Author : Rabun M. Taylor
Publisher :
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 45,15 MB
Release : 2021
Category : Greeks
ISBN : 9781599102221
"Drawing on historical, literary, and archaeological sources, this volume provides a cultural, economic, material, and political history of the city of Naples, Italy from its beginnings as a Greek settlement in the eighth century BCE to the reign of the emperor Constantine in the fourth century CE"--
Author : Eloisa Dodero
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 10,41 MB
Release : 2019-09-16
Category : Art
ISBN : 9004399100
In Ancient Marbles in Naples in the Eighteenth Century Eloisa Dodero aims at documenting the history of numerous private collections formed in Naples during the 18th century, with particular concern for the “Neapolitan marbles” and the circumstances of their dispersal. Research has thus made it possible to formulate a synthesis of the collecting dynamics of Naples in the 18th century, to define the interest of the great European collectors, especially British, in the antiquities of the city and its territory and to draw up a catalogue which for the first time brings together the nucleus of sculptures reported in the Neapolitan collections or coming from irregular excavations, most of which shared the destiny of dispersal, in some cases here traced in definitive fashion.
Author : Shirley Hazzard
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 43,27 MB
Release : 2008-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0226322017
"Born in Australia, Shirley Hazzard first moved to Naples as a young woman in the 1950s to take up a job with the United Nations. It was the beginning of a long love affair with the city. Battered by World War II, Naples would remain for decades one of the most violent and impoverished places in Italy, but in its passion, vivacity, and beauty, the city still justified the loving words written about it by Goethe, Byron, and other literary travelers over the centuries." "The Ancient Shore collects the best of Hazzard's writings on Naples, along with a classic New Yorker essay by her late husband, Francis Steegmuller. With Hazzard as our guide, we encounter Henry James, Oscar Wilde, and of course Goethe, but Hazzard's concern is primarily with the Naples of our own time - often violently unforgiving to innocent tourists, but able to transport the visitor who attends patiently to its rhythms and history."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Jordan Lancaster
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 18,51 MB
Release : 2005-04-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0857713531
The definitive companion for anyone seeking to delve beneath the surface of Naples. Naples is an Italian city like no other. Drama and darkness are often associated with the city, which rests beneath active Mount Vesuvius and is the home of the Camorra - its version of the mafia. But beyond this, Naples reveals itself to be one of the most historically and culturally vibrant cities in Europe. From its origins in Homer's Odyssey and its founding nearly 3,000 years ago, Naples has long attracted travellers, artists and foreign rulers - from the visitors of The Grand Tour to Goethe, Nelson, Dickens and Neruda. The stunning beauty of its natural setting coupled with the charms of its colourful past and lively present - from the ruins of Pompeii to the glittering performances of the San Carlo opera house - continue to seduce all those who explore Naples today. In the Shadow of Vesuvius is a sparkling portrait of the city - the definitive companion for anyone seeking to delve beneath its surface.
Author : Carol C. Mattusch
Publisher : Ngw-Stud Hist Art
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 37,68 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780300189216
Proceedings of the symposium "Rediscovering the Ancient World on the Bay of Naples," organized by the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, and sponsored by the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations. The symposium was held January 30-31, 2009, in Washington.
Author : John Santore
Publisher :
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 50,51 MB
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN :
Sources include narrative histories, travelers' accounts and diaries; urban descriptions and analyses; letters, newspaper and magazine articles; interviews and surveys; oral histories; official narrative, statistical reports and legislation; political oratory; fiction, poetry, music, urban planning, architecture, and the visual arts."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Arthur Hamilton Norway
Publisher :
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 35,38 MB
Release : 1905
Category : Naples (Italy)
ISBN :
Author : Giada De Laurentiis
Publisher : Grosset & Dunlap
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 38,39 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0448462567
"When their great-aunt comes to live with Alfie and his older sister Emilia, they learn that food can not only take you places but also bring you back home. In the first book in the series, Alfie and Emilia find themselves magically transported to Naples"--
Author : Arthur Hamilton Norway
Publisher :
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 29,76 MB
Release : 1901
Category : Naples (Italy)
ISBN :
Author : Cecil Headlam
Publisher :
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 26,38 MB
Release : 1927
Category : Art
ISBN :
