La Passione

Author : Dianne Hales
Publisher : Crown Archetype
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780451499165

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La Passione by Dianne Hales Pdf

A jubilant celebration of Italy’s outsize impact on culture, from literature to art, music to movies, that “masterfully examines the multitude of reasons why so many people fall in love with Italy and the Italian lifestyle” (Forbes) Can you imagine painting without Leonardo, opera without Verdi, fashion without Armani, food without the signature tastes of pasta, gelato, and pizza? The first universities, first banks, first public libraries? All Italian. New York Times bestselling author Dianne Hales attributes these landmark achievements to la passione italiana, a primal force that stems from an insatiable hunger to discover and create; to love and live with every fiber of one's being. This fierce drive, millennia in the making, blazes to life in the Sistine Chapel, surges through a Puccini aria, deepens a vintage Brunello, and rumbles in a gleaming Ferrari engine. Our ideal tour guide, Hales sweeps readers along on her adventurous quest for the secrets of la passione. She swims in the playgrounds of mythic gods, shadows artisanal makers of chocolate and cheese, joins in Sicily’s Holy Week traditions, celebrates a neighborhood Carnevale in Venice, and explores pagan temples, vineyards, silk mills, movie sets, crafts studios, and fashion salons. She introduces us, through sumptuous prose, to unforgettable Italians, historical and contemporary, all brimming with the greatest of Italian passions—for life itself. A lyrical portrait of a spirit as well as a nation, La Passione appeals to the Italian in all our souls, inspiring us to be as daring as Italy’s gladiators, as eloquent as its poets, as alluring as its beauties, and as irresistible as its lovers. Praise for La Passione “[An] effervescent love letter to all things Italian.”—Newsday “In this sweeping account of la passione italiana from ancient to modern times, Dianne Hales shows once again why she is one the world’s foremost guides to the riches of Italian culture. Every page resonates with the author’s love for Italy and her joy in sharing its remarkable discoveries and exquisite pleasures with her readers.” —Joseph Luzzi, author of My Two Italies and In a Dark Wood “Hales takes us on an enriching and delightful journey, filled with fascinating characters, scintillating sensual details, and an authentic connection to the ever-inspiring Italian heart and soul that has given the world boundless pleasures.” —Susan Van Allen, author of 100 Places in Italy Every Woman Should Go

Author : Pietro Metastasio
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1770
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0019896019

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La passione di Giesù Cristo Nostro Signore. The passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ. An oratorio, as perform'd at the King's-Theatre in the Hay-Market, etc by Pietro Metastasio Pdf

Author : Harry White
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781351561648

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Johann Joseph Fux and the Music of the Austro-Italian Baroque by Harry White Pdf

Johann Joseph Fux's reputation as a theorist and the long-term influence of his theoretical and pedagogical work have ensured that his name is widely known in music circles in the West. His pre-eminence as the foremost native-born composer of the Austrian Baroque has resulted in attention being focused on his work as an exemplum of virtually every genre, sacred or secular of Austro-Italian early eighteenth-century music. The publication of the Fux Gesamtausgabe has greatly enhanced the reputation of his music and the essays in this volume will develop our understanding of Fux, his music, and his place in musical history.

Author : Carlo Blasis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1847
Category : Electronic
ISBN : IBNF:CF005698337

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Notes Upon Dancing Historical and Practical by C. Blasis by Carlo Blasis Pdf

Author : Purushottama Bilimoria,Aleksandra Wenta
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000084214

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Emotions in Indian Thought-Systems by Purushottama Bilimoria,Aleksandra Wenta Pdf

A stimulating account of the wide range of approaches towards conceptualising emotions in classical Indian philosophical–religious traditions, such as those of the Upanishads, Vaishnava Tantrism, Bhakti movement, Jainism, Buddhism, Yoga, Shaivism, and aesthetics, this volume analyses the definition and validity of emotions in the construction of

Author : Carlo Collodi
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2005-08-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0520246861

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Le Avventure Di Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi Pdf

Carved from a piece of pine by a woodcarver named Geppetto in a small Italian village, Pinocchio was created as a wooden puppet, but dreamt of becoming a real boy.

Author : Richard Viladesau
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199352692

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The Pathos of the Cross by Richard Viladesau Pdf

The Baroque period was in some senses the beginning of modern Western scientific and intellectual culture-the early budding of the Enlightenment. In the light of a new scientific and historical consciousness, it saw the rise of deism and the critique of traditional forms of Christianity. Secular values and institutions were openly or surreptitiously replacing the structures of traditional Christian society. At the same time, there was also a trend of religious renewal and the reaffirmation of tradition. In Roman Catholicism, the Patristic, medieval, and Tridentine paradigms were subsumed into a powerful Counter-Reformation spirituality, propagated not only in books, treatises, and sermons, but also in music and in the works of what was arguably the last period of great sacred art. It inspired masters like Bernini, Reni, Rubens, Velázquez, Zurbarán, and Van Dyck. In the Protestant traditions, the Reformation movement found affective expression in new forms of music produced by Monteverdi, Scarlatti, Handel, Telemann, and Bach. The title, The Pathos of the Cross, points to a major aspect of the spirituality of this period: a dramatic portrayal of the events of Christ's passion meant to provoke an emotional response from the viewer and listener. Many works of the period retain their emotional pull centuries later, even though the theology they represent has been challenged and frequently rejected. This volume traces the ways in which Roman Catholic and Protestant theologies of the period proclaimed the centrality of the cross of Christ to human salvation. In a parallel movement, it illustrates how musical and artistic works of the period were both inspired and informed by these theologies, and how they moved beyond them in an aesthetic mediation of faith.

