My PeTit Project - Beauty of Human Body in Public Art Around the World: California Wine Country

Legendary Napa Valley is home to hundreds of wineries, and many of them are naturally accompanied by beautiful art. There is no better way to appreciate a nice garden sculpture then having a couple of wine tasting flights on a sunny autumn day.

di Rosa Gardens with it's significant collection art, is, for some reason, a well kept secret. It hosts about 2000 pieces of art in its Main Gallery, Historic Residence, Courtyard and Sculpture Meadow. The collection would not be complete without some examples of nude human body.

A little shed with reclining nudes

Inside the shed

A kinetic angel rotating around broken copies of classical statues

Painted female nude

Painted male nude

Looks like a female torso

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Paoletti Winery is an beautiful Italian mansion located in Calistoga. Its animated owner, Gianni Paoletti, enjoys telling family stories while attending to his tasting room. He proudly shows his cellars full of marble sculptures made for him in Italy. Among the sculptures - busts of famous people ( Einstein, for example), with the owner's image mixed in. And, of course, plenty of replicas of Roman, Greek and Renaissance statues.