Great Italians of the Past: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
WTI Magazine #58 2015 April, 17Author : Giovanni Verde Translation by: The extraordinary artistic talent of Giovanni Battista Piranesi has often been underestimated in Italy. The Venetian artist was involved in a series of works of great value and author of an original review of the Italian artistic past, condensed in the grandeur of th...
Italian art: Wonders from Arte Povera
WTI Magazine #79 2016 May 13Author : Giulia Carletti Translation by: Often described as a form of conceptualism, Arte Povera (Impoverished Art) was an Italian movement born sometime around 1966 throughout Turin, Rome, and Milan and developed until the early 1970s. Its name was coined by the Italian art critic Germano Celant, in 1969,...
Italian art: Massimo Campigli
WTI Magazine #12 2014 Jan, 10Author : Enrico De Iulis Translation by: Alessandra Bitetti Massimo Campigli is the pen name of Max Ihlenfeldt. He was born in 1895 in Germany, but he moved to Florence with his mother and his grandmother. The relationship between them was particularly incisive in the life and psychology of Max, who - until...
Italian traditions: The Carrese in San Martino In Pensilis, Campobasso
WTI Magazine #58 2015 April, 17Author : folclore.it Translation by: The Carrese of San Martino in Pensilis is among the dearest events to the population of Molise. A poet from San Martino has described it as an "archaic collective prayer in honor of St. Leo": a race of ox carts, each led by three men and "pushed" by riders behind and to...
Italian sport: Two flags, one sport ... soccer!
WTI Magazine #79 2016 May 13Author : Umberto Mucci Translation by: Here in Italy, soccer is more popular than all other sports combined. It is becoming stronger and stronger in America, too. Many strong Italians play for the American league today, such as Andrea Pirlo for the New York City league and Sebastian Giovinco for the Toronto l...
Italian wine: Verdicchio of the Marche region with Cantine Fontezoppa
WTI Magazine #58 2015 April, 17Author : Jennifer Gentile Martin for www.vinotravelsitaly.com Translation by: We're finally covering the wines of the Marche region located in central Italy. The Marche region borders the Adriatic Sea with Tuscany and Umbria to the west, Abruzzo to the south and Emilia-Romagna to the north. The climate is...
Studying (in) Italy: Stefanie Bacarella, JCU Study Abroad Spring 2015
WTI Magazine #58 2015 April, 17Author : John Cabot University Translation by: As an Italian-American from Long Island, my semester at JCU is a chance to explore my parents' Italian heritage and truly experience Italy's culture, language, and cuisine. Both of my parents are from Palermo, Sicily, and traveled throughout Italy before movin...
What's up with WTI: Editorial # 79
WTI Magazine #79 2016 May 13Author : Umberto Mucci Translation by: Ciao from Rome! Welcome to the 79th issue of our online magazine. The second tour of presentations of We the Italians – the book has been a big success! Once again I've been lucky to meet a lot of committed successful Italian Americans and Italians recently moved to t...
Italian handcrafts: The carpets of sardinia
WTI Magazine #58 2015 April, 17Author : Unioncamere Translation by: In the Oristano area, as in many Sardinian towns, the craft of weaving has always been the prerogative of women, at first mostly for domestic purposes and later as a business activity. The first type of production was mainly to provide for girls' dowries and was woven a...
Italian cuisine: Asparagus Turkey Roll
WTI Magazine #58 2015 April, 17Author : Paola Lovisetti Scamihorn Translation by: This turkey roll prepared with asparagus omelette is a tasty main course for a fancy dinner or for a Sunday lunch with family, as we usually eat it in Italy. The recipe is simple and does not requires particular culinary skill , but the result is quite spe...
Italian cinema: Open Roads, 14th edition
WTI Magazine #26 2014 Apr, 18Author : Simone doc Bracci Translation by: The most important event in North America entirely dedicated to contemporary Italian cinema takes place every year at the Lincoln Center in New York. We're talking about Open Roads Film Society, which has just unveiled the new calendar of the New Italian Cinema,...
Expo 2015: Italian pavilion, future food district
WTI Magazine #58 2015 April, 17Author : Expo 2015 Translation by: The Italian Pavilion will concentrate on exposing the national food culture and tradition in terms of very high quality products and finished goods. Italy's presence can be seen both inside the exposition areas, along the Cardo and at Palazzo Italia, the representative bu...