A Siena la conferenza dell’American Association of Teachers of Italian (AATI)
Da oggi e fino al 26 giugno, l'Università per Stranieri di Siena ospiterà laConferenza dell'American Association of Teachers of Italian (AATI). Oltre 400 docenti di italiano delle scuole superiori e delle università provenienti prevalentemente da Usa e Canada saranno a Siena per i 5 giorni di lavori congressuali che rappresentano per la città l'oc...
Lambrusco emiliano: perché è così amato nel mondo?
Il Lambrusco è un vitigno, anzi, una famiglia di vitigni da cui si ottiene un vino frizzante e fresco, molto apprezzato nel mondo. Ci racconta le caratteristiche di questo vino Francesca Benini, Sales & Marketing Director di Cantine Riunite & CIV, che con 1800 soci viticoltori, circa 4000 ettari vitati, 8 centri di vinificazione e...
Italian opera provides a perfect stage to showcase the art of soft power
by Antonello De Riu Soft power" - the ability to project influence through means other than military might or direct economic power - is hard to define, but easy to recognise. It produces a number of virtuous feedback loops that reinforce and amplify the benefits that accrue to those that can deploy it. In discussing soft power st...
Mantegna’s “Bridal Chamber”: “Trompe l’oeil”, realism, and introspection
According to art historian Philippe Daverio, the "Camera degli Sposi" ("Bridal Chamber") decorated by Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506) – inside a tower in Mantua's Ducal Palace, which recently reopened to the public after one year of works – is not only "the height of the painting journey" explored by the Venetian artist, but also "perhaps the first 'tr...
The beauty of Venetian floors
by Kathryn Bromwich Sightseeing usually revolves around buildings, parks and sprawling vistas, but when German photographer Sebastian Erras was in Marrakech a few months ago, he turned his gaze downwards to the mosaic floors. Once back in Paris, where he lives, he started photographing the floors there: "I had no idea there was such a vari...
Artemest: Ippolita's E-Commerce Destination For Italian Artisanship In Home Décor, Art and Jewelry
by Vivienne Decker Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. When Ippolita Rostagno, the iconic jewelry designer behind Ippolita, realized that Italian artisans were closing their shops, she was dismayed. As a woman who had successfully launched her own jewelry company to international appeal, she was frustrated that so...
RAI: Fauttilli e Nissoli/ ripensare la strategia di comunicazione da e per gli italiani nel mondo
L'on. Fucsia FitzGerald Nissoli ha presentato, assieme al Collega Fauttilli della Commissione di Vigilanza Rai, un quesito al Presidente ed al Direttore Generale della Rai sulla futura strategia di comunicazione dell'azienda "da e per gli italiani nel mondo". In particolare, considerando che nel 2016 scade la Convenzion...
A collection of sketches offers a glimpse of a now-vanished Rome
In the 19th century, Rome looked very different from now. The city had just 20,000 inhabitants and was full of orchards, vineyards and villas. Just think that in 1864 -- when Rome was still governed by the Papal States -- a regulation barred the inhabitants from "letting whatsoever chicken, unclean animal, cow and mare meander in the squar...
Abruzzo offers Italian magnificence without the endless crowds of tourists
The Abbey of San Giovanni in Venere is perched on a bluff above the Adriatic Sea, overlooking a patch of grapevines, olive trees, and a long sandy stretch of beach. In the Italian province of Chieti, the Abbey was completed in the 13th century and built over an old Roman temple – columns from which still remain deep in the Abbey's crypt, alongside...
Aosta, the Perfect Summer Mountain Holiday
If you want to visit Italy this summer, why not soak up the sun in the mild 65 to 68 degree temperatures of the Aosta region, Italy's smallest region. Although it is in Italy and bordered on the south and east by the Piedmont Region, Aosta is also neighbors with France and Switzerland. As a result, it has influences from these areas that make it ev...
Un’azienda veneta nel futuro degli studenti d’italiano
di Enza Antenos La maggior parte degli studenti non riesce a capire come integrare le lingue straniere nella loro carriera, sebbene riconoscono la bellezza della cultura straniera: il cibo, la storia, l'arte, i monumenti, il popolo, eccetera, sono gli aspetti che attirano i ragazzi. Tuttavia sono motivati da idee e innovazioni per cui desiderano s...
L’Italia, Giulio Andreotti e gli Stati Uniti
di Paolo Messa Ricordare Giulio Andreotti e la sua relazione con gli Stati Uniti d'America significa ripercorrere la storia, spesso travagliata, del nostro rapporto transatlantico, dalle macerie della Seconda guerra mondiale al traguardo del G7 fino all'abbattimento del Muro di Berlino e, alla fine, di quell'ordine mondiale che aveva gover...