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Giorgio Ceragioli (sculptor)
Giorgio Ceragioli (28 April 1861 – 11 December 1947) was an Italian painter and sculptor. Biography Ceragioli was born in Porto Santo Stefano (Tuscany) on 28 April 1861''P.A.Pu.M. – Progetto Arte Pubblica e Monumenti'', on-line biography on Turin's municipality web-sitwww.comune.torino.it(accessed on 16 February 2010) from Giuseppe Ceragioli, a customs officer, and Fanny Bracci. He moved very young to Florence, where he received his first artistic training from the sculptor Ulisse Cambi. When he was eighteen he enlisted in Bersaglieri corps, which he left in 1888 with a Lieutenant rank.''Ceragioli, valente scultore riscoperto dai santostefanesi'', Renzo Wongher, article on ''Il Tirreno'' 2005 February 11's issue; on-line version iricerca.gelocal.it(accessed on 16 February 2010) After moving to Turin Ceragioli worked with Augusto Ferri, a set designer and painter very active in Piemonte. In that city he also became a popular painter, mainly exhibiting his artworks in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bersaglieri
The Bersaglieri, singular Bersagliere, (, "sharpshooter") are a troop of marksmen in the Italian Army's infantry corps. They were originally created by General Alessandro La Marmora on 18 June 1836 to serve in the Royal Sardinian Army, which later became the Royal Italian Army. They can be recognized by their distinctive wide-brimmed hats decorated with black capercaillie feathers, which is worn with the dress uniform. The feathers are also applied to their combat helmets. Description The Bersaglieri Corps were a high-mobility light infantry at their inception in 1836, with their specific situation evolving with changes in warfare. In the nineteenth century, Bersaglieri acted as skirmishers or shock troops, moving from place to place by running. An elaborate system of bugle calls allowed their units to be deployed and commanded quickly, singly or in combination. The tradition of running continues today in parades and during barracks duty. In World War I, some Bersaglieri serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mural
A mural is any piece of graphic artwork that is painted or applied directly to a wall, ceiling or other permanent substrate. Mural techniques include fresco, mosaic, graffiti and marouflage. Word mural in art The word ''mural'' is a Spanish adjective that is used to refer to what is attached to a wall. The term ''mural'' later became a noun. In art, the word mural began to be used at the beginning of the 20th century. In 1906, Dr. Atl issued a manifesto calling for the development of a monumental public art movement in Mexico; he named it in Spanish ''pintura mural'' (English: ''wall painting''). In ancient Roman times, a mural crown was given to the fighter who was first to scale the wall of a besieged town. "Mural" comes from the Latin ''muralis'', meaning "wall painting". History Antique art Murals of sorts date to Upper Paleolithic times such as the cave paintings in the Lubang Jeriji Saléh cave in Borneo (40,000-52,000 BP), Chauvet Cave in Ardèche departmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpini
The Alpini are the Italian Army's specialist mountain infantry. Part of the army's infantry corps, the speciality distinguished itself in combat during World War I and World War II. Currently the active Alpini units are organized in two operational brigades, which are subordinated to the COMALP, Alpine Troops Headquarters. The Alpini's name comes from their inceptive association with the Alps, the mountain range that Italy shares with France, Switzerland, Austria, and Slovenia. An individual soldier of the Alpini is called Alpino. Established in 1872, the Alpini are the oldest active mountain infantry in the world. Their original mission was to protect Italy's border with France and Austria-Hungary. In 1888 the Alpini deployed on their first mission abroad, in Africa, a continent to which they returned on several occasions and during various wars of the Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946), Kingdom of Italy. During World War I they fought a three-year campaign on the Alps against Austr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ascanio Sobrero
