Venus and Cupid by Lorenzo Lotto is definitely one of the most unusual paintings when viewed through 21st century eyes. The painting depicts Venus lying on her left side‚ naked‚ and Cupid standing about a foot behind her. Inspired by ancient marriage poems‚ known as “epithalamia‚” the painting was apparently painted to celebrate a wedding and Venus’s body type and facial features were taken from that of the bride to be’s. The painter included a few items in the picture that relate to Venus and to
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On July 29th of 1883‚ the Italian dictator‚ Benito Mussolini‚ was born. He was born in Dovia di Predappio‚ a small town in Italy to parents Alessandro and Rosa Mussolini; he was the eldest of the three siblings. Benito’s father was a blacksmith and socialist while his mother was a Catholic school teacher. Benito’s father had a great influence on his son’s ideologies. Benito and his father spent a lot of time together during his youth while he helped in blacksmithing and during this time is when he
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future of their states. Feelings of nationalism arose while Napoleon I was in rule and then later‚ developed into large movements. Even more importantly‚ thinkers and writers who tried to create interests in the Italian traditions‚ ended up bringing up the Risorgimento‚ which in Italian means - " the resurgence". Risorgimento was a nationalistic movement aimed to liberation and unification. Patriots of the Risorgimento worked together in their aims of liberation and unification‚ however‚ they disagreed
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Anti-Italianism & Portrayals of Italian-Americans December 9‚ 2009 | An Essay By Sam MetsFan In 1907‚ Italian Immigration into the United States peaked at just under 286‚000 men‚ women and children. By 1940‚ there were millions of native-born Italian-Americans living in the US. But well before the numbers grew to be this large‚ when far less Italians were settled in North America‚ strong anti-Italian prejudice existed. In 1891‚ a fiction book targeting the growing Mafia of Louisiana appeared
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Count Camillo Benso Di Cavour Count Camillo Benso has done so many remarkable things in his lifetime. His life started when he joined the Turin Military Academy when he was 10 years old. Joining the Army when he was 17 showed me that he wanted to fight his way through the world. Even though he resigned from the army 4 years later because of boredom‚ he also left because he didn’t like the way the government was leading them into battle. Benso travelled around the world where he saw the places
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18 February 1564)‚ commonly known as Michelangelo‚ was an Italian sculptor‚ painter‚ architect‚ poet‚ and engineer of the High Renaissance who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art. Despite making few forays beyond the arts‚ his versatility in the disciplines he took up was of such a high order that he is often considered a contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man‚ along with his fellow Italian Leonardo da Vinci. Michelangelo was considered the greatest
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population. Through the use of legislations‚ speeches‚ and media the italian fascists attempted to eliminate the liberal evolution of women and create a class of women that were subordinate to men and eager to produce a new generation of fascist youth. Even though there was support for this new population policy‚ there was resistance from some women along with statistics and economic realities making their population policy a failure. The italian fascists
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came to power he was determined to show the strength of his regime by occupying the country. In October 1935 Mussolini sent General Pietro Badoglio and the Italian Army into Ethiopia with over 400‚000 Italian. The poorly armed and prepared Ethiopians were no match for Italy’s modern technology in the form of tanks and aeroplanes. The Italians even went to the extreme of using mustard gas on the home forces and as a result‚ were able to capture Addis Ababa‚ the capital of the country. In May 1936
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nutrient-dense. Foods that are simple and basic: meat and poultry‚ eggs‚ whole grains‚ fish‚ beans and legumes‚ vegetables‚ fruit‚ nuts and seeds‚ dairy‚ fats. HISTORY OF MAURITIUS CUISINE The cuisine of Mauritius is a blend of Creole‚ Chinese‚ European and Indian influences. It is common for a combination of cuisines to form part of the same meal. Mauritius has had strong ties with French culture throughout its history and was left with a very French "savoir vivre". Even today‚ the popularity of
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power comes from the idea that the Italian liberal state was to open minded to supporting him and that the workings of its system were flawed allowing him to exploit this for his own gain. This argument is one put forward by historians such as Martin Clark and Antonio Gramsci. However other arguments given by historians such as Martin Blinkhorn claim that the fault should be placed on the socialists and communists for their failed attempted
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