Beira
Beira , region and former province, N central Portugal, S of the Douro River. The old capital was Coimbra . The province extended to the Atlantic coast between the Douro and the Mondego and SE of the Mondego to the upper Tagus. The region is now occupied by the provinces of Beira Alta (capital Viseu ), Beira Baixa (capital Castelo Branco), and part of Beira Litoral (capital Coimbra) and is further subdivided into the districts of Aveiro, Viseu, Coimbra, Guarda, and Castelo Branco. The region is traversed by the Serra da Estrela, Portugal's highest mountain range. Grains, fruits, and olives are grown. Industries include fishing and the manufacture of textiles and forest products. The area had been recovered from the Moors even before Portugal was formed, but Moorish attacks continued into the 13th cent. Later Beira was contested in the incessant Portuguese-Castilian wars.
Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.
|
Profile: Greg Farnese and Laurie Appel make personal video biographies out of their New Jersey home
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 1/30/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...artistry. For example, Greg Farnese was editing one biography that...making the film about. Mr. FARNESE: I had the idea of showing...remember, like, in "Raging Bull," where we hear, like...life was in jabs... Mr. FARNESE: And then we tell the story...
|
|
THE BEST OF Naples Lucy Gillmore took four famous names away for the weekend, to see which was the most useful
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 9/11/2005; ; 668 words
; ...labyrinthine collection of the National Archeology Museum on Piazza Museo (00 39 081 440 166) treasures include the Farnese Bull and the bronzes of the Tyrannicides. Best Shopping Clothes horses should hit the Chiaia area where designer brands...
|
|
Unearthing the Past: Archaeology and Aesthetics in the Making of Renaissance Culture.(Review)
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History; 8/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...matching physical remnant with works mentioned in ancient texts (many of them Roman imitations already one step away from Greek originals) began in the early sixteenth century but peaked near the century's end. The Farnese Bull found in 154
|
|
Ten to catch: Apollo's selection for December.
Magazine article from: Apollo; 12/1/2008; 700+ words
; ...1612) for the myths of classical antiquity. Paintings by Correggio, Titian and Spranger and sculpture (left, The Farnese Bull, after 1580) are on show in 'Vom Mythos der Antike' from 4 December until 1 March. www.khm.at
|
|
Where love and anchovies are in the air Jeremy Atiyah is seduced by the chaotic charm, erotic art and heavenly pizzas of Naples
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 7/2/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...massively from the proximity of the excavations at Pompeii. The fabulous statuary - in bronze and stone - includes the Farnese Bull, the largest classical sculpture ever found. The latest attraction at the museum is the "secret cabinet" of erotic...
|
 "Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)")
|
Why everyone's happy to come back to Sorrento; WE asked Sunday Mercury readers to turn their hands to travel-writing and here Tony Holmes of Abingdon, Oxfordshire, reveals the joys of a sojourn in Sorrento.
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England); 10/3/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Archaeological Museum in Naples, a treasure trove of thousands of Roman and Greek exhibits, including the renowned Farnese Bull. The Museum opens all day in some months but mornings only in others, so check before you go. If you have a nervous...
|
|
Renaissance artist lives again as `possessed' painter's muse.(D)(Arts And Entertainment)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 7/21/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Gentileschi. CAPTION(S): Photo, Artist Judy Jashinsky painted the picture in the background of Diego Velazquez and the "Farnese Bull." Mrs. Jashinsky's studio is in the Millennium Arts Center in Southwest., By Jessica Tefft/The Washington Times
|
|
A Tale of an Unknown Mannerist
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 3/7/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...might be. Two Roman cycles at Palazzo Farnese, now the French Embassy, and at Palazzo...to take in at a single glance. Palazzo Farnese, Palazzo Sacchetti, and the three other...fueled his paranoia, as Vasari (in George Bull's translation) makes all too clear...
|
|
Agrippina, "the truest woman that ever wed" (1).(Notes)(Herman Melville's long poem, Naples in the Time of Bomba)(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: Leviathan; 10/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...inventory number 6029). It is part of the Farnese collection, which, we gather from the...Hercules, as well as the "group of the bull" and tombstones, but the statue of Agrippina...full view in the corridor containing the Farnese statuary. Furthermore, a life-sized...
|
|
Rick Steves' Europe.(Naples, Italy)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: International Travel News; 9/1/2001; 700+ words
; ...bedrooms, brothels and even shops. A museum highlight is the Farnese Collection, a giant hall of huge, bright and wonderfully restored...is the' largest still-intact statue from antiquity--no bull. Marble lovers chisel out time for the nearby Capella Sansevero...
|
|
Farnese Bull
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Farnese Bull sculptured group representing Zethus and...ill-treated their mother) to an enraged bull. The sculpture is generally considered...incorrect restorations, was later in the Farnese Palace and is now in the National Museum...
|
|
Farnese
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
...mainly in the Archaeological Museum in Naples; see Farnese Bull and Farnese Hercules ), encouraged Vasari to write his Lives , engaged Giacoma da Vignola to complete the Palazzo Farnese at Caprarola, and commissioned some of the most important...
|
|
|
Tauriscus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Tauriscus see Farnese Bull .
|
|
|
Apollonius of Tralles
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Apollonius of Tralles see Farnese Bull .
|
|
Paul III
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
...1549), Pope from 1534. In his personal life Alessandro Farnese was a typical Renaissance Pope, but he promoted the inner reform...political efforts to check the spread of Protestantism; the bull he published against Henry VIII in 1538 alienated England still...
|
