William Shakespeare created in the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet the universal symbol par excellence of young love thwarted. The fierce feud between two clans-Capuletos and Montescos - not enough to prevent two young members of both fall in love and marry in secret. The work, whic…
"In The Other Futurism, Willard Bohn examines the work of Futurists in Venice, Padua, and Verona from 1909 to 1944. He considers these local artists and writers both in terms of their relationship with F.T. Marinetti, who remained the major theorist and organizer of Futurist act…
Their provocative manifestos and outrageous performances earned the Italian Futurists international fame but, surprisingly, very little recognition outside of Italy for their actual achievements. The few English and American critics who have studied the movement in any depth hav…
Renowned in her day for her scholarship and eloquence, Isotta Nogarola (1418-66) remained one of the most famous women of the Italian Renaissance for centuries after her death. And because she was one of the first women to carve out a place for herself in the male-dominated repu…
