Gian Lorenzo Bernini was widely considered not only one of Europe’s greatest artists, but one of its greatest men. He was a sensational Italian architect and exceptional sculptor and had an eye for great design, this caused him to be a big shot of the art world, with no shortage of commissions or projects. Because of this, he had a large impact on the European culture and other successful artists felt intimidated by his astounding works. These European artists suddenly started to paint amazing
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period’s contributions to children’s rights, it becomes essential to examine the history and role of the Ospedale degli Innocenti in fostering a child-centered culture. With over 570 years since its establishment, the Ospedale degli Innocenti in Florence is the oldest public institution in
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Power Paradox, Greene detestation the idea of maintain the power in an abuse system where Machiavelli agreed while Greene doesn’t. He believes that having a power comes from a leader who has those qualities that we need for our country to be lead by. I contradict with Machiavelli’s declaration of the power, “We tend to believe that attaining power requires force, deception, manipulation, and coercion. Indeed, we might even assume that positions of power demand this kind of conduct—that to run smoothly
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Giuseppe Mazzini was thought of one of the most important thinkers of the nineteenth century in Europe. In fact, one of Mazzini’s famous works include homilies titled, “On the Duties of Man”. Throughout these homilies Giuseppe Mazzini stresses the love of one’s country, and the compatibility of this patriotism with the love of humanity. During the course of Mazzini’s writing he also discusses the duties of man relating to that of the duties towards his country, and to humanity in particular. Naturally
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voices then sing together Virgo Serena and generate closing punctuation of this section. Joaquin alters the textures using the contrast four, three, or two voices to create separate musical sections. Leonardo da Vinci painted the annunciation in Florence. This is a representation of the annunciation where angel Gabriel tells Virgin Mary that she would conceive and have Jesus. Greek art is vastly popular. “Orpheus” was Monteverdi’s first opera and used it to synthesize all the music genres that
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Leonardo's Mona Lisa AR115 Introduction to the Visual Arts Park University Mr. Trevis Martin December 2, 2012 Leonardo's Mona Lisa The tetragrammaton simply means "four letters," YHWH; which stand for the name of the God of Israel, and means "to be." The proper pronunciation and spelling was too holy to say or write that it was lost centuries ago and cannot be found in any ancient writings; therefore, Israelis substituted the name to Yahweh, or Jehovah, but only pronounce
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which happen to be persons who have never read his work; while others believe that he only gives evidence to his heightened intellect and reveals the true nature of human-kind. This man was known as Niccolo Machiavelli. Machiavelli was born in Florence, Italy to a relatively well of family in 1469 and died in 1527 A.D. He was born at the time when Europe was blossoming with the Renaissance (rebirth of knowledge/learning). He is known as the Man of Age and Reason. He was born in an era that discovered
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a child I remember looking at the crucifix and always was filled with lots of emotions; from anger to sadness. I believe that was the same emotions the artists who created the famous crucifix at Basilica Santa Croce, in Florence and the crucifix at Santa Maria Novella, in Florence wanted people to feel. The crucifix at Basilica Santa Croce was made by Cimabue, AKA Bencivieni Di Pepo, who was a Florentine painter in the Byzantine Style. His devotion to the Byzantine style of his figures of the Christus
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Different between knowledge and opinion according to plato –…According to Plato "Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance." ……It is amazing to me that some people can sense the scale of knowledge so easiliy and to them it is second nature. Yet there are others who may actually be a majority who insist on defending opinions with their last breath while remaining closed to this scale of knowledge………"Opinion is between the knowing of the true idea and the ignorance of the unreal"(Plato
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withdrawn from the monastery. In 1581, at the age of 17, he entered the University of Pisa to study medicine, as his father wished. Galileo Galilei - Law of the Pendulum At age twenty, Galileo noticed a lamp swinging overhead while he was in a cathedral. Curious to find out how long it took the lamp to swing back and forth, he used his pulse to time large and small swings. Galileo discovered something that no one else had ever realized: the period of each swing was exactly the same. The law of the
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