Italian Art Essay

the California Midwinter International Exposition featured many of the same exhibits from the Chicago Columbian Exhibition. Numerous buildings were based on Moorish and Islamic inspired architecture. One such building was the Indo-Islamic Mechanics arts building. The building featured a large mosque-like entry, minarets topped with stars, and a dome topped with a crescent moon. Another building of the exhibition was a combination of Moorish architecture and Spanish Colonial Revival…

rule, many scientific investigations were being held, and many scholars were pursing the understanding of ancient Greece and Rome. Literature of the Renaissance was greatly affected by art, politics, and religion. English Renaissance writings frequently delved into religion and social ideas that paralleled with art. For example, William Shakespeare wrote about social and past controversies because, he was influenced…

Thanks to shows like Jersey Shore, the Italian culture as a whole is completely misinterpreted. When I visited my cousin in Rome, I was amazed at how inaccurate that show’s representation of Italians really was and how different the Italian culture was compared to what I grew up thinking and experiencing with my own family. My own experience when I visited Italy inspired me to research and discuss the differences between each country and how they represent the Italian culture. Food is one of the…

Mussolini advocated for women to remain in the home with the primary responsibility of producing children. Although Fascists argued for women’s rights, evidence suggests that Mussolini was more interested in growing the Italian population. Supporting this conclusion; Mussolini went as far as to award medals to the women of large families while the government actively discriminated against older women in the workplace to force them back into the home. Mussolini’s government…

Italian food is one of the most popular foods globally. The reason behind its worldwide popularity is because it has developed through many centuries through changes in social and political settings (Fortina, 2003 p.398). Origin of Italian dishes date back as the 4th B.C.E with the main origin areas in the ancient Roman Empire, Etruscan and ancient Greek. They were significant changes especially after the agrarian revolution in Europe as new crops were grown such as the potatoes, maize, pepper…

An analysis of flashbacks shown in the scene where Marcello is seen waiting for the Fascist official and walks in a beautiful blonde woman sprawled out on a desk being provocative for a man from Bernardo Bertolucci The Conformist (1970) this reveals how people will hide their true selves to reform and fit in with the fascist society around them and Marcello’s past experiences that led him to his fascist ways. The film’s title Conformist clearly fits the struggle of conforming into fascism but…

Consequentially the southern people of Italy started suffer starvation. According to the Documentary “The Italian Americas – La Famiglia” it narrated a story about how people will scrap plaster for the wall in order to make the flour last longer and be able to feed their families. This demonstrated how the taxation…

In contrast, Giuseppe Tornatore’s Cinema Paradiso illustrates cinema as a modern social force. From the beginning of the film until the 7.00 minute mark, we see a clay pot on a ledge. Beyond it is the blue sea, the Mediterranean. Camera backs slowly as credits reveals a doorway, a bowl of lemons on a table. Then we hear an older woman's voice on the telephone. "Yes, Salvatore de Vita." The older woman moves into the frame. She identifies herself as his mother. She gains no information. Shot…

I wasn't really listening to Montresor, but then he started telling me about the exquisite Amontillado wine. I LOVE wine! I drink everyday and never miss an opportunity to drink some more. Some people call me an alcoholic but I just love it so much! Maybe it is a midlife crisis, or maybe not. Truthfully when I drink I get a little crazy and blurt out stuff I don't even mean half the time. People sometimes refer to me as a horse on steroids, but I can't help myself. I was already half drunk when…

helped shape Europe to the land you see today. Before, Germany was a couple of Germanic states with no future of unification. Italy was seemingly worse, divided into three parts under three foreign rulers. During the 19th century the Germanic and Italian states, with the help of Garibaldi, Cavour, and Von Bismark, united using political and physical force through Nationalism. Count Camillo di Cavour used both physical and political force to unify Italy. In his words, he said that the people…