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The Humanities and the Art of Imagination

In Criticism by James Risser

The following essay was presented at the conference: The Capacity for Renaissance: the logic and force of the imagination, Gonzaga-in-Florence, February 20-22, 2014. The title of this paper undoubtedly has little imagination. It is not …

The Poetics of Landscape

In Creativity by Glen Phillips

Ideas from Glen Phillips’ work Land Whisperings and a Poetics of Newplace and Birthplace (2006) summarized by the author and illustrated by his water colors, previously published in Six Seasons: a Bilingual Collection of Australian …

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Valentino Moradei Gabbrielli: Uno Scultore

In Criticism by Francesco Vossilla

Nelle fonti classiche sulla scultura greca si ricordano artisti capaci di mantenere una forza monumentale, una qualità eroica, anche in piccole opere di marmo o di bronzo, nate magari per l’apprezzamento di signori o eruditi …

Wake in Fear (a cautionary tale for schoolboys)

In Creativity by Glen Phillips

You wake in the morning after only a few minutes’ sleep all night. Your mind goes back to yesterday’s scene in the railway carriage of the old and asthmatic steam train with the other schoolboys. …