a great deal of influence during that time‚ Gentileschi traveled to Naples‚ in 1630. In 1638‚ Gentileschi also worked in England for a bit. Her father was hired to paint at the court of Charles I. Shortly after his death in 1639 she returned to Naples‚ where she was to work for the rest of her days. It is not identified just when she passed away. It is believed she was one of many victims of the great pestilence that struck Naples in 1656. Her father was
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PLEASE don’t steal! I worked on this really hard! And it can get you in trouble!! Pompeii Documentary -- 3/3/14 Why is Pompeii so important? It’s a destroyed city of people who died‚ and we can only tell how they felt in the people’s last moments of their lives. They were frozen in the last seconds of their lives. Everything there can tell us every detail of what happened when the town swarmed with life. Earthquakes. A massive eruption. Hail of pumice and ash. Technology today
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controlling the destiny of all the characters in the play. He was unrightfully overthrown as the Duke of Milan by his also scheming Machiavellian brother and Alonso‚ the King of Naples. His exile marks the beginning of this Machiavellian drama filled play. Prospero’s plans to destroy Alonso’s ship as it travels to Naples are murderous‚ an important characteristic in Italian
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Have you ever wanted to pray before a test‚ but didn’t know who to pray to? Saint Thomas Aquinas is the patron saint of students and education. Throughout his life‚ he taught us various ways on how to believe in what we believe in. He also taught us to chase our dreams‚ even when it is not approved by the people around us. Saints are those who follow Christ and live their lives according to His teachings (Richert). They are known as the standard operating models for human beings. Because a saint
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sprit under Prospero’s command. This is in sharp contrast to Miranda‚ Prospero’s daughter and of noble birth‚ who is a figure of desire on the isle by no less than three of the males. “the goddess on whom these airs attend” Ferdinand‚ the prince of Naples‚ thinks Miranda a goddess her beauty is that great. Then there is the difference in language that the classes use. In the Elizabethan age this difference would have been more recognizable‚ but it can still be seen today. The upper class of the isle
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home. In the next few years‚ Pierantonio and Artemisia appeared to have separated‚ Pierantonio no longer being listed as a resident of their home. By 1630 she was living in Naples‚ until 1639 when she went to England to work with her father‚ who was there under commission of Queen Henrietta Maria. She then returned to Naples until her death‚ which was around 1652 or 1653. One of her most famous works is titled Judith Slaying Holofernes‚ completed around 1612. It depicts the biblical story of the
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rarely used during this time and only really attained common usage when it was becoming unfashionable. The phrase opera buffa was first used as an informal description of the Italian comic operas which were especially associated with developments in Naples during the first half of the eighteenth century. The development of the opera buffa was parallel with the development of opera seria and arose in response to the reforms of Zeno and Metastasio: comic characters had been part of opera until the early
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MOUNT VESUVIUS FACTS Mount Vesuvius is probably the most famous volcano EVER! I wrote a couple of interesting facts that you can copy and paste freely for your term paper or geography project. * Situated in Naples‚ Italy‚ Mount Vesuvius which is 19‚ 000 years old is a stratovolcano. This volcano can be recognized even from a distance‚ due to its characteristic feature of a ’humpback’ mountain. Volcanoes are classified according to their shapes and Mount Vesuvius is a stratovolcano.
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Metternich‚ the Austrian’s quashed revolution after revolution. For example‚ in 1821‚ where King Ferdinand had granted his state‚ Naples‚ a constitution out of ‘fear’‚ he appealed to Metternich for help‚ who duly obliged as he opposed the revolutionaries because they ‘disturbed the peace’ in the whole region. Therefore‚ in March 1821‚ Austrian troops marched into Naples and easily overran the rebel forces with a superior army in strength‚ training and weaponry. This made it almost impossible for any
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Giovanni Boccaccio “While farmers generally allow one rooster for ten hens‚ ten men are scarcely sufficient to service one woman.” A famous quote written by Giovanni Boccaccio in his famous work ‘The Decameron’. An italian poet and scholar that helped develop the foundations of humanism and vernacular literature. Without him‚ the history of Italian Renaissance’s literacy would be unclear. With his famous poems and novels‚ he inspired many future writers like Shakespeare and Geoffrey Chaucer. Giovanni
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