now knowledgeable and educated about current events‚ literature‚ science etc. It changed the way they viewed life because of the knowledge they gain from different countries and are not as isolated from the rest of the world. 2) An architect named Filippo Brunelleschi was credited for discovering linear perspective which is a graphic system that showed artists how to create
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Cosimo de Medici was a Renaissance banker in his family business (Cosimo de’ Medici). He was known as the greatest patron of his time who was motivated through ambition because of his family (Cosimo de’ Medici). A patron is a person who gives financial support or any other support for an organization‚ cause‚ activity‚ or a person. Medici increased his father’s trading and banking business and became one of the wealthiest man of his time (Cosimo de’ Medici). In 1434 he was recalled from exile
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1445 and showed a talent for painting at a very early age. Botticelli was first apprenticed under a goldsmith named Sandro‚ from whom it is believed he derived his nickname. At the age of sixteen‚ he served an apprenticeship with the painter Fra Filippo Lippi (Durant‚ 1953). From Lippi he learned to create the effect of transparency‚ to draw outlines‚ and to give his pictures fluidity and harmony. He also worked with painter and engraver Antonio del Pollaiuolo‚ from whom he gained his sense of line
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learned metallurgy‚ fabrication of metals and various materials‚ and other skills of the trade. In around 1400‚ he began apprenticing with the metalsmith and sculptor‚ Lorenzo Ghiberti. In 1402‚ Lorenzo Ghiberti won a competition‚ beating out Filippo Brunelleschi‚ to design gates for the North Baptistery. Donatello was too young to compete‚ but he assisted Ghiberti in creating and designing the cathedral gates. Through this competition‚ Donatello became acquainted with Brunelleschi and when Brunelleschi
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For almost two years‚ we have been in search of what we believed were time capsules‚ hidden away between the years of 1400‚ when the Renaissance period started‚ and 1750 which marks the end of the Baroque period. We are pleased to announce that our nearly twenty-four year search has ended in the discovery of two such capsules. Each of these capsules contains information‚ vital to the understanding of past cultures and their origins‚ and necessary to the development of culture today. In what
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DBQ-Black Plague During mid-fourteen century‚ a terrible plague hit Europe and wiped out a third of the population‚ 25‚000‚000 people of Western Europe. This plague was named the Black Plague since when people got the disease they got bumps that oozed black liquid and different body parts would turn black. The plague was spread by infected fleas on rats that bit humans. Since the Europeans lacked medical knowledge‚ the Plague caused hysteria and hopelessness to spread across Europe. Therefore the
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act of heresy (Henderson). The Church saw his discoveries as a direct attack against Holy Scripture and their authority‚ so many Catholic supporters arose and delivered sermons which took action against Galileo and his beliefs‚ such as Dominican Tommaso Caccini‚ who preached against Galileo in Florence (December 20‚ 1614). In this sermon‚ he directly spoke out against Galileo‚ while quoting Joshua 1:11 “Viri Galilaei‚ quid statis adspicientes in caelum?” (Men of Galilee‚ why stand gazing up at the
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Fiserv Case Marketing stretegy MBA 2012-2013 - - - - - Valentino De Girolamo Eleonora Stentella Matteo Turchetti Vincenzo Di Lecce Filippo Antonio Pisano Introduction Goals to reach • Make a good market segmentation to define how to invest and to which customers • Understand consumers perceptions and modify their approach to e-billing • Implement an effective communication strategy without increasing the budget and maximizing the results. Customers definition • Direct customers
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Artists and painters reflected the true essence of the renaissance through realist paintings. The sculptures during the Renaissance had classical Greco-Roman influence. Artists such as Filippo Brunelleschi and sculptor Donatello‚ and all humanists’ artists were intrigued by the human anatomy. They applied math to their works in order to represent reality by creating an illusion of the third dimension. The math and visual theory was taken
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“Nazi foreign policy was the primary factor in leading to the outbreak of World War Two” To what extent do you agree with this statement? The Second World War is the conflict between 1939 and 1945 which saw the confrontation between the Axis powers and the other allied countries. Is defined as ’world’ because it was attended by nations of all continents and military operations interested most of the planet. The War broke out the first of September 1939 with the invasion of Poland by Germany
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