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Co.As.It Italian Resource Centre Newsletter
189 Faraday Street, Carlton Vic 3053 Tel: 9349 9018
www.coasit.com.au, email: [email protected] Vol.23, Issue 1,
February, 2015
SATURDAY OPENINGS
FOR 2015
(Open 10.00 a.m. – 2.00 p.m.)
28th February
16th May
15th August
7th November
Appunti :
It has only been a few sun-filled days back at school and the
scattering of promise is everywhere. As a new scholastic
year commences be assured that Co.As.It Resource Centre
staff are as keen and ready as you are for 2015. Contact us
via phone 9349 9018 / 9349 9022 or by email
[email protected] for any requests.
Opening hours :
Mon CLOSED
Tues 9.00 am- 8.45 pm*
Wed 9.00 am- 5.00 pm
Thurs 9 am-5 pm
Fri 9 am-5 pm
In every age Italy has had its leading figures and outstanding
talents in a variety of spheres; awe-inspiring, extraordinary
people who have contributed not only to Italian history and
culture but have impacted on the entire world. Within this
newsletter is a list of such persons as well as an attempt to
nominate Italian-Australians who have also left their mark.
This is not just a “ninja turtle” (Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello
& Michelangelo) homage but a very impressive,
comprehensive list.
*Note: Late night opening on
Tuesday applies only during the
school term, and not during the
holidays.
As several “new” shows have been initiated by performers
providing entertainment to schools the advertisements at the
end of this Newsletter are worth perusing. Note that these
free advertisements do not imply any endorsement by
Co.As.It. and it is advised that teachers make their own
enquiries regarding suitability.
This edition of “Il Centro” is
published by Co.As.It
Italian Resource Centre,
Carlton and is compiled by
Rose Patti.
Advertising of products and
services is not necessarily
endorsed by Co.As.It.
A current subscription form is enclosed in this edition of the
Newsletter for schools who have not renewed subscription for
2015. When completing the subscription form it is vital to have
emails updated, and if payment is made by Electronic Funds
Transfer it is also imperative that a remittance form is sent
either via email or post, TOGETHER WITH THE
SUBCRIPTION FORM. In the past there have been instances
of subscriptions not being recorded due to this process not
being followed.
Again, our best wishes for a happy and productive year.
In 2015 Co.As.It. Resource Centre aims
to understand your needs and the
needs of your students,
to provide quality resources which are
relevant to the Italian language curriculum,
to service you promptly,
and to do so with enthusiasm...
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School Subscription Conditions for Co.As.It. Italian
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Library Opening Hours 2015
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Closed
9.00 am until 8.45 pm*
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*Late night opening on Tuesday evening does not apply during the school holiday period.
CO.AS.IT Italian Language, Culture and Heritage Department
Staff led programs are only available on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Self–guided tours are available on Thursday and Friday
Museo Italiano is closed on Monday
Education programs and resources
The Museo Italiano Melbourne explores the themes of migration and settlement, diversity, identity, language,
culture and community life. An education kit including student activities at different levels (beginners, intermediate
and advanced) based on the permanent exhibition are available for teachers to download from the website:
www.museoitaliano.com.au
The following Education Programs for Museo Italiano Melbourne will be offered:
La storia in valigia - Exploring Italian migrant stories
Staff led program for Years 5-10
A student centered program about the stories of Italian migrants and their contribution to Australia. The workshop
explores the themes within the exhibition at Museo Italiano through a series of objects, photographs and
information about Italian migrants.
The workshop will cater for all levels of comprehension and can be facilitated in Italian and/or bilingually. The
workshop will be followed by a visit to Museo Italiano exhibition. Students are encouraged to complete museum
activities in Italian, which will be available for teachers to download and bring on the day of the excursion from the
website: www.museoitaliano.com.au
Museo Italiano- Introductory talk for Advanced level of Italian
Staff led program for Years 11- 12 (VCE)
An introductory talk of the permanent exhibition presented in Italian with a focus on the contribution and identity of
Italians in Victoria. This session will be followed by a visit to Museo Italiano exhibition. Students are encouraged
to complete museum activities in Italian, which will be available for teachers to download and bring on the day of
the excursion from the website: www.museoitaliano.com.au
Museo Italiano-Self Guided school group visits
Teachers can organize self-guided visits to the Museo Italiano exhibition and can download the museum selfguided activities from the Education kit available from the website: www.museoitaliano.com.au There is no cost
for self-guided visits to the museum, however, bookings are essential.
Education kit- Refer to website www.museoitaliano.com.au
The education kit for Museo Italiano includes teacher notes, Tuning in, Museum visit and Post visit language
activities at the beginners, intermediate and advanced levels that link to LOTE (Italian) and other domains:
Humanities- History; Personal Learning, Civics and Citizenship, Communication; Thinking Processes and ICT.
The Italian language activities in the Education Kit cover a range of themes such as, la vita quotidiana -il
divertimento- lo sport- il lavoro- i bambini. The kit also includes pictures and information on museum objects
and key historical images.
Museo Italiano Education Programs 2015 :
Procedure for Bookings on the new website:
Bookings for Museo Italiano Education Programs is now online at:
http://italianlanguage.coasit.com.au/education-programs.html
This link will open to the Education Programs page.
 Select: Museo Italiano Schools Program on side bar.
 Refer to: How to book section and access calendar
Please note: Bookings are essential for both staff-led and self-guided visits.
 Check calendar for available date/s & time/s preferred.
 Go back to main page and select the staff-led program booking form or the selfguided visit booking form to make your booking.
 Complete the relevant booking form and click submit.