Ascanio Sobrero (12 October 1812 – 26 May 1888) was an Italian chemist, born in Casale Monferrato. He was studying under Théophile-Jules Pelouze at the University of Turin, who had worked with the explosive material guncotton. He studied medicine in Turin and Paris and then chemistry at the University of Gießen with Justus Liebig, and earned his doctorate in 1832. In 1845 he became professor at the University of Turin During his research he discovered, in 1847, nitroglycerine. He initially called it "pyroglycerine", and warned vigorously against its use in his private letters and in a journal article, stating that it was extremely dangerous and impossible to handle. In fact, he was so frightened by what he created that he kept it a secret for over a year. Another of Pelouze's students was the young Alfred Nobel, who returned to the Nobel family's defunct armaments factory and began experimenting with the material around 1860; it did, indeed prove to be very difficult to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cesare Biscarra
Cesare, the Italian version of the given name Caesar, may refer to: Given name * Cesare, Marquis of Beccaria (1738–1794), an Italian philosopher and politician * Cesare Airaghi (1840–1896), Italian colonel * Cesare Arzelà (1847–1912), Italian mathematician * Cesare Battisti (other) * Cesare Bocci (born 1957), Italian actor known for the ''Inspector Montalbano'' TV series * Cesare Bonizzi, Franciscan friar and heavy metal singer * Cesare Borgia (1475–1507), Italian general and statesman * Cesare "Cece" Carlucci (1917–2008), American baseball umpire * Cesare Emiliani (1922–1995), Italian-American scientist * Cesare Fiorio (born 1939), Italian sportsperson * Cesare Gianturco (1905–1995), Italian-American physician * Cesare Nava (1861–1933), Italian engineer and politician * Cesare Negri, the late Renaissance dancing-master * Cesare Pavese (1908–1950), Italian poet and novelist * Cesare Romiti (1923–2020), Italian economist and busi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrico Thovez
Enrico Thovez (10 November 1869 – 16 February 1925) was an Italian artist-polymath best known for his contributions as a poet and literary critic. Biography Enrico Thovez was born in Turin less than ten years after unification. He was his parents' second son: his brother, Ettore, was five years older than he. Cesare Thovez, his father, was a hydraulics engineer of Savoyard provenance. His mother, Maria Angela Berlinguer, was from Sardinia, but could trace her own family back to Catalonia from where her ancestors had emigrated at the end of the sixteenth century. Thovez would later assert that he had inherited his love of poetry from his mother's aristocratic Spanish ancestors. Between 1881 and 1886 Thovez attended secondary schools, choosing the "technical" rather than the "gymnasium" route. He graduated from school successfully and moved on to enrol at the Sciences Faculty of the university. After just two months he abandoned these studies, however, in order ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrico Reycend
Enrico Reycend (Turin, Kingdom of Sardinia, November 3, 1855 – Turin, Kingdom of Italy, February 21, 1928) was an Italian painter, mainly of landscapes and vedute. Biography He attended the Accademia Albertina under Lorenzo Delleani and Antonio Fontanesi. He traveled to Paris a few times, and was influenced by the circle of Camille Corot. In 1877 at Naples, he exhibited: ''In Piemonte''; in 1880 at Turin, ''La quiete''; ''Natura mesta''; in 1881 at Milan, he sent: ''In Ottobre''; ''Sul Canavese''; ''Rive del Pò''; in 1883 at Milan, ''Ritorno dal Pascolo''; ''Lungo il Pò a Turin''; in 1883 to Rome, ''Dintorni di Torino''; and finally in 1884 also to Rome, ''Il Barchetta''; ''Ultime foglie'' and other landscapes painted al vero. In 1885, he sent to Milan and Venice: ''In Ottobre''; ''Greek temple nel Porto dì Genoa''. In 1886 at Milan, he displayed: ''Giornata triste''; ''Studi dal vero''; ''Notte d'autunno''. At the 1887 Mostra of Venice he sent: ''Pomeriggio''; ''Studi dal v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davide Calandra
Davide Calandra (21 October 1856 – 8 September 1915) was an Italian sculptor and cabinet maker. Biography Davide Calandra was born in Turin into a wealthy family. His father, besides his professional activities of lawyer and hydraulic engineer, was an archaeologist and a well known collector of ancient weapons. Davide's eldest brother, the writer Edoardo Calandra, was a prominent author who wrote the novel ''La bufera'', an example of historical fiction. After attending the Liceo Calandra followed the art lectures of the Accademia Albertina and then joined as a volunteer the cavalry where he attained the military rank of '' Sottotenente'' ( Sub-Lieutenant). In 1878 he worked with his father and his brother to an excavation of the Lombard archaeological site of Testona (Moncalieri). One of Calandra's first sculptures, ''Vigils of Penelope'', was displayed in 1880 at the Turin's Exhibition of Fine Arts. At the 1884 National Exhibition in Turin, he displayed three works: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonardo Bistolfi
