discussed. The historical nature as well as how it may or may not have changed will be covered as well. The buildings chosen were the S. Maria Novella and the Segovia Cathedral. The first cathedral S. Maria Novella was created in Florence, Italy from 1456 to 1470 C.E. It is Gothic with an Italian Renaissance facade. (Artifice, 2013) As it is a building of course it is three-dimensional. Green and white marble was used in the construction. Load bearing masonry technique was used in order to
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After a two hour flight I was here, Rome in Italy, I come out of the airport and had to catch the next train to Florence, after the thirty-five minute train journey I had arrived in Florence, I knew straight away that it had lived up to the expectation of the beauty of the internet. I had arrived at the Arno river where the famous bridge Ponte vecchio, this bridge is famous because this bridge was the first bridge to be built over the Arno river, but it was the only one left standing out of the
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Europe, and it introduced the idea of coins as currency to the world. Some Barons and Princes however would take out a small amount of silver and add more alloys to the coins. There is a new currency called grosso, however it’s only circulating in Italy; it is worth the same as 12 pennies since its larger silver coin. The Italians are the biggest bankers as of mid-thirteenth century, beating their competition the Jews. Living in the city is difficult if you are poor. That’s why a large part of city
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Virgin and Child Enthroned Giotto di Bondone This Virgin and Child Enthroned is dated from 1305-1310, and is from Florence, Italy. It is made of tempera and gold on a wood panel. The piece uses hieratic scale making the Virgin and Child much larger than the surrounding saints and religious figures. It also enthrones images and has a flat, gold background. Giotto was one of the first artists to use 3D beings, and shows this in his piece. He shows the subjects as full, plainly draped bulky bodies
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VITTORIO BANFI Contact Information Full Name: Vittorio Banfi Address: Via Ennio Quirino Visconti 85, 00193, Rome Mobile: 0039 339 1509465 Email: vittorio.banfi@gmail.com Personal information Date of birth: 10.01.1988 Place of Birth: Rome Citizenship: Italian Gender: Male Employment history Internship at MetroNewsItaly (freepress newspaper) between August 2008 – March 2009 as Journalist Founder of the student association Energie9 Screenwriter of La ricotta (2010, short movie),
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Background Italy sells more clothing than France but the French excel in high quality and luxury products. However much higher-end French ready-to-wear and knitwear is made in Italy and China as the manufacturing quality is better than in France. The retail market is dominated by specialist fashion chain stores, and the number of independent boutiques has declined by almost nineteen per cent in last twelve years. On the other hand, mail order and e-commerce represent growing sector at eight per
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Marketing Communications (SEC. 101) BENETTON UNHATE CAMPAIGN BENETTON UNHATE CAMPAIGN Benetton is supporting the “Unhate” foundation that contributes to the creation of a new culture of tolerance. While I am fully in support of this cause as our world definitely needs more tolerance in today’s era of hate and rivalry against each other. But still I find the ads offensive. The concept of unhate do not involve world leaders kissing each other on the
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crisis in the Euro zone. The present article seeks to simplify and logically explain the crisis which has engulfed PIIGS. Q1) What does the term PIIGS stand for? Ans. PIIGS stands for Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain. The current Euro crisis started in Greece and has now finally spread to Italy. In fact, there is a worry that ultimately it will slowly engulf the entire Euro zone and that there will be sovereign defaults. Q2) What is a sovereign default? Ans. Sovereign default occurs when
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d-loans-increase.html Italy Debt Crisis Italy officially the Italian Republic is a unitary parliamentary republic in south-central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia along the Alps. To the south it consists of the entirety of the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Sardinia–the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea–and many other smaller islands. The independent states of San Marino and the Vatican City are enclaves within Italy, whilst Campione d'Italia
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Italian immigrants originated from southern Italy without much of an education. The foremost reason for Italian immigration was due to the meager financial conditions in Italy during the 20th century. The Italians established themselves in areas where they could network with each other and not be around other ethnic groups. The Italians from southern Italy were not educated greatly so most of them performed manual labor. Most of the Italians were farmers in Italy but, when they immigrated they moved to
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