 Your booking request will be confirmed via email by a staff member.
 Staff led program $66 (up to 30 students) or $33 (1 – 10 students)
 No cost for self-guided tours
Our booking office is open 9.00 - 5.00 Tuesdays - Fridays.
If you have any trouble using the form please call 9349 9022.
Languages Week at Emmanuel College, 2014
Anna Italia, Leader of Learning, LOTE,
Emmanuel College Altona North
Emmanuel College held its first LOTE week in May last year. The week was a time to celebrate the languages
taught at Emmanuel College, Altona North, being Italian and Japanese. During this week we
held competitions, cultural events and language immersions.
Daily quizzes via text messages were a great success! Students were required to
answer questions such as how do you say ‘I love languages’ in Italian and
Japanese? Language teachers had students following them around saying –
“I emailed you Miss, did I win?” Our Year 8 students created our first language
logo which is pictured here.
On Monday and Friday we held Year 7 Project Days. On this day our students enjoyed a
Commedia dell’Arte performance and mask making of course. They also had an opportunity
to practice Japanese drumming, making origami and traditional carp fish kites. An
international lunch was also enjoyed, consisting of sushi and pizza!
On Tuesday we invited the Year 9 Italian and Japanese students from St Columba’s Girls’ College, Essendon, to
spend the day at our College with our Year 9 language students for various immersion activities.
We commenced our day with Japanese and Italian prayers after which we broke into language
groups. Students were involved in getting to know their tasks in the respective languages and
then participated in a series of language games. This was followed by lunch and we ended the
afternoon with a cultural activity.
This day was a great opportunity for schools to work together towards the common goals of
increasing retention and emphasizing the importance of learning another language. Our Year 9 students gave us
positive feedback and our Year 8 wished it was them that were involved!!
During the week our Year 8 students participated in a fierce soccer competition.
This rivalry started last year when we thought we would trial a soccer game!
Our Year 8 Italian Stallions played off against the Japanese Ninjas. It was
close but the Ninjas won! Nevertheless it was entertaining and a great cross
curricular exercise! We have amazing Sports Teachers who supported us with the logistics which was great fun for
teachers as well. The boys were most excited to receive a trophy with “LOTE Champions” engraved on it!
A cross campus language competition was held all week, using Language Perfect. Mr Rubino’s Year
7 Italian class won and were shouted a pizza lunch by the Language Perfect Team. This was very
generous of them! Bravissimi studenti!!
The highlight for everyone was when a Ferrari came to our college during language
week. Ferrari stands for everything Italian. Teachers and students enjoyed this little
exhibition, taking photos and asking the driver many questions!! Our Year 7 loovvveddd it! How could you not?!
The aim of the week was to give languages a profile and to simply enjoy the cultural events while learning
languages. We hope to have another successful Languages Week next year! If you would like to organise this sort
of event, I would be happy to share ideas!
Anna Italia, Leader of Learning, LOTE,
Emmanuel College
An Alphabet of Activities for Foreign Language Week
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Acting: create skits or short plays and perform for whole school, parents and the community.
Be prepared: plan ahead, enlist colleagues, administrators, parents and the community.
Do not do it alone.
Clothing themes: designate a flag colour for the day. Have a fashion show in the target language
including ethnic costumes wherever possible.
Cuisine! Cooking lessons, cooking contests, recipe exchanges, create a cookbook. Translate menus. Work
with cafeteria staff.
Daily announcement in the target language to get everyone’s attention.
Essay / Poster / Trivia / Questions contests in your class or involve the whole school.
Fiesta / Féte / Festa / Fun! Plan a theme event - an authentic birthday party, a wedding, authentic
holiday, celebration, Carnevale Day, Ancient Rome. Create invitations in the target language, inviting
administration, parents, community members. Serve authentic cuisine, play music, have students
demonstrate an authentic game.
Food sales: pizza, pasta, gelato, biscotti etc. Irresistible!
Game day (afternoon or evening): Scrabble, Jeopardy, Battleship, Briscola, Scopa, Tombola. Include
snacks, prizes to entice and draw crowds!
Honour Societies: this is great time for inductions, ceremonies, celebrations.
Incursions which are culturally and age-appropriate.
Invite guest speakers from your community, parent organizations to talk about the customs, traditions,
perspectives and practices of their country.
Jokes, riddles, tongue twister, poems and rhymes in the target language.
Karaoke in the target language.
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Label everything in sight – from the Principal’s Office to the gym to the lockers and doors. Wherever
appropriate assign everyone a name in the target language.
Movie afternoon or evening! Show a foreign film with subtitles (prior approved, or course) to students,
serve popcorn, fruit or traditional snacks.
Name that tune! Can students identify the language, lyrics, national anthem? Put the students and
school to the test! Play the music between classes while they are passing, in the morning, during lunch.
Newsletters / newspapers – this is a great time to publish!
Poetry in Motion! Have students create diamond poems, cinquain, limericks, anything to show their
creativity in expression. Display around the school.
Puppet Shows are a positive way to entertain.
Questions of the day on the target countries – announce, post reward! Test their global education /
geography knowledge.
Read books in the target language, about the target country; enlist the librarian to display and encourage
reading stories from other cultures.
Scavenger hunts are intriguing, naturally in the target language.
Teach in a target language to a target audience! Have the upper level students work with the elementary
students. Have one language group teach some catchy phrases to another.
Understand that you are making a huge impact on our community, your school, your colleagues and your
students. Don’t underestimate the power of advocacy!
Virtual Tours of cities, landmarks, museums – have students work together and create webquests for
other students with guiding questions and clues.
