DRAWING ITALYDavid HolmOne of Australia’s leading architects, David Holm is passionate about drawing, the built environment and Italy. These three passions are brought together in Drawing Italy to create this intelligent and beautiful guide book to architecture of Italy. Based on extensive travels in Italy, David explains each architectural style as he takes us on a grand tour of Italy region by region, showing beautiful piazzas, chiesi and palazzi. His drawings and observations are remarkable for their detail and charm. The book is designed for use in the field (smaller size and practically bound for everyday reference) as well as the perfect read for the armchair. Drawing Italy shows us all the well known landmark buildings of Florence, Rome, Venice and Sienna as well as lesser known, but memorable architecture.  David Holm is one of Australia’s leading architects. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Architects, father of three, living and practising in Sydney Australia. David first visited Italy in 1986 as part of an undergraduate architectural study tour, during which a lifelong connection to Italy was established. He was recipient of the New South Wales Board of Architects 2003 Byera Hadley Travelling Scholarship and applied this scholarship to develop this book. The original sketchbooks and travel journals on which this work is based have been acquired by the NSW State Library for the public record. In Drawing Italy, David guides us through Etruscan, Roman, Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassicism, through to Fascist, Modernist and stunning contemporary architecture.
$49.95 Drawing Italy , November 2009 |
