«Wherever you are and whatever you do, I am pretty sure that you know the pleasure and the benefits of taking a bath. Maybe for this reason, the ancient texts believed that our habitable world, before starting its long, long journey, was submerged in primordial water. And maybe, for the same reason, we are born after a warm and safe bath; and no doubt that everyone of us is still searching for that amiable warmth. Thus, baths, especially public baths, surge as a lovely shortcut to this far and unreachable moment. In this interesting and culturally rich book, several authors from seven countries (Colombia, Italy, Lebanon, Mexico, Serbia, Spain, Turkey) and from different backgrounds are providing the reader with important information regarding public baths in many regions for appreciating the subject and its diversity […]». With these words, Antoine Dib invites the reader to dive into an extraordinary reading to discover unknown and fascinated sites where the culture of the thermal bath and the water has always been an important resource for the welfare of the communities. This book represents an interesting journey between Orient and Occident, through the history, the geography, the traditions and the customs, from ancient Romans times to the modern days. In this book, the reader will examine the importance of the public baths or Hammams in the middle east; the Turkish baths in the history of this fantastic country; the rich cultural Serbian heritage through its bathhouses; then, the reader will appreciate the thermal heritage in Italy in natural and manmade sites; the Aztec and Mayan traditions in the use of the hot springs and sweat baths in Mexico and the different types of baths in Japan like Onsen, Sento, and the relation between the Japanese thermal landscape and art.
...MoreChapter Suzanne Akkary (2021) Public baths in Arab society: a space of scenes, celebrations and revelations. In: Public Baths in the World: Between Tradition and Contemporaneity (pp. 75-104).
Chapter Antoine Dib (2021) Scenes of life from bathhouses around the world as described by 26 travellers between 921CE and 1908CE. In: Public Baths in the World: Between Tradition and Contemporaneity (pp. 27-62).
Chapter Eleonora Fiorentino; Giorgio Peghin; Andrea Scalas (2021) Paesaggi termali. L'acqua come bene comune e dispositivo generatore dei luoghi. In: Public Baths in the World: Between Tradition and Contemporaneity (pp. 241-262).
Chapter Kevin Alexander Echeverry B. (2021) Public baths in Japan. Art and tradition. In: Public Baths in the World: Between Tradition and Contemporaneity (pp. 223-240).
Chapter Marco Di Salvo; Emanuela Ferretti (2021) Rievocare l'antico: nuove linee interpretative per l'«edificium thermarum» di Leon Battista Alberti. In: Public Baths in the World: Between Tradition and Contemporaneity (pp. 159-180).
Chapter Antoine Dib; Mira Minkara (2021) A view on traditionial public baths in Islamic cities through the baths of Tripoli in Lebanon. In: Public Baths in the World: Between Tradition and Contemporaneity (pp. 181-204).
Chapter Nuria Matarredona Desantes (2021) Understanding the Temascal. Architecture evolution of Maya steambaths. In: Public Baths in the World: Between Tradition and Contemporaneity (pp. 131-158).
Chapter Kudret Altun; Müjgan Bekdaş (2021) Purity and clarity. In: Public Baths in the World: Between Tradition and Contemporaneity (pp. 63-74).
Chapter Edmundo Arturo Figueroa Viruega; Minerva Rodríguez Licea (2021) El Peñón de los Baños, tradición prehispánica que perdura hasta la actualidad. In: Public Baths in the World: Between Tradition and Contemporaneity (pp. 105-130).
Chapter Rossella Maspoli (2021) Evolution, role and potential of public baths in the post-Fordist western city. In: Public Baths in the World: Between Tradition and Contemporaneity (pp. 205-222).
Chapter Elena Vasić Petrović; Hristina Krstić; Ana Momčilović Petronijević (2021) 2000 years of hot water convenience in Serbia. In: Public Baths in the World: Between Tradition and Contemporaneity (pp. 263-282).
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Antoine Dib;
(2021)
Scenes of life from bathhouses around the world as described by 26 travellers between 921CE and 1908CE
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Chapter
Antoine Dib;
Mira Minkara;
(2021)
A view on traditionial public baths in Islamic cities through the baths of Tripoli in Lebanon
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Chapter
Rossella Maspoli;
(2021)
Evolution, role and potential of public baths in the post-Fordist western city
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Chapter
Nuria Matarredona Desantes;
(2021)
Understanding the Temascal. Architecture evolution of Maya steambaths
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Chapter
Suzanne Akkary;
(2021)
Public baths in Arab society: a space of scenes, celebrations and revelations
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Chapter
Kevin Alexander Echeverry B.;
(2021)
Public baths in Japan. Art and tradition
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Chapter
Elena Vasić Petrović;
Hristina Krstić;
Ana Momčilović Petronijević;
(2021)
2000 years of hot water convenience in Serbia
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Chapter
Edmundo Arturo Figueroa Viruega;
Minerva Rodríguez Licea;
(2021)
El Peñón de los Baños, tradición prehispánica que perdura hasta la actualidad
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Chapter
Kudret Altun;
Müjgan Bekdaş;
(2021)
Purity and clarity
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Chapter
Eleonora Fiorentino;
Giorgio Peghin;
Andrea Scalas;
(2021)
Paesaggi termali. L'acqua come bene comune e dispositivo generatore dei luoghi
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Chapter
Marco Di Salvo;
Emanuela Ferretti;
(2021)
Rievocare l'antico: nuove linee interpretative per l'«edificium thermarum» di Leon Battista Alberti
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Article
Kashin, Konstantin;
Pollock, Ethan;
(2013)
Public Health and Bathing in Late Imperial Russia: A Statistical Approach
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Jane M. Adams;
(2015)
Healing with Water: English Spas and the Water Cure, 1840-1960
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Kosso, Cynthia;
(2009)
The Nature and Function of Water, Baths, Bathing, and Hygiene from Antiquity through the Renaissance
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Rita Mazzei;
(2022)
La cura di sé al tempo di Montaigne. I bagni termali nell’Europa del Cinquecento
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Thesis
Beth Ann Petitjean;
(2019)
The Baths and the Medici: Taking the Waters in Grand Ducal Tuscany, 1537–1790
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Philippe Desan;
(2010)
Montaigne et la politique des thermes
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Chapter
Didier Boisseuil;
(2010)
Impiego e cultura delle acque termali in Italia nel Rinascimento (XIII-XVI secolo)
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Anna Bettoni;
Massimo Rinaldi;
Rippa Bonati, Maurizio;
(2010)
Michel de Montaigne e il termalismo
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Chapter
Massimo Galtarossa;
(2019)
Dalla scoperta delle salutifere fonti alla civiltà dell'acqua
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