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...first full-length study in English of the brilliant, plebeian, little-known prelate who "changed the whole history of the Mediterranean" and made one of Europe's most sensational poverty-to-power careers. "Had Alberoni been given two worlds like ours to destroy," grumbled Frederick the Great, an authori ty, "he would have asked for a third." Giulio Alberoni was born (1664) in the Grand Duchy of Parma - until then, chiefly famed as the home of Parmesan cheese...
...Cubists, such as Georges Braque, make geometrical designs based on the physical world; Surrealists, such as Salvador Dali, try to paint the peculiar vividness of dreams. In distinguishing loose screws from effective artists in both camps TIME will continue to use its own judgment, to respect that of honest authori-ties...