Italy

Cultures and food somewhat will water down in the future, but will not be entirely lost. It is important to recognize someone culture and background. Understanding where their family came from and how socialization played a major factor in the history of their family. In addition, it allows us to realize that our own families came from diverse roots and heritages. Does not matter what cultures we came from or if we are citizens or immigrants. By preserving culture, we are exposed to…

ABSTRACT Renaissance was a cultural and artistic movement which started off in Italy from the late fifteenth century to the early seventeenth century. After it started in Italy, spreads across European countries such as England and had an effect upon the literature of this period, so based on from here the purpose of this study was to search these effects in terms of poem’s theme, structure, aspects and some parts where poetry was influenced by renaissance in Elizabethan Age. The study analysed…

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was first and foremost an Italian sculptor, as well as, a painter during the High Renaissance. His piece entitled Pietà was created between the years of 1498–1499 in St. Peter’s Basilica (Kleiner). Gian Lorenzo Bernini was also an Italian sculptor and architect, but during the Baroque period. The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa was finished in 1652 for the Cornaro family chapel in Santa Maria della Vittoria (Kleiner). Though there is complexity in the…

The buildings of the Italian Cisternians consisted of a central hall for the crowds to gather, side aisles, and apse. With rectilinear forms challenge the French architecture, also with small windows, one example is the magnificent, Basilica of San Francisco, located in Assisi. The fresco painting on the walls was also an important characteristic of this period. Also, its desire to evoke the Franciscan connection with poverty influenced the architecture. Simply but magnificent is the definition…

The beginning of a legend Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simomi was born on March 6, 1475, and Caprice Italy, we know him as Michelangelo’s father was a magistrate, was an infant’s family moved to Florence. When Michelangelo’s mother passed away this father is no longer it will take care of him and he went to live with stonecutter and he joked, “With my wet-nurse’s milk, I sucked in the hammer and chisels I use for my statues” (Bio.com ) Michelangelo didn’t care much for school it was…

Giuseppe Arcimboldo was born in 1527 Milan, Italy. He was the son of Biagio, whom was also a painter from Milan. Arcimboldo’s first job was making stained glass windows in 1549 and worked with Giuseppe Meda to make frescoes for the Cathedral of Monza. In 1562 he had become the the court artist for Ferdinand I then Maximilian II and Rudolf II, who was his inspiration for the painting Vertumnus. Some of Arcimboldo’s most famous paintings include The Librarian, Vertumnus, The Jurist, and Water.…

Galileo Galilei Galileo Galilei was born on February 15, 1564 in Pisa, Italy and died on January 8, 1642. He was born to the parents Vincenzo Galilei and Giulia degli Ammannati. Galileo’s father was a lutenist, composer, and music theorist. Galileo was the oldest of six children, although only three only siblings lived through infantry. His family was part of nobility but was not rich. They moved to Florence, Italy in the early 1570’s. Never marrying, Galileo had three children with Marina…

Marshall ( 1951 ), scripted by Bardem and directed by Berlanga, is a comic fable reminiscent of De Sica's Miracle in Milan. We can also see the impact in India. By the time Italian neorealist films arrived in India, the movement was in crisis in Italy. In 1952 some of the well known specimens of the movement came to India at the International Film Festival organised by Films Division. Though films from 23 countries came, neorealist films received special mention in the popular reports of…

Sandro Botticelli was an artist in Florence, Italy. His life lasted from 1445 - May 17, 1510. Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi was Sandro Botticelli’s name at birth, but was later nicknamed Botticelli as he is known by. While he was young he was apprenticed by Fra Filippo Lippi, an artist. At the start of his career as an artist, he would paint frescoes for Florentine churches and cathedrals with another artist. He had a workshop of his own by 1470. After hiring Fra Filippo Lippi’s son, Filippino…

marble gained him early fame (Held & Posner, 1971). The period of art history Michelangelo is associated with is called the High Renaissance, particularly in Florence, Italy. It was…