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Gianni Pezzani
Gianni Pezzani (real name Giovanni Pezzani, born on 18 June 1951 in Colorno), is an Italian photographer. Biography Gianni Pezzani was born in Colorno, a small town in the Province of Parma on 18 June 1951. He attended the University of Florence where in 1979 he graduated in Agricultural sciences. Work His knowledge of chemistry, learnt during his university studies, allowed him to undertake research on Photographic print toning, photographic toning in the late 1970s. This allowed him to be amongst the first photographers in Italy to become involved in the study of colour, freeing himself from the predominance of black-and-white photography. Thanks to the research on photographic toning in 1981 he was chosen by Time Life as one of the six most important up-and-coming photographers of the year; his portfolio was published in the yearbook Photography Year. He worked for Condé Nast from 1981 to 2007. He combines fashion photography with research that in 1981 lead him to real ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colorno
Colorno (Parmigiano: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Parma in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northwest of Bologna and about north of Parma. Colorno borders the following municipalities: Casalmaggiore, Gussola, Martignana di Po, Mezzani, Sissa Trecasali, Torrile. Main sights The main attraction of Colorno is the Ducal Palace (Reggia), built in the 18th century for the Farnese family. Other sights include: *The ''Aranciaia'', erected in 1710–12 by duke Francesco Farnese as a shelter for the orange and lemon trees that in summer decorated the Ducal Palace. It was designed by Ferdinando Galli Bibiena. It is currently seat of the Museum of the Peasant Civilisation and Pre-Industrial Technology. *The Water Tower (1718–19). * Santa Margherita, Colorno - mainly 16th century church History The history of Colorno begins around the year 1004 A.D., when the town is mentioned in a document that established the ownership of some properties ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnetica (2014-2015)
''Magnetica'' (known in Japan as and in Europe as ''Actionloop'') is a puzzle video game developed by Mitchell Corporation and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS, It was released as part of the ''Touch! Generations'' series. It is based on Mitchell's 1998 arcade game ''Puzz Loop''. The game was first revealed at Nintendo Japan's 2006 Conference. The European version came packaged with the Nintendo DS Rumble Pak. A version for WiiWare, titled in Japan, ''Magnetica Twist'' in North America and ''Actionloop Twist'' in PAL regions, was released in 2008 for Japan on April 22, on June 6 in Europe, and on June 30 in North America. Gameplay In the game, marbles roll down a twisted path toward the goal and the player must stop them by launching new marbles into the oncoming ones. The DS touchscreen is used to 'flick' the marbles from their launch point to their destination with the stylus. The marbles disappear if player matches three or more marbles of the same type; mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Humanitarian Society
The Humanitarian Society ( it, Società Umanitaria) is a philanthropic institution founded in Milan in 1893 by a bequest made by . History The Humanitarian Society is one of the longest standing institutions in Milan. It was founded thanks to the determination and mission of Jewish international merchant and enlightened patron, . In 1892, he decided to bequeath his considerable assets (over ten million lire of the time) to ensure that the newly established Humanitarian Society – to be managed by Milan Municipal Authority – was engaged in every possible way in "helping the underprivileged become independent, providing them with support, employment and education, and more generally working to achieve the best educational and socio-cultural development in every sector of individual and collective life." From the time of its foundation, the secretary of the philanthropic institution was Osvaldo Gnocchi-Viani, promoter of the first Chamber of Labour in Milan. Reformist politicia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease quickly spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic. The symptoms of COVID‑19 are variable but often include fever, cough, headache, fatigue, breathing difficulties, loss of smell, and loss of taste. Symptoms may begin one to fourteen days after exposure to the virus. At least a third of people who are infected do not develop noticeable symptoms. Of those who develop symptoms noticeable enough to be classified as patients, most (81%) develop mild to moderate symptoms (up to mild pneumonia), while 14% develop severe symptoms ( dyspnea, hypoxia, or more than 50% lung involvement on imaging), and 5% develop critical symptoms ( respiratory failure, shock, or multiorgan dysfunction). Older people are at a higher risk of developing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ennio Flaiano
