Corvaja Palace 2011
Corvaja is an Italian surname. People *Giovanni Corvaja, an Italian jewellery artist *Pietro Corvaja, an Italian mathematician Places *Palazzo Corvaja Palazzo Corvaja (sometimes spelt Palazzo Corvaia) is a medieval palace in Taormina, Sicily, Italy. It was principally built at the end of the 14th century and is named after one of the oldest and most famous families of Taormina, which owned it fr ...

Giovanni Corvaja
Giovanni Corvaja (born 30 September 1971) is an Italian jewellery artist known for fine wire work. Early life Born in 1971 in Padua, Italy, Giovanni Corvaja began work as a metalsmithing at the age of 13 at Pietro Selvatico High School of Art in Padua under the tuition of Francesco Pavan and Paolo Maurizio. In 1988 was awarded the Diploma di Maestro d’Arte, and in 1990 – the Maturità d’Arte Applicata. In 1990, he joined the Royal College of Art in London to continue his studies in the field of art jewellery. After graduation from the Royal College with the Degree of Master of Arts in 1992, he returned to Padua where he pursued his artistic career in goldsmithing. Career Giovanni Corvaja has been exhibiting his work internationally since 1989, and has presented his pieces in more than 150 solo and group exhibitions worldwide. Some of his annual exhibitions are in major art fairs such as The European Fine Art Fair The European Fine Art Fair (abbreviated: TEFAF) is ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  

Pietro Corvaja
Pietro Corvaja (born 19 July 1967 in Padua, Italy) is an Italian mathematician working in Diophantine geometry. He is a professor of geometry at the University of Udine. Early life and education Corvaja was born in Padua, Italy on 19 July 1967. He graduated with a scientific high school diploma from a liceo scientifico in 1985, before enrolling in the University of Pisa as a student of the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. He graduated from the Scuola Normale with an undergraduate thesis on the theory of transcendental numbers under the direction of Roberto Dvornicich in 1989. After a one year scholarship at INdAM from 1989 to 1990, Corvaja completed his PhD under Michel Waldschmidt and Michel Laurent at Pierre and Marie Curie University in 1995. From 1994 to 1995, he was also a research assistant at the Università Iuav di Venezia as a collaborator of Umberto Zannier. In 2001, Corvaja obtained his habilitation qualification at Pierre and Marie Curie University. Career In 199 ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]