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Pavlos Rodokanakis
Pavlos Rodokanakis ( Greek: Παύλος Ροδοκανάκης, Italian: Paolo Rodocanachi; 29 May 1891 – 16 May 1958) was an Italian-born Greek painter. Biography Rodokanakis was born in Genoa in 1891 and came from a large wealthy family.Alexatos, Gerassimos: ''Die Griechen von Görlitz 1916–1919'', Berlin 2018, , p. 67. He started his artistic education as a student of Giuseppe Pennasilico (1861–1940) in his hometown.Vollmer, Hans (Editor): ''Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler des 20. Jahrhunderts'', part 4, Quaghebeur – Uzelac, Leipzig 1992, , p. 85. Later on he studied painting under Giulio Bargellini (1875–1936) and graphics under Vittorio Grassi (1878–1958) at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma (Academy of Fine Arts Rome).National GalleryRodokanakis Pavlos Retrieved 17 February 2020. In 1911 Rodokanakis made his debut at an exhibition of the Società Promotrice di Belle Arti (Society for the Promotion of Fine Arts) in Genoa. He later moved to G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Language
Greek ( el, label=Modern Greek, Ελληνικά, Elliniká, ; grc, Ἑλληνική, Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Italy (Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean. It has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning at least 3,400 years of written records. Its writing system is the Greek alphabet, which has been used for approximately 2,800 years; previously, Greek was recorded in writing systems such as Linear B and the Cypriot syllabary. The alphabet arose from the Phoenician script and was in turn the basis of the Latin, Cyrillic, Armenian, Coptic, Gothic, and many other writing systems. The Greek language holds a very important place in the history of the Western world. Beginning with the epics of Homer, ancient Greek literature includes many works of lasting impo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
