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ITALIAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE COURSE
THROUGH FASHION
From the Roman Empire to Modernity...Italian Style
What is ‘Italian style,’ and why does it attract us? Breathtakingly vast, the world of Italian fashion has a rich history, with roots reaching into antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance.
This class offers a vivid, exciting journey through the history of Italian dress, style, and identity.
With the help of artistic masterpieces, films, photography, advertising, magazines, and fascinating historical documents, we will explore concepts like luxury, fantasy, identity, masculinity and femininity, self-fashioning and self-expression, consumption, visibility, and desire. From the toga to the creations of Fashion Week, we will also develop a vocabulary with which to talk about dress and design in Italian.
Contact Information:
Phone - 212 879 4242 ext. 323
Email - f.ricciardoiicny@gmail.com
To register please read the Brochure and complete the Application Form below.
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ITALIAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE COURSE
THROUGH OPERA
The course will be “una panoramica”, an overview, of Italian opera from its beginning to the XX century. It will include biographical and stylistic observations about the various composers, their importance in music history, and comments on the historical, economic and social background of the period analyzed. Some explanations and grammatical and syntactical analysis of parts of the librettos will also be provided, adequate to the proficiency level of the participants.
Contact Information:
Phone - 212 879 4242 ext. 323
Email - f.ricciardoiicny@gmail.com
To register please read the Brochure and complete the Application Form below.
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ITALIAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE COURS
THROUGH HISTORY OF ART
“Splendori d’Italia”
A virtual tour of Renaissance and Baroque art treasures in context
Renaissance means rebirth and Italy was truly the cradle of this “rinascita”. From the Italian Cultural Institute in New York you will start a virtual tour that will lead you back in time to Florence, Rome, Venice of the XV and XVI century. These and other Italian cities are where outstanding artists such as Giotto, Caravaggio, Leonardo, Michelangelo and Botticelli were creating their masterpieces.
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Phone - 212 879 4242 ext. 323
Email - f.ricciardoiicny@gmail.com
To register please read the Brochure and complete the Application Form below.
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"LA DOLCE LINGUA"
ITALIAN LANGUAGE COURSE FOR BEGINNERS
This 8 week introductory language course focuses on a variety of appropriate responses to common, everyday situations, such as: greetings and wishing people well, expressing likes and dislikes, clarifying your own meaning and asking for clarification from others, congratulating people, appropriate and useful dining phrases – and more!
Through repetition and role-playing, we will build upon your Italian language skills and introduce you to the key aspects of Italian culture.
This course is the ideal preparation for the two Italian certifications that the Italian Cultural Institute exclusively offers in New York. These certifications are official titles of competence of Italian as a foreign language and can be used for job, study, personal or for any other reason for which an official and guaranteed declaration of linguistic competence is demanded.
Contact Information:
Phone - 212 879 4242 ext. 323
Email - f.ricciardoiicny@gmail.com
To register please read the Brochure and complete the Application Form below.
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ITALIAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE COURSES
SURVEY
We are now scheduling our Italian Language and Culture Courses for 2012.
Please be aware that by filling this form you are not registering to our courses, but only helping us conducting a survey to improve them.
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Phone - 212 879 4242 ext. 323
Email - f.ricciardoiicny@gmail.com
ITALIAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE COURSE THROUGH
The History of food and wine
Food and wine have a bearing on all of Italian history from the first Magna Grecia’s settlements to Imperial Rome, the Medieval age, the Renaissance, the Baroque, the Risorgimento, right up to the present day.
Attending this course you will discover the fascinating histories hidden behind the common words that are part of our daily language, not only in Italian homes but also on the menus of restaurants across the world. In addition, you will explore the way we make our language even more rich and expressive using food and wine terminology outside the gastronomic context.
Contact Information:
Phone - 212 879 4242 ext. 323
Email - f.ricciardoiicny@gmail.com
To register please read the Brochure and complete the Application Form below.
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ITALIAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE THROUGH CINEMA
Adventures in the Glocal Italy: The Art of Travel in the Italian Tradition
May 3 – June 3, 2011
The course is designed to familiarize you with the social and cultural condition of contemporary Italy, as well as common expressions in Italian. Film screenings and discussions on regionalism and globalization will give a current perspective of Italy on the 150th anniversary of its unification, and also make your travel there more meaningful and enjoyable. For this course, some knowledge of Italian is helpful. The language of instruction is English. Key scenes from Italian films will be screened in class. To register please read the Brochure and complete the Application Form below. Contact information: 212 879 4242 ext. 332
Contact Information:
Phone - 212 879 4242 ext. 323
Email - f.ricciardoiicny@gmail.com
To register please read the Brochure and complete the Application Form below.
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