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Amerigo (typeface)
Amerigo may refer to: People * Amerigo Anton, alias of Tanio Boccia, Italian film director and screenwriter * Amerigo (Amico) Aspertini, Italian painter and sculptor * Amerigo Bartoli Natinguerra, Italian painter, caricaturist, and writer * Amerigo Cacioni, Italian cyclist * Amerigo Castrighella, Italian actor * Amerigo Corsanego, Italian wrestler * Amerigo Dumini (1894–1967), Italian fascist activist * Amerigo Gazaway (born 1986), American musician * Amerigo Paradiso (born 1962), Italian footballer * Amerigo Petrucci (1922–1983), Italian politician * Amerigo Salvetti, alias of Alessandro Antelminelli, Italian diplomat, adventurer and conspirator * Amerigo Sbigoli, Italian tenor * Amerigo Serrao, birth name of Arthur Varney, American screenwriter and film director * Amerigo Severini, Italian cyclist * Amerigo Thodé (born 1950), Curaçaoan politician * Amerigo Tot (1909–1984), Hungarian sculptor and actor * Amerigo Vespucci (1454–1512), Italian merchant, explorer an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amerigo Anton
Camillo Tanio Boccia (15 June 1911 – 12 March 1982), was an Italian film director and screenwriter active between the 1950s and the early 1970s. From 1960 onwards, he was regularly credited as Amerigo Anton. Career Born in Potenza, Basilicata, he started as a dancer and choreographer in Rome in the 1930s, later moving on to act in regional, dialectal stage plays. He had a small role in ''Variety Lights'' (1951) by Alberto Lattuada and Federico Fellini, his first and sole performance as a film actor. Boccia directed 20 low-budget films in his career. He is best known for his work in the adventure film genre, particularly Peplum (film genre), peplum, in the early 1960s with films such as ''Caesar the Conqueror'' (1962), ''Samson Against the Pirates'' (1963) and ''Hercules of the Desert ''(1964). In 1965 he directed the spy adventure ''Agente X 1-7 operación Océano''. His films, generally rated as B movie, B or Z movies, always met negative reception and Boccia was often mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amerigo Thodé
Amerigo Constantino Maria Thodé (27 July 1950 – 14 December 2023) was a Curaçaoan politician of the Movement for the Future of Curaçao (MFK). He served as President of the Parliament of Curaçao between November and December 2012 and once again from March to May 2017. Life and career Thodé was born on 27 July 1950 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. During the 1980s Thodé worked as an international volleyball referee. In Curaçao he worked in the private sector until 2010 and served on the board of the chamber of commerce as vice-chairman. In the 2000s Thodé served as secretary-general of the Party Workers' Liberation Front 30 May (FOL). He was close to . At the 2006 island council elections he was number 17 on the FOL candidate list and obtained 72 votes. During the 2007 Netherlands Antilles island council elections he was no longer on the candidate list for the party. By 2010 Thodé had switched to the Movement for the Future of Curaçao (MFK), of which he also became pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrigo
Arrigo is an Italian given name. Derived from the latin form Arrigus, already used in Tuscany in the XI century, it was widely diffused during the Middle ages. Given name * Arrigo Barnabé (born 1951), Brazilian actor * Arrigo Boito (1842–1918), Italian librettist and composer * Arrigo Boldrini (1915–2008), Italian politician and partisan * Arrigo Fiammingo (c. 1530 – 28 September 1597), Flemish painter called Hendrick van den Broeck * Arrigo Sacchi (born 1946), former Italian football manager * Arrigo Solmi (1873–1944), Italian scholar and politician Fictional characters * Arrigo, a fictional character in the opera ''I vespri siciliani ''I vespri siciliani'' (; "The Sicilian Vespers") is a five-act Italian opera originally written in French for the Paris Opéra by the Italian romantic composer Giuseppe Verdi and translated into Italian shortly after its premiere in June 1855. ...'' by Giuseppe Verdi {{given name Italian masculine given names Masculine given n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amaury (other)
