{"product_id":"paperblanks-tuscan-sun-midi-hardback-journal-lined-144-pages-pb3496-4","title":"Paperblanks Tuscan Sun Midi Hardback Journal – Lined, 144 Pages","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCapture your ideas, plans and memories in this Tuscan Sun midi hardback journal from Paperblanks, with 144 lined pages of 120 gsm acid-free paper.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor lovers of the magnificent flourish and the grand gesture we present our Florentine Cascade Tuscan Sun journal. Sumptuousness is the name of the game for this stunning Spanish design taken from a plate in a book containing over a hundred decorations adorning everything from murals to wallpaper to tapestries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe Story Behind the Design\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe original sources of inspiration for our Florentine Cascade series are exquisite Florentine-style decorative papers. With vibrant colours and fancy curlicues, we have always wanted this kind of beauty for a Paperblanks cover design.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur wish came true when we got ahold of a book of Spanish decorative designs. Published in the 1890s in Germany, this book contains a collection of over 100 ornamental plates for decorating walls, fabrics and pottery. In the design adapted for our Florentine Cascade series, you will find the same kind of vividly stylised scrolls and climbing vines that characterise the style largely associated with Tuscany and its capital, Florence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is no coincidence that decorative papers featuring Florentine patterns and the Spanish design of our cover share much of the same aesthetic quality. Today the term “Florentine-style” is used to describe a 19th-century interpretation of Renaissance-era artistic trends, a style that originated in Florence and was reproduced throughout Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Renaissance was a period of shifts and changes in attitudes, and one of these changes was the transformation of the very idea of the garden. Previously used mainly for growing produce, many Italian gardens took on an ornamental character with the arrival of Renaissance sensibilities. One principal aspect of a garden like this was an abundance of climbing plants. As our cover design shows, this became a prominent motif in the visual style of the Renaissance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe vines of this Tuscan Sun design and the yellow of its background are visual reminders of why Tuscany continues to lure in tourists, just as it did centuries ago. 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