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Pecore nere is a collection of stories which explore the questions of identity and italianità within modern Italian society. Each of the four female authors has immigrant origins and this becomes a key focus in their stories, often writing about their journeys towards acceptance, whether that be from other Italians or from the central characters themselves. Although modern Italy is beginning to recognise its history with colonisation and the existence of migrants in the country, it still fails…

miniature scale. The Renaissance in the North and South both strived for a sense of realism, but in differing ways. The South aimed to depict anatomically realistic figures but are less focused on the realism and more on beauty or the overall aesthetic. Italians were more focused on physical form than on surface detail. The north was consumed with details being hyperrealistic and any imperfection in a human figure had to be copied…

The Renaissance was a period of advancement in various subjects. It was a time of great intellectual inquiry into all the branches of learning and fields of study. Philosophers, scientists, mathematicians, and artists began to examine the world around them with a stronger and deeper want and need for understanding the universe in which they lived. These students of the world around them also showed a greater interest in the role of humanity within this boundless universe. From this there is an…

When discussing Italian film it is impossible to shy away from the discussion of Country’s fascist era and the effects it had on cinema at the time. The same could be said about almost anything that was part of Italian culture at the time, the fascist state establishing its totalitarian hold. Women in fascist Italy were arguably the demographic most affected by the new order Mussolini was hoping to create. However, much like the films produced in Italy, women were never openly persecuted,…

read his work but his work itself created a whole wave of Dante impressionists. His works made an undoubtable impact on medieval literature and theology. The Divine Comedy is and was considered one of the greatest Italian works of literature. Dante is considered the father of the Italian language. His works and his legacy have continued to flourish even after his death on September 13th, 1321. Dante was born in Florence, Italy on May 21st, 1265. He was born into a family that was involved in the…

meaningful connection to the church to which the chapel is attached, the Basilica of the Holy Cross. The Pazzi Chapel’s Christian iconographic application of Roman design themes originally associated with pagan worship shows how Brunelleschi and later Italian Renaissance architects such as Bramante adopted the techniques and appeal of antiquity to serve the needs of Christian…

distinguishing himself from the brave Italians, the narrator describes himself that he is not a hawk (Hemingway 2), signifying his relatively docile character and lack of belligerence as a fighter. Also, the Italian grammar symbolizes the military discipline that the narrator struggles with, adding onto the conclusion that he does not belong to the army and the country drafts people with no intention to fight. The narrator is unable to experience the dreadfulness of the Italian major because…

The 1800s saw the rise of nationalism throughout Europe and it led to the unification of the Italian and German states. Nationalism continues to play a role in European politics in the modern world and is one of the most important developments of the 1800s. Although nationalism played an important role in Europe in the 1800s, its definition varied and this variation would inspire different causes. The differences in the definition of nationalism given by Giuseppe Mazzini and Ernest Renan…

parents know how to speak. Although, interestingly enough, when my mother was a child, her mother and father would speak Italian throughout the house. They soon stopped speaking Italian when my mother began to catch onto their private conversations. My mother lost her ability to understand the Italian language quickly after that. I still wish that my mother continued to learn the Italian language so I would be able to express that part of my heritage in that manner. My parents urged me to learn…

and architecture between Northern Europe and Italy were both similar and different in many ways. From the detailed work of everyday life of the North to the Neoplatonic allegories of Italian work, the Renaissance was a time of transition and strength. The most dominant similarity between Northern European and Italian Renaissance artwork lies behind the meaning of humanism. During the Renaissance, there was “rebirth of culture”; a shift towards people acknowledging human achievement. In religious…