The Renaissance was a period following the Middle Ages where there was a rebirth of art and learning. The Renaissance started around 1350 and lasted till 1600. The Renaissance initially started in Italy. Individuals in Italy wanted to revive the culture of classical Greece and Rome. Through this process new things were created and accomplished. The Renaissance caused changes in arts and society. Drawings‚ paintings‚ and sculptures focused more on the individual and it was portrayed in a realistic
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Submission date ________ Assignment 1: Focus on the Learner 1. Personal details a) Educational and Social Background. For this assignment I interviewed and observed Federica‚ she is 21 years old and is from Italy. Federica’s native language is Italian. She is currently working as an aupair in London and studying a degree in linguistics at university in Italy. She has one year remaining to complete her degree. In the future she’s interested in becoming a translator. She’s also studying Russian and
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he speaks Italian. Do you speak Italian? Paul: I speak English and Spanish well but only a little Italian. So let’s speak in Spanish… Maria and Paul meet in a language exchange evening. Maria: Hello‚ my name is Maria. That is my friend Robert over there. I speak French and Spanish and Robert speaks Spanish. Paul: Hi. My name is Paul. I speak English and Spanish but I don’t speak French or German. Does Robert speak English? Maria: No. But he speaks Italian. Do you speak Italian? Paul:
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The Italian Renaissance lasted from 1400 BC to 1600 BC. During this time Italy was made up of a number of city-states that were ruled by Princes. The population was divided into aristocracy‚ the merchant class‚ artisans‚ town laborers and peasants of the countryside. The rulers set the standards for fashion and wore lavish garments that were depicted in artwork‚ but merchant classes would imitate these styles. From 1494 to 1549 the countryside was an area of war and Italy lost many of these areas
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immigrants in post war Australia. Refugees were given jobs as labourers. The play is written as a response to the violent death of a polish immigrant‚ who violently took his own life at Christmas. The play itself is also set on Christmas Eve. An Italian family reaches boiling point‚ when conflict between neighbours of different cultures‚ arises. Various points will be made‚ dialogue between characters‚ setting and themes. As the characters are all from different backgrounds and cultures‚ their
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The Madonna of 115th Street Faith and Community in Italian Harlem‚ 1880-1950 Book Review The Madonna of 115th Street by Rabert A. Orsi reveals a perspective on how religion effects the every day lives of the Italian immigrants living in italian Harlem from 1880-1950. Orsi teaches teaches readers all about the immigrants religious beliefs‚ and how they effect families and everyday lives of these immigrants. He talks about the annual festa of the Maddonna del Carmine‚ or Virgin Mary. Throughout
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Googled acetaminophen‚ and gave us something which he said was about the same. It almost destroyed my stomach lining. Next stop‚ Munich. By now I had every symptom known to man and was semi-delirious. Our destination was Genoa‚ so we boarded an Italian plane. It didn’t go anywhere. We spent an hour on the tarmac‚ another hour at the gate for maintenance and
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Italian is an Indo-European language‚ directly descended from Latin and closely related to Spanish‚ Portuguese and French. There is a wide variety of regional dialects‚ many of which are mutually unintelligible‚ and some of which have a literary tradition of their own. Most Italians are very conscious of their regional origins‚ and are quick to point out that they are Neapolitan‚ or Tuscan‚ or Sardinian‚ as well as Italian. Especially in the industrialised north‚ most educated Italians use
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PropagandaItaliaFC. (2012). Benito Mussolini - Speech (26.03.1939 Rome) (English subtitle). [Online Video]. 15 April 2012 . Available from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hpn9iPLbNDc. [Accessed: 08 September 2013]. It can be seen from this speech how much the Italian people admired and believed in Mussolini. This is evident when the camera cuts to the crowd and thousands of people from all directions can be seen‚ yet when Mussolini is speaking it is dead silence as if all of Italy is listening. The speech also
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Ms Dawn Goosen Humboldt Collegiate Institute History 20 (Period 2) December 08‚ 2011 Benito Mussolini‚ a hero who saved Italy when it was in need of a strong leader. A man who restored hope and united Italians to rise up for their country. The youngest prime minister of Italy who wanted the best for his own beloved country. A nationalistic man willing to gave his own life for the sake of Italy. Here are the good things Mussolini hath done. After having
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