Angelo Secchi‚ S.J. Angelo Secchi’s Mission: Angelo Secchi was a Jesuit sometimes referred to as the ‘Father of Astrophysics’. After growing up in Reggio‚ Italy‚ his parents forced him to leave his hometown and move to Rome‚ once there he began his studies into the humanities and philosophy. Angelo became a great success in his work and made many large leaps in the field of Astrophysics‚ he pioneered stellar spectroscopy (the light spectrum of stars in the solar system) and he also made the first
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Renaissance Report The Renaissance began in Italy in the fourteenth century and extended in England past the middle of the seventeenth century. Renaissance means “rebirth” and it applied to this time period because it was a period where there was a rebirth of Greek and Latin ideas. Florence was the focal point of intellectual trends and artistic accomplishments and also the home to Leonardo Da Vinci. Da Vinci was born on April 15‚ 1452. His father‚ Ser Piero‚ took custody of him very shortly after
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Charlemagne was born into a royal family which means he was destined to become royalty later on. He was born around 742 and was the son of Bertrada of Laon and Pepin the Short who became king in 751. Pepin divided the kingdom equally between him and his brother. After his brother died and it was passed on to his nephews‚ Charlemagne murdered them and seized their territories. As an adult‚ Charlemagne displayed a talent for languages and could speak Latin and understand Greek‚ among other languages
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Unification The unification of Italy and Germany were one of the same yet different at the same time. Both unifications were headed by dominate males in their countries. Camillio di Cavour a liberal minded noble-man of great wealth was very influential over the people and through his ability to conduct business that was beneficial to his country was able to grow the economy which made it easy for him to build a mass army to declare war on his surrounding territories. Otto von Bismarck born and
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From the mid-13th to 14th century the interaction of the Gothic‚ Byzantine‚ and antique Roman art‚ in the work of many outstanding individuals ‚ created a recognizably national culture in Italy (Barasch 14). In his frescoes and panel paintings‚ Giotto di Bondone revolutionized Italian art‚ developing a naturalism and drama that marks the first signs of the Renaissance (Marx). Though many artists were influenced by Giotto‚ such as Bernardo Daddi‚ his advances were not fully developed for a century
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and relics within the church to express the different Roman‚ Byzantine‚ Venetian‚ or Venetian imitation of Byzantine designs captured in the church. The church and its decoration are studied in relation to Venice’s interests abroad and on mainland Italy. Overall‚ the book chapters offer new ideas into the inspiration‚ purposes‚ and innovative perspectives of San Marco and the myths that inspired and motivated the people of
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Case Study – Effective Communication: Partnership in Italy Melissa Chang was asked to travel to Venice‚ Italy and meet with her company’s partnering company. Preparation for the trip was stressful. Not only had her colleague cancelled their recent trip to Moscow at the last minute‚ making the US partner look bad‚ but the Italian partner had made several requests for information which none of Melissa’s colleagues had fulfilled. She learned all of this information upon making phone contact with
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Baroque style period Baroque is a period of artistic style that started around 1600 in Rome‚ Italy‚ and spread throughout the majority of Europe. baroque period‚ era in the history of the Western arts roughly coinciding with the 17th century. Its earliest manifestations‚ which occurred in Italy‚ date from the latter decades of the 16th century‚ while in some regions‚ notably Germany and colonial South America‚ certain of its culminating achievements did not occur until the 18th century. The
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Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ 2000–. Retrieved June 26‚ 2013‚ from http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/26.60.73 (October 2006) "Mirror with a support in the form of a nude girl [Laconian; Said to be from southern Italy] (38.11.3)". Figure 5: In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ 2000–Retrieved June 26‚ 2013‚ from http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/38.11.3 (October 2006) "Patera handle in the form of a youth [Greek]
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churches‚ encouraging art and supporting charities. One of the Medici Popes‚ Leo X‚ was a notable patron of the arts in Rome. These families were patrons of the arts during the early Renaissance. There were two main systems of patronage in Renaissance Italy. A rich person could take an artist into his or her household and in return the artist would supply the patron artistic needs‚ or someone or some organization could commission a single work from an artist and employ him until that work was finished
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