Allegory: an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances 1. Botticelli: One of the leading painters of the Florentine renaissance‚ developed a highly personal style. The Birth of Venus 2. Desiderius Erasmus: Dutch humanist scholar who studied early Christian as well as classical culture; criticized the Church. 3. Fresco: the art or technique of painting on a moist‚ plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater
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5% in the 1980s. Average annual growth fell to 4.6% in the 1990s with significantly lower growth in the second half of that decade. Bank meanng The name bank derives from the Italian word banco "desk/bench"‚ used during the Renaissance era by Florentine bankers‚ who used to make their transactions above a desk covered by a green tablecloth. However‚ traces of banking activity can be found even in ancient times. In fact‚ the word traces its origins back to the Ancient Roman Empire‚ where moneylenders
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Moteuczoma” and only moments later were brought to the treasure stockpiles where they stripped the metals and “right away they set [it] on fire...ignited all the different precious things” and proceeded to take “everything they saw that pleased them” (Florentine Codex‚ 55-56). The way the Nahuat perceived Spanish greed is also revealed in the codex. Speaking of the conquistadores‚ they write that “gold was what they greatly thirsted for; they were gluttonous for it‚ starved for it‚ they piggishly wanted
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diplomatic missions to local Italian and other European courts. These missions required great diplomacy and a sophisticated understanding of European politics. But Machiavelli could also handle more direct action. In 1509‚ Machiavelli established the Florentine militia and even led the troops himself to recapture the rebellious town of Pisa. Clearly a Renaissance man‚ Machiavelli showed his greatest skill and made his most lasting mark on history as a writer. He wrote histories‚ short stories‚ and even
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anatomist‚ painter‚ sculptor‚ architect‚ botanist‚ musician and writer. Born as the illegitimate son of a notary‚ Piero da Vinci‚ and a peasant girl‚ Caterina‚ at Vinci in the region of Florence‚ Leonardo was educated in the studio of the renowned Florentine painter‚ Verrocchio. Much of his earlier working life was spent in the service of Ludovico il Moro in Milan. He later worked in Rome‚ Bologna and Venice‚ spending his final years in France at the home given to him by King François I. Leonardo
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Biography Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15‚ 1452‚ near the village of Vinci about 25 miles west of Florence. He is the best example of a Renaissance Man – someone who was very good at many things He is considered one of the greatest painters of all time and the most diversely talented person ever to have lived. Everyone agrees that Leonardo da Vinci was one of the greatest of all painters. But Leonardo would be famous if he had never painted a stroke. For he was also a great inventor
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World War II was a dark time for the world. Not only was an entire race being exterminated but also over 60 million people were killed in this conflict. Most of Europe has been taken over by the Nazi‚ the head of the Axis. The United States eventually jumped into the fight‚ joining the Allies‚ after the Pearl Harbor attack. The citizens of the US only heard stories of what was happening in Europe. They needed more visual pieces of information to explain the situation. The political cartoons from
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monasteries‚ and cemeteries.[67] Christopher Allmand and Rosamond McKitterick write in The New Cambridge Medieval History that "Christians were moved by the sight of the Infant Jesus playing on his mother’s knee; their hearts were touched by the Pietà; and patron saints reassured them by their presence. But‚ all the while‚ the danse macabre urged them not to forget the end of all earthly things."[68] This danse
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he write it? Niccolò Machiavelli was a diplomat for 14 years in Italy’s Florentine Republic during the Medici family’s exile. The young Niccolò Machiavelli became a diplomat after the temporary fall of Florence’s ruling Medici family in 1494. During this time he earned a reputation for deviousness. When the Medici family returned to power in 1512‚ he was found to be involved in an unsuccessful attempt to organize a Florentine militia against the return of the Medici family to power. Machiavelli was
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how Farinata and Cavalcante didn’t even mind each other. Their supposed to be enemies‚ right? Farinata is a Ghibellines while Cavalcante is a Guelph. They didn’t even argue. In this canto‚ you can see how Dante is always curious about the Florentines. He asked Farinata who else are in the sixth circle and also asked Virgil if he can meet any of the Epicureans. Much curiousity is awaited at the next canto. We can see how Virgil was
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