Italy Between The Arts And Sciences
''Italy Between the Arts and Sciences'' is a mural from 1935 created by the Italian modernist painter Mario Sironi. It forms the backdrop to the stage in the Great Hall of Sapienza University of Rome, Sapienza University of Rome. Combining elements of both classical and modernist art, the mural depicts a central figure of Italy portrayed as a goddess at war, flanked by allegorical figures representing the arts and sciences: Astronomy, Mineralogy, Botany, Geography, Architecture, Letters, Painting, and History. The mural went through a series of changes due to its association with fascism. In 1950, the fresco was repainted, covering up fascist symbols. A restoration project in 2015 removed the overpainting, revealing the original iconography. Background Benito Mussolini, Mussolini's Fascist regime sought to use art to deliver clear, didactic messages. Murals played an important role in achieving this goal because of their visibility to a broad public.“doi:10.1093/gao/9781884 ...
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Mario Sironi, Italy Between The Arts And Sciences
is a character (arts), character created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the title character of the ''Mario (franchise), Mario'' franchise and the mascot of Japanese video game company Nintendo. Mario has appeared in List of video games featuring Mario, over 200 video games since his creation. Depicted as a short, pudgy, Italians, Italian plumber who resides in the Mushroom Kingdom, his adventures generally center on rescuing Princess Peach from the Koopa Troopa, Koopa villain Bowser. Mario has access to a variety of power-ups that give him different abilities. Mario's Twin, fraternal twin brother is Luigi. Mario first appeared as the player character of ''Donkey Kong (video game), Donkey Kong'' (1981), a platform game. Miyamoto wanted to use Popeye as the protagonist, but when he could not achieve the licensing rights, he created Mario instead. Miyamoto expected the character to be unpopular and planned to use him for cameo appearances; originally cal ...
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