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Signa (fly)
Signa () is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany, located about west of Florence. Signa borders the following municipalities: Campi Bisenzio, Carmignano, Lastra a Signa, Poggio a Caiano, Scandicci. History The origins of Signa are uncertain. Most likely it already existed in ancient times, although it is not known if it was founded by the Etruscans or by Romans. It is also scarcely mentioned in the Low Middle Ages: Charlemagne donated to one of his captains a "Castle of Signa", although this is disputed. The local pleban churches of San Giovanni Battista and San Lorenzo are mentioned in a 977/978 AD document.Scuola Elementare "Leonardo Da Vinci" e Gruppo Archeologico Signese, ''Signa fra Storia e Tradizione'' Signa acquired local importance in the 14th century after the construction of a nearby bridge, the only one in the area allowing passage of the Arno river. It was conquered by condottiero Castruccio Cas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuscany
Tuscany ( ; it, Toscana ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of about 3.8 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence (''Firenze''). Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, artistic legacy, and its influence on high culture. It is regarded as the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance and of the foundations of the Italian language. The prestige established by the Tuscan dialect's use in literature by Dante Alighieri, Petrarch, Giovanni Boccaccio, Niccolò Machiavelli and Francesco Guicciardini led to its subsequent elaboration as the language of culture throughout Italy. It has been home to many figures influential in the history of art and science, and contains well-known museums such as the Uffizi and the Palazzo Pitti. Tuscany is also known for its wines, including Chianti, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Morellino di Scansano, Brunello di Montalcino and white Vernaccia di San Gimignano. Having a strong linguisti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri (; – 14 September 1321), probably baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri and often referred to as Dante (, ), was an Italian poet, writer and philosopher. His ''Divine Comedy'', originally called (modern Italian: ''Commedia'') and later christened by Giovanni Boccaccio, is widely considered one of the most important poems of the Middle Ages and the greatest literary work in the Italian language. Dante is known for establishing the use of the vernacular in literature at a time when most poetry was written in Latin, which was accessible only to the most educated readers. His ''De vulgari eloquentia'' (''On Eloquence in the Vernacular'') was one of the first scholarly defenses of the vernacular. His use of the Florentine dialect for works such as '' The New Life'' (1295) and ''Divine Comedy'' helped establish the modern-day standardized Italian language. His work set a precedent that important Italian writers such as Petrarch and Boccaccio would later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boncompagno Da Signa
Boncompagno da Signa (also ''Boncompagnus'' or ''Boncompagni''; c. 1165/1175 – after 1240) was an Italian scholar, grammarian, historian, and philosopher. Born in Signa, near Florence, between 1165 and 1175, he was a professor of rhetoric (''ars dictaminis'') at the University of Bologna and then the University of Padua. In the early thirteenth century, he was one of the first Western European authors to write in the vernacular, in his case Italian. He spent his career travelling between Ancona, Venice, and Bologna and died at Florence. He wrote a history of the 1173 Siege of Ancona, his only work of that kind, and works on chess. His love of elaborate practical jokes is described by Helen Waddell in ''The Wandering Scholars'' (1927). The events of the 1173 Siege of Ancona were narrated in 1204 in da Signa's ‘’Liber de Obsidione Anconae’’. This book especially made widely known the self-sacrifice of the widow Stamira, who had a major role in saving the city. Of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommaso Bisagno
Tommaso Bisagno (5 April 1935 – 18 January 2014) was an Italian academic and politician. Biography Bisagno was born in Signa in 1935. Graduated in chemistry, he was a university professor by profession. He enrolled in Christian Democracy in 1956. He was a municipal councilor in Signa and a regional councilor in Tuscany. He was elected deputy, for the first time, in 1979 and was re-elected for three other legislatures, keeping the seat in the Chamber until 1994. He served as undersecretary for defence in the first and second government of Bettino Craxi, in the sixth government of Amintore Fanfani and as undersecretary for public works in the first government of Giuliano Amato. Elected Mayor of Signa (1990-1995), he was the first Christian Democrat to hold that position. In 2001 he ran for Senate with European Democracy European Democracy ( it, Democrazia Europea, DE) was a minor Christian-democratic, centrist political party in Italy. History European Democracy was f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvaro Cartei
Alvaro Cartei (28 September 1911 in Signa – 8 October 1995 in Signa) was an Italian painter and ceramist. References * *Marco Moretti, Bruno Catarzi Scultore 1903–1996, Masso delle Fate Edizioni, Signa, 2005, *Giampiero Fossi, Oltre il novecento – Arte contemporanea nelle Signe, Masso delle Fate Edizioni, Signa, 2003, *Ornella Casazza e Marco Moretti, Giuseppe Santelli – Dipinti e Disegni, Masso delle Fate Edizioni, 1996 *Arnolfo Santelli, Un artista gentiluomo – Vita e Viatico di Giuseppe Santelli Giuseppe Santelli (Signa, January 20, 1880 – Signa, March 9, 1956) was an Italian painter. References *Arnolfo Santelli, Un artista gentiluomo - Vita e viatico di Giuseppe Santelli, Edito dalla Società Leonardo da Vinci di Firenze. *Marco Mor ..., Soc. Leonardo da Vinci di Firenze, 1974 20th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian ceramists People from Signa 1911 births 1995 deaths 20th-century ceramists 20th-century Italian male artist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alimondo Ciampi
