Gifts Galore

Posts Tagged ‘just gifts’

I get my friend a gift because his cousin died?

When friends of the family dies, if received as a gift to feel better? or that People just get the cards?

only if their flowers, cards and teddy bears .. just to show respect and sympathy … but only be there for ur friend is a gift in themselves.

Florence: Just Add Water… $14 texts: M. Benedetti. D. Buttafuoco. L. Ciuccetti. D. Corsini. G. La Spina. G. Mengozzi. M. Fintoni. S. Frasca. A. Paoletti – illustrations: S. Frasca. S. Vanni – publication year: 2002 – paperback with flaps. 150×225 mm. pp. 224 – over 350 colour photographs and maps and over 100 drawings.A colourful and entertaining survival kit for teenagers visiting (or living in) Florence. this volume was thought up. written and designed in collaboration with Amici dei Musei Fiorentini. Here is all a young reader needs to wear out his sneakers as he follows in the footsteps of Philip and his guides: Uncle Charlie. a world-famous archaeologist. and his friend Giulia. a talented restorer. On this fascinating journey our heroes discover streets. palaces. churches. museums and gardens. ‘meeting’ a variety of different characters (saints. painters. scientists. architects. popes. politicians). some renowned. others less so – but all of them ever so slightly touched.Prologue1. ArrivalThe journey. Piazzale Michelangelo. A hop up to Fiesole.2. Piazza del DuomoThe square. The Baptistery of San Giovanni. Santa Maria del Fiore. Santa Reparata. Inside the Duomo. Brunelleschi’s Dome (the Cupola). Two sacristies. The Dome (with a vengeance). The Opera del Duomo Museum.Come again? Mosaic-workCome again? Stained Glass3. Romans & Co.Florentia. Archaeological Museum.4. Middle Ages and thereaboutsTower-houses. Palazzo Davanzati. The Church of San Miniato al Monte. Interior. The walls and fort.5. Piazza della SignoriaHistory and architecture. Loggia dei Lanzi and statues. The casting of Perseus. The Hall of the Five Hundred. Francesco’s Studiolo and Eleonora’s Apartments. The Porcellino. Orsanmichele.6. Santa CroceThe piazza and historic football. The Church of Santa Croce. Giotto and Cimabue.7. Santa Maria Novella and San LorenzoSanta Maria Novella: the square and church. Masaccio’s Trinity. Ghirlandaio’s Stories. The Church of San Lorenzo. The Old Sacristy. The Medici Chapels.Come again? Perspective8. Craftmanship and RenaissanceThe Opificio delle Pietre Dure. Piazza Santissima Annunziata. The Spedale degli Innocenti.9. Medici-Riccardi PalaceThe history of a mansion. Lorenzo and Clarice. The Chapel of the Magi.10. Bargello and Stibbert MuseumsHistory of the Bargello. Donatello’s St George. Other rooms. The Stibbert Museum (and Gardens).11. San Marco and the AccademiaThe Convent of San Marco. Fra Angelico. The story of a block of marble. Michelangelo’s David .12. The Museum of the History of ScienceAstrolabes and armillary spheres. Galileo. Planets and polemics. The Dialogue and the trial.13. The UffiziHistory of the museum. 14th-century Madonnas. Gentile da Fabriano. Masaccio and Paolo Uccello. The Birth of Venus and Primavera. Leonardo and Michelangelo.14. The Prince’s PassagewayTake-off. Vasari’s Corridor. Boboli Gardens. Ammannati’s Courtyard. Palazzo Pitti’s facade.15. Arno and Oltrarno

Hot Chocolate $13 There is an experience that has always combined the pleasure of chocolate with the magic of sharing: enjoying a cup of hot chocolate. And if it’s Amedei For You, that experience will immediately turn into a ritual. The package contains 250g of fine chocolate granules, ready to be blended with milk, and prepared with painstaking craftsmanship that shuns all use of powdered cacao, synthetic flavourings, thickeners, and preservatives. Amedei For You hot chocolate will win you over with its enveloping, aromatic flavour, and because of the purity of its ingredients, it can be served with just the amount of milk that suits your tastes and the occasion: for breakfast, for an afternoon break, as a dessert… A tribute to everyone who knows how to slowly savour life’s pleasures, following the call of the senses.An innovative product prepared with fresh Amedei chocolate in granules.

