Machiavelli’s The Prince and God’s Word both give advice on how to rule. Two main similarities between the two manuscripts are that a leader must be kind and that he should not abuse his power. In Machiavelli’s time, Italy was not a united country but was divided into multiple city-states. Attempting to help Italian rulers, he wrote his magnum opus The Prince. Machiavelli wrote that a leader needed to have a balance between clemency, or kindness, and cruelty. He knew that a ruler needed to
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The adoration of the mystic lamb was created by jan and hubert Eyck in 1432. It has a strong history as one of the most significant art pieces of the renaissance. It was reassembled, stolen and cleaned. In fact the prior knowledge of the piece being seen by us was after world war 2, In 2010 they finally received a grant for the altarpiece, where they now focused on the pieces condition and stabilizing it, additional funds also allowed for a committee of Dutch historians to overlooked its condition
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“ I am not accustomed to saying anything with certainty after only one or two observation”(Vesalius). Andreas like many great scientist believed that you must conduct several experiments before making a conclusion. Andreas Vesalius deserves to be the next Renaissance Idol because he demonstrates the skills, devotion, and creativity that other have lacked to present. The word Renaissance means the “rebirth”, the Renaissance era followed the decline of the feudal system. This allowed individuals to
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Fra Angelico was both a Dominican friar as well as a talented painter. His most famous frescoes can be found in the monastery of San Marco throughout the small rooms. A very popular piece that all the monks would see everytime they walked up the stairs to their sleeping chambers was Fra Angelico’s The Annunciation. There are only two figures in this painting, which lacks all the other symbols that are usually included in an Annunciation piece. On the left is the angel Gabriel, who has come to Mary
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During the Fourteenth Century, times had begun to change in terms of the way of thinking as it pertains to governing a state. An Italian author, Niccolò Machiavelli introduced his way of thinking by writing The Prince, which is often interpreted as a way to rule, or not to rule. He uses humanism to back up his views on how governing should be handled. Of course, the book was rejected by the Catholic Church, which believed in divine authority. In The Prince, Machiavelli expresses that people are actually
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Lao-tzu VS. Machiavelli What is considered to be a good idea about a government and a leader? In the book A World of Ideas, two different government point of views by two celebrated authors is presented. The first author was Lao-tzu, an ancient Chinese philosopher from the sixth century B.C.E, who was asked to write down his thought before leaving his job; thus, he wrote “Thoughts from the Tao-te Ching”. It is a philosophical work about good government as well as about moral behavior: the way of
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The Renaissance covered the whole fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in Italy. All the productions from the artists were amazing and some of the works produced during the Renaissance continue to capture the public’s imagination. It offers so many lessons, so we can approach today’s world. People during the time of Renaissance looked to their past with a sense of admiration and in search of guidance, which we are doing nowadays. They did not only looked back for some centuries, but instead to the
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The piece I am looking at is the Lamentation in the Arena Chapel by Giotto. This painting was done in 1303 in Padua. This piece uses lines,colors, contrast and texture to bring the entire picture together to work as a whole piece. One element of form Giotto used are lines to make the appearance (also known as contour lines) of certain objects as well. The upper right corner has lines in many different directions to form the shape of a tree. Below that, the shape of the rock is established through
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Although Machiavelli’s writing, The Prince, may be directly aimed at describing the things a prince needs to do, it is also in a way describing the way that all humans should conduct themselves. The book may be influencing the princes, or it may be shaping the morals of those looking to gain power. If the normal men who are looking to gain power follow some of the guidelines that are laid out inside The Prince, they will have a better chance than those who continue to live life just as they have
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The discovery that I chose was to research the work of Leonardo da Vinci on perspective, light, shadows, and color in painting. I chose to research this topic because art interest me more than any other topic. I have always been into any form of art. I decided to choose this because I wanted to enjoy researching while I did this assignment. It is significant to me also because I am an artist myself and wanted to learn about the different aspects of art that he learned about and applied to his art
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