Www. Create a webpage for your class activities / blog/
eXchange ideas with your colleagues; keep a file for future Whole Language Weeks.
Yes. Whether you do one thing for the week or one a day, you are communicating the importance not
only of learning a language but using the language in so many creative ways.
Zero in on your and your students’ creativity. Brainstorm together with your colleagues.
By Nancy Kassabian :
https://www.google.com.au/#q=alphabet+of+actvities+for+foreign+Language+week++Nancy+Kassabian
Uncovering CLIL: Content and Language Integrated
Learning in Bilinguql and Multilingual Education by
Peeter Mehisto et al., Macmillan Education, Oxford,
2008.
A practical and informative handbook which will be of use to
teachers of all levels of experience. It examines language
and content teaching and gives examples of how to use CLIL
in the classroom. It is packed with practical ideas and suggestions,
essential at both primary and secondary levels.
An Italian Connection: 21 notable (Italian)
Australians and their contributions by Ariana
Fabris, Burgundy Press, Heidelberg, 2014.
This important book honours 21 Italian Australians in a
series of biographical articles that recount each
individuals’s inspiring journey. Each entry comprehensively
outlines the mangificent contribution each has made to their
adopted homeland. It includes persons such as Carlo
Catani, Frank Farina, Mark Occhilupo, Stephen Silvagni
Dennis Cometti, Tina Arena and Sir James Gobbo. More
details are availalbe at: www.anitalianconnection.com.au
Master the Arts!: a kids’ activity book about Italian
Masterpieces, by Kate Ryan, National Gallery of
Victoria, Melbourne, 2014.
An activity book for children which focuses on eight of the Italian
masterpieces from the Museo del Prado’s collection at the NGV
in 2014. Filled with facts about the artists and people of the time,
students discover facts about art with angels, gladiators and action
scenes inspired by Greek and Roman mythology. This
resource book which can be used as a springboard for art
in general is targeted at primary school students.
Nuovo Contatto A1: corso di lingua e civiltà
italiana per stranieri, by R. Bozzone Costa
et al, Loescher Editore, Italy, 2014.
A recently revised editon of Contatto brilliantly
presented with updated texts, photographs and graphics.
Includes cultural information on leisure,
sport, food, gestures and Italian cities. For secondary
students.
The Italian 100:
a ranking of the most influential cultural, scientific, and political figures, past and
present (an American perspective)
1. Galileo Galilei: 1564 – 1642
A scientist and inventor who discovered the timekeeping properties of the pendulum, refuted the theory
that the sun and all the planets revolve around the Earth, contributed to the study of weather patterns,
invented the sector (a measuring and calculating device similar to the compass), developed a telescope to
determine that the Milky Way was composed of individual stars, and used a microscope to study insect
anatomy. In 1632, he was brought to trial before the Inquisition and charged with heresy. He was made
to publicly recant his beliefs on astronomy.
2. Christopher Columbus: 1451 – 1506
Christopher Columbus was a Genoese explorer and navigator. During his first voyage in 1492, Columbus
landed in a New World, in the Bahamas archipelago, on an island he named San Salvador. Over the
course of three more voyages, Columbus visited the Greater and Lesser Antilles, as well as the Caribbean
coast of Venezuela and Central America, claiming them for the Spanish Empire. Not only did he make
contact with the Americas but established trade routes and discovered many new foods including corn,
sweet potatoes, peppers, allspice, and pineapples.
3. Guglielmo Marconi: 1874 – 1937
In 1899, Marconi sent the first wireless messages across the English Channel, and in 1901 sent radio
waves from England to Canada (the letter S, in Morse code, picked up with a kite antenna) marking the
invention of radio. On 29th March, 1930, Marconi made history by transmitting an address from his yacht,
Elettra, which was amplified to a large audience in the Sydney Town Hall.
4. Enrico Fermi: 1901 – 1954
Fermi was the physicist who specifically worked on nuclear fission and marked the beginning of the atomic
age.
5. Alessandro Volta: 1745 – 1827
Volta was a physicist, chemist, physician and inventor. He built the first battery by placing different
metals in piles between pads soaked with a salt solution. This “voltaic pile,” was the first device that
could provide a continuous source of direct current electricity.
6. Leonardo Fibonacci (a.k.a Leonardo Pisano and Leonard of Pisa) 1180? – 1250
Leonardo was the mathematician who recognized that arithmetic with Hindu–Arabic numerals is simpler
and more efficient than with Roman numerals. Fibonacci travelled throughout the Mediterranean world
to study under the leading Arabic mathematicians of the time. He returned from his travels in around
1200, and in 1202, the 32-year-old recorded what he had learned in the Liber Abaci (Book of Abacus or
Book of Calculation), and thereby popularized Hindu–Arabic numerals in Europe.
7. Evangelista Torricelli: 1608 – 1647
Torricelli was the meteorologist who invented the barometer, an instrument critical to the accurate
forecasting of weather patterns.
8. Filippo Mazzei: 1730 – 1816
An Italian physician, and close friend of Thomas Jefferson who wrote impassioned tracts in Italian, and
were then translated into English by Jefferson. He wrote the words “All men must be equal to each other
in natural law,” which Jefferson used verbatim in the Bill of Rights he wrote for the Virginian constitution.
Later his words were changed to “All men are created equal.”
9. Michelangelo Buonarroti: 1475 – 1564
Michelangelo’s body of work encompasses magnificent sculptures (La Pietà, Il David, Mosè); breathtaking
paintings (the frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome); inspired architecture (St Peter’s
Basilica in Rome): and lyrical writing (over 300 sonnets and poems, many published after his death).
