Author: Francesco Barreca
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004297413
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
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.
The Italian Genius on Display
Author: Francesco Barreca
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004297413
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
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.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004297413
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
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
Author: Peter D'Epiro
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 038572019X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 038572019X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
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.
A History of the Italian Republics
Author: Jean-Charles-Léonard Simonde Sismondi
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Italy
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Italy
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
A History of the Italian Republics
Author: J. C. L. de Sismondi
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434460649
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434460649
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
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.
Andrea Mantegna and the Italian Renaissance
Author: Joseph Manca
Publisher: Parkstone International
ISBN: 1780429797
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Mantegna; humanist, geometrist, archaeologist, of great scholastic and imaginative intelligence, dominated the whole of northern Italy by virtue of his imperious personality. Aiming at optical illusion, he mastered perspective. He trained in painting at the Padua School where Donatello and Paolo Uccello had previously attended. Even at a young age commissions for Andrea’s work flooded in, for example the frescos of the Ovetari Chapel of Padua. In a short space of time Mantegna found his niche as a modernist due to his highly original ideas and the use of perspective in his works. His marriage with Nicolosia Bellini, the sister of Giovanni, paved the way for his entree into Venice. Mantegna reached an artistic maturity with his Pala San Zeno. He remained in Mantova and became the artist for one of the most prestigious courts in Italy – the Court of Gonzaga. Classical art was born. Despite his links with Bellini and Leonardo da Vinci, Mantegna refused to adopt their innovative use of colour or leave behind his own technique of engraving.
Publisher: Parkstone International
ISBN: 1780429797
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Mantegna; humanist, geometrist, archaeologist, of great scholastic and imaginative intelligence, dominated the whole of northern Italy by virtue of his imperious personality. Aiming at optical illusion, he mastered perspective. He trained in painting at the Padua School where Donatello and Paolo Uccello had previously attended. Even at a young age commissions for Andrea’s work flooded in, for example the frescos of the Ovetari Chapel of Padua. In a short space of time Mantegna found his niche as a modernist due to his highly original ideas and the use of perspective in his works. His marriage with Nicolosia Bellini, the sister of Giovanni, paved the way for his entree into Venice. Mantegna reached an artistic maturity with his Pala San Zeno. He remained in Mantova and became the artist for one of the most prestigious courts in Italy – the Court of Gonzaga. Classical art was born. Despite his links with Bellini and Leonardo da Vinci, Mantegna refused to adopt their innovative use of colour or leave behind his own technique of engraving.
Works of Henry Lord Brougham
Author: Henry Brougham
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Works of Henry Lord Brougham ...
Author: Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Works
Author: Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Lives of Men of Letters of the Time of George III.
Author: Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux
Publisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
The Works of Henry, Lord Brougham and Vaux: Men of letters of the time of George III
Author: Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description