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Looking Over the Straits of Messina before the Invasion of Italy: the observation post was in Messina Lighthouse, by Ian Eadie (1913-73), 30 August 1943.

© IWM Art.IWM ART LD 3695
https://t.co/rCj9qvR4gC

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2023-01-26

So far on my study abroad trip. London: Pretty fun on New Years. Paris: didn’t enjoy it much, but fun until the last day. Nice, France: super pretty, enjoyed it. Milan, Italy: it was okay, love the fashion stores and cathedral though. Now we’re heading to Venice tomorrow

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2023-01-10

Jules Jacquemart, History of the Ceramic Art: A Descriptive and Philosophical Study of the Pottery of All Ages and All Nations: Italy: Renaissance- Majolica of Urbino- Hunting Bottle with Historic..., 1877 https://t.co/mVqFfethRJ

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2022-09-14

Polyphemus & Galatea in a landscape: Roman fresco from the imperial villa of Agrippa Postumus at Boscotrecase, Italy: last decade of the 1st century BCE.

📷 AlkaliSoaps: The Met Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1920 (20.192.17)Creative Commons Legal Code: via Britannica

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2022-04-08

US Army maps show the last month of war across the world, from American island-hopping in the Pacific to Red Army advances in Ukraine & Estonia. They also mark German encirclement of the Allied bridgehead at Anzio, Italy:

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2022-02-07

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In "Melencolia I", compares himself to the tortured intellectual archetype derived from ancient Greek medical texts about the four humors. Dürer thus reflects the changing perception of the artist that was taking place in Italy: from craftsman, to artist, to genius.

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2022-01-31

Speaking of obscure games, I was suddently reminded of this 1991 top-down Amiga adventure game made in Italy: "Bit in the Magic Castle".
In the intro, the knight protagonist gets turned into a worm and has to crawl all around the castle to escape.
Weird, but interesting.

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2022-01-21

Ukraine's top GM Anton Korobov has just sacrificed his a-pawn and the white queen took on a5. What was Black's idea?

Find the solution in the game, played yesterday at the Vergani Cup in Italy:
https://t.co/V8YKmfaTfO

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2022-01-04

Here's a wonderful NYT profile of poster art legend Renato Casaro, who's receiving an exhibition of his work in Italy: https://t.co/LFiinUa5aF

And here's his painting for the European VHS cover of Cannon's The Secret of the Ice Cave (1989).

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2021-10-31

Hi, I'm Dom and I'm an illustrator from Italy: I love art, comics, fantasy stuff and RPGs, and I love 'em even more since these passions allow me to pay bills💙You can get a taste of what I do down here, and check my links in bio, bye!

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2021-10-13

FROM ITALY: Emilio Greco is best known for his statues, including the Pinocchio in the hometown of its author, Carlo Collodi. But his drawings further extend the universe of sensuality and make the plasticity of his figures even more daring.

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2021-10-12

News from ITALY: Radek Szlaga at PostmastersROMA | ArtVerona2021 | Giovanni Garcia-Fenech at Villa Piedimonte - https://t.co/3ZoHGpyldV

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2021-10-02

Italy: wins 2021

France: LET THE CAMPAIGN BEGIN BOYS

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2021-05-23

FROM ITALY: Sandro Chia celebrates his 75th birthday today. We love the Italian nee-expressionist and member Transavanguardia movement for his dynamic paintings, where humans are kissed by rainbows, and endearing beasts lurk around them.

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2021-04-21

FROM US & ITALY: Arshile Gorky took his own life at just 44, but one of his daughters, Maro Gorky, continued his legacy, also becoming an artist. But if her works are any indication, it’s a much more cheerful kind of story.

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2021-04-16

FROM ITALY: Light, movement and speed: those were the three things that Futurist artist Giacomo Balla sought to capture in his artwork most. And we think he did a splendid job, putting the organic world on pause, creating dynamic, yet subtle paintings.

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2021-03-03

FROM ITALY: Felice Casorati was also notable for his ability to portray femininity: his portraits of women, young and old, in various styles, are playful, mysterious, dramatic and full of lush colors and rich textures that unravel like an elaborate puzzle.

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2021-03-02

FROM ITALY: Felice Casorati had worked in various styles as an artists and his many portraits are remarkable for their unusual perspective, where the choreography of the scenes offers a complex geometrical framing for the subjects.

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2021-03-02