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“john a pinto”

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  • City of the Soul

    Rome and the Romantics

    by John A. Pinto ...
    City of the Soul critically examines how an international cast of visitors fashioned Rome’s image, visual and literary, in the century between 1770 and 1870—from the era of the Grand Tour to the onset of mass tourism. The Eternal City emerges not only as an intensely physical place but also as a romantic idea onto which artists and writers projected their own imaginations and longings. The book ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

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    Series series Graphic Guides
    Philosophy, art, literature, music, and politics were all transformed in the turbulent period between the French Revolution of 1789 and the Communist Manifesto of 1848.This was the age of the 'Romantic revolution', when modern attitudes to political and artistic freedom were born.When we think of Romanticism, flamboyant figures such as Byron or Shelley instantly spring to mind, but what about ... Read more

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  • The Art of Executing Well

    Rituals of Execution in Renaissance Italy

    Edited by Nicholas Terpstra ...
    Series series Early Modern Studies
    In Renaissance Italy a good execution was both public and peaceful—at least in the eyes of authorities. In a feature unique to Italy, the people who prepared a condemned man or woman spiritually and psychologically for execution were not priests or friars, but laymen. This volume includes some of the songs, stories, poems, and images that they used, together with first-person accounts and ballads ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Lawrence Grassi

    From Piedmont to the Rocky Mountains

    by Elio Costa, Gabriele Scardellato ...
    Lawrence Grassi was a trailblazer in every sense of the word. A working-class man of humble Italian origins who worked as a labourer and a coal miner for most of his life, Grassi had a deep passion for the Rocky Mountains. He was famous in the region for his commitment as a guide, a mountain climber, and a builder of greatly admired hiking trails. Today, in or near Canmore, his name graces a ... Read more

    $41.99 USD

  • Mussolini and Fascist Italy

    by Martin Blinkhorn ...
    Series series Lancaster Pamphlets
    In Mussolini and Fascist Italy Martin Blinkhorn explains the significance of the man, the movement and the regime which dominated Italian life between 1922 and the closing stages of the Second World War. He examines:those aspects of post-Risorgimento Italy which provided the longterm context vital to an understanding of Fascismthe social and political convulsions wrought by economic change after ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • La trama Nascosta - Storie di mercanti e altro

    by Rita Mazzei ...
    La «trama nascosta» è quella che emerge dalla ricostruzione delle vicende di alcuni personaggi qui osservati, pur nell’ambito delle specifiche competenze, nelle vesti di tramiti di trasferimenti “culturali”. In uno spazio che è quello dell’Europa meno fittamente abitata, che nei suoi confini dilatati si apre a est. A ben vedere, più o meno, l’Europa entrata con il nuovo millennio nell’Unione ... Read more

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  • The Ancient Roman Art - Art History Books for Kids | Children's Art Books

    by Baby Professor ...
    The ancient Romans sure knew their art well. This art history book will enlighten child learners on the significance of art in ancient civilizations. You see, what makes history are not just names, dates and events. Color combinations and art techniques also make their mark. If you look closely at how art is made in each era and culture, you will notice distinct differences. Study this book today! ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Italian Venice

    A History

    by R. J. B. Bosworth ...
    In this elegant book Richard Bosworth explores Venice—not the glorious Venice of the Venetian Republic, but from the fall of the Republic in 1797 and the Risorgimento up through the present day. Bosworth looks at the glamour and squalor of the belle époque and the dark underbelly of modernization, the two world wars, and the far-reaching oppressions of the fascist regime, through to the ... Read more

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  • Building a Civil Society

    Associations, Public Life, and the Origins of Modern Italy

    by Steven C. Soper ...
    The most passionate advocates of Italy’s unification in the nineteenth century possessed an almost limitless faith in the benefits of civic association. They also shared a common concern: once Italian unification was achieved and various freedoms were established, would ordinary Italians naturally become responsible, progressive citizens – especially after centuries of foreign rule, regional ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Ancient Roman Roads and Architecture-Children's Ancient History Books

    by Baby Professor ...
    Unleash both the historian and architect in your kids with this Ancient Roman Roads and Architecture History Book. There is a whole different but beautifully thought-of world in the ancient Rome that your children will truly enjoy discovering. Show them what historical architecture is all about by getting them a copy of this book. Go ahead and buy a copy today! ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Orpheus in the Marketplace

    Jacopo Peri and the Economy of Late Renaissance Florence

    by Tim Carter, Richard A. Goldthwaite ...
    Series Book 10 - I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History
    The Florentine musician Jacopo Peri (1561-1633) is known as the composer of the first operas--they include the earliest to survive complete, Euridice (1600), in which Peri sang the role of Orpheus. A large collection of recently discovered account books belonging to him and his family allows for a greater exploration of Peri's professional and personal life. Richard Goldthwaite, an economic ... Read more

    $55.79 USD

  • Ezra Pound's Fascist Propaganda, 1935-45

    by M. Feldman ...
    Series series History (R0)
    Ezra Pound was an influential propagandist for British, Italian and ultimately German fascist movements. Using long-neglected manuscripts and cutting-edge approaches to fascism as a 'political religion', Feldman argues that Pound's case offers a revealing case study of a modernist author turned propagator of the 'fascist faith'. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD