Italy Ciao! Benevento! Italy is a wonderful country that has influenced the world. Their cuisine, fashion, and arts have affected the world. From their many different fabrics used in their designs to the types of art they influenced Italy has effected the world in one way or another. First, Italy is known for their world- renowned fashion. Italian fashion has influenced many countries and cultures. Italy is known for the fabrics used in their designs. The types of fabrics used in Italian fashion are Brocatelle, Cloth of Gold, Damask, Lampas, and many types of velvets. Those velvets include Velvet, Cut Velvet, Uncut Velvet, Cisele Velvet, Pile-On-Pile Velvet, Polychrome Velvet, Voided Velvet, and Brocaded Velvet. Brocatelle
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Different regions of Italy have different eating habits and ways to prepare food. The cause of the different eating habits is due to the fall of the Roman Empire. City states began to uphold separate identities and traditions. The ways food was prepared varied as well. In Italy a dish that is the region’s proudest specialty is unheard of a few miles down the road. Each region in Italy is made up of many different distinct cuisines that each have their own flavor palette and preferred cooking techniques. Different regions tend to eat or cook with one main food or ingredient. “For instance, northern Italians eat more rice and polenta than southern Italians, and southern Italians cook almost exclusively with olive oil, barely touching butter…” There also place-specific differences and particularities. This is because there are some dishes that are only prepared in specific cities. Goat of Campi is only prepared in Tuscany, and Corzetti of Volpolcevera is only prepared in Liguria. Pasta is a dish that people associate with Italian cuisine. The discovery of pasta was a rediscovery of a dish once very popular in Italy among the Etruscans and Romans. One of the first forms of pasta was an Etrusco-Roman noodle made from the same wheat used in modern pasta. This pasta was called “lagane”. This food, however, was not but boiled but baked. The next advancement of pasta was when it was introduced …show more content…
Italian artists are well known around the world. Italian painting was very prominent throughout Europe for many years. Because of many foreign powers, it caused for there to be a lack of art within Italy. Art was renewed around 1910 by Futurists artists such as Filipo Marinetti, Umberto Boccionni, and Giacomo Balla. Futurism is the most important Avant- garde art movement of the 20th century. Futurism celebrated advanced technology. “Committed to the new, its members wished to destroy older forms of culture and to demonstrate the beauty of modern life- the beauty of machine, speed, violence, and change.” After Futurism, artists began creating Metaphysical paintings. This style of painting was created during the era of World War I by Giorgio de Chirico and Carlo Carra. “The main characteristics of Metaphysical Painting include the use of images designed to convey a sense of mystery.” It is often marked by unreal lighting. Surrealism was influenced by Giorgio de Chirico. “The Surrealist artists sought to channel the unconscious as a means to unlock the power of the imagination.” “Disdaining rationalism and literary realism, and powerfully influenced by psychoanalysis, the Surrealists believed the rational mind repressed the power of the imagination, weighting it down with taboos.” Italy has many has many music festivals of many genres. “Contemporary productions maintain Italy’s eminence in opera…” “The
Different regions of Italy have different eating habits and ways to prepare food. The cause of the different eating habits is due to the fall of the Roman Empire. City states began to uphold separate identities and traditions. The ways food was prepared varied as well. In Italy a dish that is the region’s proudest specialty is unheard of a few miles down the road. Each region in Italy is made up of many different distinct cuisines that each have their own flavor palette and preferred cooking techniques. Different regions tend to eat or cook with one main food or ingredient. “For instance, northern Italians eat more rice and polenta than southern Italians, and southern Italians cook almost exclusively with olive oil, barely touching butter…” There also place-specific differences and particularities. This is because there are some dishes that are only prepared in specific cities. Goat of Campi is only prepared in Tuscany, and Corzetti of Volpolcevera is only prepared in Liguria. Pasta is a dish that people associate with Italian cuisine. The discovery of pasta was a rediscovery of a dish once very popular in Italy among the Etruscans and Romans. One of the first forms of pasta was an Etrusco-Roman noodle made from the same wheat used in modern pasta. This pasta was called “lagane”. This food, however, was not but boiled but baked. The next advancement of pasta was when it was introduced …show more content…
Italian artists are well known around the world. Italian painting was very prominent throughout Europe for many years. Because of many foreign powers, it caused for there to be a lack of art within Italy. Art was renewed around 1910 by Futurists artists such as Filipo Marinetti, Umberto Boccionni, and Giacomo Balla. Futurism is the most important Avant- garde art movement of the 20th century. Futurism celebrated advanced technology. “Committed to the new, its members wished to destroy older forms of culture and to demonstrate the beauty of modern life- the beauty of machine, speed, violence, and change.” After Futurism, artists began creating Metaphysical paintings. This style of painting was created during the era of World War I by Giorgio de Chirico and Carlo Carra. “The main characteristics of Metaphysical Painting include the use of images designed to convey a sense of mystery.” It is often marked by unreal lighting. Surrealism was influenced by Giorgio de Chirico. “The Surrealist artists sought to channel the unconscious as a means to unlock the power of the imagination.” “Disdaining rationalism and literary realism, and powerfully influenced by psychoanalysis, the Surrealists believed the rational mind repressed the power of the imagination, weighting it down with taboos.” Italy has many has many music festivals of many genres. “Contemporary productions maintain Italy’s eminence in opera…” “The