The Cultural and Artistic Landscape of Tuscany | p. 8 |
Tuscany in a Nutshell | p. 24 |
Massa | p. 28 |
The White Gold of the Apuan Alps | p. 38 |
Carrara | p. 42 |
City Map | p. 44 |
A Bohemian and His World - Giacomo Puccini | p. 50 |
Lucca | p. 54 |
City Map | p. 58 |
Between Papacy and Empire - the Interminable Conflict between Guelphs and Ghibellines | p. 64 |
Duomo San Martino | p. 74 |
Mighty Trees, Paintings, and Bubbling Water - the Tuscan Villa | p. 80 |
Barga | p. 84 |
Pistoia | p. 88 |
City Map | p. 90 |
In a Colored Robe of Marble - Tuscan Incrustation | p. 104 |
Pescia | p. 110 |
Collodi | p. 112 |
Villa Celle | p. 114 |
Arte Ambientale - Twentieth-Century Art in Tuscany | p. 116 |
Prato | p. 122 |
City Map | p. 126 |
The "Self-Made Man" of the Middle Ages | p. 137 |
City Republic and the Haute Bourgeoisie | p. 144 |
Poggio a Caiano | p. 148 |
Carmignano | p. 150 |
Florence | p. 152 |
City Map | p. 158 |
Duomo Santa Maria del Fiore | p. 170 |
Or San Michele | p. 180 |
Galleria degli Uffizi | p. 186 |
Machiavelli - Patriot and Politician | p. 204 |
Dante Alighieri and Italian Literature | p. 212 |
Palazzo Pitti | p. 222 |
Tuscan Futurism | p. 230 |
Dormitorio di San Marco | p. 253 |
Florence's Conscience - Girolamo Savonarola | p. 254 |
Accademia della Crusca - Guardian of the Language | p. 264 |
Fiesole | p. 266 |
City Map | p. 268 |
Withdrawal from the Secular World - Monasteries in the Tuscan Uplands | p. 272 |
Arezzo | p. 276 |
City Map | p. 280 |
Petrarch - Poet Laureate and Celebrated Humanist | p. 290 |
Sansepolcro | p. 306 |
Monterchi | p. 310 |
The Mysterious People of Etruria | p. 312 |
Cortona | p. 316 |
City Map | p. 318 |
Siena | p. 326 |
St. Catherine of Siena - Mystic, Politician and Saint | p. 332 |
City Map | p. 338 |
The Palio - a race in honor of the Virgin Mary | p. 348 |
Duomo Santa Maria Assunta | p. 366 |
Monte Oliveto Maggiore | p. 390 |
Pienza | p. 394 |
City Map | p. 396 |
Montepulciano | p. 402 |
City Map | p. 404 |
A Memory of Ancient Rome - the Hot Spas of Tuscany | p. 410 |
Chiusi | p. 414 |
San Quirico d'Orcia | p. 418 |
Montalcino | p. 420 |
Chiusdino | p. 424 |
Monteriggioni | p. 428 |
Rivalry in Stone - Dynastic Towers | p. 430 |
San Gimignano | p. 432 |
City Map | p. 434 |
Ten Days of Tales - Boccaccio and the Decameron | p. 444 |
Grosseto | p. 446 |
City Map | p. 450 |
Religion and the Etruscan Cult of the Dead | p. 459 |
Massa Marittima | p. 464 |
City Map | p. 466 |
Pitigliano | p. 476 |
Elba and the Emperor in Exile - Napoleon | p. 480 |
Livorno | p. 484 |
City Map | p. 488 |
Tuscan Festivals and Celebrations | p. 494 |
Pisa | p. 496 |
City Map | p. 500 |
Campo dei Miracoli | p. 502 |
The Narrative Art of the Pisani | p. 510 |
La Torre Pendente - the Leaning Tower of Pisa | p. 518 |
Of Comets, Heavenly Portents, and Phases of Venus - Galileo's Proofs | p. 534 |
Volterra | p. 538 |
City Map | p. 542 |
A Remarkable Stone - Alabaster from Volterra | p. 561 |
Appendices | p. 562 |
Elements of Architectural Form | p. 564 |
Glossary | p. 572 |
Chronological Table | p. 584 |
Artists' Biographies | p. 602 |
Further Reading | p. 618 |
Index of Places | p. 620 |
Index of People | p. 623 |
Credits | p. 626 |
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