Secret Stories on the Silk Road: Symbols, Architectures and Myths Between Italy, the Middle East and China by Coscia, Alessandro

Secret Stories on the Silk Road: Symbols, Architectures and Myths Between Italy, the Middle East and China

The current volume represents a journey that takes the reader in different directions. The road it takes...
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Author: Alessandro Coscia
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Secret Stories on the Silk Road: Symbols, Architectures and Myths Between Italy, the Middle East and China by Coscia, Alessandro

Secret Stories on the Silk Road: Symbols, Architectures and Myths Between Italy, the Middle East and China

$99.05

Secret Stories on the Silk Road: Symbols, Architectures and Myths Between Italy, the Middle East and China

$99.05
Author: Alessandro Coscia
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
The current volume represents a journey that takes the reader in different directions. The road it takes is sometimes the caravan trail, others a Roman road from the classical world, which can be taken in both directions, and includes junctions and overlappings of influence between East and West. The first stop takes us from the steppe of the Goths through to the city of Ravenna, focusing on King Theodoric. A man of the steppe, Theodoric was illiterate but wrote in stone through his indecipherable, famous monument, the mausoleum of Ravenna, an architecture of myth that needs to be read in all of its architectonic connections, within its spatial dynamism and geometric symbolism, which reveals echoes of that which we so reductively call 'the Middle East'. The second step begins in Greece and arrives in Italy. The third encompasses an enormous arch, passing from the Roman imperial eagle to the Chinese imperial dragon.

Author: Alessandro Coscia
Publisher: Mimesis
Published: 02/28/2023
Pages: 178
Binding Type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9788869773396

About the Author
Coscia, Alessandro: - Alessandro Coscia is an archerologist specializing in ancient Rome and Greece. After studying in Milan and France, he broadened his horizons to the history of ancient religions and anthropology, fields in which he has written a number of articles, essays, and conference contributions. Aside from his scholarly work, he is also a scriptwriter for stage and screen. He works in the office for exhibitions and events at the picture gallery in Brera.Coppola, Sergio: - Sergio Coppola was born a poet, became a scientist through passion, and is free by vocation. After a lifetime of success in design and engineering, he has now brought together his true passions: art and history.

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