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Dissipatio H.G.

The Vanishing

By: Guido Morselli

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A fantastic and philosophical vision of the apocalypse by one of the most striking Italian novelists of the twentieth century. From his solitary buen retiro in the mountains, the last man on earth drives to the capital Chrysopolis to see if anyone else has survived the Vanishing. But there’s no one else, living or dead, in that city of “holy plutocracy,” with its fifty-six banks and as many churches. He’d left the metropolis to escape his fellow humans and their struggles and ambitions, but to find that the entire human race has evaporated in an instant is more than he had bargained for. Meanwhile, life itself—the rest of nature—is just beginning to flourish now that human beings are gone. Guido Morselli’s arresting postapocalyptic novel, written just before he died by suicide in 1973, depicts a man much like the author himself—lonely, brilliant, difficult—and a world much like our own, mesmerized by money, speed, and machines. Dissipatio H.G. is a precocious portrait of our Anthropocene world, and a philosophical last will and testament from a great Italian outsider.

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New York Review of Books

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1681374765

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The Communist

By: Guido Morselli

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The Communist

By: Guido Morselli

A unique political coming of age story, now in English for the first time. An NYRB Classics Original Walter Ferranini has been born and bred a man of the left. His father was a worker and an anarchist; Walter himself is a Communist. In the 1930s, he left Mussolini’s Italy to fight Franco in Spain. After Franco’s victory, he left Spain for exile in the United States. With the end of the war, he returned to Italy to work as a labor organizer and to build a new revolutionary order. Now, in the late 1950s, Walter is a deputy in the Italian parliament. He is not happy about it. Parliamentary proceedings are too boring for words: the Communist Party seems to be filling up with ward heelers, timeservers, and profiteers. For Walter, the political has always taken precedence over the personal, but now there seems to be no refuge for him anywhere. The puritanical party disapproves of his relationship with Nuccia, a tender, quizzical, deeply intelligent editor who is separated but not divorced, while Walter is worried about his health, haunted by his past, and increasingly troubled by knotty questions of both theory and practice. Walter is, always has been, and always will be a Communist, he has no doubt about that, and yet something has changed. Communism no longer explains the life he is living, the future he hoped for, or, perhaps most troubling of all, the life he has led.

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The Communist

By: Guido Morselli

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The Communist

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Dissipatio H.G.

The Vanishing

By: Guido Morselli

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The Vanishing

By: Guido Morselli

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Divertimento 1889

By: Guido Morselli

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Divertimento 1889

By: Guido Morselli

...a fable of the Belle Epoque, a subtly hilarious account of King Umberto I's misplaced attempts to evade his public duties when, together with a small entourage, he leaves Italy incognito for a short holiday in the Swiss Alps. With the delicacy of an operetta, it satirizes petty court bureaucracies and intrigues and brings down a curtain on the aristocratic antics of a feudal regime." -- Book jacket, front flap.

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Dutton Adult

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0525245537

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9780525245537

Ethnic Expositions in Italy, 1880 to 1940

Humans on Exhibition

By: Guido Abbattista

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Ethnic Expositions in Italy, 1880 to 1940

Humans on Exhibition

By: Guido Abbattista

Comprehensively analyzing for the first time the phenomenon of ethnic living expositions in Italy between the 19th and 20th centuries, this book deals with the subject from a comparative European perspective and over the long term, studying analogies and differences in precedents as far back as the early modern age. The research, which seeks to go beyond the simplistic concept of "human zoos," intends to highlight the intentions, assumptions, and mechanisms of realization of the exhibitions of exotic living humans and the reactions from both the exhibited subjects and the public, exploiting a wide variety of heterogeneous sources capable of bringing out a kind of widespread popular ethno-anthropological ideas and the elements of racism contained in it. The book contributes to the understanding of Western mindsets and attitudes towards human diversity as they emerge from mass spectacular events that have over time become an international business. The present edition refers to the second Italian edition, containing an update discussing studies on the subject that have appeared between 2013 and 2021. Ethnic Expositions in Italy intends to fill a historiographical gap and to align Italian historiographies with European ones, which have long since come to terms with this legacy of the past and have explored its various historical manifestations in depth. This book is an excellent source for researchers and students alike, as well as those interested in the mechanisms that have helped shape European ideas and sensibilities on race and ethno-anthropological diversity.

