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A MASTERPIECE OF DEDICATION AND INVENTIVE – Crostoni, salami and ribollita, waiting for the Palio di Siena

Travel to Siena, the snail-shaped city What not to miss during a trip to Tuscany? The Chianti area, between small villages and abbeys, to devote yourself to good food and good wine. Val d’Orcia, characterized by sinuous hills dotted with cypresses and vineyards. Florence, an open-air museum that houses priceless works. Siena https://www.discovertuscany.com/siena/tourist-info/, a medieval city known worldwide for its …

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THE REDISCOVERY OF AN ANCIENT ATTITUDE – Five ways to understand Chinese creativity

Chinese fashion, between sorghum and ducks, melodies and an expressionist painter Creativity is the ability to create using an original through imaginative skills. Today’s Chinese culture is comprised of large array of traditions and innovations, all of which are in constant interaction, creating shifting patterns. The Cultivation of Creativity in the Chinese Culture https://www.researchgate.net/publication/291348526_Confucius_and_creativity have roots of its rise to …

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EXPRESSIONISM, BETWEEN SOCIAL UPHEAVALS AND EMOTIONS – Zeng Fanzhi, the artist heavily influenced by physical and emotional circumstances

A desire for research between Asian art and western influences Walking, here you can clearly perceive the contrast between the present and the past. This place in Beijing takes its name from a factory that was born there in the 1950s. In 2003, the place was designate by American Time Magazine as one of the top 22 most famous places …

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PHOTOGRAPHING THE POVERTY THRESHOLD – Stefen Chow, the photographer of the to be poor

A mountaineer father, photographer of social processes At dawn, the light here is extraordinarily clear, perfect for photographing. China is an ideal land for capturing beautiful photos. There is a market dedicated to photography west of Beijing, a place where you will find cameras and all the accessories you will need. At the end of your day, just when the …

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DRAPED DESIGNS AND INNOVATIVE TEXTURED FABRICS – The Uma Wang’s craft and creativity

Refusing to conform If you are a lover of shopping, or if you are looking for some good shopping opportunity, a walk in some areas of Beijing is one of the things not to be miss. A fifteen-minute walk from Tiananmen Square, Wangfujing is the shopping street par excellence, with large shopping centers and many restaurants where you can have …

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WRITING ABOUT LIFE AND INEVITABLE DEATH – Mo Yan: Write what you knows, in ways that are natural to you

Between tales marked by impassioned humanism Walking through Beijing, you will discover that there are three types of bookstores: managed by the state, publishing houses or private individuals. Founded in 1988, in the city center you will find the Bookshop of the three flavors, one of the first private bookstores. In the northeast of the city center, the Publishing house …

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WHEN A NURSING STUDENT BECOME A TURNED-POP SENSATION – Mao Buyi: The cute sang and his melancholy poetic melodies

Rise of ordinary idol, on bumbling way to fame In ancient China, music was intend to perfect youth education. That didactic function also had meanings connected to a delicate balance between Heaven and Earth. Reading the Book of Rites https://ctext.org/liji, you find a chapter on music, where you can read that it is born in the heart of man whose …

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WHERE TO BE AMAZED FOR THE NEW, FASCINATED FROM THE ANCIENT – The places of change in China today

The cultivation of creativity, in Chinese culture Creativity is the ability to create using an original through imaginative skills. Today’s Chinese culture is comprised of large array of traditions and innovations, all of which are in constant interaction, creating shifting patterns. The Cultivation of Creativity in the Chinese Culture https://www.researchgate.net/publication/291348526_Confucius_and_creativity have roots of its rise to its mastery of imitative …

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BETWEEN THE JEWELS OF AN ANCIENT LAND – Author’s journey to Tuscany, between talking crickets and sweet romances

Through green velvet hills, into the creative Italian theater   Tuscan hills of grass velvet, low and emerald. An unreal landscape that will attract the attention of your eyes when, not far from Volterra, you will arrive in small Lajatico https://www.visittuscany.com/it/localita/lajatico/, where no photographer would be able to capture the uniqueness of the intense colors and the preciousness of the …

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THE PSYCHIC KUBISMUS – Gino Severini: Birth and development of cubism, up to the manifesto of futurist painting

Where space and time merge into lights and colors Here in Cortona https://www.discovertuscany.com/it/cortona/info-utili.html, the Etruscan civilization left many traces, before conquered by the Romans. The origins of its Etruscan Academy Museum date back to 1727. Between history and legend, bloody battles, art and religion, these hills contain a fantastic stop in southern Tuscany. Do not forget to take the path …

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