Giuseppe Verdi was born on the 10th of October 1813 in Roncole of Busseto‚ Parma. Since Giuseppe was a young boy‚ he showed a lot of talent when it came it to music. When Giuseppe was 12‚ he worked for a shopkeeper in Busseto. There‚ he studied music with Ferdinando Provesi. In 1835‚ he married the shopkeeper’s daughter‚Margherita Barezzi. She died‚ along with her two children‚ sometime between 1838 and 1840. The first opera Giuseppe wrote was called Oberto Conte di San Bonifacio ‚ written in 1839
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Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi was born in Florence‚ Italy around 1386. He was born to Nicolo di Betto Bardi‚ a member of the Florentine Woolcombers Guild. His friends and family adopted the shortened moniker‚ Donatello‚ when he was only a child. This is what we know him as today. Donatello’s first educational environment was at the home of the Martellis‚ a wealthy Florentine family of bankers and patrons closely linked to the Medici family. In the shop of a goldsmith within the Martellis family
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Reading 7 Hertzog‚ N. B. (2001). Reflections and impressions from Reggio Emilia: “It’s not about art!”. Early Childhood Research & Practice‚ 3(1). Retrieved from http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v3n1/hertzog.html ECRP. Spring 2001. Reflections and Impressions from Reggio Emilia: "It’s Not about ... Page 1 of 9 Reflections and Impressions from Reggio Emilia: "It’s Not about Art!" Nancy B. Hertzog University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Abstract This article discusses an early childhood program administrator’s
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Van Eyck’s Portrait of Giovani Arnolfini and His Wife‚ Givanna Cenami and Masaccio’s Trinity with the Virgin‚ Saint John the Evangelist‚ and Donors are two paintings that clearly reflect the respective artistic traditions of the Northern and Italian Renaissance. Each painting is reflective of the buying public‚ the northern resistance to let go of Gothic design‚ the dichatomony of a more Humanistic tradition and a more religious culture‚ the area’s climate‚ the restructuring of the church with Martin
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“ What do we know about the identity of the author of the Gesta Francorum” The Gesta Franco rum is an anonymous historical source of the first crusade that surveys events from the revelation of the first crusade at the council of Clermont in November 1095 till the battle of Ascalon in t 1099. Although the Gesta Franco rum is one of the first major sources to account the first crusade and therefore important in analysing the crusading events‚ the authenticity is put into question as the identity
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My topic is: Leonardo da vinci My audience is: The class Introduction march 27‚ 2015 Josh beyer‚ Informational Essay In the days of the renaissance‚ notary(s) where common upon the government of florence‚ In Fact one of the most famous among the hierarchy‚Ser Piero‚ had a wife that bore a son‚ this child wore the name of Leonardo da vinci. Ser Piero‚ Ser Piero da firenze ( father of the notary)‚ and the peasant grandmother where the only people to witness the birth of this illegitimate baby
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Michelangelo Many people have contributed something to what we know as the renaissance era‚ whether it was art‚ music‚ or poetry; But few have contributed to the renaissance era what Michelangelo has. Examples of this can be seen throughout history with his many famous paintings‚ sculptures‚ or his lesser known poetry. These examples include the Sistine chapel paintings and his David sculptures‚ these contributions alone prove that Michelangelo was one of the major contributors to the renaissance
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Have you ever wondered how Michelangelo Buonarroti made the statue David? Michelangelo was an Italian sculptor‚ painter‚ architect‚ poet‚ and engineer of the high renaissance. It was believed that rivalry between city-states of renaissance Italy and the splendors of Milan provoked the Florentine authorities to commission colossal figures to rein the rooftop of their cathedral. The David for Florence Italy is the symbol of republican liberty‚ a young boy with the help of God overcome his tyrant. For
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While the history of secco fresco dates back to the Egyptian culture‚ the history of buon fresco paintings can be traced as far back as the Minoan era‚ 1600 BCE. Buon fresco is a form of painting done on wet plaster surface. The technique allows the color pigments to bind to the wall so the painter needs to work very quickly. During the Minoan and Etruscan era the majority of buon fresco paintings were done in tombs. I will be comparing and contrasting two well-known fresco funerary paintings‚ Tomb
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Patrons by definition are a people who give financial or other support to a person‚ organization‚ cause‚ or activity. During the 15th century powerful patrons rose and by that time‚ Italy was not a unified nation‚ but some state cities developed more and more power‚ the leaders of these cities became very powerful themselves. The leaders were dukes‚ counts‚ lords‚ cardinals‚ or even elected city representatives. Those leaders established their own courts and hired painters or sculptors to be the
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