Donatello (Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi) was born in Florence‚ Italy in 1386. His father was Niccolo di Betto Bardi. As a child‚ Donatello was educated at the home of the Martellis‚ a wealthy influential family of bankers and patrons‚ and during this time‚ he received artistic training from a local goldsmith. Later in 1403‚ around the age of 17‚ Donatello apprenticed with Florence metal smith and sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti. A few years later‚ Donatello assisted Ghiberti to create
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February 15‚ 1564‚ in Pisa‚ Italy. Galileo was the first of seven children of Vincenzio Galilei‚ a trader and Giula Ammannati‚ an upper-class woman who married below her class. When Galileo was a young boy‚ his father moved the family moved to Florence. Galileo moved into a nearby monastery with the intentions of becoming a monk‚ but he left the monastery when he was 15 because his father disapproved of his son becoming a monk. In November of 1581‚ Vincenzio Galilei had Galileo enrolled in
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because he was living at a very unstable time. All of his morally ambiguous and before unheard of ideas was because Machiavelli desired stability for Florence‚ the weakest of the Italian city states at the time. The whole first two chapters of the prince are about the distrust and unreliability of mercenaries‚ and that was because at that time Florence was using France’s army‚ something Machiavelli obviously did not find wise. His politics want stability‚ but not the stability where the state stays
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five specific powerful city-states: Milan‚ Venice‚ Florence‚ Naples‚ and Papal States. These city-states contributed to the birth of modern diplomacy. Each of the city-states gained power and representation through ambassadors‚ who would deliver information back to their own region. Italy’s city-states dealt with political instability. As a solution‚ harsh policies derived from Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince were established. For example‚ Florence
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rulers‚ diplomacy‚ war Religious: impact of religion on everything else Intellectual: big ideas‚ philosophy Technological: inventions‚ wars Economic: trade‚ money‚ inflation‚ poverty Renaissance society viewed itself as a rebirth began ~1400‚ Florence ended with french invasion of northern italy in 1494 ends in italy with destruction of rome by troops of charles V in 1527 it spread to europe when the returning troops helped the spread renaissance to the north then to the rest of the world throughout
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National Gallery of Art‚ Washington D.C.) (Figure 1). He was born in Urbino‚ Italy and this is where he studied and worked‚ until moving to Florence‚ Italy in 1504. Florence was “the center of art and creativity at the time” (ARTSnFOOD‚ Atkinson)‚ so this was the perfect place for Raphael to really get his career started. At only 23 years old‚ while living in Florence‚ Raphael painted this dramatic scene from the legend of St. George and the Dragon. The story of St. George and the Dragon was first popular
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ancient ruins of the Romans. They studied the Pantheon‚ which was the biggest dome in the world at the time. They studied the sciences behind what made the dome stand and performed calculations to prove their theories. Filippo eventually returned to Florence with this knowledge and soon after gained commission for the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore. This dome was supposed to be bigger than the Pantheon making it the largest dome to ever stand. Before construction many challenges faced Filippo. How
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aggression. Standing in a relaxed state and‚ he’s naked but Michel depicted David as a hero. These similarities and differences in the sculptures represent the artists themselves‚ the Florentine people‚ as well as the governing body of Florence. The poses‚ stances‚ and features of each piece shows different aspects and characteristics of what the society of the time embodied. Donatello sculpture was commissioned during a time where change was unacceptable‚ and certain guide lines had to
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reading‚ but his artistic talent showed at a very early age. Around the age of fifteen‚ Leonardo began to work with the highly celebrated artist Andrea del Verrocchio of Florence. Da Vinci refined his painting and sculpting techniques while learning a variety of skills in mechanical arts. At the age of twenty‚ the painters’ guild of Florence offered Leonardo membership‚ but da Vinci
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Early Modern Period: Uniform and powerful Church (the Catholic Church) -> rise of heretics (those who believed something other than what the Church believed)‚ and religious fragmentation Feudal society -> states Feudalism= a defficult concept Feodum -> fief Lords have sovereignty over an area Kings still fight to achieve control over land and countries Social upheaval The Early Modern World (500-1300) 1) Crisis of the Western Church also known as the Great Schism 2) Hundred
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