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Vittoria Valmaggia
Vittoria Valmaggia (29 March 1944 in Oria – 31 October 2009 in Modena) was an Italian artist. Known also as Rina Conforti or Tappin, she was a ceramist, painter, stylist and the first List of Sardinians, Sardinian artist to produce dolls in traditional costumes combining multiple fabrics, gold and silver miniature jewellery, copper and ceramics. Biography Vittoria Valmaggia was attending elementary school in Apulia when she moved with her family to Sardinia - homeland of her grandmother. As the eldest of the four children, she was constrained to take care about her mother and brothers due to the parents’ divorce, soon after graduation in accounting. She first worked for an insurance company, then was offered a job at Insar in Stintino by Angelo Moratti until 1969. In 1966, passion for the local art transmitted her by the grandmother, native of Borutta, resulted in opening, in parallel to her job, the first shop with carved wood furnitures in Stintino. In addition, she gratif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modena
Modena (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language#Dialects, Modenese, Mòdna ; ett, Mutna; la, Mutina) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. A town, and seat of an archbishop, it is known for its car industry since the factories of the famous Italian upper-class sports car makers Ferrari, De Tomaso, Lamborghini, Pagani (automobile), Pagani and Maserati are, or were, located here and all, except Lamborghini, have headquarters in the city or nearby. One of Ferrari's cars, the Ferrari 360, 360 Modena, was named after the town itself. Ferrari's production plant and Formula One team Scuderia Ferrari are based in Maranello south of the city. The University of Modena, founded in 1175 and expanded by Francesco II d'Este in 1686, focuses on economics, medicine and law, and is the second oldest :wikt:athenaeum, athenaeum in Italy. Italian military officers are trained at the Milit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
