1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791957903321

Autore

Garrett Martin

Titolo

Provence [[electronic resource] ] : a cultural history / / by Martin Garrett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[United Kingdom], : Andrews, 2012, c2006

ISBN

1-908493-41-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (268 p.)

Collana

Landscapes of the imagination

Disciplina

944/.9

Soggetti

Provence (France) History

Provence (France) Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published in 2006 by Signal Books Limited"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Landscapes Of The Imagination; Preface; Introduction; Landscape: "Infinitely Complex Chiselling"; The Rhône And The Durance: "Poor Bunbury"; The Mistral And The Cicada: "I Hear The Symphonist More Than I Could Wish"; "Their Fervid Temperament Knows No Control": Dissident Southerners.; Occitan And The Troubadours; "That Detestable Corruption Of Italian and French"; Restoring The Language: The Félibrige; "The Rational, Right And Proper Food"; "Oh, For A Beaker Full Of The Warm South": Wine; Provence; Chapter One

The "Babylonian Captivity"The Palace of the Popes: "An Impregnable Fortress, A Luxurious Palace, A Horrible Prison"; The Grand Tinel;  Pope Clement's Feast; Painting The Palace; Notre-Dame Des Doms; "Sur Le Pont d'Avignon": The Pope's Mule; The Petit Palais And The Musée Lapidaire; The Musée Calvet; The Avignon Festival; Villeneuve-Lès-Avignon; Chapter Two; Mont Ventoux; Fontaine-De-Vaucluse: Discoursing With Love; L'Isle Sur La Sorgue: "Delicious Streams"; Salon-De-Provence; Orange: "The Most Beautiful Wall"; Vaison-La-Romaine; Grignan; Chapter Three

Van Gogh's Arles: "To Express, With Red And Green, The Terrible Passions Of Humanity"The Arena; The Theatre: "Sisters Of Mireille"; Place Du Forum And The Cryptoportiques; Les Alyscamps; The Musée De L'Arles Antique; Saint-Trophime: "So Cruel, So Monstrous, Like A Chinese Nightmare"; The Musée Réattu And The Museon Arlaten; Montmajour; Chapter Four; Saint-Paul-De-Mausole: "Light Turning Into



Conflagration"; Les Antiques; Glanum; Saint-Rémy-De-Provence; Les Baux: "Bastions And Buttresses And Coigns Of Vantage"; Chapter Five; The Plaine De La Crau: "Goblins Of Light"

The Camargue: "The Verges Of The Earth"Les Saintes-Maries-De-La-Mer: "The Blue Whiteness Of The MilkyWay"; Saint-Gilles; Aigues-Mortes: "A Bright, Quiet Melancholy"; Chapter Six; Le Bon Roi René; Saint-Sauveur; The Burning Bush; The Musée Des Tapisseries And The Musée Du Vieil Aix; "The Houses Very High And The Streets Ample"; The Hôtel De Forbin: Royal Views; Aix-La-Somnolente; Zola's Plassans; Cézanne And The Montagne Sainte-Victoire; The Musée Granet; Saint-Maximin And La Sainte Baume; Chapter Seven; Massalia: "Turning Towards The Greeks"

Vestiges: The Musée d'Histoire De Marseille, Musée Des Docks Romains And Centre De La Vieille CharitéPassing Through; Royal Arrivals; Plague; Pagnol's Vieux-Port; The Holocaust And The Destruction Of The Vieux-Port; Galleys And Prisons;  The Château d'If; "Black Docker": Claude McKay And Ousmane Sembène; Churches And Cathedrals; Le Corbusier's Unité d'Habitation; Aubagne And La Treille; Souvenirs D'Enfance; Cassis: "Brilliant Yellow And Ink Black"; L'Estaque: "Masterful Smears And Smudges"; Chapter Eight; Roussillon; Lourmarin; Lacoste: "Making A Spectacle Of Oneself "

Ménerbes: "The Darling Buds Of Mayle"

Sommario/riassunto

Celebrated by writers from Petrarch to Peter Mayle, Provence's rugged mountains, wild maquis and lavender-filled meadows are world-famous. Historic cities like Arles, Avignon and Aix contain Roman amphitheatres, papal palaces and royal residences, while market towns and picturesque villages maintain age-old traditions of wine producing and agriculture. From the highland towns of Digne and Sisteron to the marshy expanse of the Camargue, Provence encompasses a rich variety of landscapes.Mart...



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Record Nr.

UNINA990004129410403321

Autore

Marx, Karl <1818-1883>

Titolo

Lettere : gennaio 1868-luglio 1870 / Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels ; [a cura di Mazzino Montinari ; traduzione di Sergio Romagnoli, Emma Cantimori Mezzomonti e Mazzino Montinari]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Roma, : Editori riuniti, 1975

Descrizione fisica

VIII, 949 p. ; 23 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

Engels, Friedrich <1820–1895>

Disciplina

335.4

Locazione

FLFBC

SES

DTE

BFS

Collocazione

192.13 MARK 01 (43)

A/70 MAR

XV E 97 (43)

335.4 MAR 9,43

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia