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Author: Biondo Flavio
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 640
ISBN-13: 0674054954
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBiondo Flavio was a pioneering figure in the Renaissance discovery of antiquity and popularized the term Middle Age to describe the period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the revival of antiquity in his own time. Italy Illuminated is a topographical work exploring the Roman roots of Italy.
Author: Terry Kirk
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Published: 2005-06-02
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781568984360
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“Modern Italy”may sound like an oxymoron. For Western civilization,Italian culture represents the classical past and the continuity of canonical tradition,while modernity is understood in contrary terms of rupture and rapid innovation. Charting the evolution of a culture renowned for its historical past into the 10 modern era challenges our understanding of both the resilience of tradition and the elasticity of modernity. We have a tendency when imagining Italy to look to a rather distant and definitely premodern setting. The ancient forum, medieval cloisters,baroque piazzas,and papal palaces constitute our ideal itinerary of Italian civilization. The Campo of Siena,Saint Peter’s,all of Venice and San Gimignano satisfy us with their seemingly unbroken panoramas onto historical moments untouched by time;but elsewhere modern intrusions alter and obstruct the view to the landscapes of our expectations. As seasonal tourist or seasoned historian,we edit the encroachments time and change have wrought on our image of Italy. The learning of history is always a complex task,one that in the Italian environment is complicated by the changes wrought everywhere over the past 250 years. Culture on the peninsula continues to evolve with characteristic vibrancy. Italy is not a museum. To think of it as such—as a disorganized yet phenomenally rich museum unchanging in its exhibits—is to misunderstand the nature of the Italian cultural condition and the writing of history itself.
Author: Luigi Lanzi
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2023-08-01
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9358595701
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The History of Painting in Italy Vol-2" by Luigi Lanzi is a comprehensive and insightful exploration of Italian painting during a specific period in art history. In this volume, Lanzi delves into the rich artistic landscape of Italy, examining the significant developments and notable painters of the period. Lanzi provides a detailed analysis of various artistic movements, styles, and techniques that emerged during this time. He explores the works of renowned Italian painters, discussing their contributions to the art world and their impact on subsequent generations. The author offers an in-depth examination of notable paintings, unraveling their historical and cultural contexts while providing critical insights into their artistic merits. Lanzi's engaging narrative sheds light on the societal, political, and cultural factors that influenced Italian painting during the period covered in this volume. This volume is an essential resource for art historians, scholars, and art enthusiasts seeking a comprehensive understanding of Italian painting.
Author: Laura E Ruberto
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2017-11-03
Total Pages: 319
ISBN-13: 0252099990
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis second volume of New Italian Migrations to the United States explores the evolution of art and cultural expressions created by and about Italian immigrants and their descendants since 1945. The essays range from an Italian-language radio program that broadcast intimate messages from family members in Italy to the role of immigrant cookbook writers in crafting a fashionable Italian food culture. Other works look at how exoticized actresses like Sophia Loren and Pier Angeli helped shape a glamorous Italian style out of images of desperate postwar poverty; overlooked forms of brain drain; the connections between countries old and new in the works of Michigan self-taught artist Silvio Barile; and folk revival performer Alessandra Belloni's reinterpretation of tarantella dance and music for Italian American women. In the afterword, Anthony Julian Tamburri discusses the nomenclature ascribed to Italian American creative writers living in Italy and the United States. Contributors: John Allan Cicala, Simone Cinotto, Teresa Fiore, Incoronata (Nadia) Inserra, Laura E. Ruberto, Joseph Sciorra, and Anthony Julian Tamburri.
Author: Stephen J. Campbell
Publisher:
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 722
ISBN-13: 9780500293348
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA new edition--now in two volumes--of the largest and most comprehensive textbook about Italian Renaissance art. Now in its second edition, Italian Renaissance Art presents an updated and even more accessible history. The book has been split into two volumes: the first, covering the period 1300 to 1510; the second, 1490 to 1600. The volumes retain the same innovative decade-by-decade structure as the first edition, and a number of chapters have been revised by the authors to reflect the latest scholarship. The coverage of the Trecento has been expanded, and a new appendix section explains all the key Renaissance art-making techniques, with illustrations and step-by-steps for such processes as lost-wax casting. This book tells the story of art in the great cities of Rome, Florence, and Venice while profiling a range of other centers throughout Italy--including in this edition art from Naples, Padua, and Palermo.
Author: ADMIRALTY. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE DIV. GEOGRAPHICAL SECTION.
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Karl Baedeker
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2017-10-20
Total Pages: 604
ISBN-13: 9780266535324
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcerpt from Italy, Vol. 2: Handbook for Travellers; Central Italy and Rome The objects of the Handbook for Italy, which consists of three volumes, each complete in itself, are to supply the traveller with some information regarding the progress of civilisation and art among the people he is about to visit, to render him as independent as possible of the services of guides and valets - de-place, to protect him against extortion, and in every way to aid him in deriving enjoyment and instruction from his tour in one of the most fascinating coun tries in the world. The Handbook will also, it is hoped, be the means of saving the traveller many a trial of temper; for there are few countries where the patience is more severely taxed than in some parts of Italy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Luigi Mariotti
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2017-07-28
Total Pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780282706302
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcerpt from Italy, Vol. 2 of 2: General Views of Its History and Literature in Reference to Its Present State A lapse of nearly one hundred years must be considered as entirely lost in the progress of ori ginal Italian literature. Nature had, by a rare phenomenon, given birth to three sovereign minds in the same country, in the same city, and very nearly in the same age, and, by the wisest disposition, so tempered each of them as to suit them to widely different and yet equally important purposes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Francesco Guicciardini
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2016-10-29
Total Pages: 410
ISBN-13: 9781334096969
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcerpt from The History of Italy, Vol. 2: Translated From the Italian Expedition into Italy. @ezrrels eetqbeen the Guelf and Ghibelline' Parties. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
