Italian Wars

Thesis: Michaelangelo’s The Torment of St. Anthony serves to convey the story of St. Anthony and the demons to the general public and reflects the rediscovery of classical texts and their influence on Renaissance culture. During the Italian Renaissance, much of the artwork focused on figures important to Christianity such as Madonna, Jesus, and David, as well as on mythological figures such as Venus and Mars. The subjects of these artworks reflect the emphasis on classical philosophy and…

Out of all the Italian cuisines nothing is more famous than Tortellini, with the exception of ravioli of course. Tortellini is considered the ambassador of Italian cuisine. The word tortellini comes from the Italian plural of tortellino, diminutive of tortello ‘small cake, fritter. The shape tortellini is often said to come from a legend. Legend has it that, a peeping Italian innkeeper, looking through a keyhole, spied the belly button of a bathing beauty, that inspired him to make tortellini.…

tired of their French diet. They asked for a variety of pizzas, Queen Margherita loved the pizza called pizza mozzarella which was later changed pizza Margherita. By 1901 the first pizza documented in the Americas was from New York. By the end of World War II pizza became popular after American GIs stationed in Italy loved the taste of pizza and wanted to have more of it. In Chicago they created a type of pizza that was not the same as the original pizza in Italy which they called deep dish…

Competent Italian filmmaker, Matteo Garrone, who over the last few years has been giving us memorable films such as “Gomorrah” and “Reality”, hauls us into three Baroque tales from the 17th century, in which the real and unreal go hand in hand. The director, who exquisitely and efficaciously brings in mystical elements and dreamlike sequences, mixing them with the ethereal music by Alexandre Desplat, combines fulgurant medieval settings to host the odd stories, loosely adapted from the…

holiday season fast coming up on us, it behooves us to delve into the wonderful world of Italian holiday desserts. Few ethic groups exhibit such enchanting delights as do those of Italian ancestry at this time for year. Following, you'll sample, if only on a digital device, some of the most exquisite and well-known culinary samples from those with a discriminating taste from the world's best kitchens--the Italian home kitchen. Whether you're a college student away from home or a business…

Luce, for drinks at a local bar. As he walks to the bar his mind races through old memories and of his older brother. He remembers D.B. telling him about his war experiences and how holden would never make it as a soldier. Which is when he says, “ I'm sort of glad they've got the atomic bomb invented” and also adds “If there's ever another war, I'm going to sit right the hell on top of it” (page 141). He then ends the whole chapter with the statement, “I'll volunteer for it, I swear to God I…

Many people look through books as a gateway to another life they could live in or if it can be relatable to themselves. In Jhumpa Lahiri’s book, In Other Words, it is a memoir of her life in the struggle of what she goes through in learning the Italian language. While there are a few times in the book where Lahiri sounds depressed and belittles herself when struggling to learn a new language, she often reminds the reader of why she learns and perseveres through that challenge to reach her goal.…

than people from other countries and even from other places in Italy. Human Environment Interactions- My parents being from a different part of Italy then most people means my views of Italian Culture are different and for HEI Sicily interacts differently than Italy too the environment. We eat a lot of Italian foods, so when we dispose all our leftovers usually they are greasy. But the key part of throwing away food is that we throw a lot of it away because we make food in big batches.…

One that stands out on its own is Italian food. Faintly changing region to region, Italian food has made a huge imprint on the world. The cooking in Italy is known for being a way of establishing or maintaining ties with family and friends. Pasta being the go to dish for most first time visitors of this loved filled country is a dish served with love and strong connection to family. Cheese is the other food that many Italian residences include in their daily food menu. With over…

Despite nearly 2000 years separating the creation of Polykleitos’s Doryphoros and Donatello’s David, the two sculptures shared astonishingly similar features, yet both remained true to the stylistic characteristics of their respective time periods. These artists incorporated both predictable and cutting edge ideas into their works. Doryphoros, also known as the Spear Bearer, was a marble reinvention of Polykleitos’s original bronze sculpture circa 450 - 440 BCE. Most ancient Greek statues were…