The Land Of Piceno

Author : Phoebe Leed
Publisher : Rondini Press
ISBN 13 : 1735853208
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Land of Piceno written by Phoebe Leed and published by Rondini Press. This book was released on 2021-07-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indigenous peoples cancelled by a burgeoning empire. Devastating earthquakes level ancient monuments. Marauding invaders loot and pillage art treasures. And yet, verdant hillsides ripple with vineyards and olive groves. The dramatic blue Sibillini Mountains shelter shepherds, freedom fighters, and necromancers. Lined with palms and orange trees, the luxurious Adriatic coast is monitored by medieval towers and pagan temples. This is the Land of Piceno--Le Marche, Italy--whose founding symbol, Picus, sacred woodpecker of Mars, guides us through the vicissitudes of time.

Author : Joseph Bastianich
Publisher : Clarkson Potter
ISBN 13 : 0307719766
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grandi Vini written by Joseph Bastianich and published by Clarkson Potter. This book was released on 2010-11-09 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travel through the Italian countryside with Joseph Bastianich in search of the country’s eighty-nine finest wines. Joseph Bastianich is steeped in Italian wines like no one else. Not only is he the co-owner, with Mario Batali, of some of America’s premier Italian restaurants, but he also produces wine on four separate estates—three in Italy—and is responsible for bringing Eataly, the groundbreaking artisanal Italian food and wine marketplace, to New York. His thoughtfully honed list of favorite wines makes for a fascinating journey that brings Italian wines to life. Grandi Vini introduces readers to the greatest wines in Italy by bringing them to the vineyards and introducing the winemakers behind the bottles. More than simply appealing to the palate, the wines on Joe’s list have made an impact on the industry. In Central Italy, he recommends a stunning Sangiovese in Emilia Romagna, produced at San Patrignano, the largest drug rehabilitation center in Europe. The island of Sicily is typically known for bulk commercial wine; but now, in the unique terroir of Mount Etna, wine lovers can discover the perfectly fresh, dry white Pietramarina, produced by the forward-thinking Benati family. And we can’t forget the great Barolos. Bastianich selects a specific list of wines from this legendary production region—some of which come from family outfits, like Barolo Rocche dell’Annunziata Riserva of Paolo Scavino, by the son of the winery’s founder; and others that have emerged only recently, like the Barolo Cannubi Boschis made by Luciano Sandrone, a winemaker who only started producing great wine in the 1990s. Grandi Vini also includes a wine list in the back of the book that shares vinification, production, and website information for every wine. With lovely hand-illustrated maps locating the wineries in their various regions, Grandi Vini is a rich exploration of eighty-nine Italian wines that rank among the world’s best—a wonderful read for any wine enthusiast.

Author : Giuseppe Santarelli
Publisher : STAF edizioni
ISBN 13 : 8888532072
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Legends of the Sibilline Mountains written by Giuseppe Santarelli and published by STAF edizioni. This book was released on 2006 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Legends of the Sibilline Mountains" is a small book about an obscure corner of Italy and an equally obscure backwater of world literature. And yet the subjects it touches upon--amongst them, the roots of literature in popular consciousness, the intimations of Christian existentialism, the absorption of pagan traditions into Christianity--reach far and wide. Goddess worship, necromantic rites, the death of Pontius Pilate, Benevenuto Cellini, Goethe's "Faust," Wagner's "Tannhauser"...they all connect here in a real place of strange geological formations and magical beauty. The Sibilline Mountains, dividing Le Marche from Umbria, were "celebrated in the 14th and 15th centuries throughout all Europe for magical fairy tales and necromantic initiations," according to the author, Giuseppe Santarelli. In the most famous of these tales a mysterious Sibyl inhabits a grotto devoted to the pleasures of the flesh, luring knights to eternal damnation. Another legend concerns the Lago di Pilato, a mountaintop lake where Pontius Pilate's body had been cast that later became a destination for demonic rituals. In a witty and personal tone Santarelli, director of the Sanctuary of Loreto, discusses the origins of the myths in folklore, their literary transformations through the centuries, and the archeological traces they left behind.

Author : Biondo Flavio
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674017436
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Italy Illuminated, Volume 1 written by Biondo Flavio and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2005-07-29 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flavio, humanist and historian, was a pioneering figure in the Renaissance recovery of classical antiquity. His Italia Illustrata, here for the first time in English, is a topographical work describing Italy region by region. A quintessential work of Renaissance antiquarianism, its aim is to explore the Roman roots of the Renaissance world.