Amaury (from the Old French ''Amalric'') or Amauri may refer to: People Surname *Philippe Amaury (1940–2006), French publishing tycoon Given name *Amaury du Closel (1956–2024), French composer, conductor and writer *Amaury Duval (1760–1838), French writer *Amaury Duval (1808–1885), French painter *Amaury, Count of Valenciennes, 10th-century noble in Hainaut *Amaury de Montfort (other), several people, lords of Montfort and counts of Évreux *Amaury Filion (born 1981), Dominican basketball player *Amaury Guichon (born 1991), Swiss-French pastry chef *Amaury Gutiérrez (born 1963), Cuban singer and musician *Amaury of Jerusalem (Amalric; 1136–1174), king of the Crusader state of Jerusalem *Amaury Kruel (1901–1996), Brazilian military officer and politician *Amaury Nolasco (born 1970), Puerto Rican actor *Amaury Pasos (1935–2024), Brazilian basketball player and coach *Amaury Telemaco (born 1974), Dominican baseball player *Amaury Vassili (born 1989), French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amalric
Amalric or Amalaric (also Americ, Almerich, Emeric, Emerick and other variations) is a personal name derived from the tribal name ''Amal'' (referring to the Gothic Amali) and ''ric'' (Gothic language, Gothic ''reiks'') meaning "ruler, prince". Equivalents in different languages include: *French language, French: Amaury (surname/given name), Amalric (surname), Amaurich (surname), Maury (surname) *German language, German: Amalrich, Emmerich *Italian language, Italian: Amerigo (other), Amerigo, Arrigo *Hungarian language, Hungarian: Imre *Latin: Amalricus, Americus, Almericus, Emericus *Greek language, Greek: Έμέρικοσ (Emérikos) *Polish language, Polish: Amalaryk, Amalryk, Emeryk *Dutch language, Dutch: Emmerik, Amerik, Hamelink, Hamelryck *Portuguese language, Portuguese: Amáuri, Américo *Spanish language, Spanish: Amauri, Américo *Serbo-Croatian language, Serbo-Croatian: Emerik/Емерик *Arabic language, Arabic: عَمُورِي (ʻAmūrī) Given name * Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Golden Bowl
''The Golden Bowl'' is a 1904 novel by Henry James. Set in England, this complex, intense study of marriage and adultery completes what some critics have called the "major phase" of James's career. ''The Golden Bowl'' explores the tangle of interrelationships between a father and daughter and their respective spouses. The novel focuses deeply and almost exclusively on the consciousness of the central characters, with sometimes obsessive detail but also with powerful insight. Plot summary Prince Amerigo, an impoverished but charismatic Italian nobleman, is in London for his marriage to Maggie Verver, only child of the widower Adam Verver, the fabulously wealthy American financier and art collector. While there, he re-encounters Charlotte Stant, another young American and a former mistress from his days in Rome; they had met in Mrs. Assingham's drawing room. Charlotte is not wealthy, which is one reason they did not marry. Although Maggie and Charlotte have been dear friends s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amerigo Bonasera
Amerigo may refer to: People * Amerigo Anton, alias of Tanio Boccia, Italian film director and screenwriter * Amerigo (Amico) Aspertini, Italian painter and sculptor * Amerigo Bartoli Natinguerra, Italian painter, caricaturist, and writer * Amerigo Cacioni, Italian cyclist * Amerigo Castrighella, Italian actor * Amerigo Corsanego, Italian wrestler * Amerigo Dumini (1894–1967), Italian fascist activist * Amerigo Gazaway (born 1986), American musician * Amerigo Paradiso (born 1962), Italian footballer * Amerigo Petrucci (1922–1983), Italian politician * Amerigo Salvetti, alias of Alessandro Antelminelli, Italian diplomat, adventurer and conspirator * Amerigo Sbigoli, Italian tenor * Amerigo Serrao, birth name of Arthur Varney, American screenwriter and film director * Amerigo Severini, Italian cyclist * Amerigo Thodé (born 1950), Curaçaoan politician * Amerigo Tot (1909–1984), Hungarian sculptor and actor * Amerigo Vespucci (1454–1512), Italian merchant, exp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinterklaas
Sinterklaas () or Sint-Nicolaas () is a legendary figure based on Saint Nicholas, patron saint of children. Other Dutch names for the figure include ''De Sint'' ("The Saint"), ''De Goede Sint'' ("The Good Saint") and ''De Goedheiligman'' (derived from ''goed hylickman'' meaning "good marriage man", alluding to his historical reputation as a Saint who can help you find a good life partner). Many descendants and cognates of "Sinterklaas" or "Saint Nicholas" in other languages are also used in the Low Countries, nearby regions, and former Dutch colonies. The feast of Sinterklaas celebrates the Saint Nicholas Day, name day of Saint Nicholas on 6 December. The Sinterklaas feast is celebrated annually with the giving of gifts on St. Nicholas' Eve (5 December) in the Netherlands and on the morning of Saint Nicholas Day (6 December) in Belgium, Luxembourg, western Germany, and northern France (French Flanders, Lorraine, Alsace and Artois). The tradition is also celebrated in some territ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banga (album)
