the homage of the British newspaper The Independent
style, art and life: Italy seen from a distance
Fifteen things that the world recognizes us
Cinema, the lazy, the cars, the old Rome, Leonardo and ice cream. What we have given the world
Vitruvian Man in a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci MILANO - For once, the British press is a credit to Italy with a ranking, a rational choice made by the British newspaper The Independent, in which are listed fifteen typical Italian 'exported' from our country, for which Italy is valued (or However, if they are the reason for fame is not positive) in the world. The article, titled Fast cars to Latin lovers: Italy's top 15 cultural exports is an annotated list that ranges from Claudia Cardinale Federico Fellini and Roberto Baggio and Caruso, through the 'dolce far niente "(not to be confused with La Dolce Vita Fellini's invention and assimilated, instead, to take it easy English that becomes almost a philosophy of life), cars (not just Fiat and Ferrari, but Maserati, Lamborghini and Bugatti) and the Venetian gondoliers (although use of their costs through the nose).
The Maserati GranTurismo Sport convertible in Geneva 2011 (LaPresse) ART AND UNITA 'D'ITALY - How can we forget then invented the sonnet by Francesco Petrarch (and much loved by Shakespeare) or Dante Alighieri (universally known by his first name only) Giacomo Casanova (whose mention in the list is called "ridiculous" by a disgruntled reader ) or Leonardo da Vinci (ie, "the person's talents more than ever existed") ice cream (invented by the Florentine Medici family) or Latin (which will be a "dead language", but still has many current expressions, as 'annus horribilis', 'ad hoc' or 'video'). In short, everything that Italy is perhaps inevitable stereotypes (the charge is another reader, who wonders if the author of the piece "does not work on the tabloid Sun") but also with sincere admiration. The ranking between the other is accompanied by another article that examines 150 years of Italian unity and the problems of today's Italy. Returning to the choices of the British newspaper, the list is obviously negative as Italy exported, as the Mafia (as a concept of crime family, where there is silence and everything revolves around the 'honor') .
Claudia Cardinale in a scene of the Leopard CINEMA AND FOOTBALL - But there is room for the glory of the past, with the Ancient Rome in eleventh place (from the beginning to the triumphant final disastrous), and recent with film, with (surprise) Claudia Cardinale, preferred as a symbol to log in as Sophia Loren, Gina Lollobridiga or Monica Bellucci. Merit, perhaps, by David Niven once said that "after the spaghetti, Claudia Cardinale is the best Italian invention. Partly granted the choice of content Caruso, rather than the more poplar and easy Luciano Pavarotti and Andrea Bocelli. Finally, the "Divine Tail" Baggio is the player sign-in list. The class of the number 10 is undoubted, but other names have at least deserved a mention (and a player shall immediately write the "derby of the Madonna" and closing with "Forza Inter"). A deficiency, the football, which the newspaper try to remedy that by celebrating the Italian coaches across the Channel are very familiar. But as always when you compile a list, there are many exclusions and enforced in this case are the same readers of the Independent to fill the gaps with their recommendations, ranging from pizza to spaghetti to the Parma ham (all ingredients can be found in another article, which highlights the roots of Italian cuisine), from the Vatican to Antonio Gramsci and Machiavelli, not to mention the Ducati, the bunga bunga and the Duomo in Milan.
THE TOP 15 - This, however, the choices according to the website of the British qutdiano represent what Italy has given the world: 1) Claudia Cardinale 2) The dolce far niente 3) Cars 4) The gondoliers 5) The sonnet 6) Ice cream 7) Caruso 8) Federico Fellini 9) Latin 10) Mafia 11) Antica Roma 12) Casanova 13) Dante 14) Leonardo Da Vinci 15) Roberto Baggio
Simona Marchetti March 12, 2011
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