Italian neorealism

I chose to immerse myself into the Italian culture. Choosing this culture was not difficult because I am, according to AncestryDNA, 75% Italian and would love to learn more about where I come from. The only exposure that I have gotten in relation to the culture was when I traveled to Italy in June of 2017 and by living at home with my extended Italian family. After extensive research, I learned a hefty amount of information on Italian culture. For the course, I was required to download two…

The following recipe has repeatedly changed and remade over time in order to achieve the superior ingredients to create everyone’s favorite fruit pizza. My family often enjoys making the delectable dessert together. We often listen to music and dance around the kitchen consumed with laughter. My stepfather first introduced fruit pizza to me while attending a family cookout. He told my family, he made a special pizza for us. Fruit pizza, the first thought that entered my mind was pizza and fruit.…

being a classically educated ‘literary man’, he translated Poussin’s expression ‘I am thinking’ into the more conventional oratorical concept of invention’ (invenzione in Italian). Now in the Italian Renaissance ‘invention’ approximately meant to what we now call ‘subject matter’. But more than that, it was also the term that Italian renaissance poets and scholars and then painters all gave to their initial planning process any new painting or sculpture or book. It followed that both artists…

Haagen-Dazs Argument Commercial Reflection Paper The commercial starts with an Italian man entering his home with some groceries and flowers. He says “Hello, my love” in Italian. The skinny Italian woman in the kitchen turns around and smashes a dish to the ground. She yells out “I’m leaving” in Italian with which the man responds “Not again”. The woman then proceeds to throw down the towel in her arm onto the floor. The floor already has pieces of the broken dish. She walks closer to him and…

Looking at the Past and Present to Find Meaning in my Life Several topics discussed in Humanities thus far are topics Dante seemed to be knowledgeable about; therefore, his interpretation and knowledge he had of these topics would possibly allow an enhanced understanding of how the topics make meaning in my life. Despite the probability that Dante and I would have different experiences and preferences in art, literature, and music, similarities would most likely exist. On my pilgrimage, past…

Giotto, a younger member of the artist guild, was a student of Cimabue. Both Giotto and Cimabue painted Virgin and Child Enthroned altarpieces created from wood panels of tempera and gold. Viewing their renditions of the Virgin and Child Enthroned, Cimabue’s and Giotto’s distinct styles are apparent. By comparing and contrasting Cimabue’s and Giotto’s style of work, the viewer can see the shift from Byzantine to classical style of art. Cimabue’s and Giotto’s Virgin and Child Enthroned…

From the streets of West Palm Beach, Florida to the streets of Torino, Italy. I never thought I would be fortunate enough to leave the United States, but I was wrong. The trip to Italy was an intercession class that would travel for 5+ cities in Italy. I thought to myself, “This is my last chance to travel abroad while I’m in college.” However, I ran into one problem, Money. I submitted a request to my scholarship to see if I could get assistance to pay for the trip. My scholarship covered the…

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…

Food is the utmost elements in the tourism sector that acts as a sense of place attraction among travelers (Bessiere, 1998; Cohen & Avieli, 2004; Ryu & Jang, 2006; Seo, Kim, Oh, & Yun, 2013) who seeks for unusual or extraordinary food experience and new culture which they could not acquire from their own place. A tourism destination could be popularized because of the specialty cuisines it serves the people. This is obviously being observed in European Country such as France and Italy, which are…

Elite theories have often been associated with fascism. In particular, elite theorists such as Pareto and Michels had undeniable ties with the Italian Fascist party and the latter even supported Mussolini. One of the strongest arguments for this association is that elite theories are usually deemed to be anti-socialist and anti-democratic. By rejecting both Marxism and the democratic system, elite theories seem to be advocating for new forms of power, which fascism can easily be seen as the…