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Forgotten Voices – Show Notes

Images Suggested Readings Mario Ajello, L’inchiostro del diavolo, Ponte delle Grazie Naomi André, Voicing Gender, Indiana University Press Patrick Barbier, Gli evirati Cantori, Rizzoli Nicholas Clapton, Moreschi and the Voice of the Castrato, Haus Books Martha Feldman, The Castrato, Reflections Read more…

By ItalianCulture, 3 years3 years ago
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Forgotten Voices

A candid angel, a bratty popstar and a cunning smuggler: what have they in common? They sacrificed their testicles and gained a splendid voice. In this episode of Italian Culture, we investigate the fascinating world of the castrati singers. From Read more…

By ItalianCulture, 3 years3 years ago
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About “Portrait with Devil’s Smile”

– 2.27 Who is Antonello da Messina? – 4.45 The portrait of Unknown – 5.47 Two smiles – 6.44 Antonello’s eyes – 9.18 Enrico Piraino, il Mandralisca: politician and philanthropist – 12.35 Francesco Vitale: the bishop, the humanist – 14.20 Read more…

By ItalianCulture, 3 years3 years ago
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Portrait with Devil’s Smile – Show Notes

Images Suggested Readings Alessandro dell’Aira, Salvatore e Sandro Varzi, Sfidando l’Ignoto, Antonello e l’enigma di Cefalù, Torri del Vento Gioacchino Barbera, Antonello da Messina, Sicily’s Renaissance Master, Yale University Press Marco Bussagli, Antonello da Messina, Giunti Raffaello Causa, Antonello da Messina, Fabbri Editori Read more…

By ItalianCulture, 3 years3 years ago
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Portrait with Devil’s Smile

The painting is cursed, it portrays the devil who’ll drive crazy whoever looks at him – that’s what people say. Why is his gaze so unsettling? Who is he really? No one knew, until now. In this episode of Italian Read more…

By ItalianCulture, 3 years3 years ago
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About “the Humane Machine”

– 2.42 The (old) frontiers of electronics – 3.50 Adriano, Roberto and the Electronics Division – 6.58 The “rescue-team” – 10.25 The political scenario – 13.50 Who needs a personal computer? – 14.53 Piergiorgio Perotto, his role and efforts – 17.25 Read more…

By ItalianCulture, 3 years3 years ago
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Microstoria del progetto della Programma 101

  di Giovanni De Sandre, qui riprodotto per gentile concessione dello stesso. Questo breve racconto esprime la visione di chi ha vissuto l’avventura dal basso, dalla sala macchine della grande nave Olivetti diretta i verso i nuovi orizzonti aperti dalla Read more…

By ItalianCulture, 3 years3 years ago
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The Humane Machine

The machine that wasn’t meant to be created, and yet it was: the merit goes to a small team of engineers, who disobeyed their bosses’ orders, messed with international politics and crafted something unthinkable for the time. This episode of Read more…

By ItalianCulture, 3 years ago
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The Humane Machine – Show Notes

Images Video Suggested Readings Paul E. Ceruzzi, A History of Modern Computing, The MIT Press Paul E. Ceruzzi, Computing – A Concise History, The MIT Press Giovanni De Sandre, Microstoria del Progetto del Programma 101 Luciano Gallino, La scomparsa dell’Italia industriale, Einaudi Piergiorgio Perotto, P101: Read more…

By ItalianCulture, 3 years3 years ago
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Trailer – What’s Italian Culture?

Short and sweet, this trailer gives you a vague idea of what the actual show’s gonna be.   Subscribe to the show and visit italianculturepodcast.com for more info!

By ItalianCulture, 3 years3 years ago

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