The collection evokes illustrious traditions and inspired explorations in search of beauty. It is an extraordinary voyage through images across the artistic beauties of Italy and, with Versailles, Fontainebleau and the Escorial, of Europe. The Grand Tour volumes are rich picture stories aimed at a greater knowledge of art and of the past, designed to contribute to the creation of catalogues of “places of delight” some well known and some less so, of culture and of the gaze. Historical texts and introductions have been edited by brilliant writers and art historians who accompany the reader on a fascinating journey of discovery through an exhaustive panorama of cities and individual sites.
