Bislang galt das Interesse der Forschung den Zeichnungen, der Druckgraphik und Kunsttheorie von Pietro Testa. Die Malerei hat dagegen nur wenig Aufmerksamkeit erfahren. Die vorliegende Publikation untersucht erstmals das malerische Œuvre eines Künstlers, der zwischen 1628 und 1650 in Rom und Lucca tätig war. Mit dem Ziel, den Künstler im Kontext der römischen Barockmalerei neu zu positioni…
The Las Vegas Strip has impersonated the Wild West, with saloon doors and wagon wheels; it has decked itself out in midcentury modern sleekness. It has illuminated itself with twenty-story-high neon signs, then junked them. After that came Disney-like theme parks featuring castles and pirates, followed by replicas of Venetian canals, New York skyscrapers, and the Eiffel Tower. (It might be note…
In 2012, Hurricane Sandy floods devastated coastal areas in New York and New Jersey. In 2017, Harvey flooded Houston. Today in Miami, even on sunny days, king tides bring fish swimming through the streets in low-lying areas. These types of events are typically called natural disasters. But overwhelming scientific consensus says they are actually the result of human-induced climate change and ir…
Special Award of the Jury Winner — 2018 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards In only a decade, Macau has exploded from a sleepy backwater to the world's casino capital. It was bound to happen. Macau, a former Portuguese colony that became a special administrative region within the People's Republic of China in 1999, was the only place in China where gambling was legal. With a consumer b…