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EXCHANGE ASSISI-SILUTE
FIRST STEP: LICEO CLASSICO PROPERZIO
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Assisi + Šiluté
by Justas
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by Letizia, Erika, Sarune
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by Cristina
If the world was clear, art wouldn’t exist
Albert Camus
Beauty is everywhere
a welcome guest.
Johann Wolfgang
von Goethe
There are two ways to not appreciate art: the first
consists in not appreciate it at all, the second is
appreciate it judiciously.
Oscar Wilde
One uses a mirror to see the face, and art
works to see one’s own soul
George Bernard Shaw
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Art is a lie that makes
us realize the truth
Pablo Picasso
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Gioconda revisited by Cristina
The painting kept in the
Louvre Museum in Paris
(N°779), is well known all
over the world as the
Gioconda, by Leonardo
Da Vinci. It is a painting
of 77 x 53 cm, painted on
a unique wooden table.
Leonardo prepared the
table with a thin layer of
hard gypsum, because of
this there is a light
“craquelé”, an effect
produced by little cracks.
As proved, the painting became really famous only around the first half of the
19th century, thanks to the works of Théophile Gautier, Arsène Houssaye,
At the same time, the romantic thinkers were facing the theme of Leonardo
Charles Baudelaire and Walter Pater. Mostly because of the description
Da Vinci as a universal man, and the myth of Leonardo was rising: an erudite
proposed by Théophile Gautier, who has merged the qualities of beauty,
man that was almost considered to have supernatural powers, who
grace and mystery suggested by the Gioconda with the cult of everlasting
symbolists would transform into a “super human”, making an anti-historical
feminine beauty and woman’s superiority, theorized also by Goethe in his
interpretation, and removing the work from its context.
novel “Faust” (1831), and particularly with the myth of the “femme fatale”;
then superbly explored in the figural universe of Gustave Moreau.
«The presence that rose thus so strangely beside the waters, is expressive
of what in the ways of a thousand years men had come to desire. Here is the
head upon which all “the ends of the world are come”, and the eyelids are a
little
weary.
It’s amystérieuse/
beauty wrought
from within
upon
thesens,/
flesh,se
thetient
deposit,
«Une
femme
dontout
la beauté
trouble
mes
little
cell bysilencieuse,/
cell, of strange
thoughts
and fantastic
reveries and exquisite
debout,
Au bord
des flots
retentissants.»
passions. Set it for a moment beside one of those white Greek goddesses or
beautiful
women woman/
of antiquity,
andbeauty
how would
they
troubled
by thisinbeauty
«A mysterious
whose
trouble
mybesenses/
stands,
into
which beside
the soulthe
with
all its maladies
silence/
sounding
waves.»has passed!»
[Walter Pater, 1869]
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[Théophile Gautier, “Caeruli oculi”, 1852]
Icon of feminine beauty, symbol of absolute beauty and immortality in the 18th
century, the Gioconda couldn’t turn into anything but object of mockery and
aggressive derision. The robbery of the painting, in 1911, and its absence from
the Louvre for two years, enhanced its fame. As the name of the Gioconda was
on all the newspapers, notoriety generated a feeling of ‘nausea’ for this painting;
in fact Bernard Berenson said, in 1916, that the robbery caused in him a sense
of liberation and emancipation. The Gioconda became, from that moment, an
“illustrious misunderstood”.
But it isn’t possible to illustrate all the cases
of offence against the Gioconda during the
19th century, from Duchamps to Dalì, from
theatre to photography, from music to
nowadays consumism, that offers a
Gioconda image on plastic bags repainted
like Marilyn Monroe. This lead to put another
image of the Gioconda in the history of art ,
or, in the worst case, to create a commercial
phenomenon.
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L.H.O.O.Q. Duchamps
Advert for shampoo
La gioconda/Dalì
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But who’s really the woman
portrayed by Leonardo?