Michelangelo’s legacy is that of the singular genius.
10. Leonardo da Vinci: 1452 – 1519
Leonardo da Vinci was a painter, sculptor, scientist, inventor, writer and engineer and is considered as the
defining figure of the Renaissance.
11. Giovanni Battista Morgagni: 1682 – 1771
Italian anatomist and pathologist Giovanni Battista Morgagni had a powerful impact on the practice of
medicine. He was the first physician to determine that disease was caused by the malfunctioning of
specific internal organs, rather than by something going wrong with one of the four “humors”, bodily
fluids that were thought to control the health of the human body.
12. Gabriel Fallopius: 1523 – 1562
A renowned Italian anatomist, Gabriel Fallopius identified some of the most important organs and
structures of the human body, including the narrow ducts in the female reproductive system that bears his
name: the fallopian tubes. He also identified and named the semicircular canals of the ear, the cochlea,
the palate, and the placenta.
13. Girolamo Fabrizio: 1537 – 1619
Girolamo Fabrizio is remembered and acknowledged for several accomplishments throughout his life and
career, not least of which was continuing the work of his mentor Fallopius. He wrote two important
treatises on blood circulation and foetal development.
14. Marcello Malpighi: 1628 – 1694
Malpighi is the father of histology, which is the microscopic study of plant and animal tissue. He also
advanced the use of the microscope in medicine and research, discovering capillary circulation, identifying
taste buds, the optic nerve and red blood cells.
15. Girolamo Fracastoro: 1483 – 1553
Girolamo Fracastoro, was a sixteenth-century physician and poet, and the world’s first epidemiologist who
studied diseases such as typhus and syphilis, which at the time was a “fierce and rare sickness which
ravished all of Europe.” He was a highly respected and honoured scientist during his time and his statue
can be found erected in his home town of Verona.
16. Lazzaro Spallanzani: 1729 – 1799
Spallanzani’s research in the field of cellular regeneration led him to apply new principles of biological
regrowth to his transplantation studies. Around 1770, he successfully transplanted the head of one snail
onto the body of another snail. This feat laid the groundwork for the widespread modern practice of
transplantation.
17. Camillo Golgi: 1844 – 1926
Camillo Golgi is yet another Italian scientist who was critically important in the field of cytology (the
biology, structure and function of cells), and medicine. Golgi developed the technique of staining nerve
cells with silver nitrate, which allowed the physician or researcher to see clearly all the varied features of
nerve elements.
18. Luigi Porta: 1800 – 1875
Porta was able to greatly advance the knowledge of arterial flow, ligation, and made enormous
contribution to the development of modern vascular surgery. Vascular surgery is surgery on the blood
vessels - the veins, arteries, and capillaries of the human body.
19. Salvador Edward Luria: 1912 – 1991
The single biggest threat to man has always been bacteria and viruses and Italian-born biologist Salvador
Edward Luria is credited with writing the textbook General Virology, a most important work on molecular
biology that dealt with viruses, how viruses self-replicate and bacteriophages (viruses that infect bacteria).
He also moved forward the research into DNA and genetic engineering.
20. Rita Levi-Montalcini: 1909 – 2012
Ever the dedicated researcher, Levi-Montalcini, is known for her notable work with tumour and
nerve-cell growth, research which lead to new techniques for battling cancer and regenerating damaged
nerves. In 1986 Rita Levi-Montalcini and Stanley Cohen received the Nobel Prize for physiology or
medicine for their work identifying the protein NGF.
21. Renato Dulbecco: 1914 – 2012
Italian-born virologist Renato Dulbecco is one of the scientists who spent their lives working toward
eliminating cancer. Through his pioneering research, Dulbecco showed that the key to understanding and
ultimately conquering cancer may lie in the study of DNA. He has been the recipient of many academic
honours and awards the most notable being the 1975 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine for his
research into cancer replication.
22. Ugo Cerletti : 1877 – 1963 & Lucio Bini: 1908 – 1964
Ugo Cerletti and Lucio Bini developed the pioneering medical technique of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
in 1937. This is a psychiatric procedure used to treat severe depression. This therapy still remains
controversial, but nevertheless it has been a treatment which has rescued countless people from the
horrors and torment of mental illness.
23. Gaspare Tagliacozzi: 1546 – 1599
This great surgeon developed the procedure of nasal reconstruction, which was the beginning of plastic
surgery. As such he is credited with being its founder.
24. Ascanio Sobrero: 1812 – 1888
As a young man Sobrero conducted experiments that would lead to nitroglycerine and in the years 1851 –
1857 he wrote and published a three-volume series on chemistry.
25. Francesco Redi: 1626 – 1697
Redi performed a series of biological experiments - some of the first experiments ever done with proper
scientific controls to prove the existence of the microbe and disprove the theory of spontaneous
generation. This discovery later aided Louis Pasteur’s work with germ theory in the nineteenth century.
26. Girolamo Cardano: 1501 – 1576
Girolamo Cardano made impressive contributions to the sciences including mathematics, hydrodynamics,
earth sciences, probability theory, mechanics and medicine. His writings and research paved the way for
the expansion of mathematics and for advancements in many other sciences as well.
27. Francesco Bonaventura Cavalieri: 1598 – 1647
The Italian mathematician Francesco Bonaventura Cavalieri’s development of geometry of indivisibles
predicted and paved the way for the development of two mathematical inventions: integral calculus and
differential calculus, two branches of mathematics that were critical to the many advances in science that
followed their widespread dissemination and use.
