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Leonardo Da Vinci Mona Lisa
1,651 words... Leonardo Da Vinci was born on April 14, 1452 in the town of Vinci near Florence Italy. He kept the name of his town for his last name. He lived during the fifteenth century, a period when the people of Europe were becoming interested in art. This period of time was known as the Renaissance period. Leonardo Da Vinci was very talented. He was a great artist, but he became famous because he was able to do so many other things. He was an architect, a musician, inventor, sculptor, scientist, and ...
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Michelangelo Buonarroti Sistine Ceiling
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Palazzo Vecchio Ser Piero
1,058 wordsSometime soon after the year 1430, a bronze statue of David stood in the courtyard of the house of the Medici. The work was commissioned of Donatello by Cosimo d'Medici himself, the founding father of the Republic of Florence. It was the first free-standing, life sized nude since classical victorious athletes of Greece and Rome. But soft, and some how oddly unheroic. And the incongruity of the heads: of hair and shaded by a laurel-crowned peasant's hat; Goliath's tragic, contorted expression, ma...
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Duke Of Milan Milan Leonardo
1,190 wordsLeonardo Da Vinci was born in the year 1452 in a town called Vinci. His name -Da vinci- actually means from the town of Vinci. At fifteen Leonardo moved to Florence with his father. His father recognized Leonardo's artistic talents, and showed them to his good friend, Andrea del Verrocchio. Verrocchio was a painter and a sculptor. Verrocchio was so impressed when he saw Leonardo's work that he took Leonardo to be his apprentice at the young age of only about fifteen. In 1472 Leonardo was appoint...
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Journey Through Hell Divine Comedy
1,827 wordsMy interest in the Divine Comedy was sparked in the art room in my Freshman year by a series of old Prints done on the "Inferno." Those prints have inspired me to drawings and prints of my own, and I saw this as an opportunity to get a real look at my inspiration. Dante Alighieri was born in Florence in 1265. Little is known about his early education, but scholars believe that he received formal instruction in grammar, language, and philosophy at one of the Franciscan schools in the city. In 127...
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Holy Roman Emperor Charles Viii
1,772 wordsThe Italian Wars 1494 - 1559: - Introduction: The key issues over which the Italian Wars were fought were primarily financial incentives for Charles VIII of France. He declared that he intended to use Naples as a base to drive the Ottomans out of Europe and liberate Constantinople. In actual truth his main motivation was self-glory and the mouth-watering prospect of acquiring some exquisite prizes of war. On the way he would acquire rich cities and portable pieces of art. It seems that this inva...
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16 Th Century Form Of Government
1,548 wordsMachiavelli, More, and Richelieu all at one point or another occupied a high post in their respective governments: Italy, England, and France; from such a vantage point, or rather in the case of Machiavelli after descending from office, each identified the ills existent in his given state and derived his own remedy for such ills. However, the efforts of Machiavelli and More proved less fruitful in the short run than did Richelieu's; while Richelieu raised the state of France under Louis XIII to ...
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Hibbert Venice 53 Biography Of A City Florence
1,042 words... he mainland. Thus, the Venetians were a people born of trade (Pirenne 82). As history progressed, the city found itself in an entirely unique situation. Thanks to her isolated watery position, the Germanic tribes who over ran the continent were unable to gain possession of, or pillage the city. Venice remained, therefore, under the nominal sovereignty of the Byzantine Emperor. After Constantinople fell, Venice only strengthened her situation. With territorial holdings and economic influence ...
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Nightingale Pledge Nursing Florence
512 wordsThe history of nursing can be compared with that of the history of woman. When talking about women in nursing, one woman in particular seems to stand out. Florence Nightingale began the modern era of nursing by establishing the foundations for it. She is considered to be the founder of nursing. Born on May 12, 1820 in Florence, Italy, she received a classical education from her father. She later went on to study the European hospital system, and in 1850 she began training in nursing at the Insti...
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1,205 wordsWilliam Christopher Handy was born on November 16, 1873, in Florence, Alabama. He grew up in a log cabin that his grandfather had built on what is now called College Street. As a young child, he displayed a keen interest in music and his intuitive ear could catalog the musical notes of songbirds, the whistles from nearby river boats, and even the rhythms of the Tennessee River. However, musical talent, especially the playing of musical instruments, was frowned upon by his family. Despite Handy's...