Ennio Flaiano (5 March 1910 – 20 November 1972) was an Italian screenwriter, playwright, novelist, journalist, and drama critic. Best known for his work with Federico Fellini, Flaiano co-wrote ten screenplays with the Italian director, including ''La Strada'' (1954), ''La Dolce Vita'' (1960), and '' 8½''. Biography Flaiano wrote for ''Cineillustrato'', '' Oggi'', '' Il Mondo'', '' Il Corriere della Sera'', ''Omnibus'' and other prominent Italian newspapers and magazines. In 1947, he won the Strega Prize for his novel, ''Tempo di uccidere ''(variously translated as ''Miriam'', ''A Time to Kill'', and ''The Short Cut''). Set in Ethiopia during the Italian invasion (1935–36), the novel tells the story of an Italian officer who rapes and subsequently kills an Ethiopian woman and is then tormented by the memory of his act. The barren landscape around the protagonist hints at an interior emptiness and meaninglessness. This is one of the few Italian literary works dealing with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a German-speaking Bohemian novelist and short-story writer, widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of realism and the fantastic. It typically features isolated protagonists facing bizarre or surrealistic predicaments and incomprehensible socio-bureaucratic powers. It has been interpreted as exploring themes of social alienation, alienation, existential anxiety, guilt (emotion), guilt, and absurdity. His best known works include the short story "The Metamorphosis" and novels ''The Trial'' and ''The Castle (novel), The Castle''. The term '':en:wikt:Kafkaesque, Kafkaesque'' has entered English to describe absurd situations, like those depicted in his writing. Kafka was born into a middle-class German-speaking History of the Jews in the Czech lands, Czech Jewish family in Prague, the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, today the capit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Kerouac
Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac (; March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969), known as Jack Kerouac, was an American novelist and poet who, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, was a pioneer of the Beat Generation. Of French-Canadian ancestry, Kerouac was raised in a French-speaking home in Lowell, Massachusetts. He "learned English at age six and spoke with a marked accent into his late teens." During World War II, he served in the United States Merchant Marine; he completed his first novel at the time, which was published more than 50 years after his death. His first published book was ''The Town and the City'' (1950), and he achieved widespread fame and notoriety with his second, ''On the Road'', in 1957. It made him a beat icon, and he went on to publish 12 more novels and numerous poetry volumes. Kerouac is recognized for his style of spontaneous prose. Thematically, his work covers topics such as his Catholic spirituality, jazz, travel, promiscuity, life in New Yor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pisa
Pisa ( , or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, central Italy, straddling the Arno just before it empties into the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. Although Pisa is known worldwide for its leaning tower, the city contains more than twenty other historic churches, several medieval palaces, and bridges across the Arno. Much of the city's architecture was financed from its history as one of the Italian maritime republics. The city is also home to the University of Pisa, which has a history going back to the 12th century, the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, founded by Napoleon in 1810, and its offshoot, the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies.Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa Information statistics History
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Phallus
A phallus is a penis (especially when erect), an object that resembles a penis, or a mimetic image of an erect penis. In art history a figure with an erect penis is described as ithyphallic. Any object that symbolically—or, more precisely, iconically—resembles a penis may also be referred to as a phallus; however, such objects are more often referred to as being phallic (as in "phallic symbol"). Such symbols often represent fertility and cultural implications that are associated with the male sexual organ, as well as the male orgasm. Etymology The term is a loanword from Latin ''phallus'', itself borrowed from Greek (''phallos''), which is ultimately a derivation from the Proto-Indo-European root *''bʰel''- "to inflate, swell". Compare with Old Norse (and modern Icelandic) ''boli'' " bull", Old English ''bulluc'' " bullock", Greek " whale". Archaeology The Hohle phallus, a 28,000-year-old siltstone phallus discovered in the Hohle Fels cave and reassembled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