Leonardo Bistolfi (14 March 1859 – 2 September 1933) was an Italian sculptor and an important exponent of Italian Symbolism (arts), Symbolism. Biography Bistolfi was born in Casale Monferrato in Piedmont, north-west Italy, to Giovanni Bistolfi, a sculptor in wood, and to Angela Amisano. Giovanni died at the age of 26 years, when Leonardo was still a boy. In 1876 he enrolled in the Brera Art Academy in Milan, where his teacher was Giosuè Argenti. In 1880 he studied under Odoardo Tabacchi at the Accademia Albertina in Turin. Work His first works, executed between 1880 and 1885, show the influence of the Milanese ''Scapigliatura'' movement. These first works include ''Le lavandaie'' (The Washerwomen), ''Tramonto'' (Sunset), ''Vespero'' (‘Evening’), ''Boaro'' (Cattle-hand), ''Gli amanti'' (The Lovers). The work of ''Gli Amanti'' was rejected from a Turin Promotrice circa 1880, bringing him either notoriety, or fame. In 1882 he sculpted ''L'Angelo della morte'' (‘The Ang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trademarks
A trademark (also written trade mark or trade-mark) is a type of intellectual property consisting of a recognizable sign, design, or expression that identifies products or services from a particular source and distinguishes them from others. The trademark owner can be an individual, business organization, or any legal entity. A trademark may be located on a package, a label, a voucher, or on the product itself. Trademarks used to identify services are sometimes called service marks. The first legislative act concerning trademarks was passed in 1266 under the reign of Henry III of England, requiring all bakers to use a distinctive mark for the bread they sold. The first modern trademark laws emerged in the late 19th century. In France, the first comprehensive trademark system in the world was passed into law in 1857. The Trade Marks Act 1938 of the United Kingdom changed the system, permitting registration based on "intent-to-use", creating an examination based process, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Applied Art
The applied arts are all the arts that apply design and decoration to everyday and essentially practical objects in order to make them aesthetically pleasing."Applied art" in ''The Oxford Dictionary of Art''. Online edition. Oxford University Press, 2004. www.oxfordreference.com. Retrieved 23 November 2013. The term is used in distinction to the fine arts, which are those that produce objects with no practical use, whose only purpose is to be beautiful or stimulate the intellect in some way. In practice, the two often overlap. Applied arts largely overlaps with decorative arts, and the modern making of applied art is usually called design. Example of applied arts are: * Industrial design – mass-produced objects. * Sculpture – also counted as a fine art. * Architecture – also counted as a fine art. * Crafts – also counted as a fine art. * Ceramic art * Automotive design * Fashion design * Calligraphy * Interior design * Graphic design * Cartographic (map) design ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris Motor Show
The Paris Motor Show (french: Mondial de l'Automobile) is a biennial auto show in Paris. Held during October, it is one of the most important auto shows, often with many new production automobile and concept car debuts. The show presently takes place in Paris expo Porte de Versailles. The ''Mondial'' is scheduled by the ''Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles'', which considers it a major international auto show. In 2016, the Paris Motor Show welcomed 1,253,513 visitors, making it the most visited auto show in the world, ahead of Tokyo and Frankfurt. The key figures of the show are: of exhibition, 8 pavilions, 260 brands from 18 countries, 65 world premieres, more than 10 000 test drives for electric and hybrid cars, more than 10 000 journalists from 103 countries. Until 1986, it was called the ''Salon de l'Automobile''; it took the name ''Mondial de l'Automobile'' in 1988 and ''Mondial Paris Motor Show'' in 2018. The show was held annually until 1976; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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