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Torna a Surriento!

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"Torna a Surriento" is a Neapolitan song composed in 1894 by Italian musician Ernesto De Curtis to words by his brother, the poet and painter Giambattista De Curtis.
The song was copyrighted officially in 1905, and has become one of the most popular of this traditional genre.
Others include:
╰┈➤ "O sole mio",
╰┈➤ "Funiculì funiculà",
╰┈➤ "Santa Lucia".


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La Bocca della Verità / The Mouth of Truth, Roma 1485

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The Mouth of Truth / Bocca della Verità is an ancient Roman marble disc with a relief carving of a man's face.
According to legend the face's mouth closes if a liar sticks his hand in it.
The massive marble mask weighs about 1300 kg and probably depicts the face of the sea god Oceanus. The eyes, nostrils and mouth are open.

Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck in Vacanze Romane, 1953

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Giotto | The allegories of Vices, 1303-1305

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In the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua, between 1303-1305, Italian painter and architect from Florence Giotto di Bondone (1266/7-1337), painted 14 allegories, in monochrome - seven allegorical representations of virtues and seven allegorical representations of vices.


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Danilo Martinis, 1976 | Abstract painter

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Born in Milan, Danilo Martinis currently lives and works in Como.
He started drawing by pencil at the age of 5, and never stopped since then.
In September 2009 he started his career as professional artist.
Danilo Martinis has an important background of research and stylistic evolution behind him with an initial interest in Action Painting.


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Richard Wagner | Ride of the Valkyries

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The Ride of the Valkyries (German: Walkürenritt or Ritt der Walküren) is the popular name of the prelude to the first scene of the third and last act of Die Walküre, the second of the four epic music dramas that constitute the operatic cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen (English: The Ring of the Nibelung), composed by Richard Wagner.
As a separate piece, the "Ride" is often heard in a purely instrumental version, which may be as short as three minutes.

Peter Nicolai Arbo (Norwegian historical painter, 1831-1892) | The Valkyrie

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