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...It tells the story of how collector Luigi Magnani brought five centuries of world-class paintings to his intimate country villa, beginning with Gentile da Fabriano’s tempera and gold leaf drama of revelation...
...In Gentile Bellini’s painting “Miracle of the Cross at the Bridge of San Lorenzo” (1500), a black man in a loincloth is poised to dive into the canal to recover the True Cross....
...It would explain, for example, why there’s a giraffe in Giovanni and Gentile Bellini’s vast depiction of St Mark preaching in Alexandria....
...Inspired by Stanley Kubrick’s film of William Thackeray’s novel, the Italian perfumer Maria Candida Gentile came up with the fern-like “Barry Lyndon” in 2010 (€150 for 100ml, www.mariacandidagentile.com)...
...Gays, gypsies and the disabled should be included, it was decided; political prisoners and “righteous gentiles” who helped Jews should not....
...It also speaks of Jewish “biological separation”, from their refusal to marry Gentiles, which leads to distinctive facial characteristics....
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