Essays Tagged: "Florentine"
Leonardi Da Vinci
ample of Renaissance genius, who possessed one of the greatest minds of all time. As a painter, the Florentine produced such masterpieces as the 'Virgin of the Rocks' (1483), the 'Last Supper' (1495-9 ... er refused to help, but his uncle enlisted the aid of Bernardo di Simone Cortigiani, an influential Florentine, to have the charges dismissed, after Leonardo spent two months in jail. At one point lat ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Artists
Donatello
r research showed he was much more.Early career. Donatello was the son of Niccolo di Betto Bardi, a Florentine wool carder. It is not known how he started his career but probably learned stone carving ... orking. He was later quoted as saying that he almost died 'among those frogs in Padua.' in 1456 the Florentine physician Giovanni Chellini noted he had successfully treated the master for a protracted ...
Subjects: Art Essays
Giovanni and Lusanna: Love and Marriage in Renaissance Florence: "An Insight Into The Lives Of Women During The European Middle Ages"
Lodovico della Casa:(1420-1480) was one of the sons from the Della Casa--an upper echelon family of Florentine society. All of the family members were engaged in international trade and banking (refer ... spouse, strengthened interfamily ties, and served as a financial base for the newlyweds. During the Florentine Renaissance, the husband managed his wife's dowry but did not own it outright (women had ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays
Othello
tly hated Othello because the position of "lieutenant"(I,I,l.8) was given to "One Michael Cassio, a Florentine."(I,I,l.20) Iago resented the fact that Cassio got the position, one that he thought he r ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare
Dante Alighieri importance in literature and how did his work reflected "the spirit of the Renaissance".
as born in 1265 in Florence, Italy, to a family of moderate wealth that was involved in the complex Florentine political scene. Around 1285, Dante married a woman chosen for him by his family. Despite ... , because he disliked Boniface very much. The pope, as well as a multitude of other characters from Florentine politics, has a place in the Hell that Dante depicts in Inferno--and not a pleasant one.D ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays
The developement of Opera throughout the years.
Florentine BeginningsAlthough musical drama, such as The Play of Daniel (12th cent.), had previously ... o by Giulio Rospigliosi (later Pope Clement IX). Landi modified the strict declamatory style of the Florentines with formal devices: the recitative and aria became clearly differentiated, and more pro ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Performing Arts
'Iago the Chameleon' in Shakespeare's 'Othello'
vious mastermind such as Iago.Iago, as said earlier, wants revenge from Othello for his choice of a Florentine for his lieutenant. We see that Iago starts devising his plan in Act 1, Scene 3 in a soli ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare
Dino Compagni's notion that internal discord was the result of Florentine discord.
In Dino Compagni's diatribe of the Florentine demise, it is clear that he believes the internal strife among her citizens was the backb ... d, power radiated upward from the popolo to its leaders. Compagni's belief that bad politics caused Florentine discord was true, but the guilt is misplaced on corrupt and irresponsible leaders, rather ... ace pacts, leading to growing discord. These events set in motion what Compagni asserts divided the Florentines and caused internal strife. Compagni was member of the popular party, and thus was not i ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Lorenzo de Medici, and Pope Julius II.
d literature. Among these were the artists Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo Buonarroti, the great Florentine ruler, Lorenzo de Medici, and the Pope Julius II. These individuals, probably more than a ... the Pieta, the Moses, and the Madonna.Lorenzo de Medici was born in Florence in 1449 the son of the Florentine ruler Cosimo de Medici. Lorenzo gained the nickname the Magnificent because of his many c ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Machiavelli's "The Prince".
in local government, and in 1498 Machiavelli's first involvement in politics was with the unstable Florentine. He helped unseat the dominant political and religious figure in Florence, Girolamo Savon ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory
Views of Giovanni Boccaccio in regards to the Renaissance painting of Giotto.
ill then explore the reasoning of Boccaccio, in an attempt to portray the view of this 14th Century Florentine humanist.Likewise, I will give my opinion of Giotto's work. As a contemporary, I find Gio ... seem to people today, at his time he painted in a revolutionary style, completely new to his fellow Florentines.A century after Giotto's death, Boccaccio wrote that Giotto's genius looked not so simil ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Artists
This essay compares the writing of Dante Alighieri Giovanni Boccaccio and, Francesco Petrarca.
dual expressed theirs views differently. All three of them presented the three main elements of the Florentine Society during the Renaissance, which were the "popolo vecchio, popolo grasso, and popolo ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Machiavelli: The man behind the legend
Niccolo` Machiavelli, an intelligent Florentine statesman, a passionate philosopher, and a great thinker in the turning point from Middle ... outh was watching Savonarola from afar. Soon after Savonarola was executed, Machiavelli entered the Florentine government. He was the second in command being secretary of the Ten of Balìa and s ... second in command being secretary of the Ten of Balìa and serving in the chancellery of the Florentine republic (Gilbert). His position quickly rose, and he was soon engaging in diplomatic mis ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
"Why was Mussolini able to get to power in 1922?"
alists* whilst on the right, the Italian Nationalist Association, the Futurists, D'Annunzio and the Florentine avant-garde were most active. Despite their efforts, the parliamentary system remained st ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Michelangelo Bounarroti his life and work
March 6, 1475, in the small village of Caprese, in Florence. His father, Ludovico Buonarroti, was a Florentine official with connections to the ruling Medici family. At age 13, Michelangelo was appren ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Artists
Academic Art -- The Renaissance Academy and French Royal Academy
the patron saint of painters, St. Luke), was founded a decade or so later in Rome. More so than the Florentine Accademia del Disegno, the Academia di San Luca served an educational function and was mo ...
Subjects: Art Essays
Leonardo da Vinci and math
Leonardo da Vinci was born April 15th, 1452 in the town of Vinci, now known as Italy, to a Florentine lawyer. Growing up on a farm, Leonardo took a great interest in nature and the animals of ... machines and weapons. In the process, Leonardo used physics, chemistry, and all kinds of math. The Florentines did not like da Vinci, which was ok because da Vinci did not like the Florentines at all ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Othello Summary
o become Othello's lieutenant, but instead, Othello chose Cassio to hold this position. Cassio is a Florentine, not a Venetian, and has little experience of military affairs. Iago feels he is more qua ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare
Leonardo Da Vinci: His life and accomplishments (Pt 1).
o Florence. It was there that his father sent him to study with the most versatile and sought after Florentine master of the time: the sculptor, painter and goldsmith Andrea Verrochio. During that tim ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Michelangelo: The Architect.
imits for what one man can achieve in a life time.Michelangelo's father, Ludovico Buonarroti, was a Florentine official with connections to the ruling Medici family. Unable to nurse her own son, Miche ... e and on the Tomb of Julius II. As a starting point, Michelangelo took the wall articulation of his Florentine predecessors, but infused it with the same surging energy that characterizes his sculptur ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Artists