The name Gioconda appeared for
the first time in a document from
1525, only discovered in 1990, in the
state records of Milan. According to
Vasari’s statement, the person
portrayed could be Monna Lisa
Gherardini, the wife of an important
man of Florence, Francesco del
Giocondo (from which the name
Gioconda).
 Other witnesses, say that she could be
Isabella Gualandi, a noble woman from
Naples.
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Beauty standards change with the passing of time,
and our idea of beauty today does not completely
meet Vasari’s one. At that time, physical beauty
wasn’t the only thing that had to be portrayed: but
also virtue, morality, nobility, chastity, religiousness
and, in some cases, the culture and the love for art,
that had to be the qualities to show in a portrait.
In the painting, according to Vasari, some details
haven’t been finished: the columns at the woman’s
sides, the parapet, the fingers of the left hand and
landscape on the background. However we can say for
sure that this work influenced considerably the
technique of the following painters, who tried to
emulate Leonardo, by painting smiling subjects.
From “Art dossier” written by Pietro C. Marani “Leonardo. La
gioconda”
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis
Details from his most famous work, the “Creation of the world” Cycle(1906)
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Fantastic art is the opposite of realism, even though it is based on a
reality that the artist recreates to show the fanciful world he is thinking
about.
Fantastic art shows itself when the artist intentionally corrupts reality
and, as M. K. Čiurlionis stated, creates another world.
Fantastic art is used also to display the “meaninglessness” of reality
which can no longer represent the artist's inner thoughts.
«The fantastic is the thin line between the strange and the marvellous.
Total incredulity and complete faith take us away from the fantastic;
only doubt keeps us within the sphere of the fantastic. »
Tzvetan Todorov, Introduction à la littérature
fantastique
The first artist to suggest the passage from poetry to painting and
music was Baudelaire. He succeeded in expressing the power of his
emotions through colour, form and composition and as a result, the
object itself depicted in the canvas took on a relative importance.
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Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875 -1911) , Lithuanian painter and
composer gave his contribution to symbolism and art nouveau and
represented the atmosphere of the end of the century. He composed
about 250 pieces of music and created about 300 paintings. Most of his
paintings are shown at in the M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum in
Kaunas, Lithuania. Modern Lithuanian culture has been considerably
influenced by his works.
Čiurlionis was a synesthete, which mean he was able to perceived
colours and music simultaneously. His paintings were usually given the
names of musical pieces: sonatas, fugues, and preludes.
His style could be defined symbolist however according to some it was
impressionistic. He almost always impregnates his work with the
spirituality derived from traditional Lithuanian folk tradition. His paintings
are all done in tempera. During the 20th Century Stalin nationalized his
entire collection which is now housed in the M.K. Ciurlionis Museum,
Kaunas, Lithuania.
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We chose two works from each of our countries
that was fully representative of its art and that
influenced the following tastes, because art
can overcome the geographical and mental
borders.
This work was meant to show that art is a
universal language which unites us and makes
mutual understanding possible.
Details from Čiurlionis’ works
Staff:
-Elena Mihalas
- Justas Petrosius
- Lucia Tozzi
- Erika
Golubovskyte
- Letizia
DiLorenzo
- Sarune
Jankauskaite
- Cristina Avram
- Chiara Bigi
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Music and dance!!
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The history of Italian music
Italian music offers a wide variety of different genres,
from opera and instrumental classical music to
traditional music of different regions to the singersongwriter tradition.
Italian folk music has kept, as a result of the country’s
geographic position and history, elements of the many
peoples that have dominated or influenced the
country, including Arabs, the Greek, Slavic Populations,
the French and the Spanish.
Many famous composers could be mentioned!
We have chosen…
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Antonio Vivaldi
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Giuseppe Verdi
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History of Lithuanian music
Lithuanian musical tradition traces its history
to pagan times, connected with Neolithic
corded ware culture. Lithuania has a long
history of folk, popular and classical musical
development. The most famous Lithuanian
composer is Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis.
