Italian American

learning another language is very difficult as I have taken five years of language in school and still am not fluent in Spanish. It doesn’t mean that it can’t be done, as I have witnessed with my grandma, who comes from Italy. She grew up speaking Italian and thought it would probably be the only language she would ever need to know or speak. However, when her family decided to up and leave Italy for America, it was time for her to start to learn English. Fast forward the seventy years that my…

For an appetizer, the St. Louis based restaurant will be sure to have the famous toasted ravioli. Their toasted ravioli is hand breaded, and made to order, served with parmigiano and their rich meat sauce. Although Favazza’s is classified as an Italian restaurant, they have to bring a bit of St. Louis to the table. As for the full menu, Favazza’s has a very wide variety of food, suitable for all guest. Their menu includes a lunch menu, dinner menu, kids menu, and even a gluten free menu. Oh, and…

I took a vacation to Italy. There was a lot of beautiful scenery, wonderful food, and so much more. I visited Rome, Venice, and Florence, went to the beaches, ate lots of Italian food, and went June 18-25th so it would not be too hot or too cold. First, I had to figure out what all I needed for my trip to Italy, I discovered I had to get a passport to even enter the country.” Passports should have at least six months remaining validity beyond your departure date. U.S. citizens may enter Italy…

Art is influenced by everything around it, it comes as a direct result of the cultural sphere it occurs within. The Italian group of painters known as the Macchiaioli are no different from this rule, during the nineteenth-century they took outside influences to create a new esthetic that reflected their personal ideals. Although how independently this new esthetic came about, and who influenced them directly can varied. Depending on the point of view of the author writing on the Macchiaioli,…

A NUMBER OF SOCIOLOGISTS HAVE RECENTLY Stated THAT the High Renaissance was the culmination of the artistic developments of the Early Renaissance. The High Renaissance that flourished over 35 years from the late 1490 until the early 1530 (Encyclopædia Britannica ©2016). The Renaissance started at Florence. Florence called the middle age a “congruence of artistic genius” (Kleiner 2007:577), the beginning of Humanism and “economic prosperity” (Kleiner 2007:577) nourished the beginning of the…

Starting in the 14th century, Italy experienced a flourish in all aspects of life- including the arts, philosophy, literature, and many more. This period was known as the Renaissance, meaning “rebirth” in French. This period in time started in Italy and eventually spread all over Europe, the values of the movement spreading with it. The values of the Renaissance included ideals such as Individualism (the social philosophy the moral worth of an individual), Humanism (the study of greek and roman…

habit activities and beliefs. Every family is different in its own way as seen in the Angelino family factor such as the: Tradition. As we are told the Angelino family grand parents emigrated from Italy in 1904,the family was famous of its own Italian sausage which can be seen as part of their tradition, they had larger family of five expecting the sixth one showing a tradition of many children, there grandparent mama who is old is taken care of and visted,this same point is seen in Mc Neil…

SHORT INTRODUCTION Most people will never forget to put garlic when they cook. It does not matter what type of food, garlic stands out as the most popular ingredient in culinary setting. Set aside the tasty flavor, garlic also has tons of benefits to the body such as reducing risk of heart diseases, fighting cancer, maintaining blood pressure, treating diabetes, improving dementia symptoms, and many more. Garlic has a long history (back from the ancient Egyptian era) of being used to tackle…

Queen's house, designed by architect Inigo Jones was the first pure classical building in Britain and brought a revolution into the architectural scene. Inigo Jones was inspired by his travels in Italy and especially his second visit in 1613 where he visited major cities and buildings and compared theory with practice, from then on his style of architecture took a new form. I want to explore the originality of Queen's house, how much of the design came from Inigo Jones the architect and how much…

for influence to build upon their ideas. The birth of revolutionary concepts were born, when an artist, decided to take a leap of faith into transforming present ideas, and molding them to their full potential. Filippo Brunelleschi is a well-known Italian Renaissance architect and innovative engineer, most commonly credited for his work on the dome for the Florence Cathedral and the reinvention…