do the necessary to go to heaven was not enough‚ they had to do their very best in their every day lives. Cosimo de´Medici along with supervisor Marsilio Ficino and Pico della Mirandola founded the Florentine Platonic Academy‚ which was actually not a formal school‚ but an informal gathering of Florentine humanist. There they worked to revive the works of Plato‚ an ancient writer whom humanist greatly admired. Such Platonic influences are evident in Pico della Mirandola´s statement which says that
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a 349- line poetic fragment. It is one of five articles in the British Library‚ MS. Cotton Vitellius A.xv. It is a document originally made up of two manuscripts. The first of the pair known as the Southwick Codex‚ is thought to of been produced during the twelfth century. The Nowwell Codex also known as “The Beowulf Manuscript” is about 150 years older and dated between A.D 980 and 1020. The manuscripts were combined in the 17th century. Like much of the other works housed at the Cotton Library
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major part in influencing his famous writing‚ Inferno. Dante grew up in Florence‚ a significant artistic and intellectual center throughout the 13th century‚ says Jay Rudd. Dante had private tutors in his youth and studied Christian theology at the Florentine Dominican center of Santa Maria Novella (Rudd). According to the Literature Resource Center‚ Dante enrolled at the University of Bologna and studied philosophical works of Boethius‚ Cicero‚ and Aristotle. Also‚ Saint Thomas Aquinas and
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of all time. The Aztecs’ constant warfare also supported their economy‚ and their economic wealth further grew in prosperity and height as they continuously conquered more and more tribes‚ in which they collected tribute from. According to the Codex Mendoza‚ 1541‚ “Tribute to the Aztecs‚” the Aztecs allowed local leaders of the lands they conquered to “stay in control if they would make their tribute payments to the Aztecs.” Consequently‚ the Aztecs became very wealthy while their
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Aesthetic and the ‘Disegno-Colorito’ Controversy” 1. Florentine Acadaemia delle Arts del Disegno – represented values first formulated in quattrocento Florence 2. New Renaissance artist = valued fame over money‚ work = liberal‚ not mechanical‚ intellectual not material 3. One of Vasari’s greatest contributions = assembling various artists within a single organization 4. Disegno – three “padre” art= architecture‚ sculpture and painting a. Florentine artists had no issue with going across mediums so
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on May 3‚ 1469 in Florence‚ Italy and is best known for being a diplomat and writing the manual‚ The Prince. He was the second son of Bernardo di Nicolo Machiavelli‚ a repute lawyer‚ and of Bartolomea di Stefano Nelli‚ who were members pf the old Florentine nobility. Niccolo had 3 siblings‚ 2 sisters and a brother‚ and he started his education at the age of seven with a typical humanist education. His humanist education consisted of learning Latin which he was exceptionally good at and reading the
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Josh Newman is a young man who is very interested in technology. He is someone who has many emails and he is always making sure that he is able to stay in contact with his parents. He does not like to lie to his parents but he has been doing that a lot because it is not easy to tell your parents that you are with all these old people that are supposed to be dead and that you are also being taught how to do magic. Sophie is someone who is very nice. She likes talking to people but she is also someone
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it was. Forms‚ colors and proportions‚ light and shade effects‚ spatial harmony‚ composition‚ perspective‚ anatomy - all are handled with total control and a level of accomplishment for which there are no real precedents. Leonardo da Vinci was a Florentine artist‚ one of the great masters of the High Renaissance‚ who was also celebrated as a painter‚ sculptor‚ architect‚ engineer‚ and scientist. Leonardo fuses his subject with the landscape behind her by means of light. He called this technique sfumato
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legend‚” sank the city. Now the dark elders know about the new twins of legend with pure silver and gold auras. Nicholas Flamel is a immortal human who possess the Codex‚ a book that has spells in it that could make the world a paradise‚ reverse global warming and end poverty. The dark elders will stop at nothing to retrieve the Codex because it also contains spells that would bring them back to power and enslave all humani. Sophie and Josh Newman are the new twins of legend. Their summer started
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Florence‚ even though his family’s cause has suffered a severe setback in the previous year. In 1433 he is arrested by a rival faction. Bribes and well-placed friends save him from death. He is exiled for ten years‚ but from Venice he controls a Florentine party working for his return. It is only a year before they succeed. Cosimo is invited back‚ and his rivals are banished - more effectively - for life. Within the city this control is discreet. Outside‚ in relations with other powers‚ it is generally
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