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Recanati is a town and comune in the Province of Macerata, in the Marche region of Italy. Recanati was founded around 1150 AD from three pre-existing castles. In 1290 it proclaimed itself an independent republic and, in the 15th century, was famous for its international fair. In March 1798 it was conquered by Napoleon Bonaparte.
It is the hometown of tenor Beniamino Gigli and poet Giacomo Leopardi, which is why the town is known to some as the city of poetry. It contains the Teatro Persiani named after the composer of operas in the first part of the 19th century, Giuseppe Persiani, who was born in the town in 1799.
The origin of Recanati are unclear, although the area was inhabited since prehistoric times by the Piceni. In Roman times, the river Potenza, which was navigable then, saw the rise of two cities: Potentia, at the mouth, and Helvia Recina, located more inland. When the Goths led by Radagaisus ravaged the region around 406 AD, their inhabitants took refuge on the hills, perhaps founding the modern Recanati, which would take its name from Ricina.
In the 12th century, during the controversies between Frederick Barbarossa and the Papacy, Recanati expelled the feudal counts which ruled its area, and gave itself a communal constitution under the lead of consuls (consoli). In 1203 they were replaced by podestà. In 1228, when Barbarossa's nephew Frederick II was also in conflict with the popes, Recanati sided for him, and was thus given the whole control of the seaside, and the right to found a port (the modern Porto Recanati). In 1239, however, Recanati supported the pope, and the following year Gregory IX gave it the title of City and bishopric seat that had been previously held by the nearby Osimo.
In the early 14th century, the strife between Guelphs and Ghibellines plagued also Recanati. After the citizens, among the others, ravaged and plundered the cathedral, and later killed some Guelph (pro-papal) exponents, in 1322 papal mercenaries besieged Recanati, and destroyed its fortifications, the main Ghibelline palaces and the Priors' Palaces. The Pope pardonded the city in 1328, while the bishop's seat was restored only in 1354. In 1415 Recanati hosted former Pope Gregory XII, who died here two years later.
At the time, the town was home to a popular trading fair, which was further boosted by Pope Martin V in 1422. During several centuries of economical prosperity, Recanati housed jurists, writers and artists such as Lorenzo Lotto, Guercino and others.
Recanati was occupied by Napoleonic troops in 1798. In 1831 it took part to the Risorgimento riots, and was annexed to the newly formed Kingdom of Italy in 1860 after the dissolution of most of the Papal States.
• Church of Santa Maria di Castelnuovo: this 12th century church has a portal with a Byzantine style lunette, signed and dated 1253, depicting the Madonna enthroned with Sts Michael and Gabriel. The interior has a fresco by Pietro di Domenico of Montepulciano.
• Montefiore Castle: dates to the late Middle Ages. It has a polygonal plan with a high tower with merlons.
• Church and cloister of Sant'Agostino (13th century), remade one century later together with the cathedral. It has a portal in Istrian stone by Giuliano da Maiano. In the 18th century, the interior was remade redecorated according to a design by Ferdinando Galli da Bibbiena, with canvases by Pomarancio[disambiguation needed], Pier Simone Fanelli, andFelice Damiani.
• Carabinieri barracks (14th century).
• Church of San Vito, built over a pre-existing Romanesque-Byzantine edifice. It was given the current appearance in the mid-17th century, only the apse and the bell tower remaining of the former structure. The façade was remade after an earthquake in 1741 according to a design by Luigi Vanvitelli. Artworks in the interior include canvases by Pomarancio, Fanelli, Felice Damiano da Gubbio (1582), Giuseppe Valeriani (1550) and Paolo de Matteis (1727).
• Co-Cathedral of St. Flavian (14th century), with the annexed bishop's balace and the diocesan useum. Pope Gregory XII is buried here.
• Church of San Domenico (15th century), with a 1481 portal by Giuliano da Maiano. It houses the Glory of St. Vincent Ferrer by Lorenzo Lotto.
