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Foul Biting, or Diego Valadés and the Medium of Print
Published in 1579 in Perugia, Diego Valadés's Rhetorica christiana is best known today as the first illustrated publication to show evangelisation efforts in the Americas to audiences across the Atlantic. Yet too often the Rhetorica's status in the history of art is that of exotica, a book seen as rare and valuable due to its American subject matter ...
Stephanie Porras
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Spaceborne LiDAR for characterizing forest structure across scales in the European Alps
We quantified Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation's (GEDI's) potential to estimate forest structure and ecosystem services in topographically challenging terrains, namely in two areas in the European alps, using airborne laser scanning (ALS) as a reference.
Lisa Mandl+6 more
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Staging the Imagined City: Aretino in Rome and London
Abstract This article explores the theme of ‘cityscapes’, and Aretino as a writer of the urban experience, by focussing on the city as an unknowable and anonymous space, especially to social outsiders. It will first examine how Aretino portrays Rome in his early comedy Cortigiana (1525) as a confusing and socially stratified space when experienced from
Kate De Rycker
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‘I was Born in One City, but Raised in Another’: Aretino's Perugian Apprenticeship
Abstract According to his apocrypha, Aretino was forced to flee his hometown of Arezzo after penning some anti‐papal verses. Similarly, it is claimed that he fled Perugia ten years later after painting a lute into the hands of a depiction of the Maddalena, which stood in one of the town's piazze.
William T. Rossiter
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Abstract Nature degradation, poverty and social discrimination are some of the consequences of unfair decision‐making over environmental resources within rural communities in the Global South. Barriers to achieving fair environmental decisions are entrenched power differences and the lack of representation of the diversity of local values in ...
Silvia Olvera‐Hernández+6 more
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The linguistic characterisation of Galdós’s characters in his last play, Santa Juana de Castilla
Abstract In this work I propose to examine the linguistic characterisation of the characters in Galdós’s last play, Santa Juana de Castilla (Saint Joanna of Castile, 1918). The analysis will show that in addition to the use of archaic language, the purpose of which may be to evoke the era, the linguistic style of the play is characterised by the use of
Miguel Á. Perdomo‐Batista
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Abstract Research Summary A major challenge that organizations face in cultural industries in dealing with cherished traditions is how to best mediate between adherence to tradition and pursuit of innovation, how to accommodate renewal without stifling tradition.
Giulia Cancellieri+2 more
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An Edition of Ambrosio Nieto’s Paradise Lost: A Drama in Four Acts (c. 1920–50)
Milton Quarterly, Volume 57, Issue 3, Page 59-88, October 2023.
Angelica Duran
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Chi si occupa di teatro incontra il gioco innanzitutto come una categoria estetica insita nei processi che caratterizzano l’atto teatrale. Ma dall’approfondimento di tali meccanismi emerge anche la potenzialità conoscitiva del gioco, come condizione ...
David Beronio
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In today’s society, where images –especially if in motion or emphasized by sounds and musics– play an important role in the communication and dissemination of more or less cultured topics, there is an increasing number of projects in the territory in ...
Pia Davico+2 more
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