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Mikalojus
Konstantinas
Čiurlionis
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Italian Folk Dances
In Italy we have a lot of traditional folk
dances, like: “Tarantella” and “Saltarello”. The
first dance is from Southern Italy and it is
danced in couples. The original legend says
that someone who had supposedly been bitten
by the tarantula, a spider, had to dance to
the fast rhythm of “Tarantella” to sweat the
poison out.
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Some examples:
Tarantella!
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And …
Another popular Italian dance is
“Saltarello” and it comes from central
Italy. It is a typical medieval dance and
it is very famous here in Assisi, in fact
during the “Calendimaggio”, people
enjoy dancing it .
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This is …Saltarello!
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Lithuanian Folk Dances
In Lithuania there are many traditional dances,
like
“Polka”, “Klumpakojis”, “Suktinis” and many
others.
Lithuanian folk dances are very funny,
rhythmical
and vivacious.
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Top 10 !!
1. VILIJA - Šalna
Vasco Rossi - Inediti e
rarità
2. SIMONA - Kai užgęsta
2. Laura Pausini -Laura Live
šviesos
World Tour
3. Ž. ŽVAGULIS - Mano kiemas
3. Eros Ramazzotti –Ali e
4. M. MIKUTAVIČIUS IR
radici
JUSTAS – ateina ziema
4. Claudio Baglioni – Q.P.G.A.
5. Marco Mengoni – Dove si 5. TABASCO - Diena juk
nuostabi
vola
6. PAULIUS IR STUDENTĖS 6. Elisa – Heart
7. Tiziano Ferro – Alla mia età Leisk man
7. 69 DANGUJE - Aš pasirašau
8. Francesco Renga –
Orchestra
8. ONSA - Aš liksiu čia
9. Alessandra Amoroso –
9. PATRULIAI - Žvejas ir
Senza
undinė
10. Gianna Nannini - Dream
10.STANO - Sukasi galva
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What kind of music do you listen to and
what is your favourite singer or band?
Laura: I like classical and pop music. My favourite singer is Marijonas
Mikutavicius.
Viktorija: My favourite kind of music is pop. And my favourite singers
are Michael Jackson and Christina Aguilera.
Lauryna: I like all kinds of music. Classical, rock, pop… But my favourite
band is “Metallica”.
Marta: I listen to a lot of different music: dance, house music, R&B and
so on. My favourite singer is Antonello Venditti.
Caterina: I love R&B, pop and classical music. My favourite band is
“Coldplay”.
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Our music statistics
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
Members:
Patarino CaterinaPop
Rock
Parrini Marta Classic/instrumental
Laura Jakstaite Hip hop
House
Viktorija Andziulyte
Electro
Lauryna Kaniauskaite
Metal
10%
All sorts of music
Trance
5%
RnB
0%
Procents
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Soul
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We interviewed some Italian and
Lithuanian students asking them
what they like to wear in different
situations.
ITALIANS
Sneakers
Jeans
T-shirts
Jumpers
Pull-over
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LITHUANIANS
Uniform (grey jacket)
Leggings
Sweaters
Jeans
T-shirts
Pullover
Jumpers
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ITALIANS and
LITHUANIANS
wear the same
clothes in their
free time: jeans,
skirts, T-shirts,
shirts, leggings,
sweaters, boots,
jumpers…there
are differences in
lifestyle but
similarities in the
way of dressing in
free time!
Evening clothes are
very similar to free
time ones
for Lithuanians
and Italians.
We like wearing dresses,
trousers with blouses, high
heels or boots.
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ITALIAN and LITHUANIAN
girls wear the same
clothes in these places:
dresses, high heels,
skirts, leggings and so
on…
...however italian boys
wear trousers, shirts,
waistcoats. Moreover
lithuanian boys like tshirts, also shirt,
jeans…
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There is no fashion at
home in Lithuania like
in Italy…we just wear
comfortable clothes
like tracksuits, jeans
and above all
jumpers…
In what we wear at home
there’s a big difference:
in Italy we wear shoes or
slippers
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on the contrary in
Lithuania we don’t
wear shoes but only
slippers or socks…but
we have a lot of
carpets!!!
