Tumult and Order: La Malcontenta 1924 - 1939

by Antonio Foscari

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3037782978
• ISBN13: 9783037782972
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Lars Muller Publishers
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.6"