{"product_id":"the-lives-of-others-simon-watson-9780847869008","title":"The Lives of Others: Sublime Interiors of Extraordinary People","description":"\u003cb\u003eA privileged invitation into a world of beauty--from a seventeenth-century Italian palace and retreats in the Swiss Alps and Morocco to artists' studios and noble residences in Austria and Spain. Simon Watson takes the reader into highly personal environments that reveal the creativity and personality of their esteemed inhabitants.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince the 1990s, Watson has been one of the most prolific chroniclers of remarkable interiors and portraits, gracing the pages of \u003ci\u003eW magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAD\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eT Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. From hard-edged modernity and historical exoticism to pure classicism, the photographer has documented rooms of note in cities, atop mountains, and by the sea. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eComplementing his masterful images, Watson gives an intimate description of each location. On this journey with the photographer, one experiences the Duchess of Alba's Palacio Liria in Madrid, filled with sixteenth- and seventeenth-century masterpieces; interior designer Roberto Peregalli's splendid riad in Tangier; the magnificent and vast Castello Gardena in the Italian Alps owned by the Franchetti clan; Guinness\u003cbr\u003eheir Garech de Brun's hillside retreat in County Wicklow, Ireland; the Renaissance Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne in Rome, designed by Baldassarre Peruzzi in the sixteenth century; shoe designer Christian Louboutin's fanciful Parisian apartment; and many other splendid places around the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon Watson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0847869008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780847869008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rizzoli International Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 13.00h x 10.30w x 1.70d","brand":"Simon Watson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44048031449343,"sku":"9780847869008","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bf4f7a5e-f303-4224-acd4-0ed53faf4272.jpg?v=1684993497","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-lives-of-others-simon-watson-9780847869008","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}