Jacob Seifert AP Euro 9 September 2012 The Italian renaissance‚ the first of two renaissances‚ brought in new ideas to the western world along with the commonly thought of art. The ideas are presented in the art and it’s often from the artists who were leading the charge in the new ways of thinking. Humanism and Secularism were both heavily present in the art of Michelangelo‚ Masaccio‚ Raphael‚ Botticelli‚ and Brunelleschi. Their art was reflective of the influx of new thinkers and the decline
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+ Non verbal communication Across different cultures with a special emphasis on Italy + Why are Italian so famous for their non verbal language? n What is at the origins of this peculiar way to communicate? Let’s think about the things for which the Italian people are known around the world… n La MUSICA‚ l’Opera‚ Historically‚ Opera has been a big part of Italian society. Opera music was founded in Italy in 1607 to “commemorate the annual festival of Mantua” (Kwintessential
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`Italian Culture vs. American Culture` Kimberly Nyholm Anthropology 101 Ms. Winn September 2‚ 2009 Cultures 2 Abstract `Being born in a multicultural family I have always been curious on my Italian side. My Mother’s family is all Italian and I have always been so interested in their or our culture. My father is German‚ Irish and Swedish so all together I am a melting pot. The Italians just really interest me I’m not sure if it’s because they are very verbal‚ or what
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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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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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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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