began in 1294 on the site of a Christian church founded in the 6th or 7th century and continued until 1436. Several celebrated Italian architects were involved in the project‚ including Giotto‚ Arnolfo di Cambio‚ Andrea Orcagna‚ and‚ most notably‚ Filippo Brunelleschi‚ who was responsible for designing and building the dome. The cathedral ’s exterior is ornamented with sculpture and mosaics by Italian artists Donatello‚ Nanni di Banco‚ and Domenico Ghirlandaio‚ among others. The building ’s stained-glass
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inheritances more quickly.” People at the time didn’t know the Black Death was being spread by the fleas on the rats‚ so they believed in false cures and false causes. For example‚ some people thought God was punishing them for being sinful. Giovanni Filippo‚ a Sicilian physician‚ thought pest houses were needed to quarantine the infected‚ people who violate health regulations should be executed in order to frighten others‚ and that bonfires were needed to eliminate the infected. In his The Reform of
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Bibliography: Millon Henry A.‚ Lampugnami‚ Vittorio Magnago‚ The Renaissance from Brunelleschi to Michelangelo‚ Milan: RCS Libri & Grandi Opere S.p.A‚ 1994 "Filippo Brunelleschi."Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia‚ 6th Edition‚ 2011 Hartoonian‚ Gevork‚ “The limelight of the House-Machine”‚ Journal of Architecture 6.1‚ 2001 Borsi‚ Franco‚ Leon Battista Alberti‚ N.Y.‚ Harper & Row‚ 1977 Eck‚ Caroline Van‚"Enduring
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Leonardo’s ’Annunciation’ For the young Florentine painter‚ Leonardo de Vinci was quite emphatic with portraying things as they were seen. This naturalism was quite apparent in many of his early works and carried out throughout his entire ensemble of pieces that are attributed to his name. Leonardo was fascinated with nature. Many of his earliest sketches are of plants‚ flowers‚ and botanicals which are represented with great detail and labor‚ striving to give them the beauty that he experienced
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Sure the sight of a black bubble in a person’s skin could scare someone at least a little‚ or the terrible aches and pains brought about by a disease which no one in the region had heard about or had the slightest idea of a cure for could be a bit frightening. Just as it was during the 14th thru 16th centuries in Western Europe and just as it is today‚ death was and still is a big thing to fear. Thus‚ this epidemic that killed one third of Western Europe’s population got to be known as the Black
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The word renaissance means rebirth. This is a French word used to renew the aspects of the classical world of that time period with the application of Greco- Roman learning that had an effect on everything from culture‚ politics‚ science‚ and philosophy. It was first used by historians Jules Michelet and Jacob Burkhardt‚ who translated the term from the Italian Rinascita or Rinascimento. It was concluded that the Greco-Roman era was one of the heights of human achievement because it called for the
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In this essay I will be explaining the characteristics of cholera‚ what kind of disease it is and how it affects the body‚ how it spreads‚ the symptoms and how they are caused‚ treatment and prevention. Cholera is a communicable‚ bacterial disease caused by a bacterium called Vibrio Cholerae‚ of which there are 16 strains. [1] It is a highly contagious disease which is easily spread from human to human. It is common in third world countries where sanitation is poor and natural disasters are frequent
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Papa (not angry at all) and Barbara’s Father sitting in the kitchen they are discussing business. He got dressed and went outside and Skull and the others were playing a game of soccer‚ Michele eventually went off for a ride‚ he wanted to go and see Filippo. He went to give him food and water. There is talk of a character named Sergio at the table and they also talk of the boy in the hole (Fillipo). CHAPTER 4: Michele got up early‚ packed his bag with food and water‚ going to see Fillipo. He finds
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were made during the medieval and Renaissance era with bronze by Andrea Pisano and Lorenzo Ghiberti. Florence is also known for its beautiful cathedral‚ Santa Maria del Fiore. The church has a gifted Renaissance architect designed dome‚ created by Filippo Brunelleschi. The inside of the cathedral is designed with multiple famous frescoes such as Giovanni Acuto by Paolo Uccello‚ Niccolo da Tolentino‚ and Campanile di Giotto by Giotto. Unlike Florence‚ Dublin’s buildings in the area of the Fitzwilliam
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“The unexpected is essential to the craft of storytelling”. Compare how the authors of the comparative texts you have studied used the unexpected in their texts. You may confine your answer to key moments in the texts. The two comparative texts I have studied in which I will examine their main unexpected key moments and their effects on the reader are ’Wuthering Heights’ by Emily Brontë and ’I’m Not Scared’ by Gabriele Salvatores. In my answer I will discuss four unexpected moments of each text
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