• Church of San Pietrino (14th century), with an 18th-century façade attributed to Vanvitelli.
• Church of Madonna delle Grazie (1465).
• Palazzo Venieri, designed by Giuliano da Maiano.
• Palazzo Mazzagalli, designed by Giuliano da Maiano or Luciano Laurana.
• Neolithic necropolises of Fontenoce and Cava Kock (4th millennium BC).
• Town Museum of Villa Colloredo Mels, housing, among other paintings, Lorenzo Lotto's Recanati Polyptych.
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Lorenzo Lotto (c. 1480 – 1557) was an Italian painter, draughtsman and illustrator, traditionally placed in the Venetian school, though much of his career was spent in other North Italian cities.
He painted mainly altarpieces, religious subjects and portraits. He was active during the High Renaissance and the first half of the Mannerist period, but his work maintained a generally similar High Renaissance style throughout his career, although his nervous and eccentric posings and distortions represented a transitional stage to the Florentine and Roman Mannerists.
During his lifetime Lotto was a well respected painter and certainly popular in Northern Italy; he is traditionally included in the Venetian School, but his independent career actually places him outside the Venetian art scene. He was certainly not as highly regarded in Venice as in the other towns where he worked, for he had a stylistic individuality, even an idiosyncratic style (although it fit within the parameters of High Renaissance painting) and, after his death, he gradually became neglected and then almost forgotten; this could be attributed to the fact that his oeuvre now remains in lesser known churches or in provincial museums.
Born in Venice, he worked in Treviso (1503–1506); in the Marches (1506–1508); in Rome (1508–1510); in Bergamo (1513–1525); in Venice (1525–1549); in Ancona (1549) and finally, as a Franciscan lay brother, in Loreto (1549–1556).
Little is known of his training. As a Venetian he was influenced by Giovanni Bellini as he had a good knowledge of contemporary Venetian painting. Though Bellini was doubtless not his teacher, the influence is clear in his early painting Virgin and Child with St. Jerome (1506) (National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh). However, in his portraits and in his early painting Allegory of Virtue and Vice (1505) (National Gallery of Art, Washington), he shows the influence of Giorgione's Naturalism. As he grew older his style changed, perhaps evolving, from a detached Giorgionesque classicism, to a more vibrant dramatic set piece, more reminiscent of his contemporary from Parma, Correggio.
In 1508 he began the Recanati Polyptych altarpiece for the church of San Domenico; this two-tiered and rather conventionally painted polyptych consists of six panels. His portrait Young Man against a White Curtain in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (c. 1506) and Adoration of the Child (c. 1508) in the National Museum in Kraków with Catherine Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus portrayed as Saint Catherine, are paintings from this period. As he became a respected painter, he came to the attention of Bramante, the papal architect, who was passing through Loreto (a pilgrimage site near Recanati). Lotto was invited to Rome to decorate the papal apartments, but nothing survives of this work, as it was destroyed a few years later. This was probably because he had imitated the style of Raphael, a rapidly rising star in the Papal court; indeed he had done it before, in the Transfiguration of the Recanati polyptych.
Venice (1525–1532)
In Venice, Lotto first resided at the Dominican monastery of Santi Giovanni e Paolo, but he was forced to leave after a few months after a conflict with intarsia artist Fra Damiano da Bergamo. To cope with the many commissions he started to receive, he founded a workshop. He shipped five altarpieces for churches in the Marches and another one for the church Santa Maria Assunta in Celano (near Bergamo). Another altarpiece was for the Venetian church of Santa Maria dei Carmini, portraying St. Nicholas of Bari in Glory.
As Venice was a city of great wealth and as popularity increased, he received many orders for private paintings, including ten portraits, among them, Portrait of a Young Man (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin). His portrait of Andrea Odoni (Royal Art Collection, Hampton Court) (1527) would later influence the portrait of Jacopo Strada by Titian (1568) (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna). But in Venice he was overshadowed by Titian, who dominated the artistic scene.
