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Banner per il 7 ottobre: Associazione ANNAVIVA!!

Published on 2009-09-28 20:52:31

Il prossimo 7 ottobre saranno passati tre anni dall'omicidio di Anna Politkovskaja,indimenticabile giornalista russa assassinata perché raccontava le cose che vedeva, in Cecenia come a Mosca. In un... ‘I would like, if I may, to take you on a stra > read more

Banner per il 7 ottobre: Associazione ANNAVIVA!!

Published on 2009-09-28 20:35:00

Il prossimo 7 ottobre saranno passati tre anni dall'omicidio di Anna Politkovskaja,indimenticabile giornalista russa assassinata perché raccontava le cose che vedeva, in Cecenia come a Mosca.In un mondo globalizzato e unito dai gasdotti, crediamo ch > read more

Rock'n'Roll!!!!

Published on 2009-04-22 14:17:00

The emergence of a youth culture that rejected older styles of popular culture helped rock and roll to displace the New York-based Tin Pan Alley songwriting tradition that had dominated the... ‘I would like, if I may, to take you on a strange journ > read more

Rock'n'Roll!!!!

Published on 2009-04-22 14:14:00

The emergence of a youth culture that rejected older styles of popular culture helped rock and roll to displace the New York-based Tin Pan Alley songwriting tradition that had dominated the mainstream of American popular taste since the late 19th cen > read more

Gaius Valerius Catullus, Carmina, To PRIAPUS

Published on 2008-09-19 20:45:58

This place, O youths, I protect, nor less this turfbuilded cottage, Roofed with its osier-twigs and thatched with its bundles of sedges; I from the dried oak hewn and fashioned with rustical... ‘I would like, if I may, to take you on a strange jo > read more

Gaius Valerius Catullus, Carmina, To PRIAPUS

Published on 2008-09-19 20:39:00

This place, O youths, I protect, nor less this turfbuilded cottage, Roofed with its osier-twigs and thatched with its bundles of sedges; I from the dried oak hewn and fashioned with rustical hatchet, Guarding them year by year while more are they > read more

Marrakech

Published on 2008-09-18 18:51:26

La chiamano Marrakech la Rossa. La terra è rossa, le mura sono rosse e le montagne dell'Atlante riflettono un cielo rosso. Winston Churchill, uno degli innamorati di questa città, la definì la... ‘I would like, if I may, to take you on a strange > read more

Marrakech

Published on 2008-09-18 18:44:00

La chiamano Marrakech la Rossa. La terra è rossa, le mura sono rosse e le montagne dell'Atlante riflettono un cielo rosso. Winston Churchill, uno degli innamorati di questa città, la definì la "Parigi del Sahara". Delle sue permanenze all'allora m > read more

Roman masculinity in a nutshell...

Published on 2008-09-17 19:26:40

For a Roman freeborn citizen it was not important who their sexual partners were. These might have been male or female, including slaves or prostitutes of any gender and age, a wife or freeborn of... ‘I would like, if I may, to take you on a stran > read more

Roman masculinity in a nutshell...

Published on 2008-09-17 19:22:00

For a Roman freeborn citizen it was not important who their sexual partners were. These might have been male or female, including slaves or prostitutes of any gender and age, a wife or freeborn of any gender and age, even though, having sex with the > read more

Cantastorie....

Published on 2008-09-16 18:09:00

Io non sono un grafomane. Faccio molta fatica a scrivere, a riempire la pagina bianca, la guardo, la fisso, fumo sigarette su sigarette, ma lei rimane bianca, non si riempie. Forse mi considero di più un cantastorie, di quelli con il fez in testa e > read more

International Gothic

Published on 2008-09-15 17:39:09

"These paintings are full of naturalistic detail.  The miniature are remarkable for their mastery in rendering space strongly suggesting that one or more of the brothers had visited Italy, and they... ‘I would like, if I may, to take you on a s > read more

International Gothic

Published on 2008-09-15 17:18:00

"These paintings are full of naturalistic detail.  The miniature are remarkable for their mastery in rendering space strongly suggesting that one or more of the brothers had visited Italy, and they occupy an important place in the development of > read more

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Published on 2008-09-14 18:51:25

Pieter Bruegel (b. ca. 1525, Breughel, d. 1569, Bruxelles) known as the Elder, has given an immense contribution to art.  He was an expert in depicting landscapes and scenes of peasant life. He... ‘I would like, if I may, to take you on a strang > read more

Netherlandish Proverbs [Flickr]

Published on 2008-09-14 17:37:22

shaman.dandulla posted a photo: Although individual proverbs and groups of proverbs had been represented in Flemish art before, this is the first picture to create a whole world of them. These traditional sayings, of which there are numerous contem > read more

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Published on 2008-09-14 17:29:00

Pieter Bruegel (b. ca. 1525, Breughel, d. 1569, Bruxelles) known as the Elder, has given an immense contribution to art.  He was an expert in depicting landscapes and scenes of peasant life. He stressed the absurd and vulgar, yet, his paintings ar > read more

Grove, the dwelling of the gods...

Published on 2008-09-13 20:35:23

Ovid writes: There was a grove below the Avantine dark with the shade of oaks and when you saw it you would say there is a deity there a numen. Similarly the Elder Pliny use to assert:  Trees were... ‘I would like, if I may, to take you on a stra > read more

Grove, the dwelling of the gods...

Published on 2008-09-13 20:23:00

Ovid writes: There was a grove below the Avantine dark with the shade of oaks and when you saw it you would say there is a deity there a numen. Similarly the Elder Pliny use to assert:  Trees were the temples of spirits and […] according to ancie > read more

Religion?

Published on 2008-09-12 18:10:09

Religion is an all-round movement in the light of faith in a Supreme Sovereign Creator and a sense of responsibility for the formation of thought and belief. This belief leads to the promotion of... ‘I would like, if I may, to take you on a strang > read more

Religion?

Published on 2008-09-12 17:55:00

Religion is an all-round movement in the light of faith in a Supreme Sovereign Creator and a sense of responsibility for the formation of thought and belief. This belief leads to the promotion of high principles of human morality for the very purpos > read more

The Great wall of China - The Wall’s unique communication system

Published on 2008-09-11 20:00:00

Continued from: The Great Wall of China - The Farming Garrison All the architectural structures along the wall, which I have already mentioned, were of great tactical importance in the wall’s defence system. The section of the wall at Badaling fo > read more