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L’epopea dei Ruffo di Sicilia
Antonio Ruffo, principe della Scaletta, collezionista nella Sicilia del Seicento, il più importante esponente del ramo isolano della sua casata, è uno straordinario personaggio in cui si coniugano prudenza in politica, abilità negli affari, notevole ricchezza, grande passione per l'arte, originalità di gusti e profondità d'interessi. Accanto a lui, il nipote Giacomo, visconte di Francavilla, allievo e sodale di Giovanni Alfonso Borelli e Marcello Malpighi, è un intellettuale e uno scienziato curioso di leggere, come lo zio, nel 'gran libro della Natura' ogni espressione di arte e di scienza. Grandi personaggi i Ruffo di Sicilia, uomini e donne. Questo libro racconta la loro storia che si dipana dalla Calabria alla Sicilia, da Messina a Madrid, a Malta e a tutto il Mediterraneo, teatro di traffici commerciali, di relazioni economiche, di scambi culturali e di opere d'arte. La vicenda dei Ruffo si inquadra in un percorso di studio dei casati nobiliari che, dal Piemonte alla Sicilia, è ormai considerato essenziale per interpretare i processi storici e i meccanismi delle società in cui agirono. Una parabola locale che si fa trama di una grande storia.
Contemporary Jewish Writing in Europe
With contributions from a dozen American and European scholars, this volume presents an overview of Jewish writing in post--World War II Europe. Striking a balance between close readings of individual texts and general surveys of larger movements and underlying themes, the essays portray Jewish authors across Europe as writers and intellectuals of multiple affiliations and hybrid identities. Aimed at a general readership and guided by the idea of constructing bridges across national cultures, this book maps for English-speaking readers the productivity and diversity of Jewish writers and writing that has marked a revitalization of Jewish culture in France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Hungary, Poland, and Russia.
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Sofonisba Anguissola
Sofonisba Anguissola (ca. 1532–1625), an Italian Renaissance painter born in Cremona to a relatively poor noble family, was one of the first women artists to establish an international reputation during her lifetime. This stunningly illustrated monograph explores the evolution of Anguissola’s art from her youth in Cremona through her service as a lady-in-waiting to the Spanish queen Elisabeth of Valois to her later years as a married woman in Sicily and Genoa. Alongside discussions of Anguissola and her work, author Cecilia Gamberini offers a tantalizing exploration of Renaissance court life, detailing how the circles of influence and power operated. This volume highlights the social, political, and cultural preconditions surrounding Anguissola’s role in the court of King Philip II of Spain and her ascent to becoming an internationally acclaimed painter. Gamberini draws on archival documentation, as well as her own original research, to shine a new light on Anguissola’s life, career, and work in this tribute to a truly groundbreaking artist.
Disciplined Dissent
Inspired by current debates around political confrontation and the exercise of power, Fabrizio Titone offers an interpretation based on the concept of disciplined dissent. This interpretation is centred on the notion of diffused power and is designed to transcend the binary distinction consensus/resistance. The aim is to identify the conservative process involved in mounting a critique, a protest, through which those who object may have intercepted and then deployed on their own account the cultural repertoire of those in a position of authority. This was with a view to obtaining a hearing, or even influencing the activities of the government and decentering the exercise of power. The essays...
