sciences. A person who is knowledgeable in many different things is sometimes called a "Renaissance man". Leonardo da Vinci‚ who was a painter‚ a scientist‚ a musician and a philosopher‚ is the most famous Renaissance Man. The Renaissance started in Italy but soon spread across the whole of Europe. People ” The time of Ancient Greece and Rome‚ when there were many philosophers‚ writers‚ painters‚ sculptors‚ architects and mathematicians was seen by people as a Golden Age‚ a time when things were beautiful
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School of Law and Science Long Assessment 1500 words – Due 14th Jan - Lisa Why did the 1848 revolutions fail? The Revolutions of 1848 began in Sicily‚ Italy‚ in January 1848. Italy during this time was not an independent nation like it is now‚ it was broken up into smaller states which were controlled by the Austrian Empire. This revolution was started by Italian nationalists who wanted independence from Austrian rule. The nationalists were initially successful in establishing an independent republic
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The Santa Croce The Santa Croce is the principal Franciscan church in Florence‚ Italy‚ and a minor basilica of the Roman Catholic Church. It is situated on the Piazza di Santa Croce‚ about 800 metres south east of the Duomo. It is one of the most popular tourist spots in Italy. In A Room with a View‚ an important scene takes place in this place. In Chapter 2: In Santa Croce with No Baedeker‚ we find that the tourists from England go on a visit to this place. The writer gives a picturesque description
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future proposals to further improve it. | | Italian Immigration in Australia Pasta and pizza the two words are brought to mind when you think of Italy. The last thing that you think of is immigration. We see and hear about it nearly every day but it is usually Africa or Singapore. This essay will talk about the Immigration from Italy‚ Why they immigrated‚ how they got here‚ their roles when they got here‚ whether or not they were welcome‚ what they contributed to our society‚ what difficulties
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(Titian)‚ Paolo Veronese‚ and Tintoretto. So much for Venice the Serenissima. There’s also Venice the insanely popular and overcrowded. Certainly‚ the tourists can seem inescapable‚ and prices can be double or triple here what they are elsewhere in Italy. But visitors flock to this canalled wonder for very good reason: Venice is extraordinary‚ it is magical‚ and it is worth every cent. Its existence defies logic‚ but underneath its otherworldly beauty and sometimes-stifling tourism‚ Venice is a
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1945. It is therefore important to look into the role of the Church up until this point and how it progressed past the form it had taken at this time. Furthermore‚ when discussing the importance of the political influence of the Catholic Church in Italy‚ it is first important to look into the Church itself‚ the role it played in the everyday lives of the Italian people. The main argument of this essay is that whilst the Catholic Church had an infinitely important influence on politics at different
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Compare/Contrast research report New Year’s traditions in another country Now let’s write a research compare/contrast essay/report based on our findings or evidence. Introduction: *Explain what New Years is‚ and what country you researched. * Tell where that country is in the world
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Saint Francis of Assisi born Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone in Assisi Italy in late 1181 was one of seven children born to Pietro di Bernardone‚ a prosperous silk merchant and his wife Pica de Bourlemont who was a noblewoman. Pietro after returning from business in France gave his son the nickname Francesco ("the Frenchman") when he was an infant‚ this is why he is known as Francis not Giovanni. Francis was a wealthy young man of privilege who served in the military and at one point was a prisoner
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2000 B.C. and 1000 B.C. had began to settle around the Northern Italian peninsula"(World History: The Human Experience). Of all the settlers the Romans are said to have arose from a mysterious group called the Etruscans‚ which ruled northern Italy around 900 B.C. to 500 B.C. The Etruscan society was made up of upper class families who owned land‚ or were priests. "The other class in the society was the slave laborers" (World History: The Human Experience). During the Etruscan period
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in mainland Italy and the Carthaginian thalassocracy‚ these cities became the two major powers in the Western Mediterranean – a signal of the imminent war. The First Punic War war begun in 264 BC‚ when the city of Messana asked for Carthage’s help in dealing with Hiero II of Syracuse. After the Carthaginian intercession‚ Messana asked Rome to expel the Carthaginians. Rome entered this war because Syracuse and Messana were too close of the newly conquered Greek cities of Southern Italy and Carthage
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