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CultureShock! Italy
Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Ptd Ltd 2008; US$ 12.75CultureShock! Italy is the must-have guide for anyone living or working in Italy and who wants to decipher this diverse and rich country. This book will guide you through the highs and lows of adapting to Italian culture, offering useful tips and suggestions along the way. Learn about the geographical diversity of the country and how to hire a geometra... more...
The Italian Renaissance
Infobase Publishing 2004; US$ 54.00Analyzes the literary trends of the Italian renaissance period. more...
Fürstenspiegel des frühen und hohen Mittelalters
WBG - Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft 2012; US$ 107.84Hauptbeschreibung Fürstenspiegel geben Anleitung und Rat für die Erziehung künftiger Herrscher. Dem heutigen Leser aber ermöglichen sie Einblicke in das ideale Herrscherbild der jeweiligen Zeit. Seit der Antike bekannt, sind die Fürstenspiegel des Mittelalters von einem christlichen Herrschaftsbild geprägt. Der Herausgeber versammelt in diesem Band... more...
The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
Random House Publishing Group 2000; US$ 15.95Jacob Burckhardt was born in 1818 in Basel, Switzerland. He studied history at the University of Berlin and taught art history and the Italian Renaissance in Berlin and Basel. His essay, as he called The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy, was first published in 1860. Rich in its detailed account of the arts, fashions, manners, and thought... more...
The Empire of Stereotypes
Palgrave Macmillan 2006; US$ 105.00A study of Italian stereotypes seen in the works of Northern European and American travel writers. more...
The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
ReadHowYouWant 2009; US$ 3.99Burckhardts the most influential interpretation of the Italian Renaissance in the 19th century. The book is about political and economic changes taking place in the West of his day. Burckhardt has traced the cultural patterns of evolution from the medieval period to the awakening of modern fortitude and creativity of the Renaissance. A treat... more...
La Bella Vita
F+W Media 2012; US$ 15.95Carla Bruni. Giorgio Armani. Luciano Pavarotti. Giada De Laurentiis. Sophia Loren. The Leonardos (Da Vinci e DiCaprio). From fettucine to fashion and back again, nobody does La Bella Vita like the Italians. Whether preparing a meal or sculpting the David, singing an aria or seducing a lover, Italians take their time, and do it right! In this bellissimo... more...
Dissimulation and the Culture of Secrecy in Early Modern Europe
University of California Press 2009; US$ 29.95?Larvatus prodeo,? announced René Descartes at the beginning of the seventeenth century: ?I come forward, masked.? Deliberately disguising or silencing their most intimate thoughts and emotions, many early modern Europeans besides Descartes-princes, courtiers, aristocrats and commoners alike-chose to practice the shadowy art of dissimulation. For men... more...
The Cambridge Companion to Modern Italian Culture
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 24.00Provides a comprehensive account of the culture of modern Italy. more...









