Yenyi 's life: Ciao Italia! (part 2)

8th June 2022

DISCLAIMER: The pictures are not owned by me, I got them from the Internet so... credits to the owners. Pls, forgive me if I have left out anything or made mistakes.

National symbols of Italy

national flower

Lily- symbolic meaning of purity and refined beauty

national animal

Italian wolf

Italy flag & Emblem

Famous Italian people

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)

European scholars of physics, mathematics, astronomy, and geometry.
a pioneer of physics.
the founder of the discipline established the foundations of modern mechanics.
"Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so." - Galileo Galilei
crafted an advanced version of the telescope
he was even accused of heresy for suggesting that the planets revolved around the sun
a life sentenced to prison, once again for heresy because of his support for the Copernican theory.
soften his punishment to house arrest, but sadly, he was not entitled to share his thoughts.

Marco Polo (1254-1324)

Italian merchant and explorer
Famous for his voyages to China, an ambassador to the first Mongol emperor of the Yuan Dynasty Kublai Khan.
messenger for the Overlord of China, Iran, and Russia
The 13th-century work, Le Livre de Merveilles (Book of the Marvels of the World), details Marco Polo's experiences
the stories were transcribed by Rustichello da Pisa, an Italian writer who had spent time in prison with Polo and had listened to his stories.
due to having never heard of many of the flora and fauna of faraway lands, he wrongly believed some animals to be mythical creatures. One famous example is his mistaking a rhinoceros for a unicorn because of its horn!
influenced Christopher Columbus, another renowned explorer

Julius Caesar

100AD - 44AD
writer, politician, and Roman general.
became most famous for leading the Roman legions in their conquest of Gaul (modern-day France as well as parts of Belgium, Germany, and Italy)
implemented many political and social reforms which are still evident today.
The Julian calendar laid the foundations for the Gregorian calendar (the calendar we use today) which replaced it in 1582.

Famous Italian artists & their paintings

Leonardo da Vinci

one of the greatest painters of all time,
a polymath, an engineer, a scientist, and a sculptor

the Mona Lisa is the most famous portrait ever

The Last Supper is the most reproduced religious painting.
despite being known worldwide as a genius – he never received any formal schooling, as he was completely homeschooled!

Michelangelo

Brutus (marble bust)

leading Italian painter of the late 16th and early 17th centuries,
best known for the intense, realism of his large religious works.
orphaned at a young age after his entire family contracted the bubonic plague, Caravaggio was taken on as an apprentice in an art studio at the tender age of 12.
a great influence on the development of Baroque painting techniques, especially his dramatic use of lighting.
a Baroque master

Titian

The assumption of the virgin

Known as Tiziano Vecelli
the greatest member of the 16th-century Venetian school of painting.
versatile painter, adept with portraits, landscapes, and mythological and religious subjects
his art was sought after by Italian princes, the royal house of the Habsburgs, and the papacy.
Around 300 of his works still exist today, housed around the world in art galleries and museums

Italian inventions

Jeans

traced back to the Italian city of Genoa.
Sailors there began wearing them in the 17th-century

Newspapers

traced back to 16th-century Venice, when ‘avvisi’, were published by the government
carrying only the most important political, economic and military news
primarily created to be a better way to share news around the country with a wide audience.

Banks

traced to medieval and early Renaissance Italy, with The Medici Bank, having been founded by Giovanni di Bicci de Medici in 1397.
home to the oldest bank still in operation today, the Monte Dei Paschi di Siena, which opened in 1472.
The English word ‘bank’ is derived from the Italian word ‘banco’ or ‘Banca’ which originally simply meant a bench with a back.

SPECIAL THANKS AND INSPIRED BY:

(thank you for providing all the information I need for IU day, apologies if I left out any of them)

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