Can A Car Be Art? Yes, When The Italians Make Them

The breathtaking Alfa Romeo 8C.



Top Gear, just to add, is enjoyable.

Okay, it has issues but it is a looker!

It has heart and soul.

Which is interesting because post-modern Italian art had been defined by the concept of function over form. But with the Alfa, the opposite was the focus. 

Contemporary Metal Art

From the works of Fabio Pallanti from Maremma.

These contemporary Italian sculptures are the creation of Fabio Pallanti, a talented Italian jewelry designer and Florentine goldsmith who has turned his hand to sculpturing with the metals he knows so well. - See more at: http://www.maremmaguide.com/contemporary-italian-sculptures.html#sthash.KWpChzJL.dpuf

These contemporary Italian sculptures are the creation of Fabio Pallanti, a talented Italian jewelry designer and Florentine goldsmith who has turned his hand to sculpturing with the metals he knows so well.

 

Having spent over 38 years as first an apprentice an then as a goldsmith in Florence, Fabio now lives and works in Maremma, Italy close to the Mediterranean sea that he loves.
From his silver and goldsmith workshop of STILE DI PALLANTI where he designs and makes unique Italian jewelry, he now also creates incredibly tactile sculptures that are completely hand-made in solid sterling silver, copper and brass.
- See more at: http://www.maremmaguide.com/contemporary-italian-sculptures.html#sthash.KWpChzJL.dpuf

Italic Flavor In Sochi

The diving gear used to carry Olympic Torch in Lake Baikal made by DiveSystem:

"Working very close to several Italian and European Military Special Forces, we are used to create very peculiar products. The fact of making directly in the same place (in Italy) all our equipment, allows us to better combine the maximum quality and the maximum flexibility in manufacturing our products. The dry suit we have created for Sochi Olympic Games has not particular technical characteristics. All our products are made to face the extreme conditions that Olympic dry suits have had to face for several years! The main peculiarity of Olympic products we have created (we have also realised two different kind of fins) is the very characteristic Khokhloma printing. We took advantage of the support of several local manufacturers to apply to neoprene the particular printing as well as the Olympic logo. It has been a very hard work but the final effect is spectacular."