Giorgio Vasari (30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an Italian painter‚ architect‚ writer and historian‚ most famous today for his Lives of the Most Eminent Painters‚ Sculptors‚ and Architects‚ considered the ideological foundation of art-historical writing. As the first Italian art historian‚ he initiated the genre of an encyclopedia of artistic biographies that continues today. Vasari was the first to use the term "Renaissance" in print‚ though an awareness of the ongoing "rebirth" in the arts had
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This primary source is a letter from George Washington to his wife’s uncle‚ Francis Dandridge. It is a very interesting piece due to the fact that Dandridge did not approve of his niece’s marriage to Washington; Washington notes that he‚ nor his wife had received any word from Dandridge in months due to his disapproval of Washington. Furthermore‚ he decides to use this letter as an opportunity to note some grievances he has over the Stamp Act. He makes a special note about the Stamp Act stating‚
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Samuel Francis Du Pont played perhaps the most influential role in the direction that the United States Navy has taken in the past 200 years. His skill as a naval officer helped the US to win wars‚ and his efforts to improve the nation’s Navy have proven vital in the development of what is today the most powerful navy the world has ever seen. Du Pont was born in New Jersey on the 27th of September in the year of 1803 into a very renowned family. His uncle was the founder of a successful gunpowder
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Happy Life of Francis Macomber Ernest Hemingway’s short story‚ “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber‚” demonstrates the idea of fear‚ embarrassment‚ rebirth‚ and liberation through various vital symbolic moments throughout Francis’ short journey. This is a short story of a man‚ Francis Macomber‚ who candidly expresses severe embarrassment‚ let alone is shown to be the prey. Francis’s wife‚ Margaret‚ has always been his predator to survive. Margaret is only married to Francis for the money
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The role of King Francis I in French Renaissance art By the time of France’s King Francis I’s reign‚ patronising arts had become more of an obligation than just a sign of erudition or generosity. Patronage had developed into a type of political behaviour and a way of documenting. In 1515‚ when King Francis I ascended the throne of France‚ the local Renaissance culture was almost at a standstill‚ since Gothic art originated from France and left a grandiose mark on it. The French did not want to let
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Even though the pope is sitting on a what viewers usually think is a sedia gestatoria‚ it does not appear that way. Bacon painted the sedia gestatoria slightly overlapping the pope which made the pope appear kind of hemmed in. The effect is greatly enhanced because it is thick lines of yellow. We associate yellow as light‚ which lead viewers to believe he is in an electric chair. And then on top of all that you’ve got these vertical stripes‚ almost very thinly painted‚ which seem to hold captive
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equality and respect for the female gender. The religion of Christianity includes people of different backgrounds and has a strong sense of community‚ gender equality and helping other. This Essay gave me an opportunity to examine and explore Saint Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church through attending the ritual of Eucharist. Through this opportunity‚ I could gain a greater sense of respect for Christianity and hence widen my perspective about Christianity. In this essay‚ I examine the pattern of
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History and geographyFrom Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article is about the academic discipline. For a general history of human beings‚ see History of the world. For other uses‚ see History (disambiguation). Historia by Nikolaos Gysis (1892) Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.[1] —George Santayana History (from Greek ἱστορία - historia‚ meaning "inquiry‚ knowledge acquired by investigation"[2]) is an umbrella term that relates to past events as well
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Why does Francis argue that “we are faced not with two separate crises‚ one environmental and the other social‚ but rather with one complex crisis which is both social and environmental” (139)? Francis argues this because he believes that we live in nature and we are part of nature and we are in constant interaction with it. Francis believes that is is our responsibility to help nature because we are the one’s that harm it. What would it mean to have “an integrated approach to combating poverty
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Chukwuebuka G. Ubochi Professor Krajewski English 101 November 19‚ 2014 Family Affairs The 1972 film “The Godfather” which was directed by Francis Ford Coppola was based on the Corleone crime Family which is one of the five families that operates in New York in 1940s. The Corleone family is led by Vito Corleone who is the head of the family; he has three sons and a daughter. His daughter was getting married in the opening scene of the movies while Vito Corleone was in the office handling family
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