Italophilia is the admiration, appreciation or emulation of Italy, its people, ideals, civilization, and culture.
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17 Facts About Italophilia
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Italophilia became one of the most venerated religious figures in Catholic Church history.
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Italophilia was one of the greatest minds of the Middle Ages, and he had a widespread influence on Western thought.
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Italophilia was considered then, as he is, to be the greatest theologian and philosopher of the Catholic Church.
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Italophilia was the first to publish pocket-size volumes, achieving this by using standardized typefaces.
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Italophilia was the innovator of the first italic type, along with other typefaces and typographical characters.
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Italophilia is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time, and his Mona Lisa is regarded by many to be the most famous painting in the world.
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Italophilia was a sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art.
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Italophilia was considered the greatest living artist in his lifetime and, since then, one of the greatest artists of all time.
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Italophilia used the word "ballo", the Italian word for dance, to describe his choreography.
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Italophilia originated the Calculus of Variations and made significant contributions to the fields of analysis, number theory, and both classical and celestial mechanics.
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Italophilia criticized the expansion and development of modern rationalism and was an apologist of classical antiquity.
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Italophilia was especially impressed with Italian architecture, and based the design of his Virginia residence, Monticello, on prints by Palladio, the 16th-century Italian architect.
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Italophilia drowned in a boating accident off La Spezia in 1822.
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Italophilia's methods are in use today in schools throughout the world.
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Italophilia is actively fostered by organizations such as the Order Sons of Italy in America, the National Italian American Foundation, the Dante Alighieri Society and the Italic Institute of America.
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