An image of "The Departure of the Italian Comedians in 1697", created by Louis Jacob, c. 1740 (Engraving).

This is an excerpt from the book Touring the Italian Front 1917-1919 by Francis Mackay (also known as Battleground Europe). It describes the ground and operations covered by the British, French and US Expeditionary Forces deployed from...

Wikipedia offers biographical information on Italian poet and author of Orlando Furioso, Ludovico Ariosto.

This Italian "Environmental Settings" site contains information about the Geological Substratum of Italy, Landforms of Italy, the Alps, the Po-Venetian Plain, the Apennines, the islands, the coastline, Climatic Conditions, Inland Waters,...

The full text of a eulogy for famous Italian author Italo Calvino by Gore Vidal is provided here.

Why aren't we called Columbians instead of Americans? Here's an easy-to-read explanation of how America got its name from the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci. This is a transcript of an accompanying radio broadcast.

This page has a brief bibliography of the Italian architect, artist and sculptor Antonio Averlino.

Biographical summary of the life and career of Italian Renaissance painter Allesandro Botticelli.

Biographical account highlights the life and career of Jacopo Tintoretto, an Italian Mannerist painter of the Venetian school.

Biographical account highlights the life and career of Italian Mannerist artist Agnolo Bronzino.

Biographical summary of the life and career of Italian Rococo artist Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo.

Biographical summary of the life and career of Italian Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.

Read about the accomplishments of Marcello Malpighi, a seventeenth century Italian physiologist. Includes a black and white portrait.

Features an overview of the eleven battles fought on the Isonzo Front between the Austro-Hungarian and Italian armies in World War I.

This page has a brief bibliography of the Italian architect Carlo Maderno.

This page has a brief bibliography of the Italian architect Adalberto Libera.

This page has a brief bibliography of the Italian architect Pirro Ligorio.

This page has a brief bibliography of the Italian architect Pietro Lombardo.

This is a brief bibliography of the Italian architect Baldassare Longhena.

This page has a brief bibliography of the Italian architect Benedetto da Maiano.

This page has a brief bibliography of the Italian architect Giotto di Bondone.

This page has a brief bibliography of the Italian architect Giuseppe Jappelli.

This page has a brief bibliography of the Italian architect Filippo Juvara.

This page has a brief bibliography of the Italian artist and architect Taddeo Gaddi.