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PRAISE FOR PASSAGEWAY "Passageway is a consuming collection of short stories on humanity, connection and time. This anthology showcases an immersive variety of observations about the enduring nature of what it is to live and love, whether about the potential for the future to connect us in the present, or for history to anchor us to the past. It is a wholly unique demonstration of some of the very best of new and upcoming writers from Ireland and beyond." – Courtney Smyth, author of The Undetectables The paths of perception are thrown open, and new realities loom beyond – all that is left to do is to cross the passageway. New adventures, friends and foes, and whole worlds out there; all ...
PRAISE FOR PASSAGEWAY "Passageway is a consuming collection of short stories on humanity, connection and time. This anthology showcases an immersive variety of observations about the enduring nature of what it is to live and love, whether about the potential for the future to connect us in the present, or for history to anchor us to the past. It is a wholly unique demonstration of some of the very best of new and upcoming writers from Ireland and beyond." - Courtney Smyth, author of The Undetectables The paths of perception are thrown open, and new realities loom beyond - all that is left to do is to cross the passageway. New adventures, friends and foes, and whole worlds out there; all of t...
Quando, nell'ottobre del 2007, un busto di marmo venne ripescato dalle acque del Rodano, ad Arles, molti pensarono che si trattasse del ritratto di Giulio Cesare, un'immagine scolpita addirittura mentre il dictator era ancora in vita. Un ritratto autentico, dunque, unico e definitivo: il vero volto di Cesare. Il volto del potere. Originale o no, quel reperto estratto dal letto del fiume era però soltanto l'ultima delle infinite e mutevoli raffigurazioni dei personaggi celebri dell'antica Roma, una delle tante «facce» che nel corso dei secoli artisti eccelsi e raffinati artigiani hanno rappresentato in dipinti, statue, ceramiche, arazzi, mobili e oggetti d'uso quotidiano. A partire dal Rin...
Hogyan fest a hatalom arca? Kit örökít meg a művészet, és miért? Hogyan tekintünk olyan politikusok szobrára, akiket emberként megvetünk? Ebben a könyvben Mary Beard – a mai emlékműszobrászatot övező esztétikai és politikai csetepaték háttere előtt – elmeséli, hogy az elmúlt kétezer év folyamán a nyugati világ hatalmasainak arcmásait hogyan befolyásolta a római császárok ábrázolása. A világhírű ókortörténész, az SPQR és a Pompeji című könyvek szerzője főképpen a „tizenkét cézár” – Julius Caesar és az első tizenegy császár – alakjára összpontosítva elemzi, hogy ezek a könyörtelen autokraták miképpen váltak hatalmass...
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