Vince and I often spend time in Morcella; an enchanting, tiny village in Umbria, the green heart of Italy. Morcella was built in 927AD. The Chiesa di San Silvestri was built in 1027AD and has been faithfully attended by local churchgoers for centuries. In 2006, the European Union voted Morcella as the most beautiful medieval village in the county. During the last 6 years, Morcella has become our second home. It is full of those wonderful, engaging, warmhearted Italians. The 157 full-time residents
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The Renaissance in the North took started the late 1490s. Many factors caused the Renaissance to take place; cities were recovering from the Hundred Years' War, the Bubonic Plague, and the wealthy people began hiring and funding artists. Around c. 1450, the Gutenberg printing press was invented, which is one of the greatest accomplishments in the Northern Renaissance. The printing press allowed scholars, humanists, and people in general to spread their thoughts and beliefs with the
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The artistic work that I have chosen for this assignment is Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘The Last Supper’. Created between 1495 and 1498, the Da Vinci painted the oil painting on the walls of Santa Maria Delle Grazie in Milan in Italy. The masterpiece depicts a scene from the Gospel of John, wherein Jesus is having his last supper with his 12 apostles and announces that he would be betrayed by one of them. The painting is considered to be one of the best specimens of Biblical art and the art inspired during
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Filippo Brunelleschi was born 1377 from his mother and father, Giuliana Spini and Brunellesco di lippo in florence italy. Filippo was the middle of their three children. Filippo was given a literary and mathematical education intended to enable him to follow in the footsteps of his father, a civil servant. Brunelleschi started to train as a goldsmith and sculptor and went to the Arte della Seta which also included, metalworkers and bronze workers. Around the turn of the century, he was designated
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Edward Gibbon was born May 8 April 27, 1737, Putney, England he died January 16, 1794 in London. English rationalist historian and scholar best known as the author of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776–88). A narrative from the 2nd century to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Gibbon’s grandfather had made a considerable fortune and his father was able to live an easygoing life. He married Judith, a daughter of James Porten, whose family had originated in Germany. Edward
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Renaissance Reformation The Italian art produced during the Renaissance era did not show men as they really were, because their art made men look feminine as represented by their hair and their clothing. Renaissance ideas are expressed in the Italian are of the periods. The base there art of a humans features in their body and their characteristic. What that means is all there art was very vivid, because they love to draw the body of a human naked. To them it was true art, they did not put much
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Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452, in the Republic of Florence, which is known nowadays as Italy. He was a sculptor, engineer, mathematician, writer, architect, and much more. However, he is best renowned as a painter. Some of his notable art works are: the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. Thanks to his famous art pieces, he can best be described as the archetype of the “Renaissance Man”. His curiosity was able to match his power of inventions. As an engineer, he formed the concepts of a
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Throughout the 14th and 15th centuries there has been many famous paintings of the depiction of the roman Goddess of love, Venus. I have chose to compare and contrast Botticelli’s, “Birth of Venus” from the early renaissance and Titian's, “Venus of Urbino” from the high renaissance. Sandro Botticelli's painting, “Birth of Venus” and Titian's, “Venus of Urbino” both show the depiction of Venus through the use of hue, value and intensity of color and symbolism. Both compositions is a representation
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Tony Diterlizzi is an incredible artist, author, and visual producer. His books have inspired millions of children to be creative, explore, and to try their best. Each of his incredible works have been a connection his wild and mysterious world, so that the audience might hopefully see it through his whimsical eyes. Diterlizzi was born in Las Angeles, California on September 6, 1969 to Carole and Tony Diterlizzi. At the age of two his family moved to Southern Florida, where he then spent the rest
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What Key Events Lead To the Renaissance? Have you ever wondered what allowed the Renaissance to occur? Well there where a few major factors. One of those factors was the change of European Society. We will see what technology was made, and see what happened to Europe. One major factor that helped end Feudalism was The Plague. It killed around two-thirds of Europe’s population, leaving Europe with less workers. Since, the decrease in workers, food prices went up because of high food demand
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