Italy

Italians in Australia: History, memory, identity by Francesco Ricatti

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January–February 2020, no. 418
Diana Glenn reviews 'Italians in Australia: History, memory, identity' by Francesco Ricatti

In its interrogation and negotiation of contemporary theoretical frameworks and practices at the core of the Italian–Australian migration complex, Francesco Ricatti’s comprehensive study offers a fresh and lucid understanding of the interrelation of core issues and processes affecting ...

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A Window on Italy – The Corsini Collection: Masterpieces from Florence (Art Gallery of Western Australia)

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26 February 2018
A Window on Italy – The Corsini Collection: Masterpieces from Florence (Art Gallery of Western Australia)

The final week of February in Australia means, among other things, that another summer is almost over. Yet in contrast to the fleeting nature of lived experience, a new exhibition at the Art Gallery of Western Australia calls attention to the enduring power of art to capture and convey human passions ...

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Siena: City of Secrets by Jane Tylus

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September 2015, no. 374
Christopher Menz reviews 'Siena' by Jane Tylus

Visitors to Siena are told about two major historical catastrophes that determined the future of the city: the Black Death in 1348 and the final capitulation to Florence in 1555. Such events manifest themselves respectively in the spectacularly incomplete Duomo and in the marked reduction of buildings and art creat ...

The Italians by John Hooper

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August 2015, no. 373
Claudio Bozzi reviews 'The Italians' by John Hooper

The Economist’s foreign correspondent John Hooper turns to a quintessentially English theme: Italians. Italians seem to be a sort of recurring obsession, a presence that periodically intrudes into the English imaginary. The cultural construction of Italy is a particularly sensitive and timely topic in the context of debates about the future of Europe. The a ...

Correggio Jones and the Runaways: The Italo-Australian connection by Desmond O’Grady

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May 1995, no. 170
Brenda Niall reviews 'Correggio Jones and the Runaways: The Italo-Australian connection' by Desmond O’Grady

Desmond O’Grady is uniquely placed to interpret Australia for Italians and Italy for Australians. He grew up in suburban Melbourne, but as a journalist, biographer, and writer of fiction he has spent most of his working life in Rome.

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