Posts Tagged ‘ celebrities ’

Leonardo

Mar 12th, 2010 | By admin | Category: celebrities

Leonardo is a universal celebrity of italian Renaissance. He was born in Vinci in 1452 and died in Amboise (France) in 1512. He was an italian artist, scientist, a painter and a universal talent . His most famous masterpies, La Gioconda or Mona Lisa (in English)..  other works are all around the world, in San [...]



Cimabue, tuscan painter

Mar 3rd, 2010 | By admin | Category: celebrities

According to Dante, Cimabue was the greatest painter of the period antecedent to Giotto. He was born in Florence in 1240 and died in Pisa in 1302. He painted  the Basilica di San Francesco, Basilica Superiore, in Assisi and in the Basilica Inferiore painted a Maestà con San Francesco. In Florence you can admire a [...]



Giotto and his magnificent Masterpieces

Mar 3rd, 2010 | By admin | Category: celebrities, religious places

Giotto is one of the most famous tuscan painters in the whole history. He was born in Vespignano (Mugello area, Florence) in 1267 and died in Florence in january 1337. Probably his teacher was another  famous tuscan painter: Cimabue, but this is not proved. His masterpiece is the Cappella degli Scrovegni in Padua (Padova, Italy). [...]



Mario Del Monaco, “Un Amore così Grande”

Mar 2nd, 2010 | By admin | Category: celebrities, italian songs

Un Amore così Grande Sento sul viso il tuo respiro, cara come sei tu dolce sempre di piu’ per quello che mi dai io ti ringrazierei ma poi non so parlare.E’ piu’ vicino il tuo profumo, stringiti forte a me non chiederti perche’, la sera scende gia’ la notte impazziro’ In fondo agli occhi tuoi [...]



Gianna!!

Feb 25th, 2010 | By admin | Category: celebrities

Gianna Nannini is an italian singer, born in Siena in 1956. She is the daughter of a famous family in Siena: the Nannini. The grandfather did the first pastry in Siena, the father made a fortune with siennese cakes, the brother was a famous Formula1 driver and now is handling the pastries, while she moved [...]