Endurance of Things

Martin Gray taught for twenty-four years at the University of Stirling. He has been visiting Italy for over sixty years. Every summer when his children were young, the family threw everything into the back of an elderly Fiat and drove across Europe to stay in Camigliano, a tiny village in mountainous southern Tuscany. He now has an an insider’s knowledge and a deep love for the country.Nearly twenty-five years ago, he started a travel company. Small in scale, but modestly large in ambition, Learn Italy takes groups to enjoy that country’s culture, history and bustling present-day reality. This volume celebrates the lasting pleasure of these visits.

• Contents:IntroductionRestoration, RestorationGenoaDonatello’s David AgainLittle OwlGiorgione                 The Ox and the As GiottoArt CitiesThe Italian BeachHistory and MemoryPrincipina a MareMore on BeachesUnlucky NumbersGiorgio MorandiThe Real SicilyLorenzo LottoItalian Art in BirminghamSweet, Sweet Memories are Made of ThisOrnament and CrimeAngelsThe Shock of the OldConfessions of a Short-Sighted BirdwatcherNothing Much MoreThe Sea, The SeaCommonplace Thoughts on the Remembrance of ThingsPastPortraitureSeeing is BelievingSameness and DifferenceEagle EyesWhat is Past or Passing or to ComeThe Endurance of ThingsLotto AgainSquaring the CircleLa GiocondaWith How Sad Steps, Oh Moon, Thou Climb’st The SkiesThe PandemicUnprecedented! Ramping Up!Following the ScienceIf Winter Comes, Can Spring be Far Behind?Can it Really be Thursday Already?Where Angels Fear to TreadRecap on Angels and PotatoesAll That GlistersA Past and Present MemoryThe EtruscansIn the Jungle, the Mighty JungleYes to BaroqueThe Sound of SilenceSkeuomorphs AgainMemories of an Old FriendImage CreditsAcknowledgements

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