conflicting reports of the painting’s production. Leonardo da Vinci was believed to have been commissioned to paint a portrait of a wealthy man’s wife in 1503‚ Lisa Gheradini. Other possible sitters‚ such as da Vinci’s mother‚ Princess Isabella of Naples‚ and Spanish noblewoman Costanza d’Avalos have been named over the centuries. Da Vinci also kept the portrait‚ something uncommon for an artist who has been commissioned to create the work for someone else. Da Vinci was unusual though‚ and kept a
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brought to my attention the most is a painted canvas called “Saint Sebastian Cured by Saint Irene” done by Luca Giordano‚ very ironic that Sfakianos’s first name is the name of the female Saint. “Saint Sebastian Cured by Saint Irene” was made in Naple‚ Italy on 1655 with a dimension of 184.2 × 276.2 cm. On
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Fatherly Figure Prospero and Miranda in The Tempest The relationship between Prospero and his daughter Miranda is one of the deepest and most interesting in the play. His paternal presence in her life is stronger than she is at first aware of‚ and Shakespeare displays this nicely through the sense of sight. In the first scene of the third act‚ Prospero oversees a pivotal conversation in the relationship between his daughter and Ferdinand‚ possibly by using his magic to stay invisible. It
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The Millionaire’s Hothouse In the beginning the narrator introduces thirty-six year old John Laroche as a tall‚ skinny guy whom most people find handsome despite the fact that he is missing all of his front teeth. When Laroche was a child‚ he was fascinated with turtles he was determined to collect every species known to mankind. John always had a knack for collecting random things he now only longed for orchids‚ specifically the ones growing in Florida’s Fakahatchee Strand. Susan states “He loves
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republic of Italy was very difficult and settled with the idea of an Italian monarchy with Piedmont as the ruler. In 1859‚ Piedmont declared war against Austria and when Garibaldi heard of the news‚ he helped fight by sending 1000 men to Sicily and Naples. “If March‚ 1861‚ does not find one million of Italians in arms‚ then alas for liberty‚ alas for the life of Italy... and with us every man of this land who is not a coward or a slave. Let all of us rally round the glorious hero of Palestro and give
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denotes a dramatic singing of a light natural‚ and earthy comedy‚ usually with a happy ending. The form of comic opera first developed in the early of 17th century. It began to distinguished from other operatic form since in the early 18th century in Naples and Venice. It developed by the poets‚ composers and entrepreneurs that offered social criticism and appealed to a wider audience. In 18th century‚ the comic opera included the types of opera buffa (comic opera)‚ dramma giocoso (jesting drama)
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announced that Antoine Careme created the pastry and made it popular. The dessert napoleon is called another name in France. It is called Neapolitan rather than a napoleon‚ which differ in spelling. Other states‚ that the origin and birth of napoleons is Naples‚ Italy. In addition to the argument it was said that they don’t make mille-feuilles in Italy. Mille-feuilles is defined as a thousand layers‚ but in Italy they do make square layered cakes with alternating layers of pastry and filling. The final
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Mesace Damas‚ a could blooded killer out of Naples‚ Fl who killed his 5 kids and wife by slaughtering their necks. Who shortly after ran away to Haiti. His sister-in-law contacted officials due to the fact that she hadn’t heard from them in a while. When deputies went to go investigate the scene they found a dead body and as they progressed through the house they 5 more bodies that were brutally slaughtered. They tracked Mesac’s GMC SUV at the Miami International Airport‚ and sure enough they found
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Church and State in Italy during the middle ages! Church has always played a major part in Italian History. As Europe gradually emerged from the destruction of the Roman Empire‚ the church became one of the mainstays of civilisation. The disorganisation of the Holy Roman Empire‚ its ongoing dispute with the papacy over the extent of Church authority in secular government and absentee foreign overlords left Italians largely self-governing within their communes. At the start of the fourteenth century
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Bernini is a versatile and inspired Italian artist in the history of baroque art. Sculptor and architect are the two well-known characters. However‚ Gian Lorenzo Bernini is also a painter‚ a city planner and a man of the theater. Bernini was born in Naples in 1598. He was the sixth child of Pietro Bernini‚ who is originally from Florence. In 1606‚ Gian Lorenzo Bernini learns the art of sculpture from his father. His talent was soon observed by both the painter Annibale Carracci and Pope Paul V after
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