information Rene Descartes‚ Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason‚ and Seeking Truth in the Sciences‚ retrieved 14 Apr 08 from http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext93/dcart10.txt Galileo Galilei‚ Letter to Grand Duchess Christina of Tuscany‚ 1615‚ retrieved 14 Apr 08 from http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/galileo-tuscany.html Judith Coffin & Robert C. Stacy‚ Western Civilizations‚ Vol. B‚ pp. 576-596‚ retrieved 14 Apr 08 from http://erepository.adfa.edu.au.ezproxy.libadfa.adfa.edu.au:2048/courseres/ZHSS1201_432787
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C. ed. French and English philosophers: Descartes‚ Rousseau‚ Voltaire‚ Hobbes: with introductions and notes. Series: The Harvard classics v. 34. New York: P.F. Collier. c1910. Halsall‚ P. Galileo Galilei: Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina of Tuscany‚ 1615. 1997. Fordam University. 3 Apr. 2007. . Thatcher‚ O. ed.‚ The Library of Original Sources‚ Vol. V: 9th to 16th Centuries. Milwaukee: University Research Extension Co. 1907.
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Painting/Sculpture Essay- Ronan Carey Donatello‚ originally known as Donato‚ was given the name Donatello by his relatives and thus‚ wrote it that way on many of his works‚ was born in Florence in the year 1386. A gifted artist‚ he was not only an excellent sculptor and a marvellous statuary‚ but also prevalent in stucco‚ an able master of perspective‚ and a greatly admired architect who worked in virtually every medium possible during his long career‚ marble‚ bronze‚ low relief‚ pietra serena
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How far do you agree that the limited appeal of Mazzini’s ideas was the main reason for the slow progress of national unity in Italy in the years 1815-48? In 1815‚ Italy had just emerged from Napoleonic rule and was completely divided into nine separate states; with different rulers and different cultures. By 1848‚ these states had progressed towards‚ albeit merely to a limited extent‚ some kind of national unity – national unity meaning the feeling of being united and together as one country
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Robert G. Mondavi‚ the son of poor Italian immigrants‚ began making wine in Califor¬nia in 1943 when his family purchased the Charles Krug winery in Napa Valley where he served as a general manager. In 1966‚ at the age of 54‚ after a severe dispute over control of the family-owned winery‚ Robert Mondavi used his personal savings and loans from friends to start the flagship Robert Mondavi Win¬ery in Napa Valley with his eldest son‚ Michael Mondavi. Robert’s vision was to create wines in California
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The Renaissance defined.-- "Renaissance‚" French for "rebirth‚" perfectly describes the intellectual and economic changes that occurred in Europe from the fourteenth through the sixteenth centuries. During the era known by this name‚ Europe emerged from the economic stagnation of the Middle Ages and experienced a time of financial growth. Also‚ and perhaps most importantly‚ the Renaissance was an age in which artistic‚ social‚ scientific‚ and political thought turned in new directions. DANTE
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An increase in expression of popular piety became prevalent at the end of the 11th century during the call for the first crusade by Pope Urban II. Popular piety refers to seeking a closer more personal relationship with God that was based off of emotion and love. This emotive Christianity reflected a shift in the attitudes of medieval society that were continuing to change due to other historical factors happening from the 12th through 15th centuries. The growth of popular piety‚ the ongoing threat
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different from previous versions. To finish‚ I will talk about the influence this sculpture has had in later artists‚ and why it is considered a masterpiece. At the time of Michelangelo’s birth‚ Florence was‚ without question‚ the dominant city in Tuscany and‚ probably‚ in all Italy. It was a political and cultural unit distinct from other equivalent powers‚ such as Venice‚ Milan or the Papal States‚ with which it had alliances and‚ sometimes‚ went to war. It was one of the great centres of European
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Art History and Appreciation Project Name Joshua MacAnespie Date 4-17-2015 Objective In this project‚ you will create and deliver a presentation to demonstrate an understanding of how works of art reflect the culture‚ politics‚ religion‚ and artistic movements of the times in which the artists created them. Links Virtual Diego Rivera Web Museum http://redirect.platoweb.com/337736 Frescoes in the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo http://redirect.platoweb.com/337737 creating and delivering
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consideration can be accurately tested and if the opposing view can be founded as false. Galileo’s goes into depth about the truth of scripture and the sciences‚ intertwined with the reason of man‚ in his letter to Christina of Lorraine‚ Grand Duchess of Tuscany. Early on in the letter Galileo‚ infers from St Augustine that the Holy Ghost did not intend to teach “how heaven goes” rather “how one goes to heaven”. Galileo interprets this as the underlying basis for the “common” people to believe that man should
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