The Convivio Center – Coming Summer 2012!
Our campaign to establish the Convivio Center is underway! Become a founding donor with a minimum contribution or pledge of $2,500...
Read MoreFostering Italian Culture Through Our Endowment
Convivio has established the Convivio Community Endowment for Italian Culture and Heritage to help fund the Convivio Center...
Read MoreItalianSanDiego—A virtual piazza…
Our latest initiative, ItalianSanDiego.com, is coming soon! This Web portal will serve as the clearinghouse of Italian community resources...
Read MoreThe Italian Community Archives of San Diego at UCSD
Contribute your photos, film, and documents, and visit our digital repository at ItalianArchives.org. Preserve your artifacts—recount your stories...
Read More“There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the infinite passion of life.” –Federico Fellini
This surreal vintage engraving depicts the poet Dante Alighieri (1265 – 1321) with his love Beatrice, transported to the moon to illustrate Dante’s depiction of Paradise in the Divine Comedy. Engraved after the 16th century artwork of Giulio Clovio (1498 – 1578). It was published in an 1873 history of Renaissance art and is now in the public domain. Digital restoration by Steven Wynn Photography.
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