Author : Ilia Rodov
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004244409
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Torah Ark in Renaissance Poland written by Ilia Rodov and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2013-01-28 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume explores the stone carved shrines for the scrolls of the Mosaic Law from the mid-sixteenth to the mid-seventeenth century synagogues in the former Polish Kingdom. Created on the margin of mainstream art and at a crossroad of diverse cultures, artistic traditions, aesthetic attitudes and languages, these indoor architectural structures have hitherto not been the subject of a monographic study. Revisiting and integrating multiple sources, the author re-evaluates the relationship of the Jewish culture in Renaissance Poland with the medieval Jewish heritage, sepulchral art of the Polish court and nobles, and earlier adaptations of the Christian revival of classical antiquity by Italian Jews. The book uncovers the evolution of artistic patronage, aesthetics, expressions of identities, and emerging visions among a religious minority on the cusp of the modern age.

Author : Agustí Nieto-Galan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009379585
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Land of Hunger Artists written by Agustí Nieto-Galan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-12-31 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the exhibition of hunger, emaciated bodies and their enormous impact in the public sphere around 1900.

Author : Giacinto Libertini
Publisher : Istituto di Studi Atellani
ISBN 13 : 889064866X
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Liber Coloniarum - The Book of the Colonies written by Giacinto Libertini and published by Istituto di Studi Atellani. This book was released on 2019-07-09 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of ancient Roman land surveyors and the Roman system of property boundaries was carried out in the nineteenth century mainly by German scholars. One of them was Karl Lachmann who published Gromatici Veteres (The Ancient Land Surveyors) [Lachmann 1848], a compilation of texts that address aspects of ancient surveying which are fundamental to Civil Engineering as we know it today. Most of the original texts, as published by Lachmann and with some corrections proposed by Thulin [Thulin 1913], was published together with the English translation by Campbell [Campbell 2000]. A complete re-proposal of Lachmann’s text with the Italian translation was recently proposed by Giacinto Libertini [Libertini 2018]. An important part of this collection of texts, the Liber Coloniarum (The Book of the Colonies), together with a rich cartography illustrating the modern persistences of the ancient agrarian boundaries, was subsequently published by the same author [G. Libertini, Liber Coloniarum - Libro delle Colonie, Istituto di Studi Atellani, Frattamaggiore (Italy), 2018]. In order to allow an understanding of this text for a wider audience, it was necessary to have an English translation, which is offered in this work. The Introduction provides a fascinating description of the ancient Roman surveying and setting of boundary signals. The author has also applied Google Earth® and a special software to many of the Roman settlements in the Lazio and Campania regions to define the property grids (centuriationes and strigationes) that are in Italy from Rome to Nocera Superiore (near Salerno). As with the title of this book, many of the technical descriptions presented here are left in the original Latin. The reader is directed to the Glossary for the meaning of the Latin terms used. Wayne Lorenz, P.E. Wright Paleohydrological Institute Wright Water Engineers, Inc.

Author : Alessandra Battisti
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030494462
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Urban Health written by Alessandra Battisti and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-07-15 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book qualitatively and quantitatively examines the relationships between the constructed environment, health and social vulnerability. It demonstrates that spatial disintegration is often intertwined with health and social inequalities, and therefore a multidisciplinary approach to urban health is essential in order to analyze the impact that psycho-social-environmental factors can have on objective, and perceived health and to investigate the inequalities in healthcare and medical assistance processes. Empirical relationships have been observed between urban environment, social vulnerability and health in different contexts, however there is still a lack of standardized tools that allow us to gain a clear understanding of how health inequalities and daily life are generated. In order to address this issue, a national network of active research groups has been created to draft and develop a prototypical analysis infrastructure to facilitate empirical studies aimed at shedding light on the complex relationships between health disparities, socio-environmental and economic distress, as well as personal and collective health. Given the interest in achieving meaningful, fair and lasting solutions to health inequalities, and the current lack of an analytical system, there is the need for new multidisciplinary approaches oriented toward the quality of life within a eco-social model of health. Providing an overview of the methodological approaches discussed, this book will appeal to researchers. At the same time it allows those working in local and government social care, healthcare and administrative institutions to gain insights into best practices in urban contexts.

Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1465458735
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reference World Atlas written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome, all you globetrotters! Take the ultimate round-the-world trip with this spectacular atlas, showcasing more than 640 maps and a wealth of information about every nation on Earth. Travel across the world from the British Isles to Australasia with Reference World Atlas to learn about our diverse planet. The introduction section provides an insight into how our physical world took shape and life emerged across the planet. Take a look at world climate and population trends, and then follow the continent-by-continent guide to expand your understanding of each region or country. Along with detailed physical and political maps, Reference World Atlas also contains terrain models, cross-sections, and cultural and economic information. This book features huge 3-D maps and more than 750 photographs that showcase some of the most jaw-dropping locations on our planet. With more than 80,000 index entries, this revised 10th edition of Reference World Atlas is an essential educational tool for homes and schools.

Author : Associazione per lo sviluppo dell'industria nel Mezzogiorno
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Measures to Promote Industrialization in Southern Italy written by Associazione per lo sviluppo dell'industria nel Mezzogiorno and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: