Born in 1452 in Italy‚ Leonardo da Vinci began his life long passion of studying art‚ nature‚ and the science behind the way things work. Throughout his life‚ he moved to different places meeting different mentors in Europe specifically in Florence and Milan‚ Italy. Florence‚ Italy was the center of the Italian Renaissance where new artwork‚ scientific discoveries‚ philosophical ideas and mathematical ideas were being created and discussed. Here‚ Da Vinci created a series of journals containing
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European Paints market‚ Materis Paints offers its trade and Do It Yourself customers a variety of brands specifically dedicated to their needs : Tollens‚ Zolpan and Pladox‚ in France‚ Viero‚ Cepro‚ Settef‚ Max Meyer‚ Duco‚ Baldini and Mistercolor in Italy‚ Revetón‚ Alp and Duraval in Spain‚ Robbialac and VIP in Portugal‚ Claessens in France and Switzerland and Colorín in Argentina all have a high or very high reputation in their domestic markets. In addition to manufacturing its paints‚ Materis Paints
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Virgin and Child Enthroned Giotto di Bondone This Virgin and Child Enthroned is dated from 1305-1310‚ and is from Florence‚ Italy. It is made of tempera and gold on a wood panel. The piece uses hieratic scale making the Virgin and Child much larger than the surrounding saints and religious figures. It also enthrones images and has a flat‚ gold background. Giotto was one of the first artists to use 3D beings‚ and shows this in his piece. He shows the subjects as full‚ plainly draped bulky bodies
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cemetery of the city of Modena in northern Italy. Perceiving the cemetery as a repository of social meaning‚ Aldo Rossi conceived
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1.How far did Napoleon Bonaparte maintain the ideals of the French Revolution during the period 1799–1815? The key issue is the relationship between Napoleon Bonaparte and the French Revolution. ‘How far’ invites candidates to consider the extent and limits of the claim that he maintained revolutionary ideals. These ideals can be summarised quickly as ‘liberty‚ equality and fraternity’. The Revolution had sought greater equalisation between classes‚ the rule of law and the end of secular and
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overview Benetton is an Italian manufacturer of men ’s‚ women ’s‚ and children ’s casual wear‚ footwear and accessories founded as a single shop in Belluno‚ northeastern Italy in 1965. Three years later‚ the company opened its first store in Paris‚ as a first step in the international expansion and development program outside Italy‚ which took place in the 70’s. As a consequence in the next decade‚ Benetton spread throughout Europe and by 1979 it was established in the United States. By mid-80’s the
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inspired me to think of Italy and especially Milan as my next step in professional education and development. Italy is the center of the world of fashion and is the birthplace of my favorite designers such as Versace‚ John Galliano and artists: Leonardo da Vinci‚ Michelangelo‚ Sandro Botticelli. When thinking about the school where to study in Italy‚ I choose the Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti in Milan (NABA) because it is located at the heart of the fashionable capital city of Italy - Milan‚ where Fashion
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9/10 – 9/14 P.1 Neuman AP Euro Ch.9/10 Review Questions Kagan Western Heritage 8th edition Chapter 9 (1300-1527) 1. What were the underlying and precipitating causes of the Hundred Years’ War? What advantages did each side have? Why were the French able to drive the English almost entirely out of France? The first underlying and precipitating cause of the Hundred Years’ War was that England and France were too closely proximate emergent territorial powers. Another cause of the Hundred Years’
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The impact of the Renaissance on Europe Jacob Burckhardt best describes the renaissance as the prototype of the modern world‚ for it was the period between the fourteenth and fifteenth century in Italy‚ when the base of modern civilisation was formed. It was mainly through the revival of ancient learning that new scientific values first began to overthrow traditional religious beliefs. People started to accept a new rational and objective approach to reality and most
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instability in Libya tends to make people flee the fighting and head over North‚ especially to Italy from Tripoli via fishing boats‚ More than 15‚000 people have arrived from Libya since its unrest began‚ the EU obviously wanted this cutting down‚ the Italian foreign minister‚ Franco Frattini‚ said that the Qaddafi government had long used immigration as a form of “retaliation toward Europe and Italy.” The EU intervention in Libya should be part of a long term and comprehensive approach of the
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