Italy from the inside ebook
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Description Watch Book Trailer videos in author's page in Amazon.com or You Tube. The book is illustrated with colorful photos. ITALY: Traveling the Land of Art, History and Culture It is from Italy that the journey into My World of Great Beauties begins. Having lived in Italy for 25 years, a tender smile etches itself upon my lips. Just a smile? you may find yourself asking. Yes, but that smile is the result of thousands of images that have remained vibrantly alive in my memory, as if the quarter century that has passed was only yesterday. The smile also happens to best express the extreme sentimentality which, from within the three books of my trilogy, takes on the semblance of a light and airy dance. In Italy, beyond anything else, the senses dance, and it is the most sensual dance in the world. The theatricality of the Roman Baroque is in harmony with the curt steps of Tuscany and the fragile grace of Venice. And the people are full of movement as well. The Romans swirl crazily about in arches, the Tuscans, completely aligned and bringing back a sense of order, while the Venetians confer their own charming mystical note. It is true that God graced Italy with an abundance of Beauty, and if its expression is best defined with four elements: nature, colour, harmony and elegance, then as charmed as I was at encountering them, I set out to share this experience with you. If each book is a reflection of the fantasy of its creator, it is also a reflection of the fantasy of its readers. REVIEWS In her new travel book, Barbara Athanassiadis lives, breathes, takes delight in, discovers and guides us with a personal and insightful look of Rome, the Eternal City. She deciphers the unique lifestyle of the Romans, easily juggling between their glorious past and their bright present. She takes her readers on transcendent strolls, revealing precious and little-known secrets and.
This book examines the appetite for Egyptian and Egyptian-looking artwork in Italy during the century following Rome's annexation of Aegyptus as a province. In the early imperial period, Roman interest in Egyptian culture was widespread, as evidenced by works ranging from the monumental obelisks, brought to the capital over the Mediterranean Sea by the emperors, to locally made emulations of Egyptian artifacts found in private homes and in temples to Egyptian gods. Although the foreign appearance of these artworks was central to their appeal, this book situates them within their social, political, and artistic contexts in Roman Italy. Swetnam- Burland focuses on what these works meant to their owners and their viewers in their new settings, by exploring evidence for the artists who produced them and by examining their relationship to the contemporary literature that informed Roman perceptions of Egyptian history, customs, and myths. Richly illustrated, with eight color plates and more than ninety black and white images Suitable for undergraduate and advanced scholarly audiences Careful attention to literary and epigraphic sources makes this a useful book for philologists and ancient historians Read more Customer reviews Not yet reviewed Be the first to review Product details Date Published: April 2015format: Hardbackisbn: length: 261 pages dimensions: 261 x 185 x 19 mmweight: 0.79kgcontains: 72 b/w illus. 8 colour illus. availability: In stock Table of Contents Introduction: from Egypt to Italy 1. Egyptian objects, Roman contexts: appropriation and aesthetics 2. Aegyptus Redacta: Augustus' obelisks and the spoils of Egypt 3. The sanctuary of Isis in Pompeii: dedication and devotion, myth and ritual Appendix 3.1: marble inscriptions from the sanctuary of Isis Appendix 3.2: dipinti near the sanctuary of Isis Appendix 3.3: multiples and adaptations: Io panel.