these items reflect world events and cultural patterns of time. The Renaissance refers to the cultural transformations witnessed in Europe between the fourteen-century and the sixteen-century (Cheremeteff, 2000). The transformations originated in Italy before spreading to the other parts of Europe. Owing to the transformations, Europe came out of the economic crisis experienced during the middle ages. As such, the period was marked by robust financial growth. Similarly, the period saw changes in
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Often refered to as the father of `Modern Criminology`, Cesare Lombroso was born 18 November 1835 in Verona. He was the son of Aronne Lombroso, a wealthy Jewish Tradesman, and Zeffora Levi. He studied literature, linguistics, and archaeology at the universities of Pedua, Vienna, and Paris. He died in Turin in 19 October 1909. At a young age he was interested to help the poor and sick: as a freshly graduated doctor, he was traveling in the Lombardy region, printing pamphlets on his own expence and
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Essay #1 Italy For this essay I am going to talk about Italy’s history and what I think makes Italy a great country for the culinary arts. The few things that I will be talking about are culture, ethnic foods, spice profiles, geography and topography. (Italy) (Italy) Geography – Italy is a little bit larger than Arizona, it is a long peninsula shaped like a boot it is surrounded on the West side by the Tyrrhenian Sea and on the East side by the Adriatic. It is surrounded by France, Switzerland
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The Renaissance was a cultural movement. It was the beginning of the modern world. During the Renaissance period, many artists’ works were devoted to Christianity. Artists used oil media on wood panel supports. Oil paintings showed perspective. Matthias Grünewald was one of the artists during the Renaissance. One of Matthias’ painting was, The Temptation of Saint Anthony. It was painted during 1512-1516 . He was known as the greatest German Renaissance artist who made religious paintings with intense
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artwork till this day. Besides the fact that he was lonely Michelangelo Buonarrati is one of the most prominent ever, and possibly the best. Perhaps it was his loneliness that drove his passion for art. Michelangelo was born March 6, 1475 in Caprice, Italy. His dad and himself always considered him a “son of Florence”. His parents were Ludovicio Buonarroti and Francesca Neri. Thourgh his life he never mentioned or credited his mother. As a young child his mother was too sick and failed to nurse him
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The first evidence of the plague hitting Europe was at Sicilian port of Messina in Italy after a long voyage was taken place from the Black Sea. Many of the sailors boarding the ships were either found dead or ill from a mysterious cause that was unknown and therefore spreading the plague. This impacted the European society and lifestyle in that the economy and population were declining rapidly in just a few years. Several people during this time turned to their religious beliefs and blamed themselves
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The Renaissance What was the Renaissance? The Renaissance was a time of change throughout Europe. The Renaissance began from these three main causes. The causes of the Renaissance was the decline of feudalism, new ways of thinking and difference in beliefs. These are the causes, now the effects them are very important. First, what contributed the decline of feudalism? First, development of nations happened which led to rise of monarchs. Lords had decline of power from this. Then, the deadly plague
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Michelangelo, at the age of eighty seven uttered the simple, yet powerful words “Ancora Imparo”. The words translated into English mean, “Still I learn” and they are words dancer and choreographer, Ian Eastwood, live by in his day to day life. Eastwood, who got a majority of his following from YouTube videos and social media, has been dancing since the age ten and has been teaching around the world since he was fifteen. How does he compare to other dancers? How does his style stand out in the dancing
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The beginnings of modernity have been debated and traced back to either the fifteenth-century Italian Renaissance or the twelfth-century Medieval Ages. The argument for the Italian Renaissance is associated with Jacob Burckhardt, an art historian, and Paul O. Kristeller, a scholar on the humanist movement. The argument for the Medieval Ages is associated with the historians R.W. Southern and Johan Huizinga. Both sides provide strong arguments regarding their positions, but Southern and Huizinga provide
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Arcosanti is an Arcology based intentional community in Paradise Valley, Arizona. This place is supposed to be an intentional community with a focus on education, and was created by an Italian man named Paolo Soleri. Paolo was born in 1919, and passed away in 2013. He was an architect, urban designer, and a philosopher. His creation, Arcosanti is an 'urban laboratory' with an intention to show an alternative way of living. He believed that Arcosanti would bring humans together through Arcology (architecture
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