http://italia.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Italia! en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:34:38 GMT 2009-12-30T18:34:38Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977566331&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace We left Rome for Naples on my birthday, October 10, 2008. This was not a wholly good idea, unless one thrives on travel tension. The day started off innocently enough when we took a taxi to the Termini . . . Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:09:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977566331&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace Beryl Singleton Bissell 2009-01-18T00:09:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977552055&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace   The late Middle Age, "the decay of the Middle Age", was a period of transition. It was an economic junction - which causes remain without explanation - that originated a certain insecurity . . . Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:21:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977552055&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace Paula M. 2009-01-03T16:21:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977552057&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace   The development of the commerce and the passage to the monetary economy - the commercial revolution - had also important political consequences. In Europe appeared a series of national States, . . . Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:23:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977552057&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace Paula M. 2009-01-03T16:23:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977511281&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace When my hubby Bill surprised me with tickets to Italy to celebrate our 12 wedding anniversary and suggested that I plan the trip as I “knew Italy,” I thought “Oh my! Did I still “know” Italy 30 years . . . Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:05:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977511281&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace Beryl Singleton Bissell 2008-11-19T21:05:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977554126&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace   The word Renaissance designates to be reborn of the Roman cultural heritage in Italy, after a long interruption that extended until the final of the Middle Age. The word is of French origin, . . . Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:18:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977554126&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace Paula M. 2009-01-05T20:18:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977554136&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace   With the Renaissance emerged not only a new conception of man and of life, but also a different sentiment before the world and the scientific-natural reality. In the diffusion of the new ideas . . . Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:30:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977554136&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace Paula M. 2009-01-05T20:30:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977554140&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace   Is has been affirmed that in the Renaissance appeared the "modern" man. That assertion pretends to demonstrate the active, enthusiast character, about the progress of the society, . . . Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:33:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977554140&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace Paula M. 2009-01-05T20:33:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977534551&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace La Primavera by Botticelli on behalf of the erudite brother of the ruling Medici, using also part of a choreography made by the ruling Medici. It is a mysterious work, but the more you look at it, . . . Sat, 13 Dec 2008 20:59:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977534551&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace Alkistis Wechsler 2008-12-13T20:59:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977537897&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace The central figure can be seen both inside an egg-shaped cave as well as imagining the cross point of an eight shaped movement going across the painting of 8 figures. It is a painting of birth and rebirth . . . Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:21:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977537897&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace Alkistis Wechsler 2008-12-17T13:21:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977513943&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace About 500 b. C., epoch in which Rome was getting free from the Etruscan dominion, toppling the monarchy and bringing the republic that lasted until some decades before the birth of Christ, though, . . . Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:32:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977513943&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace Paula M. 2008-11-21T20:32:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977513958&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace   The Roman Empire stretched along the entire Mediterranean basin, grasping very diverse peoples and habits. The civilization that the Romans created and bequeathed was Roman-Hellenistic , this . . . Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:43:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977513958&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace Paula M. 2008-11-21T20:43:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977513974&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace   Monumental constructions and other vestiges served of testimony of the times of splendor of the Romans. In the entire Empire emerged cities well planned, with temples and theatres, basilicas . . . Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:58:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977513974&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace Paula M. 2008-11-21T20:58:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977516585&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace Academic Travel Abroad (ATA) began in 1950 after the Marshall Plan opened Europe back up as a travel destination for the world to help rejuvenate the western European countries.  David Parry, . . . Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:13:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977516585&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace Academic Travel Abroad 2008-11-24T21:13:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977513935&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace When, in history, we talk about Rome, we think in the Roman Empire, the high-powered that, during several centuries, dominated the Mediterranean and the south of Europe and the Rhine and the Danube. . . . Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:28:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977513935&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace Paula M. 2008-11-21T20:28:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977513939&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace   The growing dominion of Rome and its work for dominating the Western Mediterranean carried her to face the biggest maritime city of the epoch: Cartage . Initially, it took the power . . . Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:30:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977513939&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace Paula M. 2008-11-21T20:30:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977498719&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace Dinner at Barbetta Restaurant featuring: the best  Northern Italian Cuisine, the “diamonds and jewels of Piemonte Regionale”     Fungi, either aromatic or odiferous, . . . Fri, 07 Nov 2008 02:06:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977498719&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace Richard Frisbie 2008-11-07T02:06:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977483415&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace    Part III of my account of a recent tour of Sardinia where I had the opportunity to explore the countryside  experiencing the unique tastes of wine & food of this jewel of . . . Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:48:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977483415&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace Richard Frisbie 2008-10-20T16:48:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977477721&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace SEADE ( say Ah da ) There is a curious little pastry made in Sardinia that a friend tasted once and loved. She was on a 2 week driving tour of Sardinia with her family when she first tasted Seade. . . . Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:05:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977477721&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace Richard Frisbie 2008-10-14T22:05:10Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977478771&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace While I was in Sardinia recently I had the opportunity to explore the wineries and restaurants to experience the unique tastes of wine & food of this jewel of a Mediterranean isle. Over the . . . Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:04:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977478771&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace Richard Frisbie 2008-10-15T22:04:10Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977460040&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace When Kaneety returned home in the early evening hours, he took a refeshing shower changed his cloths, and together with his spouse made a quick survey of the dinning table; and went on embraced both . . . Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:00:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977460040&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace Haim Kadman 2008-09-26T17:00:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977450726&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace I am not the'good Lady' of any Gentleman; I am my own person with opinions about the things of the world. (Sorry for the mediocre people, the London middle-aged conservatives.)  Who am . . . Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:52:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977450726&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace Alkistis Wechsler 2008-09-16T20:52:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977470584&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace I'm baaaackkkkk.  Okay, that was a bit melodramatic.  It's been a long day/week/month/year or whatever.  A bit of stress here...a bit of trauma there [may my Uncle Scrap rest in . . . Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:30:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977470584&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace David K. 2008-10-07T18:30:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977472289&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace    Now that she's settled, my daughter sent pictures of her new home in Italy.  My sister and I are going over to visit sometime next year.  Oh how I wish I could hop a plane and . . . Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:30:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977472289&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace Nancy S. 2008-10-09T05:30:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977466905&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace The action of the luminous raids upon the visual organ is a normal cause of our chromatic sensation. Those raids can have a unique length of wave or constitute one combination of all the lengths of the . . . Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:16:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977466905&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace Paula M. 2008-10-03T18:16:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977466907&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace People that have a musical hear can distinguish easily the tones of different frequencies that form one chord.   But the sense of the vision can not understand the different components of the chromatic . . . Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:18:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977466907&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace Paula M. 2008-10-03T18:18:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977469570&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace The colour is one of the principal elements that facilitate the perception of the forms of the objects. Sometimes, even our own life depends of the capacity of distinction of the colours, for example, . . . Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:47:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977469570&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace Paula M. 2008-10-06T17:47:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977469580&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace Since the Pre-History , the painting took an important role in the society. The rock engravings had one magical aim: to propitiate the hunt . But the colour was, at the same time, one mean of . . . Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:59:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977469580&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace Paula M. 2008-10-06T17:59:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977469602&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace When a child draws or paints, the child uses the image as a mean of expression. Men, since the pre-historic times, felt the need of communicating with thru the drawings and engravings. Nevertheless, . . . Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:18:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977469602&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace Paula M. 2008-10-06T18:18:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977469616&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace The represented image constitutes the mark let by the hands of the artist and his way of expressing one form or one idea in a certain situation. The artist communicates to us more directly with the drawing . . . Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:28:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977469616&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace Paula M. 2008-10-06T18:28:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977469620&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace By the end of the Middle Age, it was developed in Europe the art of the engraving,   method of reproduction of handcrafted type, of works of art. In the XVIIth and XVIIIth century, great masters . . . Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:32:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977469620&grpId=3659174697252541&nav=Groupspace Paula M. 2008-10-06T18:32:14Z