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    Life on mars

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    country side where you may have a clear view of the sky at night‚ you probably will discover a red star. That is probably Mars. With its bright and reddish color‚ Mars stands out for and easily noticed since the ancient times. In 1877‚ astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli discovered several crisscrossing lines on Mars that he believed to be the canals of water. Go along with the hypothesis that life existed on Mars‚ several processes has been made to prove hypothesis. However‚ is there really lives on

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    Federigo’s Falcon is a tale of courtly love by Giovanni Boccaccio that takes place during medieval times. The story is about a man named Federigo who lived in Florence and was in love with a women named Giovanna who never paid him any attention even though he would spend allot of money and time trying to impress her. In the middle of the story Giovanna needs Federigo’s help and is the only time that she actually acknowledges him. The theme of the story is to not just acknowledge people when you need

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    to 65 million and Europes from 70 million to 45 million. In 1348 Giovanni Boccaccio decsribes what Black Death did to the lives of those who were infected in Flourence. Black Death; started with boils that developed on your groin or under your arm then serval more spread over the body‚ the boils surpressed and left black spots over the persons body‚ people died with in three days of contraction. No medicine could cure it‚ Giovanni describes

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    available at Metropolitan Museum of Art. First piece‚ "Madonna and Child" C.1230‚ was made by Berlinghiero‚ an Italian artist who lived in early thirteenth century. The other version of "Madonna and Child" was made in 1480’s‚ by a famous Venetian artist Giovanni Bellini‚ who lived between 1430-1516. Therefore‚ this short paper will be an attempt to show the change in art occurred in the same area but in different times.Starting with the "Madonna and Child" of Berlinghiero‚ which is a very unnatural image

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    Giovanni Da Verrazzano was an Italian explorer who charted the Atlantic coast of North America between the Carolinas and Newfoundland‚ including New York Harbor in 1524. Giovanni was born around the year of 1485 in Val di Greve‚ 30 miles south of Florence‚ Italy. He began to pursue his maritime career in about 1506 or 1507 and in the 1520’s he was sent by King Francis I of France to explore the East Coast of North America for a route to the Pacific. After returning to Europe from discovered New

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    Black Death was present in his work‚ it even affected his writing style. The Decameron is one of his masterpieces that he wrote after the Black Death which reflects the life in 14th century and is an example of allegoric medieval literature. Giovanni Boccaccio was born in Florence and lived between 1313 and 1375. He is known as the Father of Italian prose who has a great part in Italian literature and poetry. During his lifetime he was a writer but also a diplomat‚ businessman and an international

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    Cain Demmitt 10-2-2012 FICTION Mr. Wahl Critical Analysis “She-Wolf” 1.) The short story “She-Wolf” written by Giovanni Verga‚ depicts the tragic life of a man named Nanni who unfortunately meets a psychotic and possibly possessed girl named Pina. Pina quickly falls in love with Nanni because he is very handsome and big hearted. In an epic twist Nanni states he does not care for her‚ but would want her daughter for wedlock instead. In a plot to actually be with Nanni anyway Pina said he

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    An increase in expression of popular piety became prevalent at the end of the 11th century during the call for the first crusade by Pope Urban II. Popular piety refers to seeking a closer more personal relationship with God that was based off of emotion and love. This emotive Christianity reflected a shift in the attitudes of medieval society that were continuing to change due to other historical factors happening from the 12th through 15th centuries. The growth of popular piety‚ the ongoing threat

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    Black Death

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    Bryan Rayburg September 8‚ 2009 Early Modern History MWF 10-10:50 Response Paper 1 The Black Death And How Society Dealt With It Giovanni Boccaccio talks about the Black Death in The Decameron a whole lot not only about how many people it killed‚ but also some treatments‚ funerals‚ and also how effective it really was. The sick during this time were ignored by mostly everyone. Not even family of most sick would try and care for them because they feared that they themselves would catch

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    based on the novel. John Gosling’s site on the broadcast. There was a specific event that inspired Wells. In 1894 Mars was positioned particularly closely to Earth‚ leading to a great deal of observation and discussion. Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli had reported seeing "canali" on Mars‚ meaning "channels‚" but the term was mistranslated as "canals‚" leading to much speculation about life on the red planet. [Although scientists were able eventually to photograph what seem to be large

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