In this last period of his life, Lorenzo Lotto would frequently move from town to town, searching for patrons and commissions. In 1532 he went to Treviso. Next he spent about seven years in the Marches (Ancona, Macerata and Jesi), before returning to Venice in 1540. He moved again to Treviso in 1542 and back to Venice in 1545. Finally he went back to Ancona in 1549.
This was a productive period in his life, during which he painted several altarpieces and portraits.
At the end of his life, Lotto found it difficult to earn a living. Furthermore, in 1550, when he was about 70, one of his works had an unsuccessful auction in Ancona. As recorded in his personal account book, this deeply disillusioned him.
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Cardinal Vicar (Italian: Cardinale Vicario) is a title commonly given to the vicar general of the Diocese of Rome for the portion of the diocese within Italy (i.e. excluding the portion within Vatican City). The official title, as given in the Annuario Pontificio, is Vicar General of His Holiness.The Bishop of Rome is responsible for the spiritual administration of this diocese, but because the Bishop of Rome is also the Pope, with many other responsibilities, he appoints a Cardinal Vicar with ordinary power to assist in this task. Canon law requires all Catholic dioceses to have one or more vicars general, but the Cardinal Vicar functions more like a de facto diocesan bishop than do other vicars general. The holder has usually been a cardinal.
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This list of Catholic artists concerns artists known, at least in part, for their works of religious Roman Catholic art. It may also include artists whose position as a Roman Catholic priest or missionary was vital to their artistic works or development. Because of the title, it is preferred that at least some of their artwork be in or commissioned for Catholic churches, which includes Eastern Catholic Churches in communion with the Pope.
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Italian literature is written in the Italian language, particularly within Italy. It may also refer to literature written by Italians or in Italy in other languages spoken in Italy, often languages that are closely related to modern Italian. An early example of Italian literature is the tradition of vernacular lyric poetry performed in Occitan, which reached Italy by the end of the 12th century. In 1230, the Sicilian School is notable for being the first style in standard Italian. Dante Alighieri, one of the greatest of Italian poets, is notable for his Divine Comedy. Petrarch did classical research and wrote lyric poetry. Renaissance humanism developed during the 14th and the beginning of the 15th centuries. Humanists sought to create a citizenry able to speak and write with eloquence and clarity. Early humanists, such as Petrarch, were great collectors of antique manuscripts. Lorenzo de Medici shows the influence of Florence on the Renaissance. Leonardo da Vinci wrote a treatise on painting. The development of the drama in the 15th century was very great. The fundamental characteristic of the era following Renaissance is that it perfected the Italian character of its language. Niccolò Machiavelli and Francesco Guicciardini were the chief originators of the science of history. Pietro Bembo was an influential figure in the development of the Italian language and an influence on the 16th-century revival of interest in the works of Petrarch.
In 1690 the Academy of Arcadia was instituted with the goal of restoring literature by imitating the simplicity of the ancient shepherds with sonnets, madrigals, canzonette and blank verse. In the 17th century, some strong and independent thinkers, such as Bernardino Telesio, Lucilio Vanini, Bruno and Campanella turned philosophical inquiry into fresh channels, and opened the way for the scientific conquests of Galileo Galilei, who is notable both for his scientific discoveries and his writing. In the 18th century, the political condition of Italy began to improve, and philosophers throughout Europe in the period known as The Enlightenment. Apostolo Zeno and Metastasio are two of the notable figures of the age. Carlo Goldoni, a Venetian, created the comedy of character. The leading figure of the literary revival of the 18th century was Giuseppe Parini.
