The Films of Roberto Rossellini traces the career of one of the most influential Italian filmmakers through close analysis of the seven films that mark important turning points in his evolution.
Peter E Bondanella Books
Peter Bondanella was an Emeritus Professor of Italian, Comparative Literature, and Film Studies at Indiana University. His extensive body of work focused on Italian literature and film, with analyses recognized for their depth and insight. Through his publications, Bondanella explored the relationship between literary and cinematic arts and their cultural contexts. His scholarship significantly contributed to understanding Italian culture and its artistic expressions.
The Art of War
- 178 pages
- 7 hours of reading
The Art of War (Italian: Dell'arte della guerra) is a treatise by the Italian Renaissance political philosopher and historian Niccolo Machiavelli. The format of The Art of War is a socratic dialogue. The purpose, declared by Lord Fabrizio Colonna (perhaps Machiavelli's persona) at the outset, "To honor and reward virtu, not to have contempt for poverty, to esteem the modes and orders of military discipline, to constrain citizens to love one another, to live without factions, to esteem less the private than the public good." To these ends, Machiavelli notes in his preface, the military is like the roof of a palazzo protecting the contents. Written between 1519 and 1520 and published the following year, it was Machiavelli's only historical or political work printed during his lifetime, though he was appointed official historian of Florence in 1520 and entrusted with minor civil duties."
