Italian culture might rightly be described as the pride and glory of the Western world. But how did this come about? What is the secret of Italian creative genius? In this short but captivating study (complete with 21 illustrations, 14 in color), Morris Berman argues that the key to it is the Italian ability to inject "space," or movement, into static situations--whether in art, film, politics, or religion. In doing so, Italians from St. Francis...