28. Amedeo Avogadro 1776 – 1856 & Stanislao Cannizzaro 1826 – 1910
As is sometimes the case with brilliant, pioneering insights, Avogadro’s hypothesis that at a given
temperature all gasses contain the same number of particles, was met with both positive and negative
reactions, largely due to the fact that he did not support his theories with a body of experimental
verification. In 1858, the Italian chemist Stanislao Cannizzaro gave the first widely publicized presentation
of Avogadro’s theory, detailing Avogadro’s number, and his work went on to be honoured for being a
“brilliant conception ignored for fifty years.”
29. St Fabiola: d. 399
Fabiola was a member of the aristocratic Fabia family and was founder of the first hospital in Rome prior
to which the sick were often outcasts from society. While there are records of healing centres in ancient
Rome, these hospitals were reserved for injured roman soldiers and were not open to the general public.
Fabiola opened the doors of her hospital to everyone and applied a strict Christian ethic to caring for the
sick and dying an approach which is still the paradigm in modern hospitals.
30. Luigi Galvani: 1737 – 1798
Luigi Galvani concluded through a series of experiments with amputated frogs’ legs that animal tissue
contained “animal electricity”, an additional form of electricity, similar to, yet different from “natural”
electricity as was found in lightning. The observation of this phenomenon became known as Galvanism
and laid the foundations for future discoveries.
31. Francesco Maria Grimaldi: 1618 – 1663
The discovery and understanding of diffraction was an important development in the sciences of
astronomy, physics and medicine and advanced improvements in telescopes, microscopes and other
optical devices. Francesco Maria Grimaldi is the Italian who discovered such a principle.
32. Niccolò Tartaglia: 1499 – 1557
Niccolò Tartaglia, a mathematician and teacher of mathematics by trade, is considered today to be the
father of the science of ballistics, that is the study of projectiles and weaponry, including the dynamics,
motion, firearms and the firing, flight and effect of ammunition.
33. Andrea Cesalpino: 1519 – 1603
Modern botany and all its intricacies owe an enormous debt to Andrea Cesalpino, who profoundly
influenced later botanists and also laid the groundwork for understanding the circulation of the blood.
34. The Medici: 1434 – 1737
During 303 years the thirteen generations of the Medici family gave Italy and the world three popes, many
patrons of sculptors and artists, discerning collectors of art, legendary soldiers, renowned intellectuals and
poets and incredibly powerful political leaders. Three of the most influential and important members of the
Medici family were Cosimo de’ Medici, Lorenzo the Magnificent and Catherine de’ Medici.
35. Guido of Arezzo: c.990 – 1050
Guido of Arezzo is a significant figure in the history of music, as he was responsible for conceptualizing and
then charting the musical staff.
36. Aldo Manuzio, the Elder: 1449 – 1515, Aldo Manuzio, the Younger: 1547 – 1597
Aldo Manuzio the Elder and his grandson Aldo the Younger are responsible for three huge leaps in printing,
publishing, and orthography: the creation and distribution of the first inexpensive, pocket-size books, the
design and implementation the first italic typeface and the definitive cataloguing of what is now considered
to be modern punctuation, including the comma, semicolon, colon and period.
37. St Thomas Aquinas: c.1225 – 1274
St Thomas Aquinas attempted to prove the existence of God through logic and reason rather than faith or
revelation. His monumental and enduring influence on centuries of religious and philosophical thinking
continues to this day.
38. Dante Alighieri: 1265 – 1321
Dante’s 100-canto epic poem may be the greatest poem ever written, and its brilliance was immediately
recognised by medieval scholars and lay people alike, since it was written in the vernacular of Italian,
rather than in the scholarly language of Latin, which became the basis for modern Italian.
39. Niccolò Machiavelli: 1469 – 1527
Machiavelli is most remembered for his work The Prince, which contains many views that can be easily
applied to modern politics and social consciousness. The painfully pragmatic philosophical principle
running throughout The Prince is that the good of the state takes precedence over everything and morality
must play absolutely no role in government.
40. St Francis of Assisi: c.1181 – 1226
St Francis is remembered as a gentle saint who was selflessly concerned for the poor and the sick. He went
on to be the founder of the worldwide Franciscan religious order and also as the man who established the
custom of the Christmas nativity scene.
41. Giuseppe Mazzini: 1805 – 1872
If Giuseppe Garibaldi was the heart and military leader of the unification of Italy, Mazzini (who supported
Garibaldi’s endeavours) was its mind. In his 1862 treatise The Duties of Man, Mazzini articulated the
principles that would serve as a driving force in the Risorgimento, the movement to create an
independent and united Italy, a goal finally achieved in 1870.
42. Benito Mussolini: 1893 – 1945
Influence on world history and culture is not always positive. During his twenty-year reign as dictator of
Italy, Benito Mussolini had a major impact on not only his own country but, also on the outcome of World
War II. Luigi Barzini described him as “the master of make-believe” noting that “behind the scenery of
modernization and industrial investments, millions of Italians still lived a life of prehistoric squalor, and
most of the fundamental problems of the country had been left practically untouched.”
43. Amerigo Vespucci: 1454 – 1512
Christopher Columbus may have received credit for the discovery of the Americas, but it was Amerigo
Vespucci who corrected Columbus’ mistaken belief that his discoveries were part of Asia, and it was
Vespucci who stated unequivocally that the Americas were a “New World.” Apart from his historical
travels, Vespucci can also be credited with being the first European to record the use of coca.
