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December 31, 2015
Time to renew!

December 15, 2015
500 BCE (year): the beginning of the end of the Etruscan civilization.

November 24, 2015
500 (at least): The number of characters included in Futurist Filippo Tommasi Marinetti ’s parole in libertà, or “words in freedom,” composition entitled After the Marne, Joffre Visited the Front by Car , originally published in 1915.

November 10, 2015
504 (CE): Date of dedication of the palace church of Ostrogoth King Theodoric the Great in Ravenna, Italy.

October 30, 2015
Cinquecento (Salone dei): The main meeting hall of the Grand Council of Florence, so named because, at the time of construction (1494), the council boasted 500 members.

October 13, 2015
500 (Cinquecento) (automobile name): produced by Fiat, the Cinquecento is one of its most iconic cars.

October 9, 2015
IAS at SCSC, Vancouver 2015 The Italian Art Society will sponsor one session and host a reception at the 2015 Sixteenth Century Society Conference to be held 22-25 October in Vancouver.

October 1, 2015
The number of followers IASblog needs to make 7,000!

September 29, 2015
500 (years): how long the Italians have been front-runners in the field of furniture design.

September 15, 2015
500 (at least): the number of surviving drawings by Italian Modernist Amedeo Modigliani .