In the Shadow of Vesuvius

In the Shadow of Vesuvius

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Il Cielo (The Sky)
Ducks, umbrella pines, airplanes and real life experience as an antidote to the challenge of artificial intelligence.
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Il Mare (The Sea)
A restless environment from Ulysses to Le Corbusier, Cosenza, Rudofsky, and Gio Ponti.
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Guanciale - Post Script
Marian’s guanciale obsession.
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Geography is Destiny
The Bernabei Farms and the Terra di Lavoro - a lost part of Campania.
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Continuity in Food Culture in the Naples of Charles of Bourbon to the Present as seen through the Presepe
The way in which Neapolitan nativity scenes celebrate food culture.
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Charles of Bourbon
The birth of modern archaeology on the Bay of Naples and the creation of an international tourist attraction.
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In The Footsteps of Piranesi at the Villa Adriana
Or how buildings and their ruins are stages for human activity.
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Italy Confronts its Colonial Past
The power of Obelisks as urban signifiers, the evolution of a museum, and the transformation of a building from colonial headquarters to UN agency.
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Post Script to Between Memory and History
Exhibition of Photographs by Paolo Portoghesi
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From Farm to Triclinum
The Villa Regina at Boscoreale, its museum, and the Triclinia of the Bay of Naples.
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October 2023

Between Memory and History - Trying to “Capture” Rome
Remembering and reliving the second place that I lived in Rome, Piazza Epiro, and environs.
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The Ceramic Tiles and Vessels of Vietri - A Centuries Old Building Ingredient and a Visit to Gragnano - The Town of Dried Pasta
Glazed ceramics is waterproof in a way that plain fired clay is not. Prior to the discovery of porcelain, glazing was the preferred way of creating…
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