The ideas behind the French Revolution of 1789 gave a special direction to Italian literature in the second half of the 18th century. Love of liberty and desire for equality created a literature aimed at national object. Patriotism and classicism were the two principles that inspired the literature that began with Vittorio Alfieri. Other patriots included Vincenzo Monti and Ugo Foscolo. The romantic school had as its organ the Conciliatore established in 1818 at Milan. The main instigator of the reform was Manzoni. The great poet of the age was Giacomo Leopardi. History returned to its spirit of learned research. The literary movement that preceded and was contemporary with the political revolution of 1848 may be said to be represented by four writers - Giuseppe Giusti, Francesco Domenico Guerrazzi, Vincenzo Gioberti and Cesare Balbo. After the Risorgimento, political literature becomes less important. The first part of this period is characterized by two divergent trends of literature that both opposed Romanticism, the Scapigliatura and Verismo. Important early-20th-century writers include Italo Svevo and Luigi Pirandello (winner of the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature). Neorealism was developed by Alberto Moravia. Umberto Eco became internationally successful with the Medieval detective story Il nome della rosa (The Name of the Rose, 1980).
Naples | Wikipedia audio article
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00:03:02 1 History
00:03:11 1.1 Greek birth and Roman acquisition
00:05:23 1.2 Duchy of Naples
00:08:05 1.3 Kingdom of Naples
00:08:14 1.3.1 Norman to Angevin
00:10:14 1.3.2 Aragonese and Spanish
00:13:57 1.3.3 Independent Two Sicilies
00:14:25 1.4 Italian unification to the present day
00:18:58 2 Architecture
00:19:07 2.1 UNESCO World Heritage Site
00:20:48 2.2 Piazzas, palaces and castles
00:23:30 2.3 Museums
00:25:22 2.4 Churches and other religious structures
00:26:09 2.5 Other features
00:27:05 2.5.1 Subterranean Naples
00:28:26 2.5.2 Parks, gardens, villas, fountains and stairways
00:29:37 2.5.3 Neo-Gothic, iLiberty Napoletano/i and modern architecture
00:30:51 3 Geography
00:31:54 3.1 Quarters
00:32:14 3.2 Climate
00:33:21 4 Demographics
00:35:46 5 Education
00:38:23 6 Politics
00:38:32 6.1 Governance
00:39:43 6.2 Administrative subdivisions
00:39:52 7 Economy
00:41:49 8 Transport
00:45:36 9 Culture
00:45:44 9.1 Art
00:47:18 9.2 Cuisine
00:50:18 9.3 Festivals
00:52:11 9.4 Language
00:53:24 9.5 Literature and philosophy
00:57:10 9.6 Theatre
00:59:08 9.7 Music
01:02:19 9.8 Cinema and television
01:05:23 9.9 Sports
01:07:24 9.10 Tailoring
01:12:15 10 Neapolitans
01:12:24 10.1 Honorary citizens
01:12:37 11 International relations
01:12:47 11.1 Twin towns and sister cities
01:13:10 11.2 Partnerships
01:13:18 12 See also
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Naples (; Italian: Napoli [ˈnaːpoli] (listen); Neapolitan: Napule [ˈnɑːpələ] or [ˈnɑːpulə]; Latin: Neapolis; Ancient Greek: Νεάπολις, lit. 'new city') is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest municipality in Italy after Rome and Milan. In 2017, around 967,069 people lived within the city's administrative limits while its province-level municipality has a population of 3,115,320 residents. Its continuously built-up metropolitan area (that stretches beyond the boundaries of the Metropolitan City of Naples) is the second or third largest metropolitan area in Italy.
First settled by Greeks in the second millennium BC, Naples is one of the oldest continuously inhabited urban areas in the world. In the ninth century BC, a colony known as Parthenope or Παρθενόπη was established on the Island of Megaride, later refounded as Neápolis in the sixth century BC. The city was an important part of Magna Graecia, played a major role in the merging of Greek and Roman society and a significant cultural centre under the Romans. It served as the capital of the Duchy of Naples (661–1139), then of the Kingdom of Naples (1282–1816) and finally of the Two Sicilies until the unification of Italy in 1861.
