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    Catherine Benincasa‚ born in Siena‚ Italy in 1347‚ was a great leader of a moral life. In her adolescence‚ she became attracted to prayer and solitude. Her mother considered Catherine a difficult daughter‚ in fact‚ a problematic teenager‚ who rebelled against her mother’s advice at any suggestion of marriage. At the age of sixteen‚ however‚ her sister died‚ leaving her husband a widower. Catherine’s parents proposed that he marry Catherine as a replacement‚ but she immediately showed her distaste

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    vastly different with respect to their style‚ presentation‚ and culture; however‚ their subject‚ organization‚ and use appear to be quite similar. The Annunciation‚ was produced by Italian Gothic artists‚ with the intention of placing it in the Siena Cathedral. This piece was one of four commissioned pieces to be dedicated to the patron saints

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    The Renaissance began during the 13th-16th century. “The word Renaissance itself means rebirth” Stability was being re-instituted into the Peninsula‚ mainly through the Roman Empire with a system now called feudalism‚ creating a new city. Bringing about the flowering of architecture‚ literature‚ religion‚ education‚ and art‚ the Printing Press was perhaps the most important development of the Renaissance. Rulers during the 13th century were referred to as Merchants. It was not uncommon to often

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    management system

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    magazines‚ and other reading materials and also provide timeless library transactions. In addition‚ it can save time and more convenient to use than the traditional manual library processes. The purpose of this study is to develop Notre Dame-Siena College of Polomolok a library Management System that could help the librarian and the users made a transaction and processes in a reliable way. Storing and retrieving of information are very important and using this automated Library Management System

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    Seminar 2: Women in Medieval Life Questions and Issues: What sort of different means of power and influence did women wield in the Middle Ages? Medieval women faced some serious problems - a cultural rife with misogyny‚ a legal system based on assumptions of female inferiority‚ and a social structure that invested men with considerable power over women’s lives. Class was the critical marker of differences among medieval women (according to Power). Family connections - Eleanor of Aquitaine

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    Elodea Research Paper

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    Abstract Elodea‚ also known as Elodea Canadensis‚ or waterweeds‚ lives favorably underwater. You can find Elodea mainly in natural waters in North America such as ponds‚ rivers‚ or lakes. Elodea has expanded all over the world as well‚ particularly in Europe. This aquatic plant multiplies rapidly and grows in a variety of conditions and environments‚ which is why it’s considered a weed. Elodea is often used in aquariums to stabilize the oxygen balance. It’s a fierce photosynthetic which makes

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    Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564)‚ commonly known as Michelangelo‚ was an Italian sculptor‚ painter‚ architect‚ poet‚ and engineer of the High Renaissance who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art. Despite making few forays beyond the arts‚ his versatility in the disciplines he took up was of such a high order that he is often considered a contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man‚ along with his fellow Italian Leonardo

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    Duccio: Madonna And Child

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    DUCCIO – MADONNA AND CHILD This is the first time I do the museum paper‚ that’s made me have a lot of mixing feeling‚ wondering‚ excited‚ curious… Then‚ I went to the internet to make some research in art works at Metropolitan Museum. Actually‚ I’m interested in painting for one reason is I love drawing. I made about eleven oil paintings in my whole life. My life inspired me to put my emotion into the painting‚ sometime it was sad‚ sometime it was exciting. The value of all the painting is not

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    (Gates of Paradise 1425-52) for the Baptistery of the cathedral of Florence are considered one of the greatest masterpieces of Italian art in the Quattrocento. Other works include three bronze statues for Or San Michele (1416–25) and the reliefs for Siena cathedral (1417–27). Ghiberti also wrote I Commentarii‚ three treatises on art history and theory from antiquity to his time. Ghiberti’s mother had married Cione Ghiberti in 1370‚ and they lived in Pelago‚ near Florence; at some point she went to

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    The time between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance is known in history as a time of great change in Western culture. It has been said that “art reflects life‚” so as culture changes across the centuries‚ so does visual art. A review of the history of art from the end of the Middle Ages to the early Renaissance also reveals many significant changes in visual features over this time period. One major change in the arts occurred in a shift of the subject of the art itself. Artists in the Middle Ages

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