Tintoretto’s full name is Jacopo Tintoretto. He was born in Venice in 1518‚ as the eldest of 21 children. His father was known as Giovanni‚ who worked as a tintore(dyer). His mother is unknown as Giovanni had been with so many women. The origin of his family has been debated between many studies. Some studies say that his family originated in small towns‚ such as Tuscan of Lucca‚ while others say it originated from Brescia. Jacopo got his nickname‚ Tintoretto because it translate to ‘dyer’s boy’
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the size of the Earth. It has a diameter of 4‚222 miles‚ compared to Earth’s 7‚962 miles at the equator. Mars is 53% as large as Earth; this means that Mars has a gravity that is less than 40% of what people feel on Earth. Who is Giovanni Schiaparelli? Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli (14 March 1835 - 4 July 1910) was an Italian astronomer and science historian. Among Schiaparelli’s contributions are his telescopic observations of Mars. In his initial observations‚ he named the "seas" and
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Among so many fatal diseases throughout human history‚ not any one has parallel fame and influences to the human communities compared to the Black Death that emerged in medieval. Therefore‚ in this essay‚ I will analyze the influences of Black Death in several aspects- politics‚ economy‚ society and culture. Before getting into any specific aspect of Black’s impacts‚ I will provide a brief introduction to the social background and basic background of the Black Death. There are two key words for
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Humanities Today University of Phoenix Rebecca Wear May 4‚ 2010 Humanities Today Humanities can defined as the totality of human being‚ or the investigation of the natural human processes and social relationships (Webster online). Looking around the world today it is interesting to think about the events of the world that have paved the road for what exists today. Many changes took place in fourteenth century and beyond that helped to shape today’s views of religion‚ education‚ politics
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Ivy Tan 12/11/15 AP Euro Blk 4 Galileo Trials Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was a believer of Copernicus’s heliocentric theory. His discovery of the telescope (1609) allowed him to confirm the theory and his own beliefs. Galileo was first criticized by Friar Lorini. The Friar said that Copernicus’s theory violated the scripture. Galileo responded with the Letter to Castelli‚ hoping it will give back some hope and trust in science. However‚ it did the opposite‚ and Lorini‚ sent a copy of the letter
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of the marriage between Giovanni Arnolfini and his wife in 1434. Panofsky argues that there are symbols in the painting that point towards a marital union and gives the work its nuptial significance. In 1934‚ Erwin Panofsky published an article in the Burlington Magazine entitled “Jan van Eyck’s Arnolfini Portrait.” He interprets the painting as “a man and a woman represented in the act of contracting matrimony‚ and identifies the two people in the portrait as Giovanni Arnolfini and his wife‚ Jeanne
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Short Stories Critical Notes for B.A. English Bilcans SHORT STORIES & ONE ACT PLAYS Critical Notes For Bachelor of Arts (According to Punjab University English Syllabus) Prepared at: Bab-ul-Ilm Institute of Languages‚ Computer & Natural Sciences (BILCANS) SOHAWA‚ MANDI BAHAUDDIN Now at Bab-ul-Ilm Public School Campus (An Educational Wing of Bab-ul-Ilm Research Foundation®) Contact us: Cell: 0322-778-7338‚ 0321-774-6647 Email: Birf.Pakistan@hotmail.com To Download B
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painting. In this painting there are two main figures of a man and women. “Images represent a man and woman standing in a richly furnished room‚ equipped with a brass chandelier‚ a mirror‚ and a canopied bed” (Janson 483). There are identified as Giovanni Arnolfini and Giovanna Cenami (Arnolfini’s wife). There are also two male figures reflected in the mirror in-between the two main figures in the foreground. Many scholars believe‚ “that one of these men must by Jan van Eyck himself‚ perhaps the figure
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PROJECT PROPOSAL Project Name Title: Café ala Cart | A Project Feasibility Study on Coffee Shop on Cart Authors: Jestine S. Santiago Arty Marc E. Padero Abdel Al-Rashid C. Taola Giovanni P. Belchez Joel B. Aquino Jodi Cris P. Tomagan Location The project will be situated inside school campus(Ateneo de Zamboanga University‚ La Purisima St.‚ Zamboanga City) in front the cafeteria. The principal office will be located at Peace Subdivision‚ Tugbungan‚ Zamboanga City. Proponent The promoters of this
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I chose the poem "Possum Crossing" by Nikki Giovanni and I feel that the poem has meaning to life in the fact that we mistake some things for what they’re really not. The thesis of this poem is that things can be confusing and hard to understand‚ and sometimes easy to mistake something for something else. The poem starts off as a woman is driving her car down the road and she sees what she believes to be a possum. The woman thinks about all the times that she has come close to hitting something
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