they founded the Medici Bank.3 The bank was the largest in Europe during the 15th century‚ which allowed the Medici to gain power in Florence.4 The Medici were created Dukes of Florence by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V in 1531 and later on Dukes of Tuscany by Emperor Maximilian II in 1575.5 The House of Medici also produced 4
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Biography of a Mathematician Introduction Leonardo da Vinci was a great mathematician whose contributions to the discipline were immense‚ especially in the field of geometry. Besides being a mathematician‚ Leonardo da Vinci was a renowned painter‚ inventor‚ architect‚ and a student of scientific concepts (Cremante‚ Leonardo & Pedretti‚ 2005). Since Leonardo’s natural genius encompassed several disciplines‚ he personified the term “Renaissance man.” At present‚ Leonardo is best acknowledged for his
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Italian cries for unity were largely ignored by Metternich (de facto leader of the congress‚ from Vienna) and Italy was divided among many nationalities and groups. Metternich allotted Northern Italy to the control of his own people‚ the Austrians‚ Tuscany and Modena to the Hapsburg Princes‚ the Papal States to the pope‚ Parma to Marie Louise (Napoleon’s wife)‚ Piedmont and Sardinia to the King of Sardinia‚ and Naples to the Bourbon King Ferdinand IV. Despite such divisions‚ the goal of a unified Italian
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the years 1495-1498‚ The Last Supper offered a visual representation of Holy Thursday‚ in which Jesus and his Apostles share a final meal before his death and later his resurrection (Cascone). Born on April 15th in the year 1452‚ in Anchiano‚ Tuscany‚ Leonardo Da Vinci quickly became one of the great creative minds of the Italian Renaissance‚ highly influential as an artist and as a sculptor as well. Some of his most revered pieces of artwork include The Mona Lisa‚
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Scientific London. London‚ England: London Cass‚ 1968. Brewster‚ David. Memoirs of the life writings‚ and discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton. Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas‚ 1860. Drake‚ Stillman. Letter to Madame Christina of Lorraine‚ Grand Duchess of Tuscany: Concerning the Use of Biblical Quotations in Matters of Science [translation and footnotes by Stillman Drake...]. Florence‚ Italy: Giunti- Barbera‚ 1968. Hettner‚ Hermann. Geschichte der Englischen Literatur. Berlin: Braunschweig‚ 1856. Merton‚
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The Columbian Exchange or Grand Exchange was the widespread transfer of animals‚ plants‚ culture‚ human populations‚ technology and ideas between the American and Afro-Eurasian hemispheres in the 15th and 16th centuries‚ related to European colonization and trade after Christopher Columbus ’ 1492 voyage. Although unlikely to be intentional at the time‚ communicable diseases were a byproduct of the Exchange. The contact between the two areas circulated a wide variety of new crops and livestock‚ which
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To what extent is it fair to refer to Cavour as the architect of the Italian Unification? After the failures of the 1848 revolution‚ Count Camillo Benso Di Cavour stepped in as the Prime Minister of Piedmont as the state was considered to be agitation concentration for those who still aimed and fought for the independence and unison of Italy. His liberal leadership philosophies enabled him to contribute in the movement towards the Italian Unification. However‚ is it fair to consider him an Italian
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Death penalty The Death Penalty has been a part of human society and its legal system for centuries‚ regarded as a necessary defense to dangerous crimes and a way to liberate the community from dangerous criminals. However‚ later on this type of punishment came to be regarded as a crime against humanistic ideals by many‚ and its validity in the legal system has been questioned. Today‚ the debate rages on. There have been at least 349 people wrongly convicted of crimes punishable by death since
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Michelangelo Buonarroti Michelangelo Buonarroti was born in 1475. He was born in a small town called Caprese‚ in Tuscany‚ Italy. Michelangelo was one of the most famous artists of the Italian Renaissance. According to Charles de Tolnay Michelangelo ’s three greatest works of his later life‚ were the Tomb of Pope Julius II‚ the Sistine Chapel ceiling‚ and the Medici Chapel(37). Michelangelo ’s specialty was painting the human body unclothed. In order to learn to paint the human body so well
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Construction started in 1063 and was finished in 1350. “Begun by the renowned architect Buscheto in 1064 on the foundations of an earlier Longobord church‚ and consecrated by Pope Gelasius II in 1118‚ it did in fact become the largest romanesque church in Tuscany” (Ciaga 38). “A second master builder‚ Rainaldus‚ is named in another
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