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Rule Of Law Conventional Wisdom
1,535 wordsMachiavelli Machiavelli's Prince (1513) has long been understood as the prototypical work in modern political theory. Usually this has meant either that Machiavelli helped to bury classical political theory and usher in an amoral modern politics or that he merely documented the radical historical and political changes taking place around him. Thus, some have confused Machiavelli with the historical forces he was recording, while others have taken his claim merely to report la verify effectual de...
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1,126 wordsMedici in the Renaissance During 1300 and 1600 there was a time which people called the Renaissance. At that time the Western world was changed. People no longer wanted to take the teachings of the church. They wanted to study the secrets of the Universe, to study human anatomy. During the Renaissance printing was invented, and writers and thinkers were able to exchange their ideas. The innovations covered all spheres of life. In art new genres appeared. They discovered how to paint in three dim...
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Role Of Women Ted Hughes
1,260 wordsFrom the works that we have studied in class, one can not help but notice the role of women in these works. In Voltaire s Candide, the reader clearly sees that he is trying to evoke sympathy from the reader towards women. Voltaire depicts this image with two main characters, Cunegund and the old woman. Ford Madox Ford s The Good Soldier, represent women in a different light unlike that of Voltaire. Ford depicts women as taking advantage of men for their own benefit. This is clearly seen when Flo...
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Journey Through Hell York Pantheon Books
1,891 wordsDante Dantes Inferno Dantes Inferno Dante Alighieri, one of the greatest poets of the Middle Ages, was born in Florence, Italy on June 5, 1265. He was born to a middle-class Florentine family. At an early age he began to write poetry and became fascinated with lyrics. During his adolescence, Dante fell in love with a beautiful girl named Beatrice Portinari. He saw her only twice but she provided much inspiration for his literary masterpieces. Her death at a young age left him grief-stricken. His...
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1,851 wordsDantes Inferno Dante Alighieri, one of the greatest poets of the Middle Ages, was born in Florence, Italy on June 5, 1265. He was born to middle-class Florentine family. At an early age he began to write poetry and became fascinated with lyrics. During his adolescence, Dante fell income with a beautiful girl named Beatrice Portinari. He saw her only twice but she provided much inspiration for his literary masterpieces. Her death at a young age left him grief-stricken. His first book, La Vita Nuo...
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Palazzo Vecchio Ser Piero
1,067 wordsThe Davids of the World Sometime soon after the year 1430, a bronze statue of David stood in the courtyard of the house of the Medici. The work was commissioned of Donatello by Cosimo d Medici himself, the founding father of the Republic of Florence. It was the first free-standing, life sized nude since classical victorious athletes of Greece and Rome. But soft, and some how oddly unheroic. And the incongruity of the heads: of hair and shaded by a laurel-crowned peasants hat; Goliath's tragic, c...
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Leonardo Da Vinci Metropolitan Museum Of Art
1,060 wordsDuring a time when Michelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci were the prime artists in Europe, a young man by the name of Raffaello Sanzio was starting to attract major attention with his artworks. The Italian high renaissance was marked by paintings expressing human grandeur and very humanistic values. No one better portrayed the Italian high Renaissance then Raphael Sanzio, with his painting? s clarity and ease of composition, Raphael was easily one of the greatest painters of this period. Born in an...
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Ten Of War History Of Florence Machiavelli
980 wordsWhen most people think of the word Machiavelli, they usually think of evil. Nicole Machiavelli is often thought of as a devil. Indeed, shortly after the books publication, he was vilified. Only recently has he started to be thought of as a perceptive analyst, with a unique knowledge of human nature (Curry, 5). Francis Bacon, a noted writer, philosopher, scientist, and mathematician, has been quoted as saying, We are much beholden to Machiavelli and others, that write what men do, and not what th...
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Michelangelo Buonarroti Sistine Ceiling
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Wanted To Show Roman Architecture
1,489 wordsPeople often try to imitate a finished product if it has become popular. When this is done after several years it is considered a revival. Usually the artist or patron has a purpose such as modeling after a powerful culture or religious significance. They may slightly change or mix other styles to make the best of past and present. In Florence Italy there stands a baptistery. It resides west of the Florence Cathedral, which was modeled after the baptistery. The Cathedral began in 1296 by Arnold ...
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