''Banga'' is the eleventh studio album by American rock musician Patti Smith, released on June 1, 2012 on Columbia Records. Recorded throughout 2011 at New York's Electric Lady Studios and Hoboken's Hobo Recorders, ''Banga'' was produced by Smith, Tony Shanahan, Jay Dee Daugherty and collaborator Lenny Kaye. The album includes a number of guest musicians including Tom Verlaine of Television, Italian band Casa del Vento, Jack Petruzzelli and Smith's own children, Jackson and Jesse Paris. Inspired by Smith's "unique dreams and observations", the material on ''Banga'' focuses on "a wide range of human experience" and features songs about history, current affairs, death and nature. The album was announced alongside the release of its lead single, "April Fool", as a digital download on April 1, 2012. Recording ''Banga'' was recorded throughout 2011 at Electric Lady Studios in New York. Speaking of the recording process, Smith said: "there's a certain innocence recording your fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Guccini
Francesco Guccini (; born 14 June 1940) is an Italian singer-songwriter, actor, and writer. During the five decades of his music career he has recorded 16 studio albums and collections, and 6 live albums. He is also a writer, having published autobiographic and Hardboiled#Noir, noir novels, and a Script (comics), comics writer. Guccini also worked as actor, soundtrack composer, Lexicography, lexicographer and Dialectology, dialectologist. Guccini moved to Sambuca Pistoiese, Pàvana during World War II, then returned to Modena where he spent his teenage years and established his musical career. His debut album, ''Folk beat n. 1'', was released in 1967, but his first success was in 1972 with the album ''Radici (album), Radici''. He was harshly criticised after releasing ''Stanze di vita quotidiana'' and answered his critics with the song "L'avvelenata". His studio albums production slowed down in the nineties and 2000s, but his live performances continued being successful. His l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Javier Amérigo
Francisco Javier Amérigo y Aparici (2 June 1842, Valencia - 28 March 1912, Madrid) was a Spanish painter who specialized in historical scenes. Biography He began his studies at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos in Valencia, where his primary instructor was Francisco Martínez Yago (the father of Salvador Martínez Cubells, who would become Francisco's best friend). During his time there, he was awarded a medal at an exhibition in Alicante (1860). Later, he attended the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid. In 1865, he went to study in Rome. There, he became acquainted with Eduardo Rosales and Mariano Fortuny and would be influenced by their styles. From Rome, in 1876, he submitted his work ''Good Friday at the Colosseum in Rome'', to the National Exhibition of fine Arts, where it was given a Second Class prize. The following year, he returned to Spain and presented ''The Sack of Rome'', which was awarded a First Prize. This work was ded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amerigo Vespucci
Amerigo Vespucci ( , ; 9 March 1454 – 22 February 1512) was an Italians, Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Florence for whom "Naming of the Americas, America" is named. Vespucci participated in at least two voyages of the Age of Discovery between 1497 and 1504, first on behalf of Spain (14991500) and then for Portugal (15011502). In 1503 and 1505, two booklets were published under his name containing colourful descriptions of these explorations and other voyages. Both publications were extremely popular and widely read throughout much of Europe. Historians still dispute the authorship and veracity of these accounts, but they were instrumental in raising awareness of the discoveries and enhancing the reputation of Vespucci as an explorer and navigator. Vespucci claimed to have understood in 1501 that Brazil was part of a fourth continent unknown to Europeans, which he called the "New World" (Mundus Novus). The claim inspired cartographer Martin Waldseemüller ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
