes in "Much Ado about Nothing". The Italian film "The Cyclone" (II Ciclone) was filmed by Leonardo Pler-accioni in the Casentino district. But many television commercials, with messages that have nothing to do with the region, have also beer set in Tuscany. IVIany Tuscans feel offended and exploited by this, so much so that a regional law has been passed denying access to the local landscape for such purposes by declaring it copyright. Only typical local products and, of course, films will now be allowed to use the region's image. Tuscany is a region of great charm and serenity, almost a miracle come true. And that is how it has been since the iSth century when travellers began to throng the Tuscan countryside, fascinated by its unimaginable beauty. Tuscany Interiors