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Umbria Seen Through the Eyes of Legendary Photographer Steve McCurry

by Silvia Donati | Tue, 11/05/2013 - 09:30

Legendary American photographer Steve McCurry is the author of a photographic project to launch Umbria internationally as a tourist destination commissioned to…

Food & Drink

The Art of the Feast, As Seen on the BBC's Italy Unpacked Series

by Silvia Donati | Tue, 11/05/2013 - 06:30

In the photo: Salumeria Simoni (Bologna). Early this year, the BBC introduced a three-part documentary series, Italy Unpacked, where art historian Andrew…

Lifestyle

Bocelli Charms with Rumba Performance at Dancing with the Stars TV Show

by Silvia Donati | Mon, 11/04/2013 - 07:00

Andrea Bocelli was the guest of honor at last Saturday’s episode of Ballando con le stelle – Dancing with the stars, Italy edition, broadacast on Italy's Rai…

Culture

Boccaccio: Medieval Poet, Man of Letters And Ideas

by Carol King | Mon, 09/09/2013 - 07:00

Above: "The Banquet in the Pine Forest" (1482/3) is the third painting in Sandro Botticelli's series "The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti", which illustrates…

Culture

Plans To Sell New York’s Italian-American Museum To Property Developer

by Carol King | Tue, 07/02/2013 - 09:30

words by Carol King Officials at the Italian-American Museum in New York’s Little Italy are looking to sell the building to a property developer, according to…

Culture

Airport Scanner Technology Reveals Ancient Roman Fresco Beneath Louvre Wall Painting

by Carol King | Mon, 06/03/2013 - 06:17

Imaging technology similar to that used in airport security scanners has detected the face of an Ancient Roman man hidden below the surface of a wall painting…

Lifestyle

Topo Gigio has been signed on by Hollywood

by Silvia Donati | Mon, 06/03/2013 - 05:42

The all-Italian mouse puppet who came to international prominence in the 1960s and is still famous all over the world, will be the subject of a movie, as…

Culture

Michelangelo And Renaissance Art Used To Fight Italy's Mafias

by Carol King | Tue, 05/28/2013 - 10:07

A sketch by Michelangelo is being employed in an effort to help Italian youths avoid a life of crime as part a project using Renaissance art against Italy’s…

Culture

NASA Beams The Mona Lisa To The Moon

by Carol King | Sat, 01/19/2013 - 07:13

NASA scientists have beamed an image of the ‘Mona Lisa’ nearly 240,000 miles to a spacecraft at the moon, making a major breakthrough in laser communication.…

Culture

Christ Giving the Keys to St. Peter, a fresco by Perugino

So How Did the Renaissance Begin?

by John Bensalhia | Mon, 10/17/2011 - 08:22

John Bensalhia recalls the era of the High Renaissance and looks at the work and influence of some of the great artists of that period... The Renaissance: A…