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Maria Callas. Maria Callas[a] Commendatore OMRI [1] (born Maria Anna Cecilia Sofia Kalogeropoulos; [b] December 2, 1923 – September 16, 1977) was an American-born Greek soprano [2] who was one of the most renowned and influential opera singers of the 20th century. Many critics praised her bel canto technique, wide-ranging voice and dramatic ...
Lisa del Giocondo (Italian pronunciation: [ˈliːza del dʒoˈkondo]; née Gherardini [ɡerarˈdiːni]; June 15, 1479 – July 14, 1542) was an Italian noblewoman and member of the Gherardini family of Florence and Tuscany. Her name was given to the Mona Lisa, her portrait commissioned by her husband and painted by Leonardo da Vinci in the ...
This category has the following 33 subcategories, out of 33 total. African people of Italian descent (25 C) Asian people of Italian descent (22 C) European people of Italian descent (43 C) North American people of Italian descent (10 C) Oceanian people of Italian descent (3 C) South American people of Italian descent (11 C)
t. e. The concept of Circassian beauty is an ethnic stereotype of the Circassian people. A fairly extensive literary history suggests that Circassian women were thought to be unusually beautiful and attractive, spirited, smart, and elegant. Therefore, they were seen as mentally and physically desirable for men, although most Circassians ...
Feminine beauty ideal. The feminine beauty ideal is a specific set of beauty standards regarding traits that are ingrained in women throughout their lives and from a young age to increase their perceived physical attractiveness. It is experienced by many women in the world, though the traits change over time and vary in country and culture.
In Gothic architecture, light was considered "the source and actual essence of all that is beautiful", which was heralded in its design. [1] Beauty is commonly described as a feature of objects that makes them pleasurable to perceive. Such objects include landscapes, sunsets, humans and works of art. Beauty, art and taste are the main subjects ...
An Italian study published in 2008 analyzed the positions of the 50 soft-tissue landmarks of the faces of 324 white Northern Italian adolescent boys and girls to compare the features of a group of 93 "beautiful" individuals selected by a commercial casting agency with those of a reference group with normal dentofacial dimensions and proportions.
The survey showed that in 2020 women made up almost 60% of graduates in Italy and the results, in terms of regularity in studies and graduation grades, are better for women: 60.2% of women complete their studies on time, compared to 55.7% of men and the average graduation grade is, 103.9 and 102.1/110, respectively.