Between 1925 and 1936, Naples was expanded and upgraded by Benito Mussolini's government but subsequently sustained severe damage from Allied bombing during World War II, which led to extensive post-1945 reconstruction work. Naples has experienced significant economic growth in recent decades, helped by the construction of the Centro Direzionale business district and an advanced transportation network, which includes the Alta Velocità high-speed rail link to Rome and Salerno and an expanded subway network. Naples is the third-largest urban economy in Italy, after Milan and Rome. The Port of Naples is one of the most important in Europe and home of the Allied Joint Force Command Naples, the NATO body that oversees North Africa, the Sahel and Middle East.Naples' historic city centre is the largest in Europe and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with a wide range of culturally and historically significant sites nearby, including the Palace of Caserta and the Roman ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Naples is also known for its natural beauties such as Posillipo, Phlegraean Fields, Nisida, and Vesuvius.Neapolitan cuisine is synonymous with pizza ...
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00:03:19 1 History
00:03:27 1.1 Greek birth and Roman acquisition
00:05:48 1.2 Duchy of Naples
00:08:38 1.3 Kingdom of Naples
00:08:47 1.3.1 Norman to Angevin
00:12:09 1.3.2 Aragonese and Spanish
00:16:17 1.3.3 Independent Two Sicilies
00:16:46 1.4 Italian unification to the present day
00:21:35 2 Architecture
00:21:44 2.1 UNESCO World Heritage Site
00:23:32 2.2 Piazzas, palaces and castles
00:26:35 2.3 Museums
00:28:34 2.4 Churches and other religious structures
00:29:23 2.5 Other features
00:30:22 2.5.1 Subterranean Naples
00:31:47 2.5.2 Parks, gardens, villas, fountains and stairways
00:33:02 2.5.3 Neo-Gothic, iLiberty Napoletano/i and modern architecture
00:34:19 3 Geography
00:35:26 3.1 Quarters
00:35:46 3.2 Climate
00:36:57 4 Demographics
00:39:32 5 Education
00:42:18 6 Politics
00:42:27 6.1 Governance
00:43:41 6.2 Administrative subdivisions
00:43:51 7 Economy
00:45:55 8 Transport
00:49:55 9 Culture
00:50:04 9.1 Art
00:51:44 9.2 Cuisine
00:54:55 9.3 Festivals
00:56:52 9.4 Language
00:58:08 9.5 Literature and philosophy
01:02:07 9.6 Theatre
01:04:13 9.7 Music
01:07:35 9.8 Cinema and television
01:10:48 9.9 Sports
01:12:53 9.10 Tailoring
01:18:01 10 Neapolitans
01:18:10 10.1 Honorary citizens
01:18:24 11 International relations
01:18:34 11.1 Twin towns and sister cities
01:18:58 11.2 Partnerships
01:19:07 12 See also
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Naples (; Italian: Napoli [ˈnaːpoli] (listen); Neapolitan: Napule [ˈnɑːpələ] or [ˈnɑːpulə]; Latin: Neapolis; Ancient Greek: Νεάπολις, lit. 'new city') is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest municipality in Italy after Rome and Milan. In 2017, around 967,069 people lived within the city's administrative limits while its province-level municipality has a population of 3,115,320 residents. Its continuously built-up metropolitan area (that stretches beyond the boundaries of the Metropolitan City of Naples) is the second or third largest metropolitan area in Italy and one of the most densely populated cities in Europe.
First settled by Greeks in the second millennium BC, Naples is one of the oldest continuously inhabited urban areas in the world. In the ninth century BC, a colony known as Parthenope or Παρθενόπη was established on the Island of Megaride, later refounded as Neápolis in the sixth century BC. The city was an important part of Magna Graecia, played a major role in the merging of Greek and Roman society and a significant cultural centre under the Romans. It served as the capital of the Duchy of Naples (661–1139), then of the Kingdom of Naples (1282–1816) and finally of the Two Sicilies until the unification of Italy in 1861.
