elements and the people in charge thought it was time to fix the problem. According to Tom Mueller the questions the fathers of Florence asked were‚ “Could a dome weighing tens of thousands of tons stay up without them? Was there enough timber in Tuscany for the scaffolding and templates that would be needed to shape the dome’s masonry? And could a dome be built at all on the octagonal floor plan dictated by the existing walls -- eight pie-shaped wedges -- without collapsing inward as the masonry
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Galileo Galilei was born on February 15‚ 1564‚ in Pisa‚ Italy. Galileo was the first of seven children of Vincenzio Galilei‚ a trader and Giula Ammannati‚ an upper-class woman who married below her class. When Galileo was a young boy‚ his father moved the family moved to Florence. Galileo moved into a nearby monastery with the intentions of becoming a monk‚ but he left the monastery when he was 15 because his father disapproved of his son becoming a monk. In November of 1581‚ Vincenzio Galilei
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Maria Theresa: Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa was born on May 13‚ 1717 in Vienna‚ Austria. She was the oldest daughter in her family‚ raised by her dad‚ the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI. As she was maturing into an adult‚ the possibility of her being the one to take over her father’s throne was extremely high. Charles did not have a chance of producing a son‚ so Maria was a perfect candidate for it. Once her father died in year 1740‚ for forty years she started to rule and have full command
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the same event and then when they speak on it or create a picture their minds somehow come up with different point of views. I am going to talk to you about the works of both da Vinci and Michelangelo. Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1452 in Vinci‚ Tuscany‚ during a time called the Renaissance. Leonardo Da Vinci is known as “the renaissance man” because of his achievements in art‚ invention‚ military engineering‚ and science (Gelb 40). In Leonardo’s Last Supper‚ you can see that Christ is in the middle
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Prologue On what shall be said in this Essay The Medici were an illustrious family that rose to fame and fortune during the Renaissance. Starting as humble merchants‚ the family grew in fame and prosperity until the name was known throughout all of Europe. Every aspect of the Renaissance was influenced by them. They influenced society as a whole‚ and their ways of relating to the different aspects of life set up standards that were followed‚ copied or completely avoided by their peers
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Leonardo was born in the small town of Vinci‚ Tuscany in April 15 1452. In the1460s Leonardo and his parents moved to Florence. His amazing art talent got him to Verrocchios workshop in 1466. That’s where he met Botticelli and Ghirlandaio. When he was working with Verrocchio he learned new things like painting and making large sculptures made of marble and other materials. He invented the helicopter‚ machine gun‚ parachute‚ and many other thing. He painted the Mona Lisa. in 1503 Leonardo made
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Lazio comprises a land area of 17‚236 km2 (6‚655 sq mi) and it has borders with Tuscany‚ Umbria‚ and Marche to the north‚ Abruzzo and Molise to the east‚ Campania to the south‚ and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west. The region is mainly flat and hilly‚ with small mountainous areas in the most eastern and southern districts. The coast of Lazio is mainly composed of sandy beaches‚ punctuated by the headlands of Circeo (541 m) and Gaeta (171 m). The Pontine Islands‚ which are part of Lazio‚ lie opposite
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<center><b>Q: Describe & Explain the Unification of Italy.</b></center> <br> <br><b>The Unification of Italy divides in to 3 main stages:</b> <br>1815-1830: Revolts all over Italy. Revolts are suppressed. <br>1848-1849: Revolts all over Italy. Revolts are suppressed. <br>1858-1870: The unification of Italy <br> <br><b>Introduction</b> <br>To understand the unification of Italy‚ matters before the revolution need to be examined. <br> <br>Up until 1716‚ Italy was just a big piece of land divided among
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geographically under the three great distinctive cities of activities. Florence‚ Rome and Venice. Florence. One of the chief powers of Italy. A centrally situated city-state. The Florentines notonly exerted considerable influence over the whole of Tuscany but carried Renaissance architecture‚ which originated with them‚ much farther afield. Rome. The distressed Medieval city began to recover its prestige and unique influence while the Renaissance was taking root in Florence‚ and soon popes were reviving
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