Christina Zevola May 5‚ 2009 Professor Strmiska World History- 1-2pm The Role of Art Throughout time each culture in the world has faced its own struggles and reached new heights. Many of these downfalls and achievements have been visible through economics‚ politics‚ society‚ and many more. Despite these‚ one way in which history will always be expressed is through art‚ both reserved and artifacts. Through historical paintings‚ sculptures‚ and architecture‚ many religious beliefs‚ societal
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increased the volume of goods that could be transported; improvements in the mechanics of sailing accelerated speed 4. Italian renaissance appeared in Florence 5. The economic foundations of Florence was so strong that even severe crisis could not destroy the city 6. Driving enterprise‚ technical know-how‚ and competitive spirit saw Florence through the difficult economic period of the late 14th century B. Communes and Republics 1. The Northern Italian cities were communes‚ sworn
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Psychological Portraits Browning’s poems are a psychological study of characters. Browning is a poet who loves to study human psychology and soul. Browning’s characters are usually crafty‚ intelligent‚ argumentative‚ mentally unstable and capable of lying. In his poem‚ “Porphyria’s Lover” ‚ “Fra Lippo Lippi.” ‚ “Andrea del Sarto‚” And “ A Gramerrian’s Furnel”‚ he successfully reflects psychological effects of characters. He introduces different types of characters to the reader and all
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Chapter 16 Test Bank Multiple Choice 1. The Renaissance was born in which of the following cities? a. Athens b. Rome c. Florence d. Pisa Answer: c 2. Cultural and political leadership for the early Renaissance was under the auspices of which of the following families? a. the Lombards b. the Medici c. the Visconti d. the Castiglione Answer: b 3. Which of the following events caused a climate of intellectual skepticism in middle-class men and women of the era? a. the Black
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Maestà” was probably painted between 1305 -1310 for the Church of Ognissanti. The “Virgin with child Enthroned” was created around 1200- 1025. Both of them belong to the Uffizi Gallery‚ Florence. The Ognissanti Madonna is much bigger/3.25 x 2m/ and it was painted for the altar of the church of Ognissanti in Florence. Both pieces of art are painted with tempera on wood. During that time it was considered disrespectful to represent Jesus exactly like a baby so on both pictures the authors tried to paint
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desire was not simply to assemble buildings. Their designs were a way to produce meaning (Renaissance Architecture in Valencia‚ spain‚ 2008). Outline of historical development and evolution of style. Renaissance architecture began to develop in Florence in the early fifteenth century and continued to develop well into the late eighteenth century‚ a period unmatched in its length by any other major architectural form. The new form of
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Catherine De’ Medici was born on April 13th‚ 1519 in Florence‚ Italy. She was the daughter of Lorenzo de’ Medici II and Madeleine de la Tour d’Auvergne but was orphaned in less than a month from both parents dying from syphilis. She was served as Duchess of Urbino‚ Queen of France‚ Regent of France (for all three sons)‚ and was a huge source in the Medici family. Catherine de’ Medici was the most famous and influential woman of the Medici family. After her parents death‚ Pope Leo X and future Pope
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formed in Italy. There started to be more Italian cities than there were people in them. Trade monopolies were formed to ensure profitability of trade and manufacturing‚ but only those with sufficient capital could engage in either. For example‚ in Florence 10% of the families controlled 90% of the
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Perspective itself is method depicting three-dimensional items and/or on a two dimensional plane or a lane that is hallowed than the original work. Traditionally‚ perspective is known to be created from a mathematical sequence representing space and volume. The mathematical method that best showed some of the basic principles was previously known to the greeks and romans before the Renaissance time but had been lost. Whats more is the characteristics of perspective that have been seen in Chinese
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Florence Wald – Nurse Leader For: By: Florence Wald‚ RN‚ MN‚ MS‚ FAAN‚ Dean Emerita of Yale University School of Nursing and visionary leader of the American Hospice Movement. She was born Florence Sophie Schorske In New York city on April 19‚ 1917 to Theodore Alexander Schorske and Gertrude Goldschmidt Schorske. She was the younger of two children and having pneumonia as a child‚ credits the superb comfort and care from
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