Bicycle Thieves One of the most groundbreaking movements in global cinema history was Italian Neo-realism. Coming after the devastating Second World War‚ Italian Neo-Realism aims to magnify the troubles of the working class in a crumbled Europe for the world to see on the silver screen. Neo-Realist films tend to star non-professional actors‚ use real locations as backdrops along with real people as extras‚ and usually have children playing major roles in the film. This movement aimed to emphasize
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Travels Abroad with Goethe’s Italian Journey Foreign travel‚ I think‚ is one of the most rewarding experiences you can have in life. You never really get a chance in life to explore who you really are and what you believe until you’re able to leave your daily life and spend time in a place where everything’s drastically different. Of course‚ not all travel is mind opening and horizon broadening. Some people just go abroad in a tourist frame of mind. The only thing they want to do when
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This painting was made by Sandro Botticelli in Florence‚ Italy during the Renaissance. It is still in Florence and is on display at the Galleria Degli Uffizi. Alessandro di Mariano Vanni Filipepi Botticelli also known as Sandro Botticelli was born in Florence‚ Italy on March first (Lightbown). Sandro Botticelli was given his nickname from his elder brother‚ Antonio. Antonio started training his younger brother to be a goldsmith from a young age . This training came to an abrupt end as Botticelli
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name 5/17/13 Per.7 Spain Fresh tensions emerged between Germany and southern Europe as Spain and Italy criticised Berlin’s proposals for a European Union super commissioner with powers to police national budgets and punish those with large deficits. "This is an idea‚ that considered on its own‚ I personally don’t like‚" said Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy after meeting his Italian counterpart Mario Monti in Madrid. Monti claimed not to have read a Der Spiegel interview
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is about the public space in Florence and serves as a visual gravitational center to the civic life of the city. The fifteenth century saw a dramatic rise in architectural projects not only in the wealthiest cities such as Florence‚ but all over Italy. The Vitruvian principles of symmetry and order were applied in almost every building project. In addition‚ Brunelleschi’s invention of perspective‚ a drawing technique‚ changed the way Italian architects constructed buildings. The Renaissance architecture
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and rulers believed that the way to greatness and illumination was through the study of the Golden Ages of the ancient Greeks and Romans. The Italian Renaissance was one of the most colorful‚ vital‚ and exciting times in history. The Renaissance in Italy flourished in the 15th century and spread throughout most of Europe in the 16th century. Italian life in the 14th and 15th centuries was lived among the vast ruins of the ancient Roman Empire. The cruelty and barbarism of Rome had long been forgotten
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in different countries throughout Europe led up to the proceeding of these Revolutions. For instance‚ France was awaiting the death of their king Louis Philippe. Germany was going through liberal pressure with their 30 loosely bound states‚ and Italy was also struggling with all the newly acquired kingdoms. However‚ the main cause were the rebellions of the new found values known as liberalism‚ nationalism‚ and socialism. This in turn unfolded the revolutions that caused even more problems within
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referred to as Little Italy’s and would be a mix of small business‚ bakeries‚ taverns and men and women selling breads and fruits from push-carts. Many of these communities would publish their own Italian-language newspapers‚ which contained news from Italy‚ promoted Italian culture and provided an outlet for frustrated new immigrants who could not yet fully understand English. L’Eco d’Italia in New York‚ L’Italia in Chicago and L’Eco della Colonia in Los Angeles were some of the main papers that were
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Humanism The Renaissance began around the 14th century to around the 17th century in Italy and spread throughout Europe. The Renaissance was the rebirth of Roman and Greek cultures. The Renaissance was one of the biggest periods of growth and development in Western Europe. In the times of the Renaissance interest was renowned in things such as art‚ traditional views about society come into serious question. Things like paintings‚ literature‚ sculptures and more great things came from the time period
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My perfect day would begin with me waking up next to my beautiful wife at nine in the morning in the center of Venice‚ Italy. Before getting out of bed we do what any other couple would do if they woke up next to each other on a beautiful day in a wonderful hotel in Venice. After a nice long hot shower the two of us enjoy a large continental breakfast together and then walk around the city. The two of us then take a train into Milan where my wife goes off to shop‚ and I meet up with my five of
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