Essays Tagged: "artistic center"

Prostitution in Seventeenth Century Europe

ularly in the city of Florence, which had been transformed by the Renaissance into the cultural and artistic center of the country. As a result, many prostitutes flocked to Florence due to the potenti ...

(5 pages) 38 0 4.7 May/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Leonardo da Vinci

architect, engineer, and scientist. His love of knowledge and research was the keynote of both his artistic and scientific efforts. His pioneering in the field of painting influenced the course of It ... ettled in Florence, where Leonardo was given the best education that Florence, the intellectual and artistic center of Italy, could offer. He rapidly advanced socially and intellectually. He was hands ...

(4 pages) 41 0 4.0 Oct/2007

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Leonardo Da Vinci

mily settled in the mid-1460. He was given the best education in Florence, a major intellectual and artistic center of Italy. About in 1466 he was apprenticed as an assistant to Andrea del Verrocchio, ...

(3 pages) 54 0 4.6 Feb/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists