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...High Renaissance had been overtaken by the dogmas of the Council of Trent. Eager to exploit the power of art but wary all the same of wayward artists, Rome operated like the old Hays office in Hollywood, mandating what could be shown and how to show it. Spain in particular was a cockpit of militant piety, the forcing ground for St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits, as well as for the mysticism of St. Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross...
...strong stomach to love his popeyed penitents or some of his more beseeching Virgins. His real-world portraits, among the first in European art to probe psychology, were another matter. Look at his magnificent account of a cardinal who is probably the Grand Inquisitor himself--Nino de Guevara, Spain's Inquisitor General. Armored in his robes, with a mysterious letter dropped at his feet, he unnerves you with a gaze that refuses to meet yours...
...must speak Italian. Sixty percent of the wine, cheeses, meats and biscuits must be Italian. All peeled tomatoes must come from Italy. In fact, it becomes clear that authenticity mostly means buying Made-in-Italy goods - this is an unabashed promotion of Italian exports. "It's not Italy against Spain or France," says Stefano Crea, head of DNV's food certification unit, who has also come to da Beni today. "It's each country protecting its own." Italians, he says, are tired of the frauds perpetrated in their name - spaghetti on toast, with meatballs, from...
...terms of policy changes, Guadagnoli suggests that the United States, where “family consent is usually always required even if the deceased has signed a donor card,” could learn from Spain, where “organ donation is assumed...
...inflow of investment to the longtime pariah state. There was money to be made, right? Would Muammar Gaddafi have spent billions to pay off terror victims if he didn't expect a return? But most of the interested players are already there. European oil companies - including France's Total, Spain's Repsol, Germany's Wintershall and Italy's Eni - maintained a dormant presence in Libya after U.N. sanctions were imposed in 1992 for Tripoli's suspected role in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing. They quickly revved up after sanctions were suspended in 1999, when Libya surrendered two suspects. That allowed Libya...