Between 1925 and 1936, Naples was expanded and upgraded by Benito Mussolini's government but subsequently sustained severe damage from Allied bombing during World War II, which led to extensive post-1945 reconstruction work. Naples has experienced significant economic growth in recent decades, helped by the construction of the Centro Direzionale business district and an advanced transportation network, which includes the Alta Velocità high-speed rail link to Rome and Salerno and an expanded subway network. Naples is the third-largest urban economy in Italy, after Milan and Rome. The Port of Naples is one of the most important in Europe and home of the Allied Joint Force Command Naples, the NATO body that oversees North Africa, the Sahel and Middle East.Naples' historic city centre is the largest in Europe and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with a wide range of culturally and historically significant sites nearby, including the Palace of Caserta and the Roman ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Naples is also known for its natural beauties such as Posillipo, Phlegraean Fields, Nisida, an ...
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00:02:53 1 History
00:03:01 1.1 Greek birth and Roman acquisition
00:05:07 1.2 Duchy of Naples
00:07:39 1.3 Kingdom of Naples
00:07:47 1.3.1 Norman to Angevin
00:09:41 1.3.2 Aragonese and Spanish
00:13:12 1.3.3 Independent Two Sicilies
00:13:39 1.4 Italian unification to the present day
00:17:57 2 Architecture
00:18:06 2.1 UNESCO World Heritage Site
00:19:42 2.2 Piazzas, palaces and castles
00:22:14 2.3 Museums
00:24:02 2.4 Churches and other religious structures
00:24:46 2.5 Other features
00:25:39 2.5.1 Subterranean Naples
00:26:55 2.5.2 Parks, gardens, villas, fountains and stairways
00:28:02 2.5.3 Neo-Gothic, iLiberty Napoletano/i and modern architecture
00:29:13 3 Geography
00:30:13 3.1 Quarters
00:30:32 3.2 Climate
00:31:36 4 Demographics
00:33:54 5 Education
00:36:23 6 Politics
00:36:32 6.1 Governance
00:37:39 6.2 Administrative subdivisions
00:37:49 7 Economy
00:39:40 8 Transport
00:43:14 9 Culture
00:43:23 9.1 Art
00:44:52 9.2 Cuisine
00:47:43 9.3 Festivals
00:49:29 9.4 Language
00:50:39 9.5 Literature and philosophy
00:54:11 9.6 Theatre
00:56:04 9.7 Music
00:59:06 9.8 Cinema and television
01:01:59 9.9 Sports
01:03:51 9.10 Tailoring
01:08:42 10 Neapolitans
01:08:51 10.1 Honorary citizens
01:09:04 11 International relations
01:09:13 11.1 Twin towns and sister cities
01:09:35 11.2 Partnerships
01:09:44 12 See also
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Naples (; Italian: Napoli [ˈnaːpoli] (listen); Neapolitan: Napule [ˈnɑːpələ] or [ˈnɑːpulə]; Latin: Neapolis; Ancient Greek: Νεάπολις, lit. 'new city') is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest municipality in Italy after Rome and Milan. In 2017, around 967,069 people lived within the city's administrative limits while its province-level municipality has a population of 3,115,320 residents. Its continuously built-up metropolitan area (that stretches beyond the boundaries of the Metropolitan City of Naples) is the second or third largest metropolitan area in Italy.
First settled by Greeks in the second millennium BC, Naples is one of the oldest continuously inhabited urban areas in the world. In the ninth century BC, a colony known as Parthenope or Παρθενόπη was established on the Island of Megaride, later refounded as Neápolis in the sixth century BC. The city was an important part of Magna Graecia, played a major role in the merging of Greek and Roman society and a significant cultural centre under the Romans. It served as the capital of the Duchy of Naples (661–1139), then of the Kingdom of Naples (1282–1816) and finally of the Two Sicilies until the unification of Italy in 1861.
