Talk:Culture of Italy

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"The traditionally large Italian family has been largely replaced by a preference by parents for a single child who is, by Anglo-American standards, lavishly indulged." I dispute this statement and will edit it out in a few days if no one objects. Giano 08:53, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)

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[edit] Wrong link

Link to "protestant" religions is wrong. Links to an American band.


my name is clorissa and i think the person who typed all of this is just messing around and dont know nothing. be carfull of what you read on the internet thanks

[edit] Bad Article

Italy has one of the most rich and important culture of the world'history... this article is very disappointed and short. The cinema section is poor.. we should mention Fellini, Bertolucci, Visconti and others oscar-winning. The introduction is ridicolous: food and sport, is that all? The section about art? 70% of the world art is in Italy.. Literature: no mention at all?? The "italian literature" article is good, we should put references here.. Architecture: only the palladian and roman style? And what about the Renaissaince, Michelangelo's and Brunelleschi's works, the barocco period, the neo-classical one Next week, if I have time, i'll propose some improvements...

Absolutely. I have written an entry for the "Culture of Italy" section of the main Italy article. I'm hoping that it can be furthur expanded to include Italy's contemporary influence and culture, such as through sports and fashion. Unfortunately, I lack the knowledge of this, and as it currently stands, this article itself is hardly adequate to provide me a basis for beginning. Sicilianmandolin 05:57, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Expansion

I will further expand this later today but I don't have the time to now. Falphin 16:26, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

    • Unless someone else takes up the task I will also add the links to the Music of Italy sections.

[edit] Music section

Does anyone object to replacing more or less the entire "Music" section with the existing introduction from the recently updated Music of Italy page? I think this will bring the music section in line with the other sections. Does Italian hip-hop deserve the same space as all of Italian sport and more than food on this page?Vineviz 22:00, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Clothes

There should be a section on here on fashion and clothes, since Italy is a center of tailoring and such.

[edit] Minardi

If anyone is interested in Italian motorsports at all, there is an improvement drive on the Minardi Formula One team at present. Cheers. 4u1e

[edit] poor article

i think this should be ticked as below standard. it's empty, and seems to be have written by an american with its need to mention un important american things which are completely irrelvant to 'italian culture' like baseball even giving its geographic locations and italian hip hop in the music section.

    • I agree that this article needs a little help, mostly in improved coherence and notability. I'm doubt I have the time or skill to tackle it, but I hope that others may.Vineviz 18:29, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Offense to Italy

This article is higly offensive. I'm Italian, and my culture CANNOT 'be found on the terraces of many football clubs. 'Stupid italian people'! We brought civilization to Europe, but we are stupid! This artcicle has surely been written by an american that knows nothing of Italy. There is nothing about Alfieri or Pirandello! Disgusting food! Is an American, with his fast-foods, that's speaking! An American, that has not been formed in classical culture! There is no referrence to the influence of classical culture in modern italy! And what about italian philosophers? THIS is Italian culture, and surely not those baseball players I have never seen! i hope that similar articles, with the clear aim to give a sterotypate image of Italy, will soon be removed.An angry italian, proud of his origins I amnt even Italian and I think it seems weird —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.40.99.198 (talk) 19:20, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dear friends

To write a couple of pages on "culture of Italy" is a daunting task. It's equivalent to writing an essay entitled "Brief comments on the Universe". I appreciate the "naif" approach adopted by this article, but this is taking simplicity too far.

There is no reason for keeping this page. It should either be hugely expanded, or deleted.Giordaano 11:11, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Objection to removing piece about Italian families

I have lived in Italy for seven years now and based on my experience as a teacher do concurr most willingly with the statement made about Italian parents choosing to have one or two children. Even more important is the validity of the statement about Italian children being overindulged or spoilt. Italian children are brats! They are not to be blamed though, it is obviously entirely the fault of their parents who are just as badly behaved and, who themselves by practising "menefreghismo", convey to their offspring that it's o.k. to completely ignore and infringe on the rights, and to some extent the physical safety, of complete strangers. One of the reasons is defintely due to the wearying tendancy Italians have of blaming others for what goes wrong in their lives as a mechanism for ignoring their personal culpability! To be fair, Italian children are loud and rude but not evil or violent. I went to London recently and was appalled and quite frightned to witness the physical violence against adults and especially senior citizens by gangs of children of 10 - 12 years of age. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 62.110.158.130 (talk) 10:14, 12 April 2007 (UTC). that must be nice say hi to the gondolas

[edit] no snapshots

i think they should have more pictures