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Visual Information Systems. Web-Based Visual Information Search and Management
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Visual Information Systems, VISUAL 2008, held in Salerno, Italy, September 11-12, 2008. The 35 papers presented in this volume, together with 3 keynote speeches, were carefully reviewed and selected from 58 submissions. The topics covered are information and data visualization; advances techniques for visual information management; mobile visual information systems; image and video indexing and retrieval; applications of visual information systems; and industrial experiences.
Ritual Memory
"Ritual Memory" brings together two areas of study which have hitherto rarely been studied in comparison: liturgy and the apocryphal Acts of the Apostles. The book gives an analysis of the liturgical celebration of the apostles in the medieval West and examines the incorporation of the apocrypha in practices of ritual commemoration. It reveals the role that liturgy played in the transmission of the apocryphal Acts and visualises the way these narrative traditions developed and changed through their incorporation into a ritual context. The result is a dynamic picture of the ritual reception of the extra-canonical Acts in the Latin Middle Ages, where the apocryphal legends about the apostolic past were approached as memorable traditions on the origins of Christianity.
On the Edge of Democracy
On the Edge of Democracy examines the emergence of democracy in Italy in the wake of World War Two. It examines the nature of the democracy forged in the liminal period after Benito Mussolini, the Duce of Fascism, was removed from government in the summer of 1943. Instead of pouring through institutional accounts, which root the origins of democracy in the establishment of parties and in electoral outcomes, Forlenza focuses on the lived experiences of ordinary people and elites in extraordinary times. Meanings of democracy are not variations of a universal model but emerge as contingent interpretative acts and a symbolization following political and existential crisis under condition of viol...
Cosa III
Cosa was a Latin colony founded by Rome in 273 BC in a territory confiscated from the Etruscan city of Vulci. The town became an agricultural and commercial centre, whose trade can be traced in part through a distinctive type of amphora to destinations throughout the Mediterrnean world. But Cosa's archaeological importance lies in the information its structure and town-planning provide about the Republican period. Cosa IV: the Houses by Vincent J. Bruno and Russell T. Scott Report on a group of recently excavated houses between the forum and the northwest gate which traces the development of the Roman house from a small urban dwelling of the early colony to the more elaborate houses of the l...
The Battle for Rome
In September 1943, the German army marched into Rome, beginning an occupation that would last nine months until Allied forces liberated the ancient city. During those 270 days, clashing factions -- the occupying Germans, the Allies, the growing resistance movement, and the Pope -- contended for control over the destiny of the Eternal City. In The Battle for Rome, Robert Katz vividly recreates the drama of the occupation and offers new information from recently declassified documents to explain the intentions of the rival forces. One of the enduring myths of World War II is the legend that Rome was an "open city," free from military activity. In fact the German occupation was brutal, beginnin...
The Scriptorium and Library at Monte Cassino, 1058-1105
In all the history of hand-written books, one of the most distinctive and handsome scripts is that of the abbey of Monte Cassino. This study examines for the first time in detail the development of this script during the Abbey's greatest period of wealth and influence, under Desiderius (abbot 1058-1087) and his successor Oderisius (abbot 1087-1105). The characteristic Cassinese hand was established long before, but in this period it was transformed into what is today considered its classic form. The present study rests on a fresh examination of many details of the Beneventan (South Italian) script in aspects incompletely studied before. It aims to provide a new history of Monte Cassino as a writing centre and to offer a context for many unique or valuable texts manuscripts that it processed.
Storia dell'IRI. 5. Un Gruppo singolare. Settori, bilanci, presenza nell'economia italiana
L'Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale (IRI) nasce nel 1933, per volere di Mussolini e su progetto di Alberto Beneduce, con l'intento di evitare il fallimento delle principali banche e imprese italiane e con esso il crollo dell'economia, già provata dalla crisi mondiale esplosa nel 1929. Dal dopoguerra l'Istituto è protagonista prima della ricostruzione e poi del miracolo economico. Dopo le difficoltà emerse negli anni '70 e il programma di ristrutturazione e rilancio degli anni '80, l'IRI conclude la sua attività nel 2002 dopo le operazioni di privatizzazione che contribuiscono in misura significativa al raggiungimento degli obiettivi di finanza pubblica e all'adesione italiana all...
