Italian culture

Introduction Italy a country filled with life. From its deep history in music and art to its rich culture in food and architecture, Italy is the place for family love and great friendship. From the superiority of the Roman Empire (31 BCE to 476 CE) to the rebirth of the Renaissance (14th century- mid 17th century), Italy has a story that is filled with ups and downs and a unifying love that will bring all to its lands for a peak of the past. Slightly larger than the state of Arizona, Italy is a…

the viewer’s eye. These two countries have interested me a lot when I was learning about them. They have a detailed art history and their way of expressing emotion or beliefs in their artworks is fascinating. Italy and Spain have very interesting cultures, and their art has an amazing historical value which shows us a story. The Renaissance Art is defined as the recovery and the revival of the classical form (Dempsey).…

diversity can be attributed to the huge waves of immigrants, who remolded it with their values, ideals, and beliefs and developed the authenticity. During the early 20th century, a lot of Italians and Jews relocated to Bensonhurst. According to Foner’s “Transnationalism, Old and New: New York Immigrants,” former Italian and Jewish immigrants were compelled to come to America due to push and pull factors. They came in hopes of a better life for themselves and their families, and continued to…

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,…

The Renaissance era lasted from the early 1300s to the mid-1600s and was coined the period of rebirth or classical revival of the classical past. During this time, God became less of the focal point and humanism (man was at the measure of all things) took root. Italy was perhaps one of the most important regions of the time due to its beauty and grandeur. The top city-states during the Renaissance included Florence, Milan, and Venice. In an effort to understand how the Renaissance period…

Before I took Italian 1, I did not know much about the modern Italy. I knew that Italy was a world super power during the Renaissance and rise and fall of the Roman Empire, but I never thought of it to be a modern power. I was very wrong. Italy is still one of the most advance and culturally influential nations on the planet. They are a nation of swift innovation, bold design, and cultural influence. Italy is a nation that historically, and still today, pushes the boundaries in almost every…

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 artistic culture, the Renaissance. It was a period where great, ambitions projects were made through famous artists: Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo (Harris & Zucker © 2016). It was the rebirth of the classical art. According to the High Renaissance Art…

parts of Europe was different changes, there were two primary revivals that were more noticeable. They were Italian and Northern Renaissance. Both of these revivals had a profound impact on Europe. But they also had some typical differences between them and each one was unique in its own way. The word renaissance means "rebirth" and the era is best known for the renewed interest in the culture of classical antiquity after the period that Renaissance humanists labeled the Middle Ages. These…

Although I have never experienced the culture of Italy, I expect it to have many differences from the United States. For example, from what I have seen in photographs, architectural styles differ. The people of ancient Rome built enormous structures such as the Colosseum. Other buildings in Italy come from the Renaissance age, such as the leaning tower of Pisa. Besides the different styles in buildings, I have heard that the food in Italy is quite different compared to the food America offers.…

THE PLACE OF ANTONIONI IN NEO-REALISM ITALIAN CINEMA Introduction The Italian neorealism is a film movement characterized by stories set amongst the poor and working class, filmed on location, frequently using nonprofessional actors for secondary and sometimes primary roles which lasted from about 1943 to 1952. According to Piepergerdes (2007) assert that the “emerging out of the ashes of Fascism, Italian Neorealist films were inexorably tied to the social, political, and economic…