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Abstract This article reconstructs Vasile Alecsandri's political and cultural activities at an international level, as he attempted to raise public awareness (particularly in France and Italy) for the Romanian national cause, namely, by staking claim to the ‘Latinity’ of Romanians.
Francesca Zantedeschi
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From Conciliation to Threat: Silva Lisboa, Viscount of Cairu, and the Luso‐Brazilian Empire in 1821
In the year before Brazil's independence, the press played an essential role in influencing the events that resulted in the rupture with Portugal. With his ideas shaped by the Portuguese Enlightenment and economic liberalism, Silva Lisboa initially supported the Cortes of Lisbon and the Luso‐Brazilian empire, but, when the Congress decided to legislate
Guilherme Celestino
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ABSTRACT This paper looks from a gender perspective at the elusive figure, complex personality and myth of Francisco de Miranda, enlightened traveller and Precursor of Latin American independence. By analysing Miranda's personal archive as his own carefully crafted creation, it pursues three closely connected issues insufficiently interpreted in ...
Mónica Bolufer
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The Basque Heroine Libe and the Nationalist Press (1895–1936)
Abstract The founder of Basque nationalism, Sabino Arana, wrote Libe. Melodrama dramático (a dramatic melodrama) in 1902. Arana placed the heroine ‘Libe’ in a medieval battle. She was created to convey what the role of Basque women should be in defending their Homeland. Arana died shortly after the script was published in 1903. His successors attempted
Leyre Arrieta
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A Donatello for Rome, a Memling for Florence. The maritime transports of the Sermattei of Florence†
Abstract This article deals with the maritime transports of a little known but not unimportant Florentine merchant family. On the basis of previously unknown archival source material, we address questions of family history, mercantile networks, maritime trade connections, and merchandise (including some famous artworks), shedding new light not only on ...
Tobias Daniels, Arnold Esch
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Pier Luigi Nervi’s design process of hangars
This paper analyzes the design changes when Nervi designed the airplane hangar during the interwar period, focusing on the structural form. At the end of the design phase, the transition from pin joints to rigid joints reveals Nervi's preference for an integral and a monolithic structure.
Satoru Kimura, Takahiro Taji
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América Latina está viviendo un momento de enorme vitalidad en lo que refiere al diseño de tipografía. Un fenómeno totalmente nuevo y que recuerda lo vivido en España a comienzos de los años noventa. A diferencia de aquellos tempranos momentos en que la
Andreu Balius
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Disegno e design dei caratteri tipografici. Estetica e leggibilità
Fin dall’invenzione della stampa, i caratteri tipografici tendono a riprodurre i grafismi tipici di due procedimenti di scrittura legati alla manualità: il maiuscolo delle iscrizioni su pietra e il minuscolo della calligrafia umanistica.
Daniele Colistra
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In this article, I have sought to understand the foundation of a bookshop and a typography press as part of a broader cultural and commercial project, which involved marital and mercantile networks amongst families from several regions of southern ...
Cássia Daiane Macedo da Silveira
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Tipografia não é invisível, é espelho
Ao observar uma página impressa é possível identificar a época em que esta foi produzida. Se o tipo, aquele retângulo ideal onde o corpo da letra, a linha de base, ascendentes, descendentes coexistem permanece inalterado, os elementos que compõem a ...
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