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Krise und Wandel: Süditalien im 4. und 3. Jahrhundert v. Chr. Internationaler Kongress anlässlich des 65. Geburtstages von Dieter Mertens
edited by Richard Neudecker
German description: Sizilien und Unteritalien waren im 4. und 3. Jahrhundert v. Chr. der Schauplatz fast ununterbrochener Auseinandersetzungen zwischen indigener Bevölkerung, griechischstämmigen Siedlern, punischen Kolonisatoren und römischen Eroberern. Ihre Städte und Siedlungen bieten deshalb ein hohes Potenzial, wenn die kulturellen und ökonomischen Auswirkungen solcher politischer und militärischer Krisen ...
Paperback. Price US$50.00

Biographies and Autobiographies in Modern Italy: A Festschrift for John Woodhouse
edited by Peter Hainsworth and Martin McLaughlin
Critical interest in biography and autobiography has never been higher. However, while life-writing flourishes in the UK, in Italy it is a less prominent genre. The twelve essays collected here are written against this backdrop, and address issues in biographical and autobiographical writing in Italy from the later nineteenth century to the present, with a particular emphasis on the interplay between individual lives and life-writing and the ...
Hardback. Price US$74.00

The Agro Pontino Archaeological Survey
edited by S Holstrom, A Voorrips and H Kamermans
The Agro Pontino archaeological survey was conducted from 1979 to 1989 over seven seasons. The goals of the survey were threefold: to describe the distibution of archaeological surface materials, to place these materials within a chronological framework ...
CD/CDRom. Price US$26.00

Pisa dal Granducato al Regno d'Italia: Istituzioni, economia e società al tempo di Bettino Ricasoli. Atti del convegno di studi. Pisa, 11 dicembre 2009
edited by Alessandro Breccia
English summary: These collected acts from the 2009 conference examine Pisa's social, political, economic and cultural contributions to the 1859-60 Italian unification. Italian text.

Italian description: Raccolta degli atti del convegnoá tenutosi a Pisa l'11 dicembre 2009, incentrato sulle vicende politico-sociali, economiche e culturali che hanno avuto la città della torre pendente come protagonista nel biennio ...
Paperback. Price US$30.00

The Printed Media in Fin-de-siècle Italy: Publishers, Writers, and Readers
edited by Ann Hallamore Caesar, Gabriella Romani, and Jennifer Burns
The Unification of Italy in 1870 heralded a period of unprecedented change. While successive Liberal governments pursued imperial ventures and took Italy into World War One on the Allied side, on the domestic front technological advance, the creation of a national transport network, the expansion of state education, internal migration to cities and the rise of political associations all contributed to the rapid expansion of the print industry and ...
Hardback. Price US$89.50

La Toscana dal governo provvisorio al Regno d'Italia: Il plebiscito dell'11-12 marzo 1860. Atti della giornata di studi. Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Firenze, 26 febbraio 2010
edited by Sandro Rogari
English summary: Collected acts from the 2010 meeting of the Tuscan Society for the History of the Risorgimento. Italian text.

Italian description: Atti del convegno promosso e organizzato dalla Società Toscana per la storia del Risorgimento (Firenze, 26 febbraio 2010). Introdotto da una nota del curatore, il volume riporta i saluti di Eugenio Giani, Antonia Ida Fontana, Maurizio Fallace e i vari contributi: Relazione ...
Paperback. Price US$30.00

Agent und Maler als Akteure im Kunstbetrieb des frühen 17. Jahrhunderts: Giovan Battista Crescenzi und Bartolomeo Cavarozzi
by Mareike von Bernstorff, edited by Sybille Ebert-Schifferer and Elisabeth Kieven
This study analyzes the cooperation of the Roman patrician Giovanni Battista Crescenzi with the painter Bartolomeo Cavarozzi and discusses art and social transformation processes of the early 17th Century.

Crescenzi was one of the few who understood the potentials of the transitioning art system and could take hold of it for individual gain. Among the active patrons in Rome and Madrid, he was not so much known for his collecting passion ...
Hardback. Price US$140.00

L'Antiquarium di Villa Corsini a Castello: Guida alla visita del museo e alla scoperta del territorio
edited by Fabrizio Paolucci and Antonella Romualdi
English summary: A complete and well-documented guide to the Villa Corsini in Castello, near Florence. Specialists offer expert descriptions of the Villa's history, its sculptures and gardens, and various rooms. A glossary and ample index complete this useful work. Italian text.

Italian description: Ampia e dettagliata guida alla Villa Corsini a Castello (Firenze), già da Giorgio Vasari detta I Rinieri quando, nelle sue ...
Paperback. Price US$25.00

Arte a Figline Valdarno: Dal Maestro della Maddalena a Masaccio
edited by Angelo Tartuferi
English summary: Exhibition catalogue from La città degli Uffizi, with texts describing all the most culturally and qualitatively significant works of arts produced in this area of Tuscany between 1250 and 1450, with special attention on painting and sculpture. Includes full-color illustrations and accompanying commentaries. Italian text.

Italian description: É il catalogo della quarta mostra (Figline Valdarno, 16 ...
Hardback. Price US$60.00

Autoritratte: Artiste di capriccioso e destrissimo ingegno
edited by Giovanna Giusti Galardi
English summary: Exhibition catalogue from the Reali Poste degli Uffizi, providing full commentary, summaries, and analyses, along with full color illustrations, of the eighty featured self-portraits by female artists from the sixteenth century to today. Italian text.

Italian description: Catalogo della mostra allestita a Firenze presso le Reali Poste degli Uffizi dal 17 dicembre 2010 al 30 gennaio 2011, a cura di Giovanna ...
Hardback. Not yet published - advance orders taken. Price US$45.00