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Tyrolian Cultural Heritage, Fathi Habashi Mar 2014

Tyrolian Cultural Heritage, Fathi Habashi

Fathi Habashi

Report on the 12th Cultural Heritage Symposium, which took place between 30 September and 4 October at the Museum of Nature, Bolzano, in Italy’s South Tyrol. The symposium covered a variety of subjects ranging from biographies of famous geologists and mineralogists to postage stamps showing cultural heritage in mining and metallurgy. Papers also included descriptions of archives located in different countries. There were also number of presentations of interest to iron and steel.


Masterpieces Of Italian Literature In Translation, Silvia Valisa Jan 2010

Masterpieces Of Italian Literature In Translation, Silvia Valisa

Silvia Valisa

No abstract provided.


"Representations Of Domestic Space In Medieval Italian Painting" Paper Delivered At The Fordham Medieval Conference: The Family In The Middle Ages, Samuel D. Gruber Dr. Mar 1995

"Representations Of Domestic Space In Medieval Italian Painting" Paper Delivered At The Fordham Medieval Conference: The Family In The Middle Ages, Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

This paper, presented at a conference in 1995, presents impressions about the interior spaces of medieval Italian urban houses based on architecture, literature and painting. The paper in its present state refers to many works of art but is not illustrated or annotated.


Urbanism, Western Medieval, Samuel D. Gruber Dr. Jan 1990

Urbanism, Western Medieval, Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

Survey of the architectural aspects of medieval urbanism in Western Europe.


Ordering The Urban Environment: City Statutes And City Planning In Medieval Todi, Italy, Samuel D. Gruber Dr. Jan 1990

Ordering The Urban Environment: City Statutes And City Planning In Medieval Todi, Italy, Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

Samuel D. Gruber Dr.

Discusses the deliberate urban policies that of medieval Todi, Italy that helped create a functioning and beautiful medieval town through explicit laws and the careful micro-planning that utilized an incremental urbanism to create an inter-connected and integrated urban environment. Many of the medieval views visitors assume are part of an "organic" growth are actually careful projections of communal power and order.