Italian neorealism

minding the hefty price tags you splurge on shoes, bags and heaven knows, what else you can buy with that devilish credit card. Hmmm.… Okey, I’ll make it a little personal how about dining alone and ordering your favorite Carbonara in your favorite Italian Restaurant . Savoring every bit of the ingredient, you never did that don’t you? In fact, you prefer eating with a company of friends and you can’t stop talking about an ex-boyfriend, his dark secrets and criticizing his new girlfriend who…

Architects from the 14th century to the mid 18th century incorporate elements from ancient Greco- Roman architecture into their designs for social, cultural and political reasons. The movement to revive “ancient Greco-Roman culture” is known as the “Renaissance.” The epicentre of this movement was in fourteenth and fifteenth-century Florence. It began with the leading merchant republics studying and teaching ancient Greek and Latin sources of history, science, art, architecture and literature…

Notice the arches, columns, mouldings and decorateive details, all part of Renaissance architecture. Source: Wikipedia Santa Maria della Grazie, Milan, Italy. Architect: Donato Bramante (1444-1514) Notice the brick structure and the N. Italian tradition of a squared dome. Source: Wikipedia Villa Capra La Rotunda Architect: Andrea Palladio (1508-80) Notice the four identical facades each with a temple-like portico. It is a centrally planned house with a domed central hall.…

Though all the deep dish pies were tremendous with their glazed brown crust and sauce smoothly layered on top, the meat lovers pizza was my favorite. The comely toppings exploded into the air and you could taste each one with every bite. The spicy Italian sausage had juice squeeze out between your…

time period. “Italian Renaissance painter and architect Raphael was born Raffaello Sanzio on April 6, 1483, in Urbino, Italy”. At a young age, his father, Giovanni Santi taught him basic painting skills, which he would successfully use to become the finest painter in town after his dad’s death. He had begun his career as an artist in his hometown, and after sharing a partnership in central Italy, Raphael moved to Florence “where he was heavily influenced by the works of the Italian painters Fra…

Introduction One of the most crucial periods of the evolution of life drawing was the Renaissance period and Antonio Allegri da Correggio or more popular as Correggio (1489-1534) was one of its greatest exponents. The Italian painter was largely influenced by the works of Andrea Mantegna, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Dosso Dossi (Waterhouse, Correggio). During his art career, Correggio visited Rome, where he learned the nuances and spirit of the Renaissance culture. Filled with…

printer’s apprentice and by 1902 he was an editor. He started publishing prints way before he owned his own printing and publishing house, named Bertieri & Vanesetti. He gained notoriety and fame after publishing the works of Gabriele D’Annunzio, an Italian writer, poet, journalist, playwright and soldier during World War I. D’Annunzio was associated with the Decadent Movement in his literary works and transformed from literary figure into a national war hero during World War I. The Decadent…

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In his Doctrine of Fascism, Mussolini attempts to justify Fascism as the way to create a better Italian nation. However, this authoritarian democratic government interferes with the freedom of the citizen. For example, fascism describes the control of both material and spiritual aspects, of which is for the better of the nation. But a higher power that…

Raphael Raphael was a relevant and important artist who had many achievements and impacted the Renaissance. Raphael progressed and changed as an artist as he had more experiences and became more successful; this progression was important to his own success and the influence he had on art in the Renaissance. Raphael was born in Urbino, Italy and his father, Giovanni Santi, was an artist and taught him the basics of painting. He began working with Perugino in 1504, but when he later arrived in…