Stories By Judith Harris
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Non-Fiction Reviews
Imag(in)ing America
November 27, 2023The confrontation between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama was to the Italians the “political, intellectual, and...
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Art
Erotic Art of Ancient Pompeii
November 17, 2023A favourite theme which recurred again and again in wall paintings was the satyr creeping up...
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Culture and Heritage
What coronavirus costs to the Italian cultural heritage.
November 13, 2023Given that Italy’s is generally considered the world’s richest cultural heritage, maintenance of its historic monuments...
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Performing Arts
Daniel Barenboim at La Scala
November 12, 2023Drama number three was the presence on the podium of Daniel Barenboim, the child prodigy born...
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Art
New Insights Into the Life of Caravaggio
November 15, 2022In his most serious brawl, about which the documents provide an entirely new account, Caravaggio killed...
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Biography
Michelangelo: A Tormented Life by Antonio Forcellino
August 23, 2022Before dawn on the morning of February 18 a group of Florentines entered the church stealthily...
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Art
Paul Bril’s Restored Paintings in the San Silvestro Chapel at Rome’s Sancta Sanctorum
August 16, 2022Born in Antwerp in 1554, Bril was working in Italy at the end of the century,...
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Fiction Reviews
The Glass Room by Simon Mawer
August 8, 2022Mawer’s The Glass Room is a genuine intellectual achievement—a breath-taking story of love and its loss,...
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Art & Design
A New Look at Rome’s Rousing Middle Ages
August 3, 2022When its doors first opened in 1734, the Capitoline Museum, which stands upon the hilltop that...
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Italy
Celebrating Galileo in Florence
July 23, 20222009 is officially “The Year of Astronomy,” commemorating Galilei’s first observation of the Moon through his...