Victoria Johnson, historienne passionnée par les jardins et l'opéra, plonge dans le riche tissu du passé américain. Son parcours académique, y compris un doctorat en sociologie, informe son exploration de la philanthropie, des arts et de l'histoire de New York. À travers ses écrits, elle éclaire la vie de personnages et de paysages cruciaux qui ont façonné les premières années de la nation. Johnson connecte les lecteurs aux époques révolues, découvrant des récits oubliés et révélant leur pertinence durable grâce à des recherches et une prose captivantes.
The emergence of religious liberty in the West is one of the most important developments in modern history. This book treats the subject in an integrative way, borrowing tools from economics, history, and political science. Researchers in fields across the humanities and social sciences will find it a valuable resource.
The untold story of Hamilton's-and Burr's-physician whose dream to build America's first botanical garden inspired the young Republic.
On 1 January 1919? one hundred years ago? Giorgio de Chirico (1888?1978), one of the 20th century?s most important and controversial artists, arrived in Rome on the overnight train from Ferrara where he had been posted for military service for the last three and a half years. Celebrating the incoming New Year, it also marked the start of a new, all-important chapter in the self-styled Pictor optimus? career, which embraced classicism and the great masters.0The year 1919 would also soon be used by the Surrealists and subsequent critics as the cut-off point for de Chirico?s early Metaphysical painting (1910?18)? a period of creative genius that exerted a key influence on the imminent birth of Surrealism with de Chirico championed as its precursor? and the beginning of his?later? work that spanned nearly sixty years.00Exhibition: Palazzo Ducale, Genova, Italy (29.03-07.07.2019)