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    The Black Maddona

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    editor of the “Poetry Review” and continued writing. In 1954‚ she converted to Catholicism. In the early 1960s‚she moved to New York‚ where she was offered a job with the prestigious mgazine the “New Yorker” After that she moved to Rome and later Tuscany where she lived and worked until her death in 2006. She is praised for her unique blend of realism‚satire and allegory.

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    Who was Mazzini and why was he important for Italian unification (How strong were ideas about Risorgimento in Italy by 1848?) Originally‚ The Risorgimento was inspired by French Rule: - Secret society - Particularly active in S. Italy - Naples= 60‚000 members - Elaborate rituals + unquestioning obedience to leaders - Mild aims (constitutional monarchy) - Mazzini felt their aims were aimless‚ no political opinion‚ no plan/idealism for future of Italy Giuseppe Mazzini 1805-72

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    HSC Unit 1: Pompeii and Herculaneum By the end of this unit‚ you will know about: • The early stages of occupation of P and H • A historical overview of P and H before the eruption • The physical environment (setting‚ natural features‚ resources) of P and H • Plans and streetscapes of both cities • What kind of sources are available (written and archeological) on P and H • The limitations and reliability of the sources‚ and how

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    The Divine Comedy

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    Dante’s date of birth is unknown‚ it is theorized that he was born around 1265. He was born in Florence at the early stages of the Renaissance‚ and he is considered a forerunner of it because of the way he created the Italian language. Dante combined Tuscany‚ a regional dialect‚ with Latin and other dialects to make it more suitable for its expression. This makes Dante one of the first to break from the traditional way of publishing in Latin (Dante Online). The Divine Comedy gathers the Summa Theologica

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    Italy

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    You can see the influence of the traditional and Mediterranean culture on the inhabitants of central and southern Iraq. In southern Italy‚ most people are more brown and darker hair. In the north‚ however‚ they tend to be taller‚ blonder hair and lighter eyes. If from north to south‚ the Italians have one thing in common-a love of life-they are also sociable and have a passion for what they do. They talk a lot and pretty gesture. The Italians are not afraid of showing emotions‚ give hugs‚ kisses

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    lessons of the Catholic breviary. These achievements are only a few of the many accomplished by Pope Leo I‚ rendering him considerably worthy of his title as “the Great.” There is not much insight on Leo’s early life other than that he was born in Tuscany

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    In answering the question I think that it is firstly important to understand why Austria was hostile to the whole idea of Italian unification in this period. After the crippling French Wars of the early 19th century all the powers agreed that such bloodshed must never be allow to happen again. Therefore at the 1815 Congress of Vienna it was decided that Austria would have control over the turbulent Italian states of Lombardi and Venetia in order to ensure that the aforementioned areas did not attempt

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    responsible for early victories‚ then Napoleon III declared peace with Austria abruptly in 1858 without telling Cavour. Why? Longer and costlier war than he anticipated‚ Prussian moving in.. Piedmont only got Lombardy‚ not Venetia. Parma‚ Modena‚ Tuscany‚ and part of Papal States got taken over by nationalists who agreed to ally with Cavour. Garibaldi= southern Italian leader of unification‚ raised army of Red Shirts‚ went to Sicily to help revolt vs Bourbon king. Won Sicily‚ marched up Italian Peninsula

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    Renaissance Art

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    Renaissance Art During a time when all life in Europe was affected by the collapse of the Roman Empire and invasion of barbarian people‚ the Catholic Church managed to keep fine arts alive in the holiest of cities (Netzley). Before the time of the Renaissance‚ the Church focused their efforts on creating an unnatural essence that was Medieval art. This type of art appears abnormal to modern people‚ mostly because they had very little knowledge about human anatomy and mathematics (Brown). The figures

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    Lisa and the Last Supper. However‚ he is also probable the world’s exceptional anatomist. Da Vinci was studying anatomy and his findings were way ahead of his time and years before the beginnings of the scientific revolution. He was born in Vinci‚ Tuscany on the 15th of April 1452. He was the son of a Florentine Lawyer and grew up in Florence as an apprentice of Andrea Verrocchio. He began his study of anatomy around 1489 and “shown particular interest in the head and brain”. Anatomy seemed to be an

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