Biography Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15‚ 1452‚ near the village of Vinci about 25 miles west of Florence. He is the best example of a Renaissance Man – someone who was very good at many things He is considered one of the greatest painters of all time and the most diversely talented person ever to have lived. Everyone agrees that Leonardo da Vinci was one of the greatest of all painters. But Leonardo would be famous if he had never painted a stroke. For he was also a great inventor
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feared than loved. This is the second quality that Machiavelli gives advise that will make a good ruler. Every prince would want to be considered merciful‚ though he should be careful not to mismanage this clemency of his. Machiavelli point out how Cesare Borgia was cruel‚ yet he was able to provide peace and order to the Romagna. Therefore‚ no prince should mind being called cruel for what he does to keep his subjects united and loyal. Machiavelli believes that a prince should make examples of punishing
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Posters of all time. Around the year 1500‚ Leonardo decided to leave Milan and head back to Florence where his good reputation had him readily received by the city. By 1502 Leonardo had entered the service of Pope Alexander the IV’s much feared son Cesare Borgia as a senior military architect and general engineer. Leonardo returned to Florence once more in 1503 at which time he was commissioned to paint a mural in the council hall in Florence’s Palazzo Vecchio.
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Review of William Manchester’s A World Lit Only by Fire William Manchester’s A World Lit Only by Fire: the Medieval Mind and the Renaissance is a historical‚ nonfiction book that I found to be both only intriguing and enticing‚ despite its beginning and ending parts. The beginning chapter of Manchester’s book‚ "The Medieval Mind‚" was quite slow and overly informative‚ although a bright spot was illuminated with the discussion of peasant life and customs in the Dark Ages. The ending section‚ "One
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half page response detailing the theme and how the terms are connected. Include the vocabulary words and any other information necessary to complete a concise‚ but thorough‚ explanation of the theme. 1. The Prince --- Henry VII of England --- Cesare Borgia 2. Renaissance --- Secularism --- Materialism 3. Desiderius Erasmus --- Thomas More --- Jan van Eyck 4. Ulrich Zwingli --- John Knox --- The Institutes of Christian Religion 5. Archbishop Cranmer --- Henry VIII --- Elizabethan Settlement 6. Pope
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other qualities mentioned above‚ I say that every prince must desire to be considered merciful and not cruel; nevertheless‚ he must take care not to misuse this mercy. Cesare Borgia was considered cruel; nonetheless‚ his cruelty had brought order to Romagna‚ united it‚ restored it to peace and obedience.” (Page 41). Cesare Borgia lived from 1476-1507. He was known for his brutality and lack of scruples‚ not to mention his exceptionally good luck. He was firm ruler‚ son of Pope Alexander VI. To support
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When one considers painters they may think nothing more than painters and that inventors are simply inventors. How can one person have an inventing and painting mind in one? The answer is Leonardo Da Vinci. I chose Leonardo Da Vinci because of the interesting life that he lived‚ his exceptional paintings‚ and for his ingenious inventions. Da Vinci lived in an age where no one studied the world around him in order to understand what a scientist proved. They merely took it as truth even though
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and in turn to the water-located city of Venice‚ where his knowledge of the army engineering was taken advantage of and worked as an army engineer for a year until he went to Florence. Two years after his arrival in Florence united himself with Cesare Borgia‚ and went on his campaign‚ but then returned to Florence after Borgia’s defeat. He then stayed in Florence in 1508‚ where he painted his‚ probably the most famous painting‚ the Mona Lisa. Leonardo was revoked then back to Milan the city now French
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My Favorite Character Ezio Auditore da Firenze was a Florentine nobleman during the Renaissance well at least that what many thought he was but in reality he was a skilled assassin and Mentor of the Italian Brotherhood of Assassins. This is probably one of my most favorite characters of all time not only because he was an assassin‚ which is cool‚ and all but it’s mostly the kind of honor and character that he had. Ill talk about his story first so you can have some understanding as to how he became
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1. When Machiavelli discusses that there are two kinds of combat‚ one with laws and one with force‚ what he is really talking about is that for a prince to be successful he must learn how to manage both. Machiavelli uses the lion and the fox example in order to make a metaphor out of the entire situation. A fox is cunning and smart and is therefore immune to traps. However‚ a fox cannot defend itself against a larger and more powerful animal such as a wolf — that’s where the lion comes in. A lion
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