In Italy this winter you’ll
look cool if you use simple
make up… 50s style:
eyeliner, mascara and red
made by: CHIARA CONTI
lipstick…
GIULIA CIANETTI
KAMILE KELPSAITE
FELIPPE CEDIRIAN
In Lithuania the coolest way
to wear make up is bright
eyes and lightly coloured lips
or the opposite…never both!!!
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Lithualy
School and family
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Life at school
• School starts at 8 a.m.
and ends at 3 p.m.
• Lessons last 45 minutes.
• The longest day of
school is 7 lessons.
• The shortest day of
school is 4 lessons.
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• School starts at 8.10
a.m. and ends at 1.25
p.m. every day except on
Saturday, because we
finish 10 minutes
before.
• We always have 6
lessons of 50 minutes
and on Saturday just 5
60 minute lessons.
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Every lesson has it’s own classroom.
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Our school week starts on Monday
and ends on Friday.
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We have more writing tests than oral
tests.
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In every school in Italy students have
their own class and teachers come to
teach there.
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The school week is from Monday to
Saturday.
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We have a lot of tests. Usually we
have at least one every day. There are
as many orals as written.
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We never have lunch at school.
Students have lunch at the school
bar every day.
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• We are learning physics,
history, biology, chemistry,
geography and others until
Year 10.
• After Year 10 we can choose
what subjects we want to
learn.
• The main subjects we must
learn are Lithuanian, maths,
history and English.
• We have to wear grey
jackets in the school. From
this year on girls can choose
to wear a red skirt or black
trousers.
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• We study 12 different
subjects and we can’t choose.
They are Italian, maths,
history, science, English,
German, French, History of
art, Latin, Philosophy,
Religion, P.E.
• There isn’t a uniform in our
school.
Family life
• In families there are • Families are usually
1-3 children.
composed of 4
people.
• We usually don’t eat
breakfast with all
• We always eat
the family.
breakfast with our
families.
• We have supper at
6-7 o’ clock p.m.
• We have supper at
8-9 o’ clock p.m.
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• We usually go with
our families to the
cinema, restaurants,
for picnics, shopping.
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• We don’t go to the
cinema, shopping,
restaurant with our
families, but with
our friends.
During the week they study and do
homework. But if they get free time
they meet the friends or do sport. In
Italy they do sport with private
associations while in Lithuania teams are
arranged by school.
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Neither of them work after school
because they have lots of homework.
Teenagers usually spend more time at the
computer rather than watching TV.
Laurynas Jokubaitis
Greta Skridailaite
Lara Degli Esposti Alunni
Brigita Siaudvytyte
Giovanna Iosca
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According to the “official”
definitions any activity that
provides a diversion or
permits people to amuse
themselves in their spare
time is called
ENTERTAINMENT. There
are many forms of
entertainment, of course,
such as cinema, theatre,
sports, games and dance.
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Italian entertainment
As Italian movie industry is highly developed, Italian movies
are plentiful. Theatres also play an important role. Soccer is
the main sport entertainment and every town has a soccer
club. Reality shows are very popular here too.
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Lithuanian entertainment
Lithuanian entertainment industry is still underdeveloped. Lithuanians
enjoy watching movies but due to poor movie industry we depend on
foreign ones. Theatres in Lithuania are in a poor state, some even on the
edge of collapsing. Despite that, Lithuanians have wonderful actors.
Basketball is leading the sports entertainment sector. Other sports, such
as volleyball, handball and chess are not forgotten either.
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The questions
We interviewed both Italian and Lithuanian students. These
are the questions we asked:
 What kind of entertainment do you enjoy most?
 Do you practice any sports?
 Do you often visit theatre?
 Do you spend much time watching TV?
 What kind of movies do you like?
 How often do you go to the cinema?
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 Do you read books?
Summary of the results
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