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La pittura più bella del mondo - La Resurrezione di Piero della Francesca - Part 11 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Had the Resurrection always been in the same spot or had it been moved? We are taken through the questions journalists and historians have to ask: where, when, and why. A researcher, after much research, finally found the answer.

Illuminate - Rita Levi Montalcini - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Rita Levi Montalcini talks about when she won the Nobel Prize in 1986. Her niece, Piera, tells the story from her point of view, and Paola Tarassi, a research student of hers, tells about studying with her after she had already won the Nobel.

La pittura più bella del mondo - La Resurrezione di Piero della Francesca - Part 10 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

We take a look at the details of Piero's Resurrezione, details we might not notice by looking at the painting as a whole. Why is Christ not dressed in white? Is there something special about the countryside in the background? The answers are fascinating.

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

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate 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.

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.

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