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    Taylor Webb 6/18/13 Document Analysis Alessandra Macinghi Strozzi Letter 5 Alessandra Strozzi wrote many letters to her children which can convey to us the importance of family in Florence during the Renaissance. Alessandra’s husband Matteo died‚ and so these letters are written from the perspective of a widow‚ not a married woman. In Women of the Renaissance by Margaret L. King‚ it states that widows of the Renaissance could dispose of the family wealth themselves and were also able to carry on

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    As this can have many benefits to your business‚ it’s worthwhile considering how to implement a corporate governance structure best suited to your business. A collapse involves a major insolvency or bankruptcy of a failure. Such as Medici Bank ‚ Owned by the Medici family‚ it ran up large debts due to the family’s profligate spending‚ extravagant lifestyle‚ and failure to control the managers‚ their bank went insolvent. A good Corporate Governance can creating and delegating authority so that employees

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    World culture quiz  Question 1 2 out of 2 points | | | Why did the arts develop in Mesopotamia?Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: |    As celebrations of the priest-kings’ power | Correct Answer: |    As celebrations of the priest-kings’ power | | | | |  Question 2 2 out of 2 points | | | What did lost-wax casting enable the Mesopotamian sculptors to create?Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: |    Larger and more lightweight bronze pieces | Correct Answer: |    Larger

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    Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni 1475-1564 Copyright 1991‚ revised 2007‚ for Mesa County Valley School District #51‚ Grand Junction‚ CO. This article was written for the express use of the Art Heritage Program. No part may be copied in part or in whole without permission. Certain materials are included under the fair use exemption of the U.S. Copyright Law and have been prepared according to the multimedia fair use guidelines and are restricted from further use. The information contained

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    Boboli Gardens As I step into the famous Boboli Gardens‚ an aura of grandness and mother nature surrounds me. The beautiful designing and maneuvering of nature and greens into gorgeous artworks and masterpieces fills my wandering eyes. I have never seen such creativity injected into nature as such. I feel closer connected to nature than ever. However‚ the most eye-catching and interesting area was the Amphitheatre. I personally love spacious and expansive areas with many features of nature filled

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    a money economy. There was a need for people to change money and convert one type of currency to another. Thus‚ many merchants‚ crafts people‚ and bankers became important in society. Another example is Medici’s bank. In the 15th century Cosimo de Medici opened a bank‚ and began to open up branches in major cities in Europe. Therefore‚ it shows the economy during the renaissance changed in an uprising way. My last factor of change during the renaissance is the social change. In the middle age‚ they

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    the company‚ as well as an important voice; she managed the troupe’s activities and negotiated with potential patrons. Isabella performed her tour de force‚ Pazzia d’Isabella (Isabella’s Madness)‚ in Florence at the royal wedding of Ferdinand de’ Medici and Christine of Lorraine. In Pazzia‚ Isabella was required to feign madness‚ imitate all the other actors in her troupe‚ and speak several languages. She apparently performed this piece so spectacularly that one spectator‚ Giuseppe Pavoni‚ declared

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    Mannerist period‚ and of Bronzino’s master Pontormo. The painting may have been commissioned by the Duke of Florence‚ Cosimo de’ Medici or by Francesco Salviati‚ to be presented by him as a gift to Francis I of France. Vasari wrote that it was sent to King Francis‚ though he does not specify by whom. The erotic imagery would have appealed to the tastes prevalent in both the Medici and French courts at this time. The attention to texture and wealth is also consistent with Bronzino’s aristocratic patronage

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    were dozens of hand-copied books‚ one manuscript‚ for example‚ was one thousand years old. Her father got to have those books and manuscripts because he worked for the Florentine historian and scholar: Poggio Bracciolini who also worked for Cosimo de Medici. Cosimo wanted his people to know the ancient Greek and Roman writers and documents that were destroyed with the great library in Alexandria (Egypt. Many of these were hidden from the Christian church fathers‚ who thought them heretical. Ernesto

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    This strange and erotic painting‚ was painted by‚ Angolo Bronzino somewhere in the mid 1540’s. Its obscure images‚ exaggerated poses‚ and graceful forms are characteristic of the mannerist period. It is said to have been commissioned by Cosimo de Medici the Grand Duke of Tuscany‚ which was then given as a gift to King Francis‚ who was known for his “lusty appetites”. This is a very dynamic and somewhat claustrophobic painting of an immoral‚ and incestuous act between Cupid and his mother Venus.

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