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Illuminate - Rita Levi Montalcini - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

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Comedian and actor Caterina Guzzanti is a guest at a middle school in Afragola, in the province of Naples, a school named after Rita Levi Montalcini. Guzzanti meets with the students from the theater class for a lesson on the imagination, which has a lot of importance in her work but was also very important to the great researcher from Turin, Montalcini.

La pittura più bella del mondo - La Resurrezione di Piero della Francesca - Part 9 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Retouching the painting is a very delicate job, and is done in such a way as to be reversible, and respectful to the original.

La pittura più bella del mondo - La Resurrezione di Piero della Francesca - Part 8 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

With techniques available today, it is possible to distinguish the various layers of plaster used on different days of work, to determine in what order the artists and their assistants applied the paint. And during the cleaning, details can come out that were previously not visible, including buildings and even letters of the alphabet.

Vera e Giuliano - Montaldo - Part 5 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Giuliano talks about his beginnings as a director. Vera threatened to leave him when he thought he might accept certain jobs.

La pittura più bella del mondo - La Resurrezione di Piero della Francesca - Part 7 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

For art historians, it is so interesting to try to figure out, with the materials at hand, what Piero wanted his work to finally look like, but it's a challenge, as the artist's initial sketches have been lost.

Vera e Giuliano - Montaldo - Part 4 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Vera's daughter was a teenager when Giuliano began courting her mother. Giuliano tells some stories about World War II and how crazy things were.

La pittura più bella del mondo - La Resurrezione di Piero della Francesca - Part 6 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

It's rare for a work of art to become the symbol of a city and even be part of its coat of arms, but this did indeed happen in Borgo Sansepolcro. Piero's Resurrection may be thought of as a fresco, but it's much more complicated than that, as we learn in this segment.

Vera e Giuliano - Montaldo - Part 3 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Vera talks about her parents and how they met and fell in love. Her mother was a stage actress and her father a military commander.

In giro per l'Italia - Castellammare di Stabia, lungomare View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

The last stop on the trip to Castellammare di Stabia is the seafront, called il lungomare in Italian. There's a great panorama, a lovely sea breeze, and it's a great place to just walk around. Marika mentions the famous natural spring water of Castellammare, both for thermal baths and for drinking.

La pittura più bella del mondo - La Resurrezione di Piero della Francesca - Part 5 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Piero was not just a painter; he was a member of an important family in Borgo Sansepolcro. There is a fresco painting attributed to him that might have alluded to the family business, which was producing and selling leather goods.

Le Interviste - I liceali - Part 3 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

The three highschoolers answer questions about what time they eat and go to bed, what they like or miss about where they live, and much more.

In giro per l'Italia - Castellammare di Stabia, Villa Arianna View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

The name of the villa was inspired by the story of Dionysus who watched Ariadne while she slept. It was excavated first by the Bourbons but was buried again. Later in the 50s, digs were resumed and now, it can be visited in all its glory.

La pittura più bella del mondo - La Resurrezione di Piero della Francesca - Part 4 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

The restorers take us through the meticulous cleaning process involving Japanese rice paper, a gel made from marine algae, and a solvent.

La pittura più bella del mondo - La Resurrezione di Piero della Francesca - Part 3 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Restoring the Resurrection was a lengthy and complex process, consisting of reinforcement, cleaning, and the retouching of the painting itself.

In giro per l'Italia - Stabiae, storia degli scavi - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

After Stabiae was razed to the ground in a war, the Romans decided to build some luxury villas in the area. Luckily, some archeological digs led by archeologist Libro D'Orsi were effectuated in the 1950s, and 3 villas came to light.

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