Campi Flegrei : Burning Earth, Hardcover by Spina, Luigi (PHT); Pagano, Fabio...

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Campi Flegrei : Burning Earth, Hardcover by Spina, Luigi (PHT); Pagano, Fabio, ISBN 8874396716, ISBN-13 9788874396719, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Explore a land shaped by fire and time. In Campi Flegrei: Burning Earth Luigi Spina's photographs capture the raw power and enduring human presence. Campi Flegrei, near Naples, is a seismically active landscape that attracts, stimulates, and challenges. It seduces the soul, engages perception, and demands to be interpreted rather than merely registered. People have chosen to live amongst these unique geological and volcanic features, weaving the fabric of human occupation and taming a land in perpetual transformation, one of the harshest yet most enchanting environments. Mankind has matched its own impermanence against the earth’s inevitable and unrestrained convulsions, in the process hewing out some of the most glorious examples of human endeavor, such as Cumae, the oldest Greek colony in the Western Mediterranean, the bustling Roman port of Puteoli, and the “dolce vita” savored in the baths and villas dotted around the Bay of Baiae. Luigi Spina has been exploring this land since 2020, delving into the complex, stratified geography. Key landmarks include places of memory (archaeological sites, monuments, landscapes), which, like true benchmarks of perception, outline the path towards an understanding of a world that links nature, ancient ruins, and the overwhelming presence of mankind. Balanced between mimicry and cont

• Publisher: 5 Continents
• Year: 2026
• ISBN: 9788874396719
• Condition: Fine

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