Arts in general

TASTE

by Pavoni, Andrea, Mandic, Danilo, Nirta, Caterina, Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos, Andreas

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Taste usually occupies the bottom of the sensorial hierarchy, as the quintessentially hedonistic sense, too close to the animal, the elemental and the corporeal, and for this reason disciplined and moralised. At the same time, taste is indissolubly tied to knowledge. To taste is…

Pittura rupestre medievale: Lazio e campania settentrionale (secoli VI-XIII)

by Simone Piazza

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Spesso poco note, talvolta ancora inedite, le testimonianze di pittura rupestre medievale del Lazio e della Campania settentrionale sono numerose, come dimostrano le quarantadue schede del catalogo, corrispondenti ai monumenti presi in esame. L'ampio raggio di indagine ha permes…

Local Portraiture: Through the Lens of the 19th Century Iranian Phot…

by Pérez González, Carmen

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Photography is clearly not a mirror of daily life: that images are constructions is especially obvious in19th-century studio portrait photography. This book explores how indigenous Iranian photographers constructed their own realities in contrast to how foreign photographers con…