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Italian ModernitiesInto Italy, into the Modern

Italian Modernities: Into Italy, into the Modern [Any visitor to the picturesque Umbrian town of Spoleto, elegantly tossed against the Apennine foothills, will eventually find him or herself in front of the Cathedral of Saint Mary Assumption. Before entering, it is impossible not to contemplate the façade. The most striking feature of the upper façade is certainly the portrait of Christ giving a Benediction, signed by a certain Solsternus. But what is really striking is not only the portrait itself, but evenly so the inscription below, which is very easy to miss, but which reads as follows:] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Italian ModernitiesInto Italy, into the Modern

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Palgrave Macmillan US
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
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978-1-137-50155-4
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1 –22
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10.1057/978-1-137-49212-8_1
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Abstract

[Any visitor to the picturesque Umbrian town of Spoleto, elegantly tossed against the Apennine foothills, will eventually find him or herself in front of the Cathedral of Saint Mary Assumption. Before entering, it is impossible not to contemplate the façade. The most striking feature of the upper façade is certainly the portrait of Christ giving a Benediction, signed by a certain Solsternus. But what is really striking is not only the portrait itself, but evenly so the inscription below, which is very easy to miss, but which reads as follows:]

Published: Oct 1, 2016

Keywords: National Identity; Political Legitimacy; Historical Continuity; Cultural Memory; Historical Memory

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