Italian Renaissance The Italian Renaissance began in the Middle ages in the great city’s and state’s of Italy. Italian merchants and political officials supported and appointed the great artists of the day‚ because of this the products of the Renaissance grew up inside their own walls. The most powerful city’s and state’s were Florence‚ The Papal States‚ Venice‚ and Milan. Each of these states grew up with its own distinctive character‚mostly caused by the differences between their government
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The Italian Lira is a fairly new currency with roots that lie deep within Italian culture. The word "lira" is actually derived from the Latin word "libra"‚ meaning pound‚ making it a distant cousin to that of the British pound sterling. The lira was a monetary unit long before it existed as a coin or note. The lira made its first appearance in the hands of bankers‚ merchants and consumers in Venice in 1472‚ put in place by Doge Nicolas Tron. The Venice lira set a trend for large silver coins with
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Italian Architecture Abstract Nowadays‚ under the effect of industrial civilization‚ more and more modern cities choose towering skyscrapers as their landmark buildings‚ and tend to build in the city centers practical but tedious buildings‚ which made all the metropolis looks very similar. However‚ in Europe‚ a lot of countries committed to conserve their heritage of domestic old-style buildings. Among them‚ Italy acts as bellwether. This essay takes into consideration three typical masterworks:
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The History of Pasta in Italy Homemade…Tradition…Family…Have you ever wondered about the history of pasta? Italian pasta has influenced the Italian culture because of its rich history‚ connection to family‚ and contribution to the world. These are some of the things that effected the invention of pasta. Pasta was not invented in Italy‚ although many say that Marco Polo brought it back there on his voyage from China which is incorrect. According to Life in Italy‚ a news article about the history
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Italy according to different literary periods. Classical Italian literature Ancient Rome was the military and cultural centre of the world for centuries. Literature was a well developed discipline in Italy during Roman times producing several classical works of literature that are still read today. It is amazing to think that such great works of literature were written in Italy as far back as 800BC. Some of the biggest names in Italian literature from this period include Horace‚ Virgil‚ Livy and
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known as one the most influential artist of the 20th century. Picasso began life as a prodigy to his father who was an art teacher and painter himself taught him to draw. It is said that by the time Picasso surpassed his own father’s skill by the time he was age 13. Picasso attended many different art institutions in Spain and France but he didn’t stay long nor did he graduate‚ due to him feeling as though school teachings didn’t fully allow him to be an artist so he would skip and travel inner city
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ours‚ this is a wonderful life. If you can get through life like this and get away with it‚ hey‚ that’s great. But it’s very‚ very unpredictable. There’s so many ways you can screw it up” (“Famous Mob Quotes.” 1). Despite public misconception of the Italian Mafia‚ it has not always been the murderous‚ cold-hearted killers known today. The Mafia actually began as a way of protection. When the government took advantage over the common people‚ the Mafia would take the law into their own hands. The organization
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August 1576 better known as Titian was an Italian painter‚ the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school. He was born in Pieve di Cadore‚ near Belluno (in Veneto)‚ in the Republic of Venice. During his lifetime he was often called da Cadore‚ taken from the place of his birth. Recognized by his contemporaries as "The Sun Amidst Small Stars" (recalling the famous final line of Dante’s Paradiso)‚ Titian was one of the most versatile of Italian painters‚ equally adept with portraits‚ landscape
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official EU language: Italian Italy is mainly mountainous‚ except for the Po plain in the north‚ and runs from the Alps to the central Mediterranean Sea. It includes the islands of Sicily‚ Sardinia‚ Elba and about 70 other smaller ones. There are two small independent states within peninsular Italy: the Vatican City in Rome‚ and the Republic of San Marino. The centre of the vast Roman Empire which left a huge archaeological‚ cultural and literary heritage‚ the Italian peninsula saw the birth
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Italian Immigrants During the time period from 1880 to 1920‚ millions of people from around the world made the decision to immigrate to America. Specifically the Italian that immigrated to the United States came from Southern Italy. Roughly 5 million immigrates arrived at Ellis Island during the time period of 1880 to 1920. The original homes of these Southern Italians was economically depressed and predominantly agricultural in comparison to the Northern Italian’s home‚ which were prosperous
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