tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post7598686153419225247..comments2024-03-19T02:34:30.151-04:00Comments on The Blue Remembered Hills™: A legendary house Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-84364898617145433932015-08-22T20:01:35.434-04:002015-08-22T20:01:35.434-04:00The current owner of Villa Fiorentina is Curt Enge...The current owner of Villa Fiorentina is Curt Engelhorn (Bayer Group) http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/countess-therese-de-beauchamps-house-former/view/google/ <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09606830017709761051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-65229649186009735942013-07-09T14:34:10.241-04:002013-07-09T14:34:10.241-04:00Apparently it is owned by Charlene de Carvalho-Hei...Apparently it is owned by Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken, the beer heiress, who inherited it from her father.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-26187554382746453892013-04-12T15:41:30.754-04:002013-04-12T15:41:30.754-04:00Reggie Darling, thank you. The more I look at it t...Reggie Darling, thank you. The more I look at it the more I agree with you. My apologies for the late reply.Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-10676243159947376882013-04-12T11:14:08.780-04:002013-04-12T11:14:08.780-04:00Irish Aesthete, thank you.
We have visited the ar...Irish Aesthete, thank you.<br /><br />We have visited the area once and found that Fiorentina sits, not surprisingly, inside what we now think of as a gated community. I would love to know, as would many readers, who now owns it. Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-3632162764536700712013-04-12T11:11:44.538-04:002013-04-12T11:11:44.538-04:00Not Scarlett, thank you.
There are many, many ex...Not Scarlett, thank you. <br /><br />There are many, many examples of the inequality between money and taste but I wonder if this new version of Fiorentina is as quite as tasteless as it might appear at first glance. Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-3874919064380958572013-04-12T11:09:41.461-04:002013-04-12T11:09:41.461-04:00Michelle from Boston, thank you.
I think Roderic...Michelle from Boston, thank you. <br /><br />I think Roderick Cameron's version is a state of mind already given its mythic status. For me, Billy Baldwin's version, and only in comparison with Cameron's, is awkward. <br /><br />I really do wonder what the inside is like.Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-12602612067535173962013-04-12T11:06:28.669-04:002013-04-12T11:06:28.669-04:00The Devoted Classicist, thank you.
I agree that ...The Devoted Classicist, thank you. <br /><br />I agree that the "before" is a hard act to follow but clearly someone though they had done so. I do not have a problem with the pink except for the balance between it and color of the temple front - and whoever thought the tympanum needed to be pink .... ! Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-19809533176333589932013-04-11T16:46:08.400-04:002013-04-11T16:46:08.400-04:00I spend part of every summer in this neck of the w...I spend part of every summer in this neck of the woods and have always wanted to see the Fiorentina but sadly (or perhaps blessedly) I don't know anyone who knows the current owners. Maybe this year; I shall keep you informed...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13096314675302490332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-8902134516699316582013-04-08T23:40:11.507-04:002013-04-08T23:40:11.507-04:00That is some sculpture in the swimming pool.That is some sculpture in the swimming pool.Reggie Darlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04044215790585354363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-17965517930926966722013-04-08T18:24:34.425-04:002013-04-08T18:24:34.425-04:00Of course the possession of money does not equate ...Of course the possession of money does not equate to the possession of good taste. Gaudy, ostentatious and unfortunate describe my feelings about the destruction of the previously elegant Villa. You should show the interior when possible, as a lesson to those with too much money and not enough sense.Not Scarletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17361765713051253969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-30575616980306318802013-04-08T14:36:30.203-04:002013-04-08T14:36:30.203-04:00I've been crestfallen about the house since th...I've been crestfallen about the house since the Billy Baldwin designed-furnishings were auctioned and have feared that wealthy Russians would taint or eradicate all that was good about it. Your photos are disconcerting; especially those two big mirror balls out front and that eye-searing new color. Promise me you won't show the interiors should you come across them! I couldn't bear it. Soon, if not now, Villa La Fiorentina will only exist as a state of mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-29321588033684455092013-04-08T13:51:19.081-04:002013-04-08T13:51:19.081-04:00What a treat! I'd love to see it in person, a...What a treat! I'd love to see it in person, as perhaps it looks better than in these snapshots. But the "before" is a hard act to follow.The Devoted Classicisthttp://tdclassicist.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com