History & culture
Italy's Annual Festival of the Two Worlds
July 2018 | Danielle Selvaggio
Every summer in Spoleto, Italy, the widely-celebrated Festival dei Due Mondi takes place within June and July. Titled as the Festival of the Two Worlds when translated to English, the Festival dei Due Mondi consists of a wide variety of artistic...
Celebrating Republic Day with Italy's Military Performances
June 2018 | Danielle Selvaggio
Il 2 giugno la Repubblica Italiana celebra il 72° anniversario della nascita della nostra nazione attraverso il referendum istituzionale indetto per la prima volta a suffragio universale il 2 e il 3 giugno 1946, con il quale gli italiani vennero...
The Sea and Its History
June 2018 | Ilaria Massacesi
The boundless blue that one can see from every corner of the Italian peninsula, the unmistakable noise of the waves crashing on the shore, the taste of iodine that fills the lungs with health and freedom...it is the sea! In fact, the sea can not be...
Universal Judgement: Michelangelo and the Secrets of the Sistine Chapel
June 2018 | La Gazzetta Italiana
From the opening and closing ceremonies of multiple Olympic games to the Sistine Chapel and plenty of productions in between, Marco Balich has wowed audiences by “creating shows that amaze and speak to people’s hearts.” If you happened to catch the...
Buon Onomastico, The Italian Name Day
June 2018 | Elia Iafelice
Besides their birthday, many Italians also celebrate their onomastico. This term, which in English translates to “name-day,” derives from the Greek verb onomázein - chiamare per nome (to call by name). The onomastico has a strong religious...
A Renaissance Tabernacle Frame
May 2018 | Stephen N. Fliegel
Displayed in the Renaissance galleries of the Cleveland Museum of Art is a marble, frame-like, relief sculpture, Italian in origin, depicting two angels facing a central opening or portal. It dates to about 1480 to 1500. The marble is beautifully...
Calendimaggio: Recreating Medieval Battles in Modern Italy
May 2018 | Danielle Selvaggio
Il Medioevo rivive ad Assisi ogni anno durante la prima settimana di maggio, in occasione della festa del Calendimaggio. La manifestazione riporta in vita tradizioni, usanze passate e riti propiziatori pagani che celebravano il ritorno della...
Illuminations for Ferrara Cathedral
April 2018 | Stephen N. Fliegel
Two magnificently illuminated manuscript pages are preserved in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Their dimensions and style of decoration indicate that they were detached at some point in their history from an important set of choir books....
Italian Voters Opt for Anti-Establishment Parties
April 2018 | La Gazzetta Italiana
After the Italian parliament was dissolved by President Sergio Mattarella last December, a pivotal election for the country, and Europe as a whole, was set into motion. Italy’s general election, the first national election since 2013, was held on...
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