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The Endurance of Things

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Martin Gray

Verlag:

Constellations Press

Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: 6RGW2P7

EAN: 9781917000062

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10+

Zustellung: Di, 25.08.2026

Versand: Kostenlos

CHF 36.25

Beschreibung

Perfect for lovers of travel, art, cultural wonder and the natural world, The Endurance of Things is a rich and accessible collection of short, affectionate essays, chiefly about the life and culture of Italy. Each essay illuminates a different aspect of the country and stems from the author's experience of places, paintings and people during half a century's genial explorations. Autobiographical moments develop into reflections on the nature of history, perception, artistic representation, and the passing of time. Inevitably, literature often underlies these discussions. Fragments of Wordsworth and Wallace Stevens and Philip Larkin find a home here, alongside comments on paintings by Piero della Francesca, Titian and Tiepolo amongst many other artists, together with descriptions of Tuscan village life. Indeed, there is almost nothing that might not find a place in these essays. They revel in the pleasures of miscellany: the portrait and the altarpiece; the ragbag and the jewel box.

Spezifikationen

Sprache

Englisch

Autor

Martin Gray

Erscheinungsjahr

2025

Format

Buch (Hardcover)

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