Between 1925 and 1936, Naples was expanded and upgraded by Benito Mussolini's government but subsequently sustained severe damage from Allied bombing during World War II, which led to extensive post-1945 reconstruction work. Naples has experienced significant economic growth in recent decades, helped by the construction of the Centro Direzionale business district and an advanced transportation network, which includes the Alta Velocità high-speed rail link to Rome and Salerno and an expanded subway network. Naples is the third-largest urban economy in Italy, after Milan and Rome. The Port of Naples is one of the most important in Europe and home of the Allied Joint Force Command Naples, the NATO body that oversees North Africa, the Sahel and Middle East.Naples' historic city centre is the largest in Europe and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with a wide range of culturally and historically significant sites nearby, including the Palace of Caserta and the Roman ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Naples is also known for its natural beauties such as Posillipo, Phlegraean Fields, Nisida, and Vesuvius.Neapolitan cuisine is synonymous with pizza – which originated in the city – but it also includes many lesser-known dishes; Naples has the greatest number of accredited stars from the Michelin Guide of any Italian city.The best-k ...
Latin Patriarchate of Alexandria | Wikipedia audio article
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The Latin Patriarchate of Alexandria was a nominal Patriarchate of the Latin church on the see of Alexandria in Egypt, that had no pastoral connection to the city of Alexandria.
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Titian
00:01:32 1 Biography
00:01:41 1.1 Early years
00:06:48 1.2 Growth
00:10:27 1.3 Maturity
00:17:19 1.4 Final years
00:22:04 1.5 Death
00:22:59 2 Printmaking
00:23:45 3 Painting materials
00:24:13 4 Family and workshop
00:27:42 5 Present day
00:28:49 6 Gallery
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Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio (pronounced [titˈtsjaːno veˈtʃɛlljo]; c. 1488/1490 – 27 August 1576), known in English as Titian , was an Italian painter, the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, near Belluno, then in the Republic of Venice). During his lifetime he was often called da Cadore, taken from the place of his birth.
Recognized by his contemporaries as The Sun Amidst Small Stars (recalling the famous final line of Dante's Paradiso), Titian was one of the most versatile of Italian painters, equally adept with portraits, landscape backgrounds, and mythological and religious subjects. His painting methods, particularly in the application and use of colour, would exercise a profound influence not only on painters of the late Italian Renaissance, but on future generations of Western art.His career was successful from the start, and he became sought after by patrons, initially from Venice and its possessions, then joined by the north Italian princes, and finally the Habsburgs and papacy. Along with Giorgione, he is considered a founder of the Venetian School of Italian Renaissance painting.
During the course of his long life, Titian's artistic manner changed drastically, but he retained a lifelong interest in colour. Although his mature works may not contain the vivid, luminous tints of his early pieces, their loose brushwork and subtlety of tone were without precedent in the history of Western painting.
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A10A10 @Young Jazz Festival 2012
Young Jazz Festival 2012 (Foligno, Pg)
Corte Palazzo Trinci - 25.05.2012
A10A10
(Auand 10th Anniversary 10tet):
Francesco Lento -- tromba;
Andrea Ayassot -- sax contralto;
Francesco Bigoni -- sax tenore;
Emanuele Cisi -- sax tenore;
Beppe Scardino -- sax baritono e clarinetto basso;
Francesco Diodati -- chitarra;
Gabrio Baldacci -- chitarra baritono;
Giancarlo Tossani -- pianoforte e rhodes;
Francesco Ponticelli -- contrabbasso e basso elettrico;
Ermanno Baron -- batteria.
Chiesa dell'Addolorata nel Cimitero di Cremona
Riflessioni che consolano il cuore di chi ricerca risposte e Pace.
A proposito dell'Anno della Fede.
Piccolo contributo.