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475

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Taylor & Francis

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1003838391

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9781003838395

Private Collectors in Mantua, 1500-1630

By: Guido Rebecchini

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Private Collectors in Mantua, 1500-1630

By: Guido Rebecchini

Case studies of private art collections recorded during the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries in Mantua. This work seeks to show how the collectors' taste changed during this period and how these changes are reflected in the collections' display, and also seeks to contribute to the understanding of the original context of works of art in sixteenth and early seventeenth century private houses in a courtly city.

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Ed. di Storia e Letteratura

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8884980496

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9788884980496

The Art of Mantua

Power and Patronage in the Renaissance

By: Barbara Furlotti,Guido Rebecchini

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The Art of Mantua

Power and Patronage in the Renaissance

By: Barbara Furlotti,Guido Rebecchini

Although most of Mantua's artistic treasures were sold or claimed as war spoils upon the decline of the Gonzaga family, the rich cultural legacy of this fascinating city lives on in the city's many surviving frescoes and in the collections of some of the world's premier museums These priceless works of art are reunited in the pages of this beautifully illustrated volume."--BOOK JACKET.

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288

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Getty Publications

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0892368403

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9780892368402

Apollo and Vulcan

The Art Markets in Italy, 1400-1700

By: Guido Guerzoni

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Apollo and Vulcan

The Art Markets in Italy, 1400-1700

By: Guido Guerzoni

Guido Guerzoni presents the results of fifteen years of research into one of the more hotly debated topics among historians of art and of economics: the history of art markets. Dedicating equal attention to current thought in the fields of economics, economic history, and art history, Guerzoni offers a broad and far-reaching analysis of the Italian scene, highlighting the existence of different forms of commercial interchange and diverse kinds of art markets. In doing so he ranges beyond painting and sculpture, to examine as well the economic drivers behind architecture, decorative and sumptuary arts, and performing or ephemeral events. Organized by thematic areas (the ethics and psychology of consumption, an analysis of the demand, labor markets, services, prices, laws) that cover a large chronological period (from the 15th through the 17th century), various geographical areas, and several institution typologies, this book offers an exhaustive and up-to-date study of an increasingly fascinating topic.

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MSU Press

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1609173619

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9781609173616

Contemporary Psychology

By: Guido Villa

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Contemporary Psychology

By: Guido Villa

First published in 2002. This is Volume XVII of seventeen in the Philosophy of Mind and Psychology series. Written in 1903 and translated from Italian, this is about the historical development to contemporary psychologists, and methods and research of the time.

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417

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Routledge

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1317851390

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9781317851394

The "Divine" Guido

Religion, Sex, Money, and Art in the World of Guido Reni

By: Richard E. Spear,Guido Reni

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The "Divine" Guido

Religion, Sex, Money, and Art in the World of Guido Reni

By: Richard E. Spear,Guido Reni

In this highly original study of Italian baroque master Guido Reni (1575-1642), Richard Spear paints a compelling portrait of the artist - his complexities, his formative experiences, his cultural surroundings, and his unique sensibilities. Spear views Reni's career from a wide variety of perspectives and sets his life and works in social, economic, historical, artistic, religious, and psychological contexts. The author focuses first on Reni's peculiar character: a man at once deeply religious, rabidly misogynist, reportedly virginal, neurotically fearful of witches, and addicted to gambling. The author considers the enduring charisma of Reni's Crucifixions, weeping Marys, and repentant saints in the light of the Catholic doctrinal meaning of grace in Reni's time, the Church's attitude toward Mary and women, and the gendered implications of visual grace. Chapters on Reni's pricing policies, selling strategies, use of assistants, and attitude toward what constituted an "original", expose the motivating importance of money for Reni, and the concerns, even among seventeenth-century collectors, about how to distinguish original paintings from studio replicas or copies. The book investigates the ways renaissance and baroque attitudes toward art-making affected Reni and closes with a fresh view of Reni's unfinished canvases and last style, including the Divine Love, the beautiful and unusual painting that remained in Reni's studio at the time of his death.

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Yale University Press

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0300070357

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9780300070354

Book's by Guido Morselli

Dissipatio H.G.

Dissipatio H.G.

The Communist

The Communist

The Communist

The Communist

Dissipatio H.G.

Dissipatio H.G.

Divertimento 1889

Divertimento 1889

Ethnic Expositions in Italy, 1880 to 1940

Ethnic Expositions in Italy, 1880 to 1940

Private Collectors in Mantua, 1500-1630

Private Collectors in Mantua, 1500-1630

The Art of Mantua

The Art of Mantua

Apollo and Vulcan

Apollo and Vulcan

Contemporary Psychology

Contemporary Psychology

The "Divine" Guido

The "Divine" Guido

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