Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Giuliano and Vera talk about some of the colorful episodes in their time together on set. Vera tells about how Giuliano accepted her daughter, Elisabetta, from a previous relationship.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
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.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Just as there are many ways of saying "Yes" without saying sì, there are plenty of ways of saying "No" without saying no. Check them all out!
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Fulvio shows tells us the story of a door, a very famous door, called the Alchemist's Door, also called the Magic Door, or the Door to Heaven, a monument built by Massimiliano Savelli Palombara, Marquis of Pietraforte on the grounds of his villa in Rome.
Difficulty: 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.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Giuliano talks about his beginnings as a director. Vera threatened to leave him when he thought he might accept certain jobs.
Difficulty: 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.
Difficulty: 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.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Marika describes some situations, asks a related question, and provides us with various ways to answer in the affirmative. 18 ways to say sì (yes).
Difficulty: 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.
Difficulty: 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.
Difficulty: 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.
Difficulty: 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.
Difficulty: 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.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Giuliano tells about meeting Vera for the first time, and then he and Vera take turns telling about how their relationship developed.
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