A Watercolor Journal of Florence $16 by D. Lew – publication year: 2002 – hardcover. 240×220 mm. 96 pp. – 50 colour illustrations – “If I were to analyze myself I would say that I paint broadly in the style of contemporary realism. I prefer paintings that are unexpectedly well-composed and convey a solid drawing – not a copy of a photograph but of imagination and knowledge.I enjoy a good abstract painting though it leaves me a bit dissatisfied. for without the discipline of drawing I feel unchallenged either in painting one or viewing one. I strive to achieve a sense of force and lightness. of energy and ease. a careful carelessness and a sense of the poetic.”(Douglas Lew)«Florence has fascinated travelers for centuries – among them writers. artists and musicians. Rinuccio in Puccini’s opera Gianni Schicchi sang. ‘Florence is like a tree in flower’.Doug captures not just the sights but the textures of Florence. He understands that Florence is not only its famous historical monuments. but also its markets and restaurants. its doorways and window grills. and its neighborhood displays of intimate apparel lines of laundry. Florence through Doug’s eyes includes even its tourists. who flood its streets in search of art. history. and gelato.Doug’s watercolors exhibit a trained eye. a spirit of creativity and technical excellence. The returning visitors to Florence will delight in his details that prompt a re-examination of the familiar. And the first-time visitors will cherish this book because it captures. in a very individual way. the Florence that casts a spell over nearly every visitor. It is a virtual mosaic of this city that has been beloved to so many through the ages.”(from the Foreword by Lyndel King.director and chief curator. Weisman Art Museum. Minneapolis)Douglas Lew was born in Shangai. China. and came to the United States at age fifteen. After completing degrees in art and history. he embarked on a successful career in advertising. while at the same time pursuing his vocation as a painter. Praised by critics and treasured by collectors. his watercolors have been displayed at group and personal exhibitions. and have won numerous awards.Douglas Lew is the author of books about watercolor painting. and teaches the use of watercolor in architecture at the University of Minnesota.He lives in Minneapolis with his wife Linda. The present collection of sketches orginated from trips they took together to Florence and Tuscany.

Marzolino di Pienza $18 Sheep’s cheese that was made in Pienza in Tuscany and other areas in past centuries called “”Marzolino”" because it was produced with milk from the cow in early spring when the pastures were offering the grass more tender and fragrant. It was handmade by peasants, who squeeze the curds with his hands and gave him the typical oval-shaped ball which was then put to dry on the deal table. The tradition of Marzolino was taken with the production of a particularly delicate cheese, which retains all the aroma of herbs grazed by sheep in spring on our hills.

Balanced Palette Size 55 x 40 cm ( 22” x 16”) $83 Handmade Balanced Palette in okumè wood. Size 55 x 40 cm ( 22” x 16”) This arm palette based on an ‘800 model, are made by Italian craftsmen. Even if is larger than other standard kinds, it doesn’t feel heavy, because has differerent thickness and balanced with lead. Available for right (item 4190) and left handed (item 4191)

knife for threading in olive wood cm 38/14.9 inc $91 L ‘art to get the fillet from the fish, because this is art, it is very difficult and requires a’ equipment adeguata.La white meat fish is very fragile, so the knife must be very sharp along the blade, but especially in peak times, and extremely flexible. The thickness and length of the blade affect the success of the cut. The knives are best known for threading of Nordic origin, where the big fish is widespread.Technical specifications  Blade: 420 stainless steel forged  Handle: olive wood, buffalo horn * (on request), boxwood * (on request)

Large World map by G. Cassini-J. Cook (1788) $149 Large World map by G. Cassini-J. Cook (1788). This map of the world created by geographer J. Cassini is particularly important because it reproduces information and updating which are the result of the voyages of the well known English navigator James Cook. During his three long voyages the famous navigator collected a great number of information which Cassini used to create such a detailed and clear map.Sizes: 39"x20"

Small World map by G. Cassini-J. Cook (1788) $105 Small World map by G. Cassini-J. Cook (1788). This map of the world created by geographer J. Cassini is particularly important because it reproduces information and updating which are the result of the voyages of the well known English navigator James Cook. During his three long voyages the famous navigator collected a great number of information which Cassini used to create such a detailed and clear map.Sizes: 20"x14"

Truffle cutter in cow horn cm.26/10.2 inc $123 While not exactly a knife, and at least one bladed tool used to cut a solid material. The system is adjustable according to the requirements as cursor scalable, speaking on the corner of opening determines the thickness of the slice. L ‘sharpening of the blade can be smooth or wavy and the process Sharpening is possible because the blade can be removed from its support.Technical specifications  Blade: stainless steel AISI 420 Forged  Body of metal forged 18/10 stainless steel screw to adjust the cutting  Handle: tip of ox horn, olive wood, buffalo horn * (on request), boxwood * (on request)

Truffle cutter in olive wood cm.26/10.2 inc $105 While not exactly a knife, and at least one bladed tool used to cut a solid material. The system is adjustable according to the requirements as cursor scalable, speaking on the corner of opening determines the thickness of the slice. L ‘sharpening of the blade can be smooth or wavy and the process Sharpening is possible because the blade can be removed from its support.Technical specifications  Blade: stainless steel AISI 420 Forged  Body of metal forged 18/10 stainless steel screw to adjust the cutting  Handle: olive wood, buffalo horn * (on request), boxwood * (on request)