44. Marco Polo: c.1254 – 1324
Though a merchant by profession, Marco Polo lived an adventurer’s life and brought back with him new
and different culinary ideas. It is undeniable that Polo’s fascinating account of his journey (recorded in the
book The Travels of Marco Polo) to China and other Asian places motivated Columbus and many others for
almost two hundred years to find a westward sea round to those enchanting lands.
45. Giovanni Caboto: c.1450 – 1498
Although Giovanni Caboto was born in Genoa, Italy, he and his family moved to London in 1484. Here he
persuaded England’s King Henry VII to sanction exploratory journeys to find new worlds in the name of
England.
46. Giovanni da Verrazzano: 1485 – 1528
The navigator Giovanni da Verrazzano is best known for his explorations of the North American coast,
including the island of Manhattan and New York harbour. His contributions are today acknowledged by a
statue at the Battery in New York harbor, as well as the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, named in his honor,
linking Brooklyn and Staten Island.
47. Bartolomeo Cristofori: 1655 – 1731
Cristofori’s most important contribution to the invention of the modern piano was his replacing the
plucking mechanism of the harpsichord with individual hammers that struck the strings percussively
instead. In 1709 Cristofori built the first modern piano that became the direct prototype of what we have
today.
48. Alessandro Manzoni: 1785 – 1873
Alessandro Manzoni published the masterpiece The Betrothed (I Promessi Sposi), an historical novel, love
story and adventure tale all rolled into one. In so doing he defined the modern Italian language as we
know it today.
49. Giuseppe Verdi: 1813 – 1901
Verdi had begun to compose when he was thirteen years old, with some of his most notable compositions
being Nabucco, Rigoletto, Aida and Va’ Pensiero.
50. Giovanni Boccaccio: 1313 – 1375
Giovanni Boccaccio is considered to be the father of the psychological novel, the novella, and the short
story and his work was (and continues to be) a major influence on literature all over the world. His
masterpiece, The Decameron, still remains a classic.
51. Filippo Brunelleschi: 1377 – 1446
Brunelleschi’s greatest accomplishment, and the feat for which he is best known, was designing the huge,
double-shell dome for the yet-to-be completed Florence cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, something no
one thought was possible due to the building’s enormous size.
52. Leon Battista Alberti: 1404 – 1472
The archetypal Renaissance man, Leone Battista Alberti possessed an enormous range of talents, skills and
personal graces and he tackled a breathtaking range of topics including painting and architecture.
Additionally, he was an important adviser to Cosimo de’ Medici.
53. Maria Montessori: 1870 – 1952
Maria Montessori was a real innovator, inventing or modifying existing ways to educate children.
The list includes: the idea that children learn through play, the idea that education should begin well
before kindergarten or first grade, the idea that rigidly disciplining young children and restricting their
activity while in school does more harm than good, the idea of age-appropriate learning programs such as
“reading readiness,’ and the idea that parents should be intimately involved in their children’s education
and she acknowledged that the school is not a disconnected institution but rather a vital part of the
community.
54. Boethius: c.480 – 524
Boethius is included in The Italian 100 because of his development of the first liberal arts curriculum, the
massive impact of his writings on the Middle Ages and the contribution he made to the arts and sciences
of mathematics, music and logic.
55. Francesco Petrarca: 1304 – 1374
Francesco Petrarca (known in the English-speaking world simply as Petrarch) was a Renaissance writer,
scholar, and poet who gave powerful impetus to the philosophical school known as Humanism.
56. Giulio Caccini: c.1545 – c.1618
Giulio Caccini is credited with the creation of a completely new vocal singing style, a style that
employs the use of the basso continuo, also known as figured bass and had endured to this day in
the songs of composers ranging from Schumann and Schubert to Elton John.
57. Claudio Monteverdi: 1567 – 1643
Claudio Monteverdi is universally considered to be the father of the modern opera. His large-scale
dramatic works became the models for the operas that followed and also proved that he was opera’s first
true musical genius.
58. Gioacchino Rossini: 1792 – 1868
Gioacchino Rossini was the most important composer of Italian opera during the first half of the
nineteenth century. The Barber of Seville (1816) is considered to be his masterpiece but probably his most
recognizable melody is from William Tell, the overture becoming the best-known operatic music of all time
when it was used as the theme music for the TV series The Lone Ranger.
59. Cimabue (Bencivieni di Pepo): 1240 – 1302
Cimabue is usually distinguished as the “father of Italian painting.” In addition to his Virgin and Child
Enthroned, Cimabue is best known for his Crucifixion in the church of Santa Croce in Florence.
60. The Bellinis: 1400 – 1516
The influence of the painting Bellini family - father Jacopo and his sons Gentile and Giovanni - was twofold.
They defined the Venetian school of Renaissance painting and they directly influenced and inspired other
great artists.
61. Giorgione: c.1477 – 1510
As many as seventy art works in all have been attributed to Giorgione, the most significant being The
Tempest. As scholars continue to study Giorgione’s powerful artistic legacy, they continue to unlock his
genius.
62. Giorgio Vasari: 1511 – 1574
While Giorgio Vasari was a gifted architect, he was only a fair painter. However, it is thanks to his skill at
biography that today we have comprehensive, detailed, contemporary accounts of the lives of 161 of the
“most eminent painters, sculptors and architects.” Thanks to Giorgio Vasari we know intimate and varied
details of the lives of many remarkable persons such as Michelangelo and Raphael.
63. Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino): 1483 – 1520
This artist and architect, known simply as Raffaello, was an authentic Renaissance genius who created
paintings that still enchant, delight and inspire today. His accomplishments are all the more astonishing
because they came about in a relatively short period. Raffaello was only thirty-seven when he died.
