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El Poder de la Palabra (The Power of the Word)

E Pd Lp: Giacomo Della Porta

For Students 9th - 10th
This page has a brief bibliography of the Italian architect Giacomo Della Porta.
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El Poder de la Palabra (The Power of the Word)

E Pd Lp: Domenico Fontana

For Students 9th - 10th
This page has a brief bibliography of the Italian architect Domenico Fontana.
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El Poder de la Palabra (The Power of the Word)

E Pd Lp: Pietro Fenoglio

For Students 9th - 10th
This page has a brief bibliography of the Italian architect Pietro Fenoglio.
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El Poder de la Palabra (The Power of the Word)

E Pd Lp: Cosimo Fanzago

For Students 9th - 10th
This page has a brief bibliography of the Italian sculptor and architect Cosimo Fanzago.
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Dickinson College: Italy in 1815

For Students 9th - 10th
A colorful map of Italian regional boundaries of 1815.
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Other

The History of Italy

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a detailed history of the Italians and their role in European history.
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Web Gallery of Art

Web Gallery of Art: Carvaggio Biography

For Students 9th - 10th
Caravaggio (1571-1610), is an Italian painter whose revolutionary technique of tenebrism, or dramatic, selective illumination of form out of deep shadow, became a hallmark of Baroque painting.
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Walled Lake Consolidated Schools

Loon Lake Elementary School: Giovanni Da Verrazzano

For Students 3rd - 5th
A biography of Giovannni da Verrazzano (1485-1528), an Italian navigator in the service of France, who sailed to North America in 1524. This site has a Google widget that will translate the page into many languages.
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Other

Elizabethan Era: Marco Polo

For Students 3rd - 8th
Read about the important events in the life of Italian Explorer, Marco Polo.
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Scientific American

Scientific American: Dna Discloses Iceman's Last Meals

For Students 9th - 10th
This article, published by Scientific American (September 18, 2002), focuses on new findings which show what Tyrolean Iceman, found in the Italian Alps, ate for his last meal.
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Toronto Star Newspapers

Toronto Star: Portraits of the G20 Leaders: Silvio Berlusconi

For Students 9th - 10th
A profile of Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, one of the G20 leaders at the 2010 Toronto Summit.
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Mayaco

Mayaco: Holiday Traditions: Italy

For Students 9th - 10th
Celebrating Christmas in Italy! Here's the lowdown on how Italians celebrate Christmas from decorations to special food.
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Stephen Byrne

History for Kids: Dante Alighieri

For Students 2nd - 7th
History of the life and work of intellect, Dante Alighieri, a famous poet who wrote in Italian vernacular and made poetry accessible to more than just the elite classes during the late Medieval period. Includes links to resources for...
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Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Ottorino Respighi

For Students 3rd - 8th
A brief biography of Ottorino Respighi (1870-1936 CE), Italian musician/composer studied violin, viola, and composition. He became a professor of composition in Rome after many years of playing with the Opera Orchestra in St. Petersburg,...
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New Advent

Catholic Encyclopedia: Francisco Redi: Encyclopedia

For Students 9th - 10th
An encyclopedia article on Italian poet Francisco Redi. Please note that "The Catholic Encyclopedia" is a historic reference source and should be viewed in the context of resource material dated around 1910.
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CGFA

Carol Gerten Fine Arts: Giorgione Da Castelfranco

For Students 9th - 10th
This presentation provides a biography of Giorgione, an Italian painter who invigorated the Venetian school of painting.
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Institute and Museum of the History of Science

Institute and Museum of History of Science: Museo Galileo

For Students 9th - 10th
This site can be viewed in either English or Italian. Many links can take the viewer to more information on the museum.
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Robin Chew

Lucid Cafe: Michelangelo

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides a brief composite of Italian artist Michelangelo 1475-1564. The site mentions various work of art; Pieta, David, and the Sistine Chapel. Site also offers links to other painters.
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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Giorgione and the High Renaissance in Venice

For Students 9th - 10th
7 full-color images from Italian Renaissance artists. Three of the works are from Giorgione. Click on each to find a short explanation and analysis.
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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Titian and the Late Renaissance in Venice

For Students 9th - 10th
6 colorful images from Titian during the Italian Renaissance. Click on each image to find a brief description and analysis. Also has one image from Paris Bordone.
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W. W. Norton

W.w. Norton & Company: Map of the Unification of Italy (1850S to the 1870s)

For Students 9th - 10th
Map showing Italian unification. Illustrated key indicates when territory was acquired.
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El Poder de la Palabra (The Power of the Word)

E Pd Lp: Giuseppe Mengoni

For Students 9th - 10th
This page has a brief bibliography of the Italian architect Giuseppe Mengoni.
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El Poder de la Palabra (The Power of the Word)

E Pd Lp: Bartolomeo Michlozzo

For Students 9th - 10th
This page has a brief bibliography of the Italian architect Bartolomeo Michlozzo.
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Walled Lake Consolidated Schools

Loon Lake Elementary: Explorers: Marco Polo

For Students 3rd - 7th
Find out about the life of an explorer in this brief biography regarding an Italian voyager and merchant, Marco Polo.

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