Entries from Dante Today (Arielle Saiber, Bowdoin) tagged with 'Italy'
"Fa come natura fece in foco": Glasstress, Venice Biennale
"In 1972, glass ceased to have its own section at the Venice Biennale, when the inclusion of what were considered "decorative arts" was abandoned. But at this year's event, glass has made a comeback in two separate shows: "Glasstress,"...
Metamorfosi, "Inferno" (1972) and "Paradiso (2004)
This Italian progressive rock band released "Inferno" in 1972 and, 32 years later, "Paradiso." The album tracks correspond with Dante's journey through the afterlife, although in some cases the musicians did alter some of the sins punished in hell....
Garage Inferno, Florence, Italy
(Photo by Alex Bertland, 2009)...
"Dante's Inferno Documented" (2009)
From the film's website: "Dante's Inferno Documented, now in final stages of post-production, started filming in Italy (Rome, Florence and Bellagio) in February, 2008 and continued in Los Angeles, United States in March, August, December 2008, January 2009 (including...
Watercolor lithograph by "Mata" (second half of the nineteenth century)
(photo by Kavi Montanaro) Bettino Ricasoli as Count Ugolino attacks Urbano Rattazzi, who ousted him in 1892 from his leading role in the government. This piece was on exhibit at the "150 Years of La Nazione" in Florence, Italy...
Dante on the bus
Piazza San Marco, Florence, Italy April 9, 2009...
"In Italy's Dugout, Piazza Embraces a New Role"
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/28/sports/baseball/28mets.html?_r=1&emc=tnt&tntemail0=y "Piazza is one of four American coaches on the staff with varying levels of the Italian language at their disposal. As they sat in the dugout before the game, they spoke to one another in English, with one...
"Il Viaggio di Dante: Un avventura infernale" (2008)
A children's book. Text: Virginia Jewiss Illustrations: Aline Cantono di Ceva Idea: Christiana Castenetto Italian version: http://www.ibs.it/code/9788874611102/jewiss-virginia/viaggio-dante-avventura.html An English version also available as Dante's Journey: An Infernal Adventure....
Piazza del Limbo, Florence, Italy
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piazza_del_Limbo Contributed by Patrick Molloy...
Cgil strike, Genova, December 2008
http://www.repubblica.it/2006/05/gallerie/economia/sciopera-cgil/4.html The sign cites (with a little alteration) from Inferno XXVI, 118-120 Considerate la vostra semenza: fatti non foste a viver come bruti, ma per seguir virtute e canoscenza.' Consider well the seed that gave you birth: you were...
Graffiti in Firenze
(Photo by Kavi Montanaro, 2008)...
Dante in protest
(Photo by Kavi Montanaro, 2008) Banner on Via dei Servi in Florence, Italy. Students, faculty, and parents protesting funding cuts in education and privatization of the school and university systems. Virgil is saying to Dante, "But no, Dante!... Even...
Two Streets in Florence
(Photo by Kavi Montanaro, 2008)...
Dante graffiti in Rome
http://eternallycool.net/2008/06/dante-hits-the-streets/ "From the stenciled cutout of Virgil and Dante on the outside of the building (see top photo) to the artful images sprayed on the gallery walls (see above and below), we're totally taken." eternallycool.net, June 18, 2008 http://eternallycool.net/2008/06/dante-hits-the-streets/...
City of Florence pardons Dante
"The city of Florence has issued a pardon for the poet, 700 years after it sentenced him to death for his political beliefs. Peter Popham reports on the man who turned Italian into a literary language." The Independent, June...
Mark Mills, "The Savage Garden" (2007)
http://www.amazon.com/Savage-Garden-Mark-Mills/dp/0399153535 "A villa in the Tuscan hills is the setting for this gracefully executed literary puzzle. A Cambridge student wins a fellowship to study the villa's Renaissance garden, built by a Florentine banker in memory of his wife. Consulting...
Matilde Asensi "The Last Cato" (2007)
Asensi's first novel to be published in English features a clandestine religious organization, a code contained in the work of a long-dead genius, a plucky heroine, and just the right combination of obscure history and plausible conjecture. Sound familiar?...
"Tuscany" perfume by Aramis
http://www.imagesdeparfums.fr/ Difficult to see, but the "Tuscany per donna" has as its slogan in French "Out of that stream there issued living sparks" (Par. XXX.64) and in English, "It draws fire to the moon" (Par. I.115). The "Tuscany per...
Il Terzo Girone: Italian food and drink database
http://www.ilterzogirone.it/il_progetto.php...
Terzo Girone Ristorante, Siena, Italy
pdf of full menu: Download file Contributed by Donatella Stocchi-Perucchio (University of Rochester)...
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