the chance to move to Milan to work for the Duke of Milan‚ Ludovico Sforza. Since he was gifted in so many areas‚ he then many jobs‚ he worked as a court painter‚ sculptor‚ architect and engineer of Ludovico’s army. During his time with Ludovico so he painted the famous painting‚ The Last Supper in 1498‚ the picture depicts Christ and his disciples at a dining table. After 17 years in the service of the Duke of Milan‚ he was forced to flee‚ when the French army occupied Milan and Sforza family’s rule
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AP World History Midterm Review History The study of past events and changes in the development‚ transmission‚ and transformation of cultural practices. Earliest Farming Location Fertile crescent Swidden Agriculture a place temporarily cleared for agriculture by cutting back and burning off previous growth Catal Huyuk early urban culture based on sedentary agriculture Mesopotamia "between the rivers"; civilizations that arose between the Tigris-Euphrates river valleys Hyksos a member of an ancient
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Italian architect‚ who introduced Renaissance architecture to Milan and the High Renaissance style to Rome‚ where his plan for St. Peter’s Basilica formed the basis of design executed by Michelangelo. His Tempietto (San Pietro in Montorio) marked the beginning of the High Renaissance in Rome (1502) when Alexander VI appointed him to build a sanctuary that allegedly marked the spot where Peter was crucified. Around 1474‚ Bramante moved to Milan‚ a city with a deep Gothic architectural tradition‚ and built
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himself as the absolute ruler of France‚ “one law” by limiting the power of other governmental figures and “one faith” by uniting the French religion. As an absolutist leader‚ with a centralized government‚ his many actions (including the removal of the Edict of Nantes) made France the supreme European power‚ but internal issues prevailed. Louis XIV’s goal of "one king‚ one law‚ one faith" was successful politically‚ but detrimental to France economically (from his acquired debt) and socially (from his
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built up their military to protect themselves and their kingdom. Next‚ both of the monarchs regulated or controlled the religion. Louis XIV took away the Edict of Nantes. The Edict of Nantes granted the Calvinist Protestants of France substantial rights in a nation still considered essentially Catholic. He revoked it in October‚ 1685 with the Edict of Fontainebleau. Louis did this to make France one centralized religion. Henry VII also changed up religious things. He signed the Act of Supremacy. The
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was simply just another pastime. Like he stated in a letter to the duke of Milan "I can do all kinds of things". He possessed other talents such as inventing‚ engineering‚ and philosophy. Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15‚ 1452‚ near the village of Vinci‚ “The high slopes and were thickly forested: wild pine and laurel‚ turkey oak‚
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beautiful works of art. However‚ there was at least one project that Leonardo never finished. In 1482‚ the Duke of Milan hired Leonardo to make a statue of a horse. The Duke wanted the horse to be 24 feet tall. Creating such a large statue would not be easy. It was to be the largest statue of a horse in the world. Leonardo spent years building a clay model of the statue. He showed the model in Milan‚ Italy‚ but it was not finished. He planned to use this model to create the final bronze statue. Unfortunately
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Ashoka From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia "Asoka" redirects here. For other uses‚ see Ashoka (disambiguation). |Ashoka the Great | |Mauryan Samrat | |[pic] | |A Chakravatin (possibly Ashoka) first century BC/CE. Andhra Pradesh‚ | |Amaravati. Preserved at Musee Guimet
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Encyclopedia was crucial to easily disseminating knowledge. As people could read‚ they began to question. Lending libraries helped people learn‚ and question even more. The Edict of Nance‚ which had been laid out by Prince Henry‚ protected religious freedom. However‚ Louis XIV‚ the king of the day‚ wanted to remove the Edict of Nance. Bayle was a Huguenot. He had a well-publicized feud with Louis XIV. Louis XIV was Catholic but persecuted Huguenots. Using one of the new concepts of the day‚ pure
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cultural imperialism is the argument that a large bulk of media products flow from the West‚ especially the United States‚ and so powerfully shape the cultures of other nations that they amount to a cultural form of domination” (Croteau‚ Hoynes‚ and Milan Location 8298). In this essay I will explain whether or not this concept provides a useful framework to understand global media‚ what the strengths and weaknesses are‚ and will provide example from all aspects of this concept. Cultural Imperialism
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