Italian classic

Timeless Mediterranean creation

An Italian classic is a cultural work—typically a film, novel, or piece of music—originating from Italy and recognized as exemplary of its form: We watched some Italian classics from the neorealist period.

The phrase also refers to traditional Italian dishes considered definitive: Carbonara is an Italian classic.

MichelangeloFlorentine sculptor and painter
marble sculptureFigure carved from metamorphic rock
The Divine ComedyTripartite afterlife epic
opera houseVenue for staged singing
Leonardo da VinciItalian artist-scientist-engineer

Giuseppe Verdi · Dante Alighieri · Giacomo Puccini · Petrarch · Raphael · Sistine Chapel · Renaissance art · Tuscan hills · Boccaccio · Bernini · Antonio Vivaldi · Botticelli · Colosseum · Roman aqueducts · Enrico Caruso · La Dolce Vita · Roman Holiday · Chianti wine

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national origin

Italian classicAmerican classic

Enduring cultural work from US

French classic · Russian classic · German classic

cultural prestige

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Italian-made frontier film

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Familiarity: Top 200,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G