in several varieties in different Italian towns‚ the Neapolitan mandolin becoming the representative type. It was played widely throughout Western Europe from around 1700 to 1810. In the late 1800s a stronger bowl back instrument was developed in Naples‚ Italy by the Vinaccia family. Known today as the Neapolitan mandolin‚ this instrument has a bent soundboard‚ moveable bridge‚ metal strings and is plucked with a pick. At the end of the 1800s‚ the Neapolitan mandolin was popular both in Italy and
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the Compagnia dei Bardi and in the 1320s married Margherita dei Mardoli‚ of an illustrious family. It is believed Boccaccio was tutored by Giovanni Mazzuoli and received from him an early introduction to the works of Dante. In 1326 Boccaccio moved to Naples with the family when his father was appointed to head the Neapolitan branch of his bank. Boccaccio was apprenticed to the bank‚ but it was a trade for which he had no affinity. He eventually persuaded his father to let him study law at the Studium in
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Mazzini was an important figurehead for the unification of Italy‚ historians such as Pearce and Stiles state that that ’no one else campaigned for so long or so tirelessly in the cause of a united Italy’. He had extremely radical and liberal ideas about how Italy should be unified‚ and some historians Mazzini’s ideal was that Italy should be unified ‘from below’. He wanted the people of Italy to rise up from their high-powered oppressors‚ while still maintaining the opinion that if monarchs were
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point ensuring good relations with countries like France‚ of which without the unification may never have succeeded. Garibaldi on the other hand was more of people’s person‚ a leader of men who was very direct and his actions such as the taking of Naples and Sicily allowed Italy to unite properly and not remain just an extended Piedmont. Cavour’s main contribution to the unification of Italy would probably be the fact he had gotten France and Napoleon on side and without this it is very doubtful
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Artemisia Gentileschi: the first female artist The first female artist‚ Artemisia Gentileschi was born on July 8th 1593 and would die as the most important woman painter in Early Modern Europe. At a very young age‚ Artemisia was introduced into the world of painting by her father‚ Orazio Gentileschi. Orazio was a well-known painter as well‚ with much of his work consisting in a Mannerist style. Italian painter Caravaggio‚ had a tremendous amount of influence on both Orazio and Artemisia. His realistic
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of those who had a more optimistic view on the relations with the inhabitants of America. In Europe‚ Miranda would be treated as an outsider‚ ostracised by those around her. And such treatment would only increase due to her new status as Queen of Naples. Such cruel treatment ‚ to a person with a personality like Miranda’s would greatly demoralise and depress them. This clearly shows‚ that in arranging the marriage of Ferdinand and Miranda‚ Prospero has unknowingly destined her to an unhappy social
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Italy located near the coast of the Bay of Naples and Mount Vesuvius. When Mount Vesuvius erupted it nearly effaced Pompeii. However‚ this catastrophe gave scientist an opportunity to study Ancient Roman. The tragic event of Pompeii changed the lives of the civilians. The remains of those who lost their lives were able to be studied by historians. The geography of Pompeii greatly impacted the civilization. Pompeii is in Southern Italy‚ around the Bay of Naples‚ which is approximately five miles from
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BRIEF HISTORY OF ITALY Italy‚ history of since earliest times the history of Italy has been influenced by cultural and political divisions resulting from the peninsula’s disparate geography and by circumstances that made Italy the scene of many of Europe’s most important struggles for power. EARLY ITALY Human activity in Italy started during the Paleolithic and Mesolithic periods. By the beginning of the Neolithic period (c.5000 BC)‚ the small communities of hunters of earlier times were
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through her many canvases to find the perfect size. Carefully and in order‚ she packed them into her enormous paint bag. The following day Johnsy and Sue carried nothing but the massive paint bag‚ and hiked to discover the best view of the Bay of Naples. Several hours past‚ then suddenly Johnsy halted. She gazed around and then a vibrant smile covered her face. She looked at
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Giuseppe Garibaldi "The Sword" of Italian Unification "My goal‚ which was‚ I believe‚ shared by most italians at that time‚ was to unite the country and rid it of foreign powers. Those who gave Italy her freedom would earn her people’s gratitude" (Garibaldi‚ page 6). During the age of Italian unification‚ there were three men who fought for her (Italy’s) freedom. Those men were Cavour the brains‚ Mazzini the soul‚ and Garibaldi the sword (Chastain). Giuseppe Garibaldi was born in Nice in 1807
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