Jeremy Dummett

Sicily (eBook, ePUB)

Island of Beauty and Conflict

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A guide to the fascinating and diverse history and culture of Sicily.

The book includes key events, places and artists highlighted in wide-ranging articles presented in four parts: History, Cities, Ancient Sites and Artists. A rich tapestry emerges of an island that has experienced dramatic changes of fortune while becoming a melting-pot of cultural influences from the eastern Mediterranean, North Africa and mainland Italy. It also includes commentary on the monuments and works of art to be seen today, linking Sicily past and present.

Follow the stories of Dionysius' castle, the foundation of the cathedral at Monreale, the Sicilian poets who invented the sonnet and the British merchants who made Marsala wine an international brand.

Tour the big cities of Catania and Messina, the resorts of Taormina and Cefalù, and the baroque hilltowns of south-eastern Sicily. Explore the ancient sites, among them Segesta, Selinunte and Agrigento.

Witness the originality of the island's culture through the profiles of eight artists, sculptors and architects from the Renaissance to the twentieth century including Antonello da Messina, Giacomo Serpotta and Renato Guttuso, as well as Caravaggio, who left some of his last masterpieces on the island.

This book complements the author's previous work on Syracuse and Palermo, filling in gaps in the island's story, to form a comprehensive trilogy on Sicily.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780755601905
• Artikelnr.: 59554460

Autorenporträt

Jeremy Dummett is an expert on the history and culture of Sicily and the author of Syracuse, City of Legends: A Glory of Sicily and Palermo, City of Kings: The Heart of Sicily. He read history at Trinity College, Cambridge, and during his professional career lived for many years in Italy. Since retiring, he has been a regular visitor to Sicily. His website is www.jeremydummett.com

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword PART I: History 1. Introduction 2. The Castle of Dionysius 3. Sicily under the Roman Republic 4. The Arabs in Sicily 5. The Cathedral at Monreale 6. Frederick II and the Sicilian Poets 7. Domenico Caracciolo
the Reforming Viceroy 8. The British Wine Merchants 9. The Revolution of 1848 PART II: Cities 10. Introduction 11. Catania
Sicily's commercial capital
and Mount Etna 12. Taormina
Sicily's top international resort 13. Messina
port with connections to mainland Italy 14. Cefalù
seaside town with a Norman cathedral 15. Noto
baroque hill town 16. Ragusa and Modica
baroque hill towns 17. Palazzolo Acreide
baroque hill town 18. Marsala
ancient Lilybaeum
port city famous for its wine PART III: Ancient Sites 19. Introduction 20. Pantàlica
a pre-historic site 21. Segesta
an Elymian city
with a Greek temple 22. Selinunte
ancient Selinus
a Greek city 23. Agrigento
ancient Akragas
a Greek city 24. Mozia
ancient Motya
a Punic city 25. Villa Casale at Piazza Armerina
a Roman villa PART IV: Artists 26. Introduction 27. Antonello da Messina
Renaissance painter 28. Antonello Gagini
Renaissance sculptor 29. Caravaggio
baroque painter 30. Pietro Novelli
baroque painter 31. Giacomo Serpotta
baroque sculptor 32. Rosario Gagliardi
baroque architect 33. Ernesto Basile
architect of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries 34. Renato Guttuso
twentieth century painter Notes Bibliography Acknowledgements Maps Index