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Vase Painting, Gender, and Social Identity in Archaic Athens
This study explores the phenomenon of 'spectators' at the sides of Athenian narrative vase paintings.
International Dictionary of Historic Places: Southern Europe
First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Southern Europe
This five-volume set presents some 1,000 comprehensive and fully illustrated histories of the most famous sites in the world. Entries include location, description, and site details, and a 3,000- to 4,000-word essay that provides a full history of the site and its condition today. An annotated further reading list of books and articles about the site completes each entry. The geographically organized volumes include: * Volume 1: The Americas * [1-884964-00-1] * Volume 2: Northern Europe * [1-884964-01-X] * Volume 3: Southern Europe * [1-884964-02-8] * Volume 4: Middle East & Africa * [1-884964-03-6] * Volume 5: Asia & Oceania * [1-884964-04-4]
Italy
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Italy '98
"Reams have been written about the Mona Lisa, as the painting is called by the British and Americans, and the Gioconda, as it is known to the Italians and French. But less known are the events, affections and social relations that took place in the life of Leonardo's presumed model for the painting. She was a young woman from Florence, already the mother of several children, generous and "noble in spirit" according to her husband." "For centuries, as the Florentine art historian Giorgio Vasari claimed, the Mona Lisa was considered the portrait of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of Francesco del Giocondo, but the theft of the painting from the Louvre in 1911 and the press campaign that followed end...
Karen Brown's Italy
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Sicily and the Surrender of Italy
Operations during the invasion and conquest of Sicily and the military diplomacy that led to Italy's surrender.