Arimondo Silvio, called Alimondo Ciampi (18 December 1876 in San Mauro a Signa – 8 December 1939 in Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany Regions of Italy, region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilan ...) was an Italian sculptor. References *Marco Moretti, Bruno Catarzi Scultore 1903–1996, Masso delle Fate Edizioni, Signa, 2005, *Giampiero Fossi, Oltre il novecento – Arte contemporanea nelle Signe, Masso delle Fate Edizioni, Signa, 2003, *Arnolfo Santelli, Un artista gentiluomo – Vita e Viatico di Giuseppe Santelli, Soc. Leonardo da Vinci di Firenze, 1974 *Marco Moretti, Alvaro Cartei – Il percorso di un artista solitario tra i fermenti del suo tempo – Pittura e Grafica 1925–1995, Masso delle Fate Edizioni, Signa, People from Signa 1876 births 1939 deaths 20th-century Italian sculptors 20th- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raffaello Fossi
Raffaello Fossi, styled RAFO (born Signa Signa () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany, located about west of Florence. Signa borders the following municipalities: Campi Bisenzio, Carmignano, Lastra a Signa, Poggio a Caiano, ..., 21 April 1928 - died there 8 January 1962) was an Italian painter. ReferencesBiographyfrom the Comune of Signa (Italian) 20th-century Italian painters 20th-century Italian male artists Italian male painters People from Signa 1928 births 1962 deaths {{Italy-painter-20thC-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Santelli
Giuseppe Santelli (Signa, January 20, 1880 – Signa, March 9, 1956) was an Italian painter. References *Arnolfo Santelli, Un artista gentiluomo - Vita e viatico di Giuseppe Santelli, Edito dalla Società Leonardo da Vinci di Firenze. *Marco Moretti e O.Casazza, Giuseppe Santelli: Dipinti e disegni, Masso delle Fate Edizioni,1996 *Marco Moretti, Bruno Catarzi Bruno Catarzi (January 5, 1903 in Signa – January 21, 1996 in Florence) was an Italian sculptor and engraver. Biography He began his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence under Domenico Trentacoste. He was a prolific designer of med ... Scultore 1903–1996, Masso delle Fate Edizioni, Signa, 2005, *Giampiero Fossi, Oltre il novecento – Arte contemporanea nelle Signe, Masso delle Fate Edizioni, Signa, 2003, 20th-century Italian painters Italian male painters People from Signa 1880 births 1956 deaths 19th-century Italian male artists 20th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-19thC-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Catarzi
Bruno Catarzi (January 5, 1903 in Signa – January 21, 1996 in Florence) was an Italian sculptor and engraver. Biography He began his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence under Domenico Trentacoste. He was a prolific designer of medals. In the 1930s, he taught at the Scuola d’Arte of Pistoia (among his pupils were Agenore Fabbri and Jorio Vivarelli), from 1963 to 1973, he taught at the Istituto d’Arte of Arezzo.From Italian Wikipedia References *Francesco Sapori, Medaglie e Medaglisti, Home Faber, Anno XIII, N. 123–124, Rome, 1962 *Francesco Giannone, La medaglia italiana alla Zecca di Parigi, Home Faber, Anno XVI, N. 161, Rome, 1966 *Giuliana Signorini, Firenze e il paiolo nella storia dell’arte, Giorgi & Cambi, Firenze, 1992 *Gigi Salvagnini, Cimitero delle Porte Sante, Opus Libri, Firenze, 2001 *Ilaria Taddei, A decorare architetture, Giunti Editore, Firenze, 2003 *Marco Moretti, Bruno Catarzi Scultore 1903–1996, Masso delle Fate Edizioni, Signa S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Master Of Signa
The Master of Signa refers to an anonymous 15th-century Italian painter active in the area of Signa, region of Tuscany, Italy. External links Signa Signa () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany, located about west of Florence. Signa borders the following municipalities: Campi Bisenzio, Carmignano, Lastra a Signa, Poggio a Caiano, ... People from Signa 15th-century Italian painters Painters from Tuscany {{italy-painter-15thC-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ouida
Ouida (; 1 January 1839 – 25 January 1908) was the pseudonym of the English novelist Maria Louise Ramé (although she preferred to be known as Marie Louise de la Ramée). During her career, Ouida wrote more than 40 novels, as well as short stories, children's books and essays. Moderately successful, she lived a life of luxury, entertaining many of the literary figures of the day. '' Under Two Flags'', one of her most famous novels, described the British in Algeria. It expressed sympathy for the French colonists—with whom Ouida deeply identified—and, to some extent, the Arabs. The novel was adapted for the stage, and was filmed six times. Her novel '' A Dog of Flanders'' is considered a children's classic in much of Asia. The American author Jack London cited her novel ''Signa'' as one of the reasons for his literary success. Her lavish lifestyle eventually led her to penury, and her works were put up for auction to pay her debts. She died in Italy from pneumonia. Soon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianni Schicchi
() is a comic opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Giovacchino Forzano, composed in 1917–18. The libretto is based on an incident mentioned in Dante's ''Divine Comedy''. The work is the third and final part of Puccini's (The Triptych)three one-act operas with contrasting themes, originally written to be presented together. Although it continues to be performed with one or both of the other operas, is now more frequently staged either alone or with short operas by other composers. The aria is one of Puccini's best known, and one of the most popular arias in opera. Puccini had long considered writing a set of one-act operas which would be performed together in a single evening, but faced with a lack of suitable subjects and opposition from his publisher, he repeatedly put the project aside. However, by 1916 Puccini had completed the one-act tragedy and, after considering various ideas, he began work the following year on the solemn, religious, all- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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