Cette auteure réalise le rêve de sa vie, se consacrant à l'écriture avec une production prolifique allant de livres de vulgarisation à des ouvrages de référence, en plus de nombreux articles. Sa profonde affection pour la langue et la culture italiennes a inspiré un best-seller qui lui a valu l'honneur d'une chevalerie italienne. Des œuvres ultérieures explorent en profondeur la biographie de la femme derrière un célèbre portrait et offrent une vaste exploration de l'histoire italienne, célébrant ses contributions culturelles et incitant les lecteurs à adopter un mode de vie audacieux et passionné.
'I'm enthralled by every page of Dianne Hales's Mona Lisa. The mysteries of the painting remain, but through Hales's portraits of the people and her skilled rendering of customs, politics, and daily habits of the time, you come to know the painting in profound new ways. The great pleasure of her prose brings Lisa Gheradini's world to vivid life. Anyone who loves art and Italy- and who doesn't-will adore this book. Frances Mayes, author of Under the Tuscan Sun and Under Magnolia
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"For anyone who has been to Italy, the fantasy of living the Italian life is powerfully seductive. But to truly become Italian, one must learn the language. This is how Dianne Hales began her journey. In La Bella Lingua, she brings the story of her decades-long experience with "the world's most loved and lovable language" together with explorations of Italy's history, literature, art, music, movies, lifestyle, and food in a true opera amorosa - a lobor of love of Italy. Dianne offers charming insights into what makes Italian the most emotionally expressive of languages, from how the pronto ("Ready!") Italians say when they answer the telephone conveys a sense of something coming alive, to how even ordinary things such as a towel (asciugamano) or handkerchief (fazzoletto) sound better in Italian, and she invites readers to join her as she traces the evolution of Italian in the zesty graffiti on the walls of Pompeii, in Dante's incandescent cantos, and in Boccaccio's bawdy Decameron. Like Dianne, readers of La Bella Lingua will find themselves innamorata, enchanted, by Italian, fascinated by its saga, tantalized by its adventures, addicted to its sound, and ever eager to spend more time in its company."--Back cover
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Książka powstała w oparciu o założenie, że Mona Lisa to postać historyczna - Lisa Gherargini, żona Francesco del Giocondo. Czytelnik poznaje niemal całe życie Lisy - kobiety, kt�ra pięć wiek�w temu urodziła się i żyła we Florencji, urodziła sześcioro dzieci, zmarła mając 63 lata. Opr�cz zarysu życia Lisy Gherardini oraz dziej�w jej rodu - a przy okazji także historii Florencji - autorka pokr�tce przedstawia czytelnikowi postać Leonard da Vinci, opisuje jego talenty, osiągnięcia, zainteresowanie nauką. W książce znajduje się wiele ciekawostek odnoszących się do życia Leonarda, jak na przykład jego problemy z prawem. Autorka w bardzo ciekawy spos�b przedstawia zwyczaje renesansowej Florencji, a także przybliża postać kobiety renesansu. Czytelnik poznaje tradycje związane z chrzcinami, kształceniem dzieci, funduszami posagowymi, ceremonią zaślubin, nocy poślubnej a nawet śniadania serwowanego następnego dnia (jajka i słodycze - na płodność i miłość). Autorka porusza r�wnież kwestie seksu przeznaczonego gł�wnie dla mężczyzn i służącemu rozrywce (stąd tak wiele nieślubnych dzieci) i prokreacji (typowa Florentynka była w ciąży średnio co trzynaście-czternaście miesięcy). W piętnastym wieku powstały pierwsze podręczniki mające na celu wyedukować młode, niedoświadczone, często nastoletnie żony.
