The Romantic poets were the first to loll on the grass without worrying about stained pages: al fresco reading was born in tandem with the picnic.
Stpmj designed the building for the UC Berkeley, Sagehen Creek Field Station, housed in the woodlands of Truckee, California and while the narrow design of the "barn" may not foster long-term living, plywood incisions look tailor-made for al fresco reading rooms and breezy loveseats.
There's plenty to do — you can stroll the gardens designed by Edith Wharton's niece, admire the original frescoes or read in the beautiful library, with its modern art collection.
Here's a flavour: If financial analysts had spent more time admiring a Michaelangelo fresco or reading Dante instead of poring over spreadsheets, they might not have touched off the inferno that engulfed the Italian sovereign debt market, Italy's state auditor is claiming.
Beginning in 16th century Italy, KIPalmlund has been reading Antonio Foscari's new book on Venetian architecture, Frescos: In the Rooms of Palladio Malcontenta 1557-1575.
"MECHANICAL BEDS AND ARMCHAIRS FOR THE ILL AND WOUNDED," reads the text above a fresco of a patient propped up with the help of one of the fabulous machines.
When Ursule's meteoric rise at court is followed by her equally spectacular fall into misery and death, Apolline reads her sister's journal, the fresco of a century that sacrificed women to royal splendour on the eve of the revolution that was to wash it all away.
In this home, buyers can "read the paper, sip some wine over dinner al fresco or simply lollygag after a long day on one outdoor level, while you muse on and mull over your planting schemes for your other outdoor level".
And she read art historian Aby Warburg's lecture on the frescoes: "He completely understood that that moment where opposites meet is the most fertile of points for the mind, for the soul and for the arts".
As Smith explains, the book comes in two versions, with two ways to read it – starting either with the tale of the 15th-century fresco painter Francesco del Cossa, or with that of George, a present-day teenage girl.
The first time the cast read through one script, Mr. Richter turned to the executive producer, VICTOR FRESCO, and said that page after page had no lines for him.
