Crusade—1066 – Black Death—1347-52 – Joan of Arc executed by English—1431 McGraw-Hill © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc. All rig An Appreciation Time-Line Renaissance (1450-1600) – Guttenberg Bible—1456 – Columbus reaches America—1492 – Leonardo da Vinci: Mona Lisa—c. 1503 – Michelangelo: David—1504 – Raphael: School of Athens—1505 – Martin Luther’s 95 Theses—1517 – Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet—1596 McGraw-Hill © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc. All rig An Appreciation The Middle Ages
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Michelangelo. Answer: b 5. Who were two important figures in Raphael’s School of Athens? a. David and Goliath b. Venus and Adonis c. Plato and Aristotle d. Alexander the Great and Socrates Answer: c 6. Which is NOT true of Leonardo da Vinci? a. He made anatomical drawings. b. He was an uomo universal. c. He wrote backwards. d. He made more paintings than drawings. e. He made more paintings than sculptures. Answer: d 7. According to a popular anecdote of the time‚ what effect
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for explorations to find a sea route to Asia so they could get spices cheaper. Portugal was the first country that sent explorers to search for the sea route to Asia. After Bartholomew Dias and his crew made it to Africa’s Cape of Good Hope‚ Vasco da Gama and his crew became the first to sail around Africa and through the Indian Ocean to India in 1497. Spain‚ however‚ would soon take over the lead in exploration. When Portugal refused to finance Christopher Columbus’ idea to sail west to find
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Leonard Da Vinci is one of the greatest known artists in the Italian renaissance era. He was the father of the high renaissance. He has such great master pieces such as Mona Lisa‚ Madonna of the rocks‚ and The Last Supper. One of Leonardo’s greatest contributions to painting was his introduction of the idea of sfumato‚ which essentially means smoky‚ and is a way of producing atmospheric perspective in paintings. 1482 he moved to Milan‚ and began taking commissions from wealthy patrons. Leonardo Da Vinci
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My Favorite Character Ezio Auditore da Firenze was a Florentine nobleman during the Renaissance well at least that what many thought he was but in reality he was a skilled assassin and Mentor of the Italian Brotherhood of Assassins. This is probably one of my most favorite characters of all time not only because he was an assassin‚ which is cool‚ and all but it’s mostly the kind of honor and character that he had. Ill talk about his story first so you can have some understanding as to how he became
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The three sculptures chosen is The Rome Pietà and Crouching Boy by Michelangelo and Monument of Don Pedro of Toledo by Giovanni Nola. The sculptures are from the Renaissance era in Italy and all were sculpted in marble within 50 years of each other. Each has at least one main figure although the Monument of Don Pedro does not use a human figure as the focus of the sculpture. There as some unique similarities in the context of each of these works‚ since they could all be viewed as symbols of
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A Renaissance Tale of Human Hubris On the Interrelationship of Setting‚ Theme and Characters in Nathaniel Hawthorne ’s "Rappaccini ’s Daughter" Contents Introduction.......................................................................................................................... 1 Argumentation...................................................................................................................... 2 1. The Fantastic Elements of the Setting................
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received considerable public acclaim in his day. He studied violin and harpsichord with his brother Francesco‚ who was a student of Giuseppe Tartini. After the death of his parents‚ he moved to Padua‚ then to Venice‚ where he studied thoroughbass with Giovanni Pescetti. In 1766 Salieri met Florian Leopold Gassmann‚ who invited him to attend the court of Vienna and there trained him in composition based on Fux’s Gradus ad Parnassus. He remained in Vienna for the remainder of his life‚ and in 1774‚ when
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Medici family supported the arts and gave patronage to many artists that have created art that is still enjoyed today. The most famous artists that the Medici family gave patronage to were Brunelleschi‚ Michelangelo‚ Raphael‚ Donatello‚ and Leonardo da Vinci. It was stated by Lawrence Cunningham in the book Culture & Values: A survey of the Western Humanities that Michelangelo worked on the Medici Chapel in the Florentine Church of San Lorenzo under patronage from the Medici family (Cunningham et
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Welcome to Italy Culture and culture of the Italian Peninsula… . A Project by: Miodrag Jankovic Intercultural Communication EPHEC A Project by: Miodrag Jankovic Intercultural Communication EPHEC Summary Italian ID Card 3 The History 4 Geography 5 Environment - current issues 6 Environment - international agreements 6 Natural hazards 6 Italian Society & Culture 7 The Italian Language 7 Italian Family Values 7
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