The Prince MAJOR THEME Machiavelli had a true and abiding love for Florence. He wanted to make Florence great and also find himself a job‚ as he lost his when the Medici family came into power. He dedicated his book on political science‚ The Prince‚ to Lorenzo Medici in the hopes that Lorenzo would be impressed and offer him a job. However‚ Lorenzo ignored the book and Machiavelli. The Prince is a didactic examination of political power‚ how to achieve it‚ maintain it‚ and expand
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A critical assessment of Machiavelli ’s claim that ’people should be either caressed or crushed ’. by Glen Thomson (11161340) for the course: Political Theory (200.215) Niccoló Machiavelli lived in violent times. He was an acute observer of the political realm and he read and studied the works of the great philosophers. Using these experiences he wrote a book called ’The Prince ’‚ in part to exhibit his ingenuity and knowledge‚ in part to try and secure employment of a political nature. In The
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of hair being blown by the Zephyrs‚ the roses floating behind her‚ the waves gently breaking‚ and the cloaks and drapery of the figures blown and lifted by the breeze. Botticelli ’s Venus was the first large-scale canvas created in Renaissance Florence. He prepared his own tempera pigments. He covered them with a layer of pure egg white‚ in a process unusual for his time. His painting resembles a fresco in its freshness and brightness. Birth of Venus is dependent on the slenderness of Botticelli
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Michelangelo’s David "David" is the great sculptor of the Italian Renaissance painter Michelangelo ’s masterpiece‚ created in 1501-1504‚ academy of fine arts collection in Florence now. The statue is considered to be the western art history one of the male human statues to boast about. As 2.5 meters high‚ even the base is 5.5 meters high‚ with the whole piece of marble. Michelangelo live from 03/1475 to 02/1564‚ he was an Italian sculptor‚ painter‚ architect‚ poet and engineer of the High Renaissance
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This poem represents yet another of Browning’s dramatic monologues spoken in the voice of an historical Renaissance painter. Andrea del Sarto‚ like Fra Lippo Lippi‚ lived and worked in Florence‚ albeit a little later than Lippo‚ and was later appointed court painter by Francis‚ the King of France. Under the nagging influence of his wife Lucrezia‚ to whom he speaks in this poem‚ he left the French court for Italy but promised to return; he took with him some money that Francis had given him to purchase
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chronologically by composer with some pages left blank for the later addition of works. Each composer’s entry is accompanied by a full-color portrait of the composer‚ illuminated in gold accents (Harman). The manuscript was almost certainly compiled in Florence at the monastery of Santa Maria degli Angeli‚ probably around 1410–1415. The manuscript was owned by renowned organist Antonio Squarcialupi in the middle of the 15th century‚ then by his nephew‚ and then passed into the estate of Giuliano di Lorenzo
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Galileo was born in Pisa‚ Italy on February 15th‚ 1564. He soon moved to Florence with his family where he began his education in a monastery in Vallombrosa. He enrolled in the University of Pisa seven years later to study medicine. However‚ Galileo soon became interested in mathematics and the physical sciences. This interest brought an end to his medical studies. He spent three years searching for a teaching position in Florence. At this time‚ Galileo wrote two treatises which made his name well known
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Donatello’s equestrian statue of Erasmo better known as the Gattamelata was built in 1453‚ during the middle of the Italian Renaissance. This statue stands 11 feet tall and was the first example of such a monument since ancient times. There were other statues of such scale in the 14th century but none that had been created in bronze and all were placed over tombs rather than erected to be a standalone piece. Donatello portrays Gattamelata sitting atop his horse staring off in the distance‚ his face
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Most Spiritual Father‚ 27‚ March 1348 I have found it being of the utmost importance to inform you of all the ghastly things that are going on here in Florence‚ Italy. I have already buried my five children and wife‚ though I am sure that the hounds have unearthed them and devoured their putrid bodies. As we have just recently escaped a famine that had killed a huge crowd of the population here. Neighbors
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Salvatore Ferragamo Founded by Salvatore Ferragamo‚ Ferragamo is a world leader among fashion brands for its quality and craftsmanship. The brand is also one of the pioneers to become publically recognized as fashion “made in Italy” during the1920s. Today‚ the brand name of Salvatore Ferragamo is associated with the words glamour and luxury. But it is important to remember that the man who founded this global luxury empire was also just a shoemaker. Self-dubbed “Shoemaker of Dreams” in his autobiography
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