Among his most famous masterpieces are The Coronation of the Virgin, Madonna of the Baldacchino, The
Marriage of the Virgin and Holy Family with Saint John or Madonna of the Rose.
64. Sandro Botticelli: 1445 – 1510
The Adoration of the Kings, The Birth of Venus, and Primavera are among the works of this famous artist
as well as altarpieces, portraits, drawings and other works. His vision was to move away from the orderly
system of medieval views and his enchanting images are still identifiable today.
65. Donatello: c.1386 – 1466
From the age of twenty Donatello displayed talent, working as a sculptor in Florence’s Cathedral. His
bronze statue of David (c.1432) was the first completely freestanding, life-size sculpture in the history of
European art and the six-foot-high wooden Mary Magdalene created nearly thirty years later is equally as
significant.
66. Masaccio: 1401 – 1428
Masaccio’s fame and the acknowledgement of his influence have been largely posthumous. His surviving
works are his frescos in the Church of Santa Maria Novella in Florence.
67. Benvenuto Cellini: 1500 – 1571
Benvenuto Cellini became the finest goldsmith in sixteenth-century Rome, with his bronze statue Perseus
with the Head of Medusa being considered his masterpiece.
68. Giotto di Bondone: c.1267 – 1337
Giotto’s celebrity was enormous in his time and permeated the age he lived in. He broke away from the
conventions of the time endowing both people and objects with lifelike solidity, conveying a sense of
drama and movement in his compositions.
69. Alessandro Scarlatti: 1660 – 1775 & Domenico Scarlatti: 1685 – 1757
The great Baroque composers Alessandro Scarlatti and his son Domenico were major contributors to
music. Alessandro was responsible for some important developments in musical composition including the
use of classical chromatic harmony. After serving as musical director of St Peter’s at the Vatican, Domenico
produced 555 renowned sonatas.
70. Antonio Vivaldi: 1678 – 1741
Vivaldi’s body of work is astounding, having composed at least 825 authenticated musical works, his most
famous being The Four Seasons.
71. Titian (Tiziano Vecellio): 1477 – 1576
This great artist had an exceptionally long life and was noted for his stylistic control of colour and light. His
most important paintings include The Burial of Christ and The Assumption of the Virgin Mary.
72. Antonio Stradivari: c.1644 – 1737
Many call this man the greatest violin maker ever, and his violins are considered examples of the
absolutely perfect stringed instrument. Many theorised that the secret of this perfection lies in the high
mineral content of the wood used to make his violins, cellos and other stringed instruments, and also
possibly to the special varnish which was used. In addition to redesigning the dimension and components
of the violin, Stradivari also changed musical history by inventing the violin bridge. Today, about 600 of
Stradivari’s instrument survive, which are, or course, priceless.
73. Giacomo Puccini: 1858 – 1924
Puccini was born in Lucca, Italy, with his most significant classic popular operas being La Bohème, Tosca,
Turandot and Madame Butterfly. These works are still beloved by opera fans the world over and are
performed worldwide on a regular basis.
74. Federico Fellini: 1920 – 1993
Fellini’s films became known for their surrealism, social satire, explorations of the torment endured by
creative artists and depictions of man’s solitude in the modern world. His most famous works are La Dolce
Vita, I Vitelloni, Roma, Amarcord, Juliet of the Spirits, La Strada, 8 ½ and Nights of Cabiria.
75. Amedeo Pietro Giannini: 1870 – 1949
The son of Italian immigrants to America, Amedeo Pietro Giannini can be credited with founding the bank
which would become the largest in the United States.
76. Giuseppe Garibaldi: 1807 – 1882
Giuseppe Garibaldi’s contribution to the modern nation of Italy was his activity as a staunch military leader
in the struggle of the Italian states to throw off foreign domination and unite under the royal House of
Savoy.
77. Charles “Lucky” Luciano: 1897 – 1962
“Lucky” Luciano is an example of notorious figures gaining fame as he became the most powerful boss in
the history of American crime.
78. Lee Iacocca: 1924
Lee Iacocca is a corporate genius who persuaded the United States Federal Government during the late
1970s to make the largest federal loan guarantee to a private company to prevent Chrysler Motors from
bankruptcy. Lido Iacocca’s most important legacy is that of a leader.
79. Arturo Toscanini: 1867 – 1957
At age nineteen Toscanini stepped in and conducted a performance of Verdi’s Aida-without using a
musical score. He conducted throughout Italy and became chief conductor of La Scala Opera House in
Milan. He conducted the first performances of a number of famous operas, including Pagliacci and La
Bohème.
80. Gaetano Donizetti: 1797 – 1848
The name of Gaetano Donizetti is often mentioned in the same breath as the names of Verdi and Rossini,
his most famous operas being Don Pasquale and Lucia di Lammermoor.
81. Enrico Caruso: 1873 – 1921
Caruso’s voice was such a transcendently beautiful instrument he became a national and international
phenomenon. He toured the world performing on stage and also recorded many arias, bringing classical
music to the masses.
82. Niccolò Paganini: 1782 – 1840
Composer and violin virtuoso Niccolò Paganini warrants praise for his musical compositions as well as for
his groundbreaking innovations in the technique of playing the violin. His technical contributions to violin
technique include the use of the bow to produce left-hand pizzicato and staccato and an unprecedented
demonstration of the violin’s power.
83. Al “Scarface” Capone: 1895 – 1947
It was in 1920 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States that Al Capone
began his bootleg liquor business becoming one of the most powerful crime figures in history.
84. Frank Sinatra: 1915 – 1998
Frank Sinatra is one of the best-known Italian Americans in the world, becoming a popular singer and
actor and an adored idol and national pop-culture icon.
