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Water
Spanning millennia and continents, a revealing history that “tackles the most important story of our time: our relationship with water in a world of looming scarcity” (Kelly McEvers, NPR Host). "Far more than a biography of its nominal subject ... The book stands as a compelling history of civilization itself." —The Wall Street Journal Book Review Writing with authority and brio, Giulio Boccaletti—honorary research associate at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford—shrewdly combines environmental and social history, beginning with the earliest civilizations of sedentary farmers on the banks of the Nile, the Tigris, and the Euphrates Rivers. ...
Giulio Romano, Master Designer
Giulio Romano was one of the most important, versatile, and influential artists of the late Italian Renaissance. As the primary protege of Raphael, he inherited his master's studio at the papal court following Raphael's death in 1520. Giulio initially continued to work in Raphael's Roman High Renaissance style, but as his personal style matured, he became one of the great court painters and architects of the 16th century. Shakespeare called him "that rare Italian master."Giulio Roman was a prolific draftsman, and left preparatory drawings for a wide range of projects, including decorative arts, architecture, religious works, frescoes, stuccoes, and the famous series of erotic prints, I Modi. This thorough examination of Giulio's career and drawings celebrates the 500th anniversary of his birth.Janet Cox-Rearick is distinguished professor of art history at Hunter College and the Graduate School, City University of New York.
The Palazzo Del Te
This thesis examines Giulio Romano's Late Renaissance masterwork, Palazzo del Te (c. 1525-36) in Mantua, in the context of playing a critical role in the political success of his patron, Federico II Gonzaga, vis-à-vis Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. At the Palazzo del Te, Giulio combined a multiplicity of techniques throughout, as well as viewer engagement in the Sala dei Giganti (c. 1530-34). The clever complexity of Giulio's palazzo stood in contrast to the conventional, two-dimensional portraits executed by many Cinquecento court artists for their benefactors. For centuries, scholars have deliberated Giulio's underlying intentions for his mysterious Room of the Giants at the palace. The de...
Giulio still does things
The world of politics hasn’t answered to the tragedy of Giulio Regeni, who disappeared on January 25th 2016 in Cairo. Al Sisi’s Egypt persists in sabotaging the investigation into the kidnapping, torture and murder of the son of Paola Deffendi and Claudio Regeni. In the last four years five more innocent people have been killed in Egypt and the government has invented incredible stories and falsified documents in order to allay suspicion. Even though judicial cooperation was promised, Egyptian police forces continue to intimidate and obstruct the work of the Egyptian commission for rights and freedom to which Giulio’s parents have turned. Even Europe hasn’t given an answer to this tr...
The Adventures of Giulio
This book is a recollection of moments in my life that has been tormented by distances and moving to too many places and uncertenity of tomorrow. Now thinking back I think stability in life is what gives substance to good living and achievable goals and a positive mental balance.
Warrior, Courtier, Singer
Giulio Cesare Brancaccio was a Neapolitan nobleman with long practical experience of military life, first in the service of Charles V and later as both soldier and courtier in France and then at the court of Alfonso II d'Este at Ferrara. He was also a virtuoso bass singer whose performances were praised by both Tasso and Guarini - he was even for a while the only male member of the famous Ferrarese court Concerto delle dame, who established a legendary reputation during the 1580s. Richard Wistreich examines Brancaccio's life in detail and from this it becomes possible to consider the mental and social world of a warrior and courtier with musical skills in a broader context. A wide-ranging st...
