The Italian Genius on Display
The Italian Genius on Display

Author: Francesco Barreca

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2022-07-04

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 9004297413

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Held in Florence in 1929, the First National Exhibition of History of Science was a pivotal event in the shaping of Italian cultural panorama. With more than 8000 items on display coming from public and private lenders, it showed the general public how rich the Italian scientific heritage was and how it could be regarded as part of a general nation-claiming narrative, thus laying the foundation for today’s protection policy and scholarly research. Moreover, it is also a telling case-study that offers precious insights into the complex relationships between cultural enterprises and political power during the fascist era, helping us understand how today’s geography of Italian cultural institutions have been shaped and reshaped through time.

Sprezzatura
Sprezzatura

Author: Peter D'Epiro

Publisher: Anchor

Published: 2001-10-02

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 038572019X

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A witty, erudite celebration of fifty great Italian cultural achievements that have significantly influenced Western civilization from the authors of What Are the Seven Wonders of the World? “Sprezzatura,” or the art of effortless mastery, was coined in 1528 by Baldassare Castiglione in The Book of the Courtier. No one has demonstrated effortless mastery throughout history quite like the Italians. From the Roman calendar and the creator of the modern orchestra (Claudio Monteverdi) to the beginnings of ballet and the creator of modern political science (Niccolò Machiavelli), Sprezzatura highlights fifty great Italian cultural achievements in a series of fifty information-packed essays in chronological order.

The Italian Genius on Display
The Italian Genius on Display

Author: Francesco Barreca

Publisher: Nuncius

Published: 2022

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789004297401

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"Held in Florence in 1929, the First National Exhibition of History of Science was a pivotal event in the shaping of Italian cultural panorama. With more than 8000 items on display coming from public and private lenders, it showed the general public how rich the Italian scientific heritage was and how it could be regarded as part of a general nation-claiming narrative, thus laying the foundation for today's protection policy and scholarly research. Moreover, it is also a telling case-study that offers precious insights into the complex relationships between cultural enterprises and political power during the fascist era, helping us understand how today's geography of Italian cultural institution has been shaped and reshaped through time"--

The Debate Over the Origin of Genius During the Italian Renaissance
The Debate Over the Origin of Genius During the Italian Renaissance

Author: Noel L. Brann

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 530

ISBN-13: 9789004123625

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This study explores a prominent Italian Renaissance theme, the origin of genius, revealing how the coalescence of a Platonic theory of divine frenzy and an Aristotelian theory of melancholy genius eventually disintegrated under the force of late Renaissance events.

Rereading Travellers to the East
Rereading Travellers to the East

Author: Beatrice Falcucci

Publisher: Firenze University Press

Published: 2022-07-06

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 8855185780

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Rereading Travellers to the East aim to offer a new perspective on travel literature, the question of nation-building and the history of orientalism. Rereading Travellers focuses on the rereadings to which early modern travel literature about Asia has been subjected by different actors involved in the political, economic, cultural and intellectual life of post-unification Italy. The authors highlight how this literature has been reinterpreted and reused for political and ideological purposes in the context of the formation and reformation of collective identities, from the Risorgimento to the Fascist regime and the early republic. By showing the potential of the notion of rereading, the volume outlines a history of the political and cultural legacy of travel literature which goes well beyond Italy.

A History of the Italian Republics
A History of the Italian Republics

Author: J. C. L. de Sismondi

Publisher: Wildside Press LLC

Published: 2008-02-01

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 1434460649

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Jean Charles Leonard de Sismondi (1773-1842), whose real name was Simonde, was a writer born at Geneva. He is best known for his works on French and Italian history, and his economic ideas.