The topic that has been chosen to conduct this paper consists of a man who was known as Prete Rosso, the “Red Priest.” He was a Baroque composer, virtuoso violinist, teacher and cleric. His name was Antonio Vivaldi and people referred to him as the Red Priest because the color of his hair was red, but this was a common family trait. He was born on March 4, 1678 in Venice, Italy and immediately after he had been born he was baptized in his home by the midwife. This sparked interest in Antonio due
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His early years in Umbria, than from 1504-1508 in Florence, than his triumphant twelve years in Rome, working for two Popes and their close Associate. His Father was also a court painter for the Duke of Urbino, Federico III da Montefeltro.
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Science and Art During the period of the Renaissance through the 18th century scientific advances greatly influenced art. The subjects, the materials used and the way art was created were all effected. What we see now as art and science being two completely separate entities was once seen as more intertwined. Leonardo DaVinci is maybe the foremost example of being a man of art and science. He was best known as an architect, sculpture, inventor, and a painter. He is also known as a master
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Ethan Escobedo Mr. Little AP European History 3, June 2017 Answering Part 1 Questions Machiavelli’s life while was the book was being written was horrible. He had been falsely accused of plotting to go against the Medici in 1513. He was beaten for several weeks. The political climate as the book was being written was that the Medici with help from Spanish troops defeated the republicans army and their government. Three major themes that were spoken about in The Prince were in chapters VII, chapter
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Leonardo was born on April 15, 1452, "at the third hour of the night" in the Tuscan hill town of Vinci, in the lower valley of the Arno River in the territory of Florence. He was the illegitimate son of Messer Piero Fruosino di Antonio da Vinci, a Florentine notary, and Caterina, a peasant who may have been a slave from the Middle East. Leonardo had no surname in the modern sense, "da Vinci" simply meaning "of Vinci": his full birth name was "Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci", meaning "Leonardo, son
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The Evolution and Historical Significance of the Renaissance Where do we owe our modern approach to thought, identity, religion and science? One could explain it through evolution of thought process and knowledge, but then again, when were people inspired to think in that type of manner? It can be traced back to an age of enlightenment we know as the Renaissance. Although this period in our history is generally thought of as a reformation in how we as people look at the world around us, it was
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Dictionary defines, “the employment of cunning and duplicity in statecraft or in general conduct". Niccolò Machiavelli was an Italian historian, diplomat, philosopher, politician and a humanist writer based in Florence during Renaissance. He was Secretary to the Second Chancery of the Republic of Florence from 1498 to 1512, during which the Medici were out of power. Before which he was responsible for the diplomatic and military affairs in the Florentine Republic. He penned the greatest work of his life;
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Niccolo Machiavelli lived in Florence, Italy in the 1400’s. The country of Italy was divided into city-states that had their own leaders, but all pledged alliance to their king. In time in which great leaders were needed in order to help the development of a city-state and country, Machiavelli had a theory that man needed a leader to control them. In his book The Prince, he speaks of the perfect leader. I believe that man, by nature, is neither good nor evil. When a child comes out of its mother
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mainly sung 2. Opera _____ B. fool the eye in French; illusion of depth or shape 3. Humanism_____ C. leading family of Milan during the Renaissance 4. Trompe l’oiel _____ D. leading family of Florence during the Renaissance 5. sfumato _____ E. Harem girl 6. chiaroscuro____ F. in a dark manner (Caravaggio made famous) 7. perspective_____ G. upholds justice, human reason and ethics 8. fresco
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Primavera (Allegory of Spring) Botticelli Circa 1482 Background of Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) and his artwork Alessandro de Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, also is known as Sandro Botticelli. He was born in 1445, Florence, Italy and he was one of the Italian painters during Early Renaissance. In 1460, he learned painting from the Renaissance painter, namely as Fra Filippo Lippi. Botticelli was a talented painter and he was able to open a workshop at the age of 15. “Birth of Venus” and “Primavera
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