Italian Culture Images of national character cannot be explained by information alone. The values and actions of the citizens help define their national image. Social experiences, social knowledge, and social stereotypes help determine each country's national character. Even though Italy has c...

There were many reasons why the Italians choose to make the long journey to America. They faced many hardships in their motherland and decided to travel to the new world. The Italian\'s had been having the problem of owning their own land, most landlords had control of the land. These landlords woul...

Italian NationalismNationalism is the love of one's country rather than the love of one's native region and the belief that one's country is superior to that of anyone else's. Italian nationalism became a strong force in the early 1800s when writers and thinkers became intent on reviving interest in...

ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM HISTORYWith an extraordinary record which includes three World Cups the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio celebrated its 100th birthday in 1998. The Italian team was founded on March 16th 1898 on Torino, Italy. The first president of this federation ever elected was Mario V...

The ancestors of man were experimenting with art over 12 thousand years ago - paintings as far back as 15,000 to 10,000 BC have been found in caves. Our history of painting was slow to mature into the art we know and appreciate today. The most prolific period was the Renaissance period, with some ...

Italy is a country in southern Europe. It is located in the Mediterranean region. Italy is a peninsula that has the Tyrrhenlan Sea to its west, the Adriatic Sea to its east, and the Lonian Sea to its southeast. Austria and Switzerland border Italy to the north. France borders Italy to the north...

Italian Immigrants In the1920's the United States of America welcomed thousands of immigrants every day. They came to the United States looking for opportunity and a better life. From 1920 to1930, 4,652,115 people immigrated to the United States. 5550,460 of these were Italian. Italians...

Italia. The land of fashion, food, fun, and beauty. When the Italian's call their land Belpaese, the beautiful country, they are not joking in the least. From the gorgeous Colosseum in Rome to vinyards in Sicily, there is never too much to see and take in in Italy. Italy became a nation state in ...

\"The Holy Family\" by Jan Brueghel the Elder clearly shows the influence of the Northern Renaissance both in theme and technical rendering. Brueghel was one of the key artists of the Northern Renaissance, a period characterized by realism, perspective, and the themes of religion and nature in art. ...

The novel, Looking for Alibrandi, by Melina Marchetta, conveys cultural boundaries that are evident in Australian society. Through the actions of the characters, these cultural boundaries are crossed. These characters are subject to discrimination due to their culture, the strict parental expectatio...

My annual summer trips to Italy seem to get better every year. I can see the Couplella de Bruneleschi in Florence a millions of times, and still be amazed by its ancient Byzantine architecture, which is just one of many reasons why it is such an irreplaceable landmark of Italy. It fascinates me how ...

Introduction Italy is a country rich in agriculture, art, architecture, and especially food. The Italians are especially known for their famous food. Location Italy\'s absolute location is 45N and 15E. The relative location is in Southern Europe on the Mediterranean Sea. It borders France, Switzerl...

During the 1800\'s many European nations began to colonize Africa. The Italians had many reasons to colonize Africa. One main reason for Italy colonizing Africa was economics. By expanding Italy\'s control to Libya, Eritrea, and Italian Somaliland, Italy gain the natural resources in the country. An...

Baroque is the name given to the art of the 17th century. But the baroque style, like all other styles in the history of art, began gradually. It started in the latter part of the 16th century and continued to be used well into the 18th century. Baroque can be defined as the florid, ornate style ...

Giovanni Pierluigi Da Palestrina was a sixteenth-century Italian composer of sacred music, operating in Rome for most of his career. There is a myth surrounding Palestrina claiming that he saved church music. The story is that the members of the Council of Trent were preparing to ban polyphonic mus...

The rise of Fascism "There is nothing more powerful than an idea that has come into its own" This generalization reflects the concept of fascism. The idea of fascism spread like wildfire in European countries. Benito Mussolini was able to have full control of country with the use of...

The Italian Job: (2003) Ok face the facts. Sir Michael Caines 60s "the Italian job" really isn't as good as people say it is. Great fun, yes! Great film, no! But it doesn't really matter-taking on the remake with better imagination with similarities such as the title, and then i...

The seizure of power in Germany and Italy by fascist movements in the 1920s and 1930s was based on a weak and inexperienced government and the humiliation of both countries by the winning powers (United States, France, and Great Britain) after the Great War. These totalitarian right wing movements f...

Galileo Galilei was an Italian philosopher, physicist and astronomer. Considered the father of modern astronomy he was the first to observe and see the solar system as no one has before. He was a teacher of mathematics and physics at the universities of Pisa and Padua. Galileo was a distinguish...

Explain why the League of Nations failed in the 1930s [6] Its membership never embraced all the great nations. It had no moral determination. It dared not offend the Great Powers. It had positive means of enforcing its decisions. It was not universally trusted. It did not attempt to make a sta...

Renaissance Italy Renaissance is the Italian word meaning \"rebirth.\" It was an era between 1350 and 1550 and it occurred in three distinct phases. The first was characterized by a declining population, the uncovering of classical texts, and experimentation in a variety of art forms. The second pha...

Niccolo Machiavelli was an Italian aristocrat from Florence who lived from 1469 to 1527, during the Renaissance in Europe. During this era, Italy lacked the stability and security of a unified nation; the country was made up of powerful city-states, without the guidance and authority of a government...

Population among the United States and those of the village of Laviano, Italy are very different. Currently as of May 9, 2004, the estimate population of the U.S. is 293,208,368 (www.overpopulation.org, 2004) while, the village of Laviano in 2002 only saw four births (The Sunday Telegraph). In...

At the end of the fourteenth century, gothic architecture began to wear off and renaissance architecture moved in. Europe was evolving out of the middle ages and in the Renaissance period. The beliefs in humanity were growing in popularity. Along with the changes in ways of life, politics, families ...

At this point in 1930 it would be difficult to switch from fascism. For the past decade fascist ideas have constantly been reiterated in almost every aspect of society and it has become a part of every Italian's life. Democracy would have worked if we had kept it going in the right direction ...