Italian Noir: Finding the Darkness in the Place of Contemporary Light According to Erica Jong‚ "What is the fatal charm of Italy? What do we find there that can be found nowhere else? I believe it is a certain permission to be human‚ which other places‚ other countries‚ lost long ago" (Earles 1). This humanity she speaks of is one that hides under the surface between the exteriors of beauty and power‚ reflecting the common Italian ideal‚ that while something so shallowly beautiful captivates the
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lifestyle and society‚ and also Italians are popular for their attention of wearing on good clothes; "la bella figura"‚ and good impression‚ remains traditional Modern history Fashion in Italy began to become the nearly all fashionable in Europe since the 11th century‚ and powerful cities of that time period‚ such as Venice‚ Milan‚ Florence‚ Naples‚ Vicenza andRome started to produce robes‚ jewelry‚ textiles‚ shoes‚ fabrics‚ decorations and elaborate clothes. Italian fashion attained its peak throughout
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The Italian Renaissance embodied ad fontes‚ studia humanitatis‚ and virtu. Ad Fontes‚ meaning “return to the sources‚” which fostered a new approach to the past. Florentines looked back at the Greco-Romans seeking the knowledge they possessed. Studia Humanitatis incorporated new course material at universities. Previously‚ they had studied theology‚ medicine‚ and law; they now studied history‚ philosophy‚ rhetoric‚ and music. The study of philosophy opened debates over God‚ the Monarchy‚ and science
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Taras Shulhan Burgfrieden DBQ Changing views towards a civil peace in Germany from 1914 to 1918 was affected by the progress of World War I When the Burgfrieden was first announced in 1914 the crowds of German people cheered for the Burgfrieden. From 1915 to 1916‚ by the middle of the WWI‚ people began to get tired of the war and the high prices for food it brought and corruption it brought about. By 1918‚ the opinions on Burgfrieden were divided between those who believed the war was necessarye
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My Italian Family Dinners Lasagna‚ Briciole‚ Eggplant Parmesan these are just some of the items that I will be making for our family dinner. I will be making my own sauce first with three kinds of meat which I will cook slowly for four hours. My family loves when I make all our favorites for our Italian dinners. The most important component to my Italian family dinners is my sauce. I start my sauce by putting some olive oil in the bottom of the pot and sautéing some fresh garlic. I then
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Germany 1945-1990 WEST: Adenauer 1949-63 He faced three main issues when he came to power. First‚ 2 million Germans were unemployed and that very clearly showed by the poor performance of the economy. Second‚ his party the CDU did not obtain a full majority and depended on the votes of the liberals in order to stay in power. Third‚ by 1949‚ the existence of W Germany wasn’t quite official yet as they had been no post WWII peace treaty yet and thus the FRG’s existence was still unclear. 1955
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humanistic movement began during the early Italian Renaissance with the rediscovery of the writings of the classical Greeks and Romans‚ which were not only models of literary style‚ but believed to be guides to the understanding of life (Mirkin). Humanists did not see themselves as pagan=s‚ and the Church became one of the main reasons why the artistic applications of humanistic values flourished (Jovanovich 84). Two humanistic philosophers who greatly impacted the Italian Renaissance were Pico della Mirandola
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time of social and political turbulence around the world. For the Red Brigades‚ their fight with the Italian state was the continuation of the fight that the Italian Left Wing Resistance waged against Nazi Fascism during the Second World War. Offspring of classic Marxist/Leninists‚ their fight was ideological‚ and they feared the resurgence of Fascism in Italy which they equated with the rise of Italian and European capitalism and its aging corporate leadership. Although they saw themselves as continuing
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works that make up The Divine Comedy. The Divine Comedy documents Dante’s travels through Hell (in Inferno)‚ Purgatory (in Purgatorio)‚ and Heaven (in Paradiso). The Divine Comedy helped to establish the roots of what is now the Italian language‚ as Dante wrote in the Italian vernacular instead of Latin‚ making his work more accessible to the lower‚ uneducated classes and establishing a trend of writing in common language. In Inferno‚ a lion‚ a leopard‚ and a she-wolf corner Dante in a dark wood.
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Italian Americans in the Deep South What major cultural group do you come from? I am a third generation Italian American living in the deep south. My great-grandparents were immigrants to this country from Sicily‚ Italy. They migrated to Alabama to pursue jobs in the coal mines. My grandparents were raised in Ensley‚ Alabama. During the 1940’s this area was referred to as “Little Italy” by most Birmingham residents. We are a hardworking culture that has progressed from the lowest of low economical
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