George F. Cabrera October 6‚ 2013 The Prince and The Discourses and it’s similarities. Reading the books of Machiavelli’s: The Prince and The Discourses I noticed there are many similarities to one another. Machiavelli explains the concept of an ideal ruler that he thinks would be able to govern with great power and adversity from his observation of previous rulers. The Prince is a book written about Tyrants while The Discourses is a book written by lovers of liberty (The Prince‚ Introduction-
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During the two hundred years between 1400 and 1600‚ Europe witnessed an astonishing revival of drawing‚ fine art painting‚ sculpture and architecture centred in Italy‚ where artists began to look back to the way in which Greek and Roman artists had worked. Not many classical paintings had survived‚ but there were descriptions from which artists tried to copy them. Those two centuries which we now refer to as the Renaissance (Rinascimento) was given this name (French for ’rebirth’) as a result of
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with deep metaphysical significance. The "Holy Trinity" is both the most rational and mysterious of images in that it creates the convincing illusion of space within a painting. Tommaso di Giovanni‚ called Masaccio‚ was born in San Giovanni Valdarno on the day of St. John Thomas‚ for whom he was named. Giovanni Cassai‚ his father‚ dies when Massaccio was five years old. His mother remarried and his stepsister’s husband‚ Mariotto di Christofano‚
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Luigi Galvani Clearly‚ animals know more than we think‚ and think a great deal more than we know." (Irene M. Pepperberg ) . Luigi Aloisio Galvani born in Bologna on September 9‚ 1737 and attended University of Bologna where he received a doctorate for studying the human skeleton. Galvani was an Italian physician‚ physicist‚ biologist and philosopher‚ who discovered animal electricity. He is recognized as the pioneer of bioelectromagnetics and this discovery impacted literature ‚ science ‚and other
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him. Rafaello Sanzio da Urbino‚ was born April 6‚ 1483 in Urbino‚ Italy. In 1504 he became Perugino’s apprentice. He was an Italian Renaissance painter and architect. At the time of Raphael‚ Urbino was a cultural center that encouraged the arts. Giovanni Santi‚ Raphael’s father‚ taught him the basic painting techniques and exposed him to the principles of humanistic philosophy. At the age of eleven his father died and had to take over his father’s workshop. Raphael was quickly considered one of the
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The Scientific Revolution was the emergence of modern science‚ replacing the traditional geocentric model of the universe and replacing it with a heliocentric model. The works of Scientists such as Galileo‚ Copernicus‚ and Newton opened up the eyes of European citizens and scientists and changed their outlooks on the world. Scientific success was hard to come by as there were many obstacles because many people had different views and opinions on a certain subject. The work of scientists in the Scientific
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The chamber has shown the affinity and communication of nature and human through its decorative ceiling. There are 34 thematic paintings on panels in the chamber in total‚ the thematic oval panels on the 4 sides of the room showing religious or mythological scenes‚ or representing scenes of production process and trade. The object collection itself was stored in 20 cabinets. The arrangement of this hidden vault room is quite unique‚ instead of showing the collections in a large cabinet‚ Francesco
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as Titian‚ was born in Venice‚ Italy in 1488 and died sometime in the year of 1576. Titian was known for his remarkable use of color and was the greatest Venetian artist in the sixteenth century. He was trained by two other Venetian artists named Giovanni Bellini and Giorgione. They were influential for his tonal approach to painting and his landscape style‚ which were usually atmospheric and evocative. His first paintings would include mythical figures with a flourishing scene as the background.
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4.0/4.0 Correct Answer(s): C 3. Brunelleschi’s contribution to Florence Cathedral was its famous: A) dome. B) nave. C) apse. D) crypt. Points Earned: 4.0/4.0 Correct Answer(s): A 4. This Flemish artist painted the portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride. A) Van Eyck B) Massys C) Memling D) Van der Weyden Points Earned: 4.0/4.0 Correct Answer(s): A 5. This Biblical character is the subject of Donatello’s famous nearly life-size sculpture (and the first free-standing
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respect into fear because he grew a poisonous garden and wanted to control people like lab rats. Professor Pietro Baglioni warning Giovanni said‚ "to withhold due and well-considered praise of a physician so eminently skilled as Rappaccini. But‚ on the other hand‚ I should answer it but scantily to my conscience‚ were I to permit a worthy youth like yourself‚ Signor Giovanni‚ the son of an ancient friend‚ to imbibe erroneous ideas respecting a man who might hereafter chance to hold your life and death
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