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La pittura più bella del mondo - La Resurrezione di Piero della Francesca - Part 13 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

We learn some more about the origins of Piero's Resurrection and why it might have been commissioned. As with other works of art, the Resurrection likely had political symbolism as well as religious symbolism.

La pittura più bella del mondo - La Resurrezione di Piero della Francesca - Part 14 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

We learn more about how and why Piero's Resurrection was moved from its original position. It's fascinating.

La pittura più bella del mondo - La Resurrezione di Piero della Francesca - Part 15 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

If two important works of Piero's survived the bombings during World War II, it was due to the efforts of art historians and restorers such as Ugo Procacci. In addition to the Resurrection, a wonderful painting of the Virgin Mary as she was expecting a child, "La Madonna del Parto" was saved and is now housed in the museum in Monterchi, Arezzo.

La rotta delle spezie di Franco Calafatti - La cannella View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Franco Calafatti knows a great deal about spices but he also loves to experiment. The star of this segment is cinnamon.

La rotta delle spezie di Franco Calafatti - Il sale - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

This fascinating segment is all about salt: Our spice journey takes us to Sicily, where much of Italy's salt is harvested. Franco talks about how salt is life, salt is gold.

La rotta delle spezie di Franco Calafatti - Il sale - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Franco shows us some infused salts that we would never think of off hand. His descriptions are colorful and make us want to try out these delicacies.

La rotta delle spezie di Franco Calafatti - Introduzione View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Franco is crazy about spices. He draws us into his world, the world of the 7 (not just 5) senses. In his stream of consciousness style, he prepares us for traveling the four corners of the earth to discover all the tastes and fragrances awaiting us.

La super storia - Via Pasolini - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Advanced Advanced

Italy

This documentary opens with some lines from a poem by Pier Paolo Pasolini, “10 giugno” from 1962. The famous filmmaker and poet talks about his life, beginning with his troubled relationship with his father.

La super storia - Via Pasolini - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Advanced Advanced

Italy

Pasolini talks about his first book of poetry and what he realized about his country when it was published in 1942. He explains why reviewers wouldn't touch it.

La super storia - Via Pasolini - Part 3 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Advanced Advanced

Italy

Pasolini talks about the Italian language and how it has been transformed over the years.

La super storia - Via Pasolini - Part 4 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Advanced Advanced

Italy

Pasolini talks about how artists are always controversial. They are a living protest. His protest involves language and national identity.

La super storia - Via Pasolini - Part 5 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Pasolini talks about how he moved from literature to cinema, and how his ideas about language changed. He talked about providing Italians with an opportunity to demonstrate racism, perhaps for the first time, with his movie, Accattone.

La super storia - Via Pasolini - Part 6 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Advanced Advanced

Italy

In this segment, we're on the set with Pasolini as he shouts directions to Totò through his megaphone, and at the same time discusses the shoot with his crew. Naturally, authenticity often means people speak over each other, so it's hard to understand what is said. Then, Pasolini is asked by a journalist about his views on neorealism and here, the speech is clearer (and interesting), so don't give up!

La super storia - Via Pasolini - Part 7 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Pasolini is asked what he thinks about progress and development. He is also asked about the inspiration he seems to have taken from subjects of the New Testament of the Bible.

La super storia - Via Pasolini - Part 8 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Advanced Advanced

Italy

Pasolini doesn't want to talk about his enemies, but does talk about the people he loves the most: simple folk, who might not have even finished grade school. For his early films, he took inspiration from Antonio Gramsci.

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