singing and overall musical talents were praised by her contemporaries ‚ noting her “bold and graceful singing”. She published many of her compositions throughout her life one of them even dedicating it to Vittoria della Rovere ‚ gran dutchess of Tuscany. Strozzi’s works show mastery of a new solo style‚ stile conciatato. Objective Facts Title: Begli Occhi Composer: Barbara Strozzi Era: Baroque Date: Published in 1654 Time: 4:36 Genre: Italian secular
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Ottoman Empire and Hungary was Prussia who had its few possessions in Germany. Apennine and Iberian Peninsula had many small countries. In the Apennine there were Cisalpine Republic‚ Piedmont‚ Ligurian Republic‚ and on Iberian Peninsula there were Tuscany‚ Papal States and Naples‚ which are today regions in Italy. At that time Italy did not exist as a country. West and Central Europe weren’t that different than they are today. France‚ Spain and Portugal had the same boundaries. The only difference
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CASES: The California Wine Cluster‚ HBS Case: 9-799-124 ASSIGNMENTS: 1. Why has California emerged as one of the leading wine – producing regions in the world? It was Californian first vintners in California who began cultivating grapes for use in sacramental wines in the mid-to-late 1700s. In the 1830s and 1840s the first commercial vineyards were established. Vintners survived by making grape juice and sacramental or medicinal wines. 2. How was California able to upgrade from producing
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By the late 1500s‚ Christian divisions had been flying up all over Europe. This was in light of the reports of liberalities (offering of opportunity from limbo)‚ administrative indecency‚ manhandle of cash‚ alongside numerous other awful activities that were uncontrolled among the Church. It was these issues that Luther and others revolted and made their own religions. With the ascending of these Reformation developments‚ the Church expected to make a few changes itself. These changes appeared as
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Machiavelli’s View of Human Nature In The Prince Niccolo Machiavelli presents a view of governing a state that is drastically different from that of humanists of his time. Machiavelli believes the ruling Prince should be the sole authority determining every aspect of the state and put in effect a policy which would serve his best interests. These interests were gaining‚ maintaining‚ and expanding his political power.1 His understanding of human nature was a complete contradiction of what
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the Congress of Vienna in 1815 and reorganized the Italian Peninsula in terms of who owned where. The northern provinces of Lombardy and Venetia was given to Austria‚ Kingdom of Sardinia got Piedmont and was under the rule of an Italian Monarch‚ Tuscany shared north-central Italy with smaller states and Italy and Rome were ruled by the papacy while a Bourbon King ruled Naples and Sicily. During this time‚ the Italian Peninsula was divided and Italian leaders had limited power and influence. After
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Vacation Vacation is the most-awaited season of the year. According to "Vacation" (2014)‚ “specific trip or journey‚ usually for the purpose of recreation or tourism” (1). There is nothing in the annual calendar that is most wanted than vacation time‚ not only by adults‚ but also for the kids praying the end of the school year to enjoy their vacation. No matter how much time the vacationer decides to take‚ what is important is to go on vacation. Sometimes two or three days’ vacation is more rewarding
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In 17th-18th century Europe‚ the age of absolutism‚ absolute monarchs ruled most of Europe in countries such as Prussia‚ France‚ and the Holy Roman Empire. Absolute monarchs are rulers that have complete control over the government and its people. They claimed to rule by “divine right‚” where their authority comes from God and they were above the law. The views of being a proper role as an absolute monarch differed very much between rulers and their subjects. Certain rulers had ideas that both the
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College The Etruscans ASB222: Buried Cities and Lost Tribes: Old World Colleen Strawhacker‚ M.A. December 6‚ 2012 The inhabitants of the stone and bronze ages of Northern Italy‚ the region known as modern day Tuscany‚ eventually developed into the people that are known by others as the Etruscans (Nardo pg.8). The ancient Greeks had other names for them‚ including the Tyrsenoi or Tyrrhenoi and the Romans moniker for the Etruscans was the Tusci or Etrusci‚ but
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time trying to copy da Vinci. The Isleworth painting is seemed to be with an international consortium while the original painting is kept in Paris’ Louvre Museum. The famous woman is this picture is Lisa del Giocondo. Lisa was from Florence and Tuscany‚ Italy. She married a cloth and silk merchant in her teenage years. Lisa was born in Florence on June 15th‚ 1479‚ many think that she was born on a rural property that is though to have been owned by the family. Lisa had five children with the merchant
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