1896 Italian troops had tried to invade Abyssinia but had been defeated by the African tribesmen. This had hurt the Italians pride and Mussolini wanted revenge. Mussolini also had his eye on the fertile lands and mineral wealth of Abyssinia. Mussolini believed that to be a great leader he needed military victories and lots of glory and conquest. He wanted to expand his empire and he thought that Abyssinia was the perfect place. What happened?In December 1934 there was a dispute between Italian and
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What was the representation of women back in the Italian Renaissance era? It is preposterous as to how little to no freedom a woman was given compared to now. Women in this era were looked at as inferior to males and had many restricted rights. Their role in society back then was mainly to be in charge of taking care of the house‚ and bearing a lot of children. The term renaissance means “rebirth”‚ it has been questioned by the historian Joan Kelly as to whether women even had a renaissance like
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Influencing the Masters The Italian Renaissance was a period of rebirth after the feudal age‚ and many new everlasting ideas and concepts arose during this time. Humanism‚ a way of learning that focused on the critical study of Latin and Greek literature and the importance of the individual‚ was one of these concepts. Many famous works of art‚ such as Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man‚ Sandro Botticelli’s Primavera‚ and Michelangelo’s David exuded several key aspects of humanism.1 Humanism greatly
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What is Italian Renaissance art? Before attempting to answer the question it is important to consider what we mean by early Italian Renaissance. Unlike many periods in history the Renaissance has no obvious start and end dates‚ for the purposes of this assignment I will define the approximate period within which to look as about 1390 to about 1520. The time around 1520 represents when Raphael died this was followed closely by the death of Pope Leo X‚ the second High Renaissance pope. It is after
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Description of a restaurant: I don’t like homemade food too much so I often tend to go out to have lunch or dinner; I’m not talking about fast food‚ in fact I don’t like fast food that much. So the first place that always popped to my mind is the Ponto Alto restaurant; it is my favorite restaurant in town for many reasons. I visit this restaurant 2 to 3 per week; it is located on a hill in the Bahsass area in front of the sea‚ so you can imagine how beautiful the view is up there. This is the
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My Italian Vacation It was a long climb‚ probably the longest climb I have ever attempted‚ When I reached the top I felt that I would collapse any minute. My legs were numb‚ my clothes were all wet out of sweat and I was completely breathless. Even though I felt completely exhausted‚ the climb was well worth it. What I saw up there was a memorable and probably the most spectacular view I have ever seen. The wind blew at its strongest at the very top‚ pigeons were all over the place‚ and the Sun
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Innovation‚ Vol. 12‚ No. 4‚ 1999 583 Working Values and the Italian Family MASSIMO BELLOTTO and ALBERTO ZATTI A B S T R A C T History teaches us that it is through the family that new generations are equipped with ethics and values regarding work. The advent of bourgeois society‚ with its characteristic openness towards other social classes‚ appears to have relegated the promotion of working values by families to the background. This study sets out to test the hypothesis according to which the
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University of Glasgow Department of Film and Television Studies Beyond “Brutality”: Understanding the Italian Filone’s Violent Excesses by Robert J. Edmonstone Matriculation #: 9703623 Supervisors: Dr. Ian Garwood / Dr. Karen Boyle 2 Contents Abstract Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Introducing the Filone: Industry‚ Cycles and Censorship 2. Investigating Violence and Spectacle in the Filone 3. Theorising Excess and Violence in the Filone 4. Narrative versus Excess in the Filone
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Unified in 1870 under the rule of Victor Emmanuel‚ but not everyone was happy b. The south is known for being politically and socially corrupt i. The south is classified as everything south of Rome↓Sicily‚ called the Mezzogiorno 1. After WWII the Italian Govt. sent billions of dollars to the south on public works projects to make the south more developed a. Money went to the Cassa del Mezzogiorno i. ~1/3 of the money was squandered and many of the project’s they started weren’t completed or Never
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Speciality restaurant with a 20 seat lounge. We focus on our New Italian menu with a touch of an Asian influence. The location of this new restaurant would be in the heart of the city‚ rapidly expanding‚ which is the hot spot for the niche youngsters‚ lot of businessmen‚ and also is the junction for the tourists.So‚ the main target market segment of this Speciality restaurant are those who has discretionary for niche youngsters.The combination of these elements will provide our restaurant with a year-round
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