Transcript san francesco d`assisi

RITA LEVI-MONTALCINI
• Rita Levi-Montalcini (22/4/1909 – +30 /12/2012)
was an Italian neurologist who received, together
with colleague Stanley Cohen, the 1986 Nobel
Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery
of nerve growth factor (NGF).
• Also, from 2001, until her death, she served in
the Italian Senate as a Senator for Life.
• Rita Levi-Montalcini had been the oldest
living Nobel laureate and the first ever to reach a
100th birthday.
• On 22 April 2009, she was feted with a 100th
birthday party at Rome's city hall.
The women
who changed
the world,
have never
had need to
"show"
anything
except their
intelligence
Rita Levi
Montalcini
received the
Nobel Prize
LEONARDO DA VINCI
• Leonardo da Vinci 15/4/1452 – +2/5/1519,
was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter,
sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician,
engineer, inventor, anatomist,
geologist, cartographer, botanists, and writer.
• His genius, perhaps more than that of any
other figure, epitomized the Renaissance
humanist ideal. Leonardo has often been
described as the archetype of the Renaissance
Man, a man of "unquenchable curiosity" and
"feverishly inventive imagination"
Ultima Cena
Mona Lisa
Da Vinci Vitruve
Renaissance
humanism recognized
no mutually exclusive
polarities between the
sciences and the arts,
and “Leonardo's
studies” in science and
engineering are as
impressive and
innovative as his
artistic work
Flying machine
SAN FRANCESCO D’ASSISI
Dress of
St. Francis
• San Francesco d’ Assisi, born Giovanni di
Pietro di Bernardone,
nicknamed Francesco by his father,
(1181/1182 – +3/10/1226) was an
Italian Catholic friar and preacher. He founded
the men's Order of Friars Minor, the
women’s Order of St. Clare, and the Third
Order of Saint Francis for men and women.
• Though he was never ordained to the Catholic
priesthood, Francesco is one of the most
venerated religious figures in history
The compassion that inspired
him for the weak, the
outcasts, the sick, would be
transformed into a real "fever
of love" to the next.
For a time he stood alone,
busy repairing some ruined
churches, such as the
Portiuncula
House of San Francesco
Cimabue,
San Francesco
VALENTINO
ROSSI
Among the most titled of
motorcycle riders by
virtue of the nine titles
won, is the only rider in
history to have won the
World Championship the
iris into four different
classes: 125 (1), 250 (1),
500 (1) and MotoGP (6).
It also holds the largest
number of Grands Prix in
a row in the speed
world, with 228
appearances
He is the son of Graziano Rossi, in turn motorcycle racer at the turn of the
seventies and eighties; Valentino has always used the number 46 in the race
for his bike, the same as previously used in the World Championship by his
father Graziano.
Luciano Pavarotti
Giuseppe Verdi
“Big Luciano”
• Luciano Pavarotti was born in 1935 on the outskirts
of Modena in Northern Italy.
• He was an Italian operatic tenor who also crossed
over into popular music, eventually becoming one of
the most commercially successful tenors of all time.
• As one of the Three Tenors, Pavarotti became well
known for his televised concerts and media
appearances. From the beginning of his professional
career as a tenor in 1961 in Italy to his final
performance of "Nessun dorma" at the 2006 Winter
Olympics in Turin
Giuseppe Verdi
• Giuseppe Verdi was an Italian Romanic composer
known for his operas.
• His works are frequently performed in opera houses
throughout the world.
• Some of his themes have long since taken root in
popular culture, as "La donna è mobile"
from Rigoletto, "Libiamo ne' lieti calici" (The Drinking
Song) from La Traviata, “Va Pensiero" (The Chorus of
the Hebrew Slaves) from Nabucco, the "Coro di
zingari" (Anvil Chorus) from Il trovatore and the
"Grand March" from Aida.