Galateo, or, The rules of polite behavior / by Della Casa, Giovanni, 1503-1556

Table of Contents: “…. -- The risks of mockery and ridicule and vituperative wit -- Comic talent: those who are funny and those who try to be -- Some practical tips on storytelling -- Eloquence and the choice of language -- More on the fine art of conversation -- The verbose, the interrupters, the taciturn -- Anecdote of the sculptor, the rule, and a lady named reason -- The aesthetics of human language and human actions -- Why hurting my senses hurts my mind -- Grace, decorum, and restraint, and a special word on fashion sense -- Bad table manners and getting knee-walking drunk -- The myriad ways to be rude, and an abrupt conclusion..…”
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Sanctuaries and the power of consumption : networking and the formation of elites in the archaic western Mediterranean world : proceedings of the international conference in Innsbr...

Table of Contents: “…I depositi votivi di "Grotte delle Fontanelle" a Garaguso; Alessandro Corretti -- Franco Cambi -- Laura Pagliantini: 'The Finest Harbour': The Argonauts (and the Others) on the Island of Elba; Maria Cecilia Parra: Il santuario del Capo Cocinto: "nuovo" osservatorio occidentale di presenze multiculturali -- Francesca Spatafora: Santuari e luoghi sacri in un'area di frontiera: la valle del Belice tra elimi, sicani, punici e greciMonica de Cesare: Aspetti del sacro a Segesta tra l'età arcaica e la prima età classica; Clemente Marconi -- Valeria Tardo -- Caterina Trombi: The Archaic Pottery from the Institute of Fine Arts Excavations in the Main Urban Sanctuary on the Akropolis of Selinunte; Johannes Bergemann: Drehscheiben der Kulturen? …”
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Incidere, incidere, incidere : Giorgio Trentin tra etica dell'arte e impegno politico : atti del convegno di studi, Accademia di belle arti di Venezia, 11 dicembre 2013 /

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