capitals of the world it includes designers such as Giorgio Armani (Armani)‚ Valentino Garavani‚ Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana (Dolce and Gabbana)‚ Miuccia Prada (Prada)‚ and Franco Moschino (Moschino). Florence is the capital of the Italian region Tuscany and is home of the famous David statue. Italy’s many great cities create an amazing
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Reflecting on the Youthful David Andrea del Castagno’s The Youthful David aka David with the Head of Goliath is truly a unique work of art. It is one of a kind in that it is the only painted shield that can be attributed to a master artist (Art in Tuscany‚ 2012). The artist’s chosen subject is the biblical story of the young Sheppard boy David who fights and defeats the giant Philistine warrior Goliath. This masterpiece was done in tempera on leather over a wooden shield. It is a product of the early
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First light: Tuscany and the dawn of the Renaissance. Authors of the documentary film are Jeff Siberry‚ Alberta Nokes‚ and Colm Feore. Narrator of the documentary is Monsignor‚ Timothy Verdon‚ an art historian at Canon Florence Duomor. Interviews are also featured with Franciscan Friar Maurice Richard‚ and Alexander Nagel‚ art historian at the University of Toronto. St. Francis of Assisi revolutionized Christianity in the 13th-century in Tuscany with his belief
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Did the legacy of the 1848 revolutions play a major part in the eventual unification of Italy‚ explain your answer? The legacy of the 1848 revolutions undoubtedly played some part in the eventual unification of Italy however the importance of their role is questionable‚ as the revolutions had both a positive and negative effect on unification of Italy. Other factors also contributed to Italy’s eventual unification‚ some‚ perhaps more so than the revolutions‚ these factors included the strength
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provinces. Austria had very strong domination over Italy. It had agreements with Ferdinand‚ king of Kingdom of the 2 Sicilies‚ and helped the pope maintain his kingdom. Only Piedmont Sardinia wasn’t influenced by Austria. The rulers of Parma‚ Modena and Tuscany were directly or indirectly related with the House of Hapsburg. The ruler of Naples had concluded a treaty with Austria. The Pope of Rome was the supporter of Austrian policy. In this way‚ Austria was the real master of Italy. They helped to destroy
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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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For art lovers and foodies‚ Florence offers an array of goodies. Tuscany is the home of Italy’s premier wine country. Florence was the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance. Politically‚ economically‚ and culturally it was the most important city in Europe for around 250 years; from some time before 1300 until the early
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elements and the people in charge thought it was time to fix the problem. According to Tom Mueller the questions the fathers of Florence asked were‚ “Could a dome weighing tens of thousands of tons stay up without them? Was there enough timber in Tuscany for the scaffolding and templates that would be needed to shape the dome’s masonry? And could a dome be built at all on the octagonal floor plan dictated by the existing walls -- eight pie-shaped wedges -- without collapsing inward as the masonry
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Galileo Galilei was born on February 15‚ 1564‚ in Pisa‚ Italy. Galileo was the first of seven children of Vincenzio Galilei‚ a trader and Giula Ammannati‚ an upper-class woman who married below her class. When Galileo was a young boy‚ his father moved the family moved to Florence. Galileo moved into a nearby monastery with the intentions of becoming a monk‚ but he left the monastery when he was 15 because his father disapproved of his son becoming a monk. In November of 1581‚ Vincenzio Galilei
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Maria Theresa: Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa was born on May 13‚ 1717 in Vienna‚ Austria. She was the oldest daughter in her family‚ raised by her dad‚ the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI. As she was maturing into an adult‚ the possibility of her being the one to take over her father’s throne was extremely high. Charles did not have a chance of producing a son‚ so Maria was a perfect candidate for it. Once her father died in year 1740‚ for forty years she started to rule and have full command
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