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Territory, Time and State
Territory, Time and State is a study of long term archaeological history in the remote and beautiful upland valley of Gubbio within the Umbrian Apennines of Italy. The aim of the work is well defined by the natural constraints of this mountainous region. The authors have developed a multi-disciplinary approach to study the human and physical characteristics of the valley from the paleolithic to the medieval period. They integrate the analysis of a unique text (the Iguvine Tables) with excavation, field survey and environmental reconstruction to provide a synthesis of current knowledge. They break boundaries of time and tradition which are normally compartmentalised between different scholars. Although the linkage is sometimes controversial, it is always stimulating. The book has two major focuses: the first is on the Bronze Age landscape where spectacular sites and finds have contributed very significantly to our knowledge of pre-state Italy; and the second is on the identity and character of the early city state of Gubbio and its incorporation into the Roman world.
Fear of Freedom
Carlo Levi was a painter, writer, and antifascist Italian from a Jewish family, and his political activisim forced him into exile for most of the Second World War. While in exile, he wrote Christ Stopped at Eboli, a memoir, and Fear of Freedom, a philosophical meditation on humanity's flight from moral and spiritual autonomy and our resulting loss of self and creativity. Brooding on what surely appeared to be the decline, if not the fall of Europe. Levi locates the human abdication of responsibility in organized religion and its ability to turn the sacred int othe sacrificial. In doing so, he references the entire intellecutal and cultural estate of Western civilization, from the Bible and Greek mythology to Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. This edition features newly published pieces of Levi's artwork and publication of the work. It also include an introduction that discusses Levi's life and enduring legacy. Fear of Freedom not only addresses a specific moment in history and a universal, timeless condition, but it is also a powerful indictment of our contemporary moral and political failures.
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CARTOGRAFIA RARA ITALIANA: XVI SECOLO - L'ITALIA E I SUOI TERRITORI
Il secolo d'oro della cartografia italiana per la prima volta analizzato sotto l'aspetto scientifico delle edizioni e delle tirature. L'opera non è un saggio sulla cartografia italiana del '500 ma un catalogo della cartografia italiana del '500, ovvero un censimento dell'intera produzione italiana a stampa del XVI secolo di carte geografiche d'Italia, sia nazionali che regionali. 151 carte, tutte illustrate, e 328 edizioni diverse descritte. Preceduto da una introduzione sulla nascita della cartografia italiana, i principali centri di produzione, i meccanismi che ne regolavano la pubblicazione, il catalogo, organizzato cronologicamente, si apre con le carte nazionali per esaminare poi quell...
