The council of war: portrait of British General Lord Raglan, Omar Pasha and the Ottoman general of the French General Jean Jacques Pélissier Aimable
Half-length portrait of the dramatic actor Tommaso Salvini
Young woman applying lipstick, Venice
Interior of the agriculture pavilion at the Milan International Exposition of 1906. The picture focuses on the exhibition area reserved for industrial machinery produced in Great Britain
A worker operating a machine that fills vials with medicine in the Recordati chemical/pharmaceutical factory.
Portrait of couple, stereoscopic photograph
Opening of one of the first supermarkets in Milan
Construction of the highway of Montecatini, near Pistoia: a highway bridge
The Madonna dell'Angelo sanctuary in Caorle
His royal highness, the Count of Turin during a religious ceremony in Coatit, Eritrea
What does it take to be a modern nation? There probably is no univocal answer that can be universally applied. In general, one might say that a nation is modern when it is able to align itself with the most advanced experiences of international society, and to respond positively to appeals for change, proposing,...
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In figurative art a landscape is a combination of the lines, shapes, light and colours of a natural setting captured at a certain moment; in literature the landscape is seen as a reflection and evocation of individual moods and memories; urban planning identifies different types of landscapes created by a complexity...
The land of art and culture. This is the first definition that comes to the mind of any foreigner when thinking of Italy. And it is not a cliché: UNESCO has certified that Italy is the nation with the vastest cultural heritage in the world (sites, museums, monuments). But it is not just a matter of art. The cultural...