Goggio Lectures

A photo of a mosaic at the Cathedral of San Panfilo in Sulmona (province of L’Aquila, region of Abruzzo), Italy, portraying St Peter Celestine and Pope Benedict XVI.
A photo of a medieval mural in Massa Marittima (province of Grosseto, region of Tuscany), Italy. Its main feature is a tree, some birds, and some women. The tree is laden with male genitalia.
The image shows doubt as a young man walking in the dark holding a stick and a lantern, symbols of experience and reason.
A painting in colour of The Young Cicero reading, c. 1464, by Vincenzo Foppa
Black and white photo of Stefano Serafini
A detail of the painting Lucia and Trastullo featuring Lelia disguised as Fabio in The Deceived (Gli'Ingannati, 1532).
book cover of The Rise of the Diva on the Sixteenth-Century Commedia dell’Arte Stage
Book cover of "Italian Neorealism: A Cultural History" by Charles Leavitt
photo of book page with drawing and Italian text from Virgil and Dante in hell (illumination, 14th century)
book cover of The Fake Husband by Rosalind Kerr

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