Author : Sandro Sticca
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1970-01-01
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0873950453

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The Latin Passion Play by Sandro Sticca Pdf

In this first comprehensive study of the Latin Passion play, Professor Sticca examines the medieval liturgical ceremonies commemorating the events in Christ's Passion and traces their gradual change in character from the contemplative to the dramatic. The author shows that while Christ's Passion became increasingly popular as one of the sacred mysteries beginning in the tenth century, new forces that allowed a more eloquent and humane visualization and description of Christ's anguish first appeared in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Professor Sticca analyzes the earliest extant Latin Passion play, the twelfth-century Montecassino codex, and compares it with other Latin and vernacular Passion plays. He refutes the traditional view that the Planctus Mariae is the germinal point of the Latin Passion play and then offers a new theory of its inception. As a literary form, the Latin Passion play appears to Professor Sticca as a creation of the Montecassino monastic circle which was inspired by the liturgical services of Good Friday and the Gospel accounts. Particularly influential also were three themes that developed in the eleventh century: in liturgy, a concentration on Christocentric piety; in art, a more humanistic treatment of Christ; and in literature, a consideration of the scenes of the Passion as dramatic and human episodes. In the course of this investigation, Professor Sticca also reappraises traditional views of the origin of the medieval liturgical drama, indicating that it should not be traced exclusively to the tropes from the schools of St. Gall and St. Martial of Limoges, but rather to a number of sources.

Author : Freifrau Ida von Reinsberg-Du ringsfeld
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Proverbs
ISBN : OXFORD:N10733768

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Sprichwörter Der Germanischen und Romanischen Sprachen Vergleichend by Freifrau Ida von Reinsberg-Du ringsfeld Pdf

Author : John C. G. Waterhouse
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-19
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781134409174

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Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882-1973) by John C. G. Waterhouse Pdf

In recent years Gian Francesco Malipiero has been recognised increasingly widely as one of the most original and strangely fascinating Italian composers of the early 20th century. He was the teacher of Maderna and Nono, and was revered by (among many others) Dallapiccola, who even called him the most important (musical) personality that Italy has had since the death of Verdi . He was also a key figure in the revival of the long- neglected music of Italy's great past, and himself edited what remains the only virtually complete edition of the surviving compositions of Monteverdi. The present book not only provides the first monographic survey of Malipiero's life, times and music to appear in English, but covers the subject more comprehensively than any previous publication in any language. Dr Waterhouse draws on hitherto unpublished documents, and with the help of numerous musical examples, analyses the composer's works, style and idiosyncratic personality.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783385051072

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Author : Paola Malpezzi Price
Publisher : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0838639984

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Moderata Fonte by Paola Malpezzi Price Pdf

What did it mean to be a woman in sixteenth-century Venice? How did women impact the everyday life of this brilliant, festive, but essentially patriarchal city? How did an educated, sensitive, and intelligent woman writer of the Venetian citizen class treat the question of gender relationships and of women's place in society? These questions are at the center of this volume, which explores the role of Venetian women in sixteenth-century culture as well as the contribution of the writer Moderata Fonte to the centuries-old war of the sexes.

Author : Dante Alighieri
Publisher : Delphi Classics
Page : 3491 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781909496194

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Delphi Complete Works of Dante Alighieri (Illustrated) by Dante Alighieri Pdf

The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature's finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents the works of world poet Dante Alighieri, with beautiful illustrations, the original Italian texts and bonus material. (12MB Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Dante's life and works * Concise introductions to the poetry * Excellent formatting of the poems * Both verse and prose translations of THE DIVINE COMEDY, with glossed footnotes – ideal for students * Also includes Gustave Doré’s celebrated illustrations of THE DIVINE COMEDY – over a hundred stunning images * Easily locate the cantos you want to read with detailed contents tables * Includes Dante’s complete works in Italian – ideal for students exploring the original texts * Features a bonus biography - discover Dante's literary life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres CONTENTS: The Poetry Collections THE NEW LIFE THE DIVINE COMEDY (VERSE) THE DIVINE COMEDY (PROSE) The Italian Texts LIST OF WORKS The Biography DANTE: HIS TIMES AND HIS WORK BY ARTHUR JOHN BUTLER

Author : Peter Kivy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1993-02-26
Category : Music
ISBN : 0521435986

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The Fine Art of Repetition by Peter Kivy Pdf

Collection of essays on the following issues: music and the liberal education, work and performance, the world of opera, music and the history of ideas, music and emotion, and music alone.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 708 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1952-07
Category : American literature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105007838951

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Saturday Review of Literature by Anonim Pdf