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Itinerari Della Bellezza - Abruzzo - Part 4 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Abruzzo churches built by order of Saint Francis of Assisi (1226–1330) or dedicated to him, are featured in this segment.

Dottor Pitrè - e le sue storie - Part 14 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

A Palermo doctor discusses the Integration of immigrants in Sicily and highlights the successes in healthcare. Medical assistance is provided for all immigrants, whether lawful or not.

Villa Medici - L'arca della bellezza - Part 3 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

A tour of Villa Medici's reception and private rooms. Ferdinando de' Medici hired the architect and sculptor Bartolomeo Ammannati to expand the villa, as well as other renowned Florentines artists to create fresco cycles exalting his life. We catch a glimpse of his frescoed south-facing apartment, which would have been used in the colder months, while the north-side suite was for warmer periods.

Itinerari Della Bellezza - Abruzzo - Part 5 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

The segment features the Oratory of San Pellegrino and the Church of St. Mary of the Assumption in Bominaco. These, together with the Marian church in nearby Fossa, are considered the finest examples of Medieval art and architecture in the Abruzzo Region.

Dottor Pitrè - e le sue storie - Part 15 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The documentary comes to a close with an interview regarding a prison cell used during the Inquisition. The cell bears the graffiti of its inmates. Pitrè had laboriously uncovered the graffiti, but it was only rediscovered in the 1970s by the writer Leonardo Sciascia and the interviewee in this segment, Giuseppe Quatriglio, who used Pitrè's writing to find it.

Villa Medici - L'arca della bellezza - Part 4 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

We get a look at the plaster casts of Roman and Greek statues in the French Academy's storage rooms, sculptures such as the Venus de Milo. Fellows have made use of these casts to draw inspiration for their own works.

Itinerari Della Bellezza - Abruzzo - Part 6 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

The tour of the Abruzzo Region concludes with sights near l'Aquila, the region's capital.

Villa Medici - L'arca della bellezza - Part 5 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

The segment focuses on Messalina, wife of the Emperor Claudius, who owned a villa on the site of Villa Medici. We catch a glimpse of tunnels and rooms beneath the villa, which were used by Ferdinando de' Medici to imprison Asian slaves when they weren't at work on a garden meant to evoke Mount Parnassus.

Villa Medici - L'arca della bellezza - Part 6 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

We visit the French Academy's gallery devoted to plaster casts of antique sculptures and the large park, which was once used by Ferdinando de' Medici for hunting.

Villa Medici - L'arca della bellezza - Part 7 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

The segment concentrates on two richly frescoed rooms that are set apart from the villa. Cardinal Ferdinando de' Medici used these secluded rooms for trysts.

Villa Medici - L'arca della bellezza - Part 8 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Éric de Chassey, Director of the French Academy, details the mission of the institution.

Professioni e mestieri - Belle Arti -Tecniche di decorazione - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Tamara shows us how she turns out made-to-order boxes and embossed greeting cards in her Rome shop. Polvere di Fata is the shop's name and it means both fairy dust and crafting glitter. Tamara owns it together with her twin sister Tania, and their mother Cinzia.

Adriano - La tarantella View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Italy Sicilian

Adriano tells us about the famous southern Italian folk dance, la tarantella. He also tries dancing it himself.

Professioni e mestieri - Belle Arti -Tecniche di decorazione - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Tamara shows us the acrylic water-based paints that the family uses to decorate ornaments, frames, and masks, among other things.

Professioni e mestieri - Belle Arti -Tecniche di decorazione - Part 3 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Tamara and Tania show some of the items that can be bought either unfinished or decorated in their shop. They demonstrate the use of glass paints and outline the steps used in decoupage.

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