Ironiche e intuitive, originali e spiritose, improvvisate ed eleganti, le insegne e le iscrizioni italiane sono lo specchio della nostra società. Ciò che le distingue è la varietà delle forme delle lettere. Anche prima che le font tipografiche dominassero la scena, in Italia non c'è mai stata una vera standardizzazione nelle lettere disegnate e non è mai stato stampato alcun manuale per pittori d'insegne. Questa libertà, avulsa da modelli precostituiti, l'abilità degli artigiani e la loro creatività rendono le insegne italiane così straordinarie. In questo libro James Clough le esamina da una prospettiva storico-estetica. Dallo stile ornato toscano dell'Ottocento alle lettere eccentriche del liberty, dalle grandiose iscrizioni architettoniche degli anni Trenta alle deliziose opere dei vecchi pittori d'insegne sopravvissute, dalle scritte fantasma fasciste a quelle sui coperchi dei tombini, Clough illustra con approccio critico i lati migliori e peggiori di questa singolare espressione d'arte applicata, accompagnando i lettori in un affascinante viaggio con oltre 300 fotografie, scattate in più di 100 località lungo la penisola.

This resource is a much-needed support to the few textbooks in the field and offers an excellent introduction and overview to the established principles and new thinking in cultural heritage management .

Leading experts in the field from Europe, North America and Australia, bring together recent and innovative works in the field. With geographically and thematically diverse case studies, they examine the theoretical framework for heritage resource management.

Setting significant new thinking within the framework of more established views and ideas on heritage management, this reader re-publishes texts of the past decade with an overview of earlier literature and essays that fill the gaps in between, providing students of all stages with a clear picture of new and older literature.

A helpful introduction sets out key issues and debates, and individual chapter introductions and reading lists give a background collection of key works that offer ideas for the development of thought and study.

With good coverage of major issues and solutions in Britain, the USA and Australia, The Heritage Reader will appeal to students internationally across the English-speaking world, and will stand proud as a key guide to the study and practice of this major archaeological sector.

This comprehensive text for future teachers of learners with disabilities is grounded in the idea that assessment is at the center of all good teaching. Its hallmarks are its accessibility, balanced coverage of both this formal and informal assessment, plus thorough exploration of the link between gathering information and actually using it to make informed decisions. Offering a step-by-step Assessment Question Model on the inside front cover, it equips readers to understand the complete assessment process, from choosing the best tool, to adapting instruction to improving outcomes. Popular, as well as lesser-known, tools are examined in order to acquaint readers with promising procedures for assessing students with special needs.

Plutarch's Lives, written at the beginning of the second century A.D., is a brilliant social history of the ancient world by one of the greatest biographers and moralists of all time. In what is by far his most famous and influential work, Plutarch reveals the character and personality of his subjects and how they led ultimately to tragedy or victory. Richly anecdotal and full of detail, Volume I contains profiles and comparisons of Romulus and Theseus, Numa and Lycurgus, Fabius and Pericles, and many more powerful figures of ancient Greece and Rome.

The present translation, originally published in 1683 in conjunction with a life of Plutarch by John Dryden, was revised in 1864 by the poet and scholar Arthur Hugh Clough, whose notes and preface are also included in this edition.

The Ladders series is a delightful look at children's favorite topics. Each book is filled with the perfect mix of fun, facts, and fiction. Inside each book are:-- Questions to answer and things to find.-- New words to learn.-- Amazing facts.-- Puzzles and quizzes to solve.-- And, a story to share!