Italy
Related: commedia dell' arte - futurismo - Italian art - Italian cinema - Italian design - Italian "low" culture - Italian literature - Italian music - Latin - Memphis Design Group - Pompeii - Romance - Rome - Vespa
Destinations: Bomarzo gardens
People (various): Gabriele d'Annunzio - Giuseppe Arcimboldo - Caligula - Caravaggio - Casanova - Umberto Eco - Ernesto Gastaldi - Milo Manara - Alberto Moravia - Ennio Morricone - Luigi Pirandello - Mussolini - Salvator Rosa - Leonardo Da Vinci
People (actresses): Sophia Loren
People (directors): Dario Argento - Mario Bava - Bernardo Bertolucci - Tinto Brass - Federico Fellini - Riccardo Freda - Sergio Leone - Pier Paolo Pasolini - Roberto Rossellini - Luchino Visconti
People (designers): Ettore Sottsass - Luigi Colani - Joe Colombo - Piero Gilardi - Andrea Branzi - Mario Bellini - Piero Fornasetti - Carlo Mollino - Gaetano Pesce - Gio Ponti
Capriccio with the Colosseum (1743-44) - B. Bellotto
Culture of Italy
Italy is well-known for its art and culture. It has many famous works of architecture, among them the leaning tower of Pisa and the Roman Colosseum. It is renowned for its food (pizza, pasta, etc.), wine, lifestyle, elegance, automobiles, visual art and design, cinema, theatre, literature, poetry, music (notably Opera), holidays, and generally speaking, taste. --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy#Culture [Aug 2005]
Palazzo Vecchio, Firenze, Italy
Palazzo Vecchio (1299) , Firenze, Italy
Palazzo della Signoria was the original name of the Palazzo Vecchio, before the government of the Republic of Florence was moved to the Uffizi under Cosimo I de' Medici. The Signoria was the standing ruling body of the Republic of Florence. Although much of the building is now a museum, it remains the seat of the local government. The mayor of Florence has his office there to this day. This building is the only building that used to hold the first nude statue of David that Donatello created. Piazza della Signoria is Latin for "Plaza of the City Council". --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palazzo_della_Signoria [Jun 2005]
Paolo Conte
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Paolo Conte est celui qui, un beau jour de l'année 1974, décida de jeter sa robe d'avocat aux orties. Chanteur italien, mais aussi pianiste et compositeur, Paolo Conte débute dans les années 60 dans l'ombre d'Adriano Celentano. Toutefois, son premier véritable succès tenant à l'atmosphère de piano-bar que dégage le double album Aguaplano ne date que de 1987. Paolo Conte s'y déplace aisément dans un univers mi-jazz mi-pop assez proche de celui de Tom Waits, la tendance rétro en plus. Crooner au charme latin, Paolo Conte colore ses histoires romantiques de poésie et d'humour. Considéré comme son meilleur album à ce jour, malgré une discographie aussi longue que la carrière de Grateful Dead, les mélodies finement ciselées de Aguaplano se déclinent entre chanson et tango et rappellent avec entêtement la passion de Paolo Conte, dandy méditerranéen, pour le jazz. lumineux et essentiel comme ce "Appunti di Viaggio". --Sabrina Silamo, amazon.fr