Art and Anatomy in the Italian Renaissance
Lecture : Kevin Petti, Ph.D.(San Diego Miramar College) Art and Anatomy in the Italian Renaissance Italyʼs medieval universities established the study of human anatomy for physicians. To heighten their art, Renaissance masters clandestinely examined anatomy through human dissection. The profound connection between art and science is best demonstrated by the genius of Michelangelo. Indeed, the […]
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U.S. theatrical premiere of HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN CAPITAL by Paolo Virzì Opens at Film Forum in New York on January 14 Film is Italy’s official submission for the Foreign Language Film Oscar® Film Movement presents the U.S. theatrical premiere of HUMAN CAPITAL, Paolo Virzì’s (The First Beautiful Thing) multi-layered character study that examines the value of human life, starring Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi […]
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Giuseppe Rossi coach for a day!!!
The Fan Club Giuseppe Rossi NY is excited to announce a great event with Giuseppe Rossi on December 23, 2014 at Chelsea Piers in New York City!!! In collaboration with the friends of the Napoli Fan Club of NYC all the Giuseppe Rossi Fan Club members are invited to play the Fans’ Coppa Italia Final […]
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ScreeningFinding the Mother Lode: Italian Immigrants in California (2014)
Italians first went to California in large numbers in the 1950s with the Gold Rush. While most found little gold, they did find a mother lode in farming, fishing, commerce and making wine. Finding the Mother Lode documents for the first time the experience of Italian immigrants in California, which was markedly different from that […]
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Carlo Grante: Masters of High Romanticism II
Carlo Grante, Piano“Masters Of High Romanticism” Concert II – Schumann: The Piano Sonatas The second in a three-concert series, “Masters of High Romanticism,” with each program devoted to a single Romantic-era composer. In this concert, Carlo Grante focuses on “Schumann’s unique contribution to the evolution of sonata-form, expanding it into a journey of heroic proportions.” […]
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A Personal Exploration of Pietrasanta as an International Arts Center
Moderator: Anna Mecugni Lecturer University of Pennsylvania and Bryn Mawr College A Talk with Ron Mehlman – artist and sculptor A Personal Exploration of Pietrasanta as an International Arts Center, by the sculptor Ron Mehlman, this years winner of the Pietrasanta International Sculpture Prize, “Fratelli Rosselli”. Ron will speak about Pietrasanta and its environs: its […]
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Mythical Dances-including Nino Rota’s Dances from Il Gattopardo (The Leopard)
The program showcases the winners of The Respighi Prize (presented in cooperation with the city of Bologna, Italy). This event features the world premiere of Austrian composer Daniel Muck’s Oraculum Apollonis, and American soprano Stacey Mastrian in Respighi’s Deita Silvane and Richard Strauss’ Morgen. Also on the program is Respighi’s Serenata (from our latest Naxos […]
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Motus Nella Tempesta
Starting from the first lines of the play, the question of power and the loss of control explode violently: who can govern? Or better, is sovereignty needed at all? Where is the Master? This question bounces back and forth between Gonzalo and the Boatswain, while the boat is at the mercy of furious waves, against […]
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Embroidered Stories Interpreting Women’s Domestic Needlework from the Italian Diaspora
JoAnn Cavallo (Columbia University) Joanna Clapps Herman (Manhattanville College) Edvige Giunta (New Jersey City University)Joseph Sciorra (coeditor) A Book-Presentation with Poem Readings: Phyllis Capello (poet)For Italian immigrants and their descendants, needlework represents a marker of identity, a cultural touchstone as powerful as pasta and Neapolitan music. Out of the artifacts of their memory and imagination, […]
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Social World Film Festival
Short Films New York is the next stop for the Social in the World, the project of the Social World Film Festival that brings the efforts and dedication to Social Cinema and to the young in the world of the City of Vico Equense.This international show of Social Cinema of Vico Equense will be hosted […]
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