85. Martin Scorsese: 1942
With many major works to his credit, Scorsese has been remarkably consistent in the high standard of his
work. Among his memorable works are Taxi Driver, New York, New York, Raging Bull, Cape Fear and The
Age of Innocence.
86. Francis Ford Coppola: 1939
Coppola’s finest works as a director exhibits a profound grasp of Italian life with his magnum opus being
The Godfather.
87. Italo Calvino: 1923 – 1985
Calvino’s unique narrative voice has made him an outstanding literary figure of the post World-War II era
and one of the most important Italian writers.
88. Luciano Pavarotti: 1935 – 2007
Luciano Pavarotti, the Italian tenor has become a worldwide cultural phenomenon. He has travelled the
world performing in opera houses everywhere and has been part of The Three Tenors with Placido
Domingo and Josè Carreras, a group appealing to every age group including to people who do not consider
themselves opera fans. His album O sole mio has outsold any record ever released by a classical singer.
89. Robert De Niro: 1943 & Al Pacino: 1940
These two important and powerful movie stars of Italian descent are immediately recognizable. They
have portrayed a wide range of complex characters.
90. Joe Di Maggio: 1914 – 1999
By far the most accomplished baseball player in America. Statistically Joe Di Maggio’s accomplishments
are overwhelming but what is most admired is his grace and elegance on the field, his personal dignity and
his refusal to boast about his triumphs.
91. Nicola Sacco: 1891 – 1927 & Bartolomeo Vanzetti: 1888 – 1927
The seven-year long criminal prosecution of Sacco and Vanzetti, two Italian immigrants accused of
murdering two men during a robbery, generated a worldwide outpouring of protests. The two men were
eventually put to death in Massachusetts. A huge protest march followed and after many motions the pair
was finally exonerated. The Sacco and Vanzetti case became a milestone event in the history of Italian
Americans.
92. Bernardo Bertolucci: 1940
Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Last Emperor won many nominations and awards and is only one example of
the accolades the movie industry has given to this director. Though Bertolucci has achieved mainstream
success, his work continues to challenge moviegoers.
93. Vittorio De Sica: 1901 – 1974
Vittorio De Sica’s status as a director is best illustrated by the mention of his legendary films such as The
Bicycle Thief, Umberto D, and Miracolo a Milano. Born in the aftermath of the collapse of Mussolini’s
government and Italy’s defeat in World War II, he was the master of neorealism which presented the
unvarnished truth about the Italian people and the attempt to revitalize the struggling Italian nation.
94. Luchino Visconti: 1906 – 1976
Luchino Visconti, director of the first neorealist film, Ossessione, is today regarded as the key figure in the
Italian school of neorealist cinema, inspiring and influencing other important neorealistic directors.
95. Marcello Mastroianni: 1924 – 1996
Mastroianni was an accomplished actor appearing in over forty films (Divorce: Italian Style, Yesterday,
Today and Tomorrow and 8 ½) and worked with such legendary Italian directors as Fellini, Visconti and
Antonioni.
96. Sophia Loren (Sofia Villani Scicolone): 1934
Sophia is probably the most beloved and popular Italian film star of the twentieth century. In addition to
her fame as an actress, she has been perceived internationally as the archetype of the voluptuous, sexy,
sultry Italian woman, and is an iconic role model.
97. Camille Paglia: 1947
Camille Paglia is an American academic and social critic. She is a self-described dissident feminist, and has
been a professor at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
98. Franco Zeffirelli: 1923
Italian writer and director Franco Zeffirelli brought Shakespeare and grand opera to the masses most
notably in his version of Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Otello and the Taming of the Shrew as well as a
biography of St Francis of Assisi in Brother Sun, Sister Moon. He enjoyed large -scaled commercial success.
99. Frank Capra: 1897 – 1991
During his lifetime Capra won a number of Academy Awards, including Best Director Oscars for such films
as It Happened One Night and It’s a Wonderful Life.
100.Madonna (Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone): 1958
Madonna Louise Ciccone changed popular culture with her recordings concerts, videos and fashion
statements. Her influence can be felt in h many aspects of today’s music.
Source : The Italian 100: a ranking of the most influential cultural, scientific, and political figures, past
and present by Stephen Spignesi, Carol Publishing Group, USA, 1998.
100+ Addendum: The source of this list dates to 1999 and though this publication is comprehensive it is by
no means exhaustive. The editing staff acknowledge the absence of such formidable persons such as
Virgilio (author from Mantua who penned Eneide), Ennio Morricone (world renowned Italian composer
who has written music for more than 500 motion pictures and television series), Lady Gaga (American
singer and songwriter Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta) and Samantha Cristoforetti (the first Italian
female astronaut to have been sent in space).
21 Notable (Italian) Australians and their contributions by
Ariana Fabris
Alexandra Adornetto
Anthony La Paglia
Carlo Catani
Chas Licciardello
David Campese
Dennis Cometti
Frank Costa
Frank Farina
Guy Grossi
Ivo Vellar
Luigi Grollo
Mark Occhilupo
Melina Marchetta
Natalie Imbruglia
Robert di Pierdomenico
Sir James Gobbo
Stephen Silvagni
Tina Arena
Vanessa Amorosi
Vince Colosimo
Vittorio De Bortoli
Details of each person and their contribution to Australia can be found in An Italian
Connection: 21 notable (Italian) Australians and their contributions, by Ariana
Fabris, Burgundy Press, Heidelberg, 2014 can be ordered online from the website and is
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"It was very funny ...I also liked the dance at the end which was extremely
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