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Architectural Crossover: Q&A with Architect Franco Purini

/ Columns, Diario Rome-NY, Ubiquitous Influences, Volume 20. Number IX. 2013 / /

by Ludovica Rossi PURINI

LUDOVICA ROSSI PURINI: In what way can we talk about the contribution of Italian architects to the culture of architecture in the United States?

FRANCO PURINI: Italian architecture has profoundly influenced the development of American architecture, whether it’s in a direct or an indirect way. It’s a testimony of the works of many of the great American architects of the past century. Only one example is really necessary: the strong analogy between the Guggenheim of New York, by Frank Lloyd Wright, and the stairs of the Vatican Museums, by Giuseppe Momo, who the American architect visited in 1939.

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“It Lit” In Translation

/ Columns, Literature, Ubiquitous Influences, Volume 20. Number IX. 2013 / /

by Laura GIACALONE

The perception of Italian culture abroad is mostly anchored to the country’s great artistic and literary heritage, to the extent that Italy is more clearly understood and celebrated for what it once was, than what it is now. If we restrict our field of observation to the book market, we can see how the authors translated and distributed abroad actually contribute to shaping the identity and perception of a given culture.

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Fabiola Gianotti

/ Columns, Face File, Ubiquitous Influences, Volume 20. Number IX. 2013 / /

by Tegan GEORGE

Italians who have impacted the world bring to mind either Renaissance masters, ancient statesmen or contemporary entertainers and designers, like Roberto Benigni, Sofia Loren, Giorgio Armani, or Guccio Gucci. We don’t, however, often think of physicists. This changed after December 19, 2012, when Milanese physicist Fabiola Gianotti was named runnerup for Time magazine’s Person of the Year.

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Maps and the Heroic Age of explorers are in fashion

/ Amerigo America, Columnists and Contributors, Columns, Fashion, Volume 20. Number VIII. 2013 / /

Collections of 1a Classe Alviero Martini fall 2012, one of Italy’s top manufacturers of leather goods, accessories and women’s clothing are characterized by a “geographic map” motif (called the ‘Geo-Map’), an original design inspired by the era of legendary voyages, explorations and by the Belle Époque.

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From Gutenberg to Google: Reflections on the printed paper map in the era of Web-published maps

/ Volume 20. Number VIII. 2013 / /

Italian Journal, Rome-New York 2012 From Gutenberg to Google: Reflections on the printed paper map in the era of Web-published maps by William CARTWRIGHT School of Mathematical and Geospatial Sciences, RMIT University, Australia Email: william.cartwright@rmit.edu.au Maps as communicators of discoveries In a series of articles in 1999 in the Australian Good Weekend the best of […]

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How Did “Vincenzo” Become “James?”

/ Amerigo America, Columnists and Contributors, Volume 20. Number VIII. 2013 / /

How Did “Vincenzo” Become “James?” by John Philip COLLETTA, Ph.D. The multitude of Italians who ventured to the United States in steamships at the turn of the twentieth century carried more than their trunks and bags and bundles. They carried the culture and traditions of their ancestors. When it came time to name their American-born […]

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