• Catherine was born in Siena‚ as the 23rd child of Jacopo and Lapa Benincasa who were rich dyers • As a child‚ she was a great opposition to the rest of her family • Her model as a child and continued to be was Dominic de Guzmán‚ founder of the Dominicans‚ who preached far and wide. • At an early age she displayed an intense religious sensibility‚ often causing her to go into a trancelike state • Her family was displeased with her and attempted to have her married off but she did not allow them
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Assignment 1 Answer the following questions and submit through the Assignments icon. 1. How does the word Renaissance reflect the changes in the world of art during the time period discussed in Chapter 12? The word Renaissance‚ the French word for “rebirth”‚ denotes a selfconscious revival of interest in ancient Greek and Roman texts and culture that is reflected in the work of most of the artists. 2. How does Nicola Pisano in the Pulpit‚ Pisa Baptistry show the influence of Roman style? The Nicola
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Doomsday Book‚ Fact or Fiction? In our day and age‚ movies and novels are passed off by many as history. Movies like Troy‚ U-571‚ and Enemy at the Gates (it can ’t get any worse than that) are historical inaccurate and at times horribly offensive. One must be dubious towards any form of entertainment with historical "facts" put out‚ be it a book or a movie. On the contrary‚ Connie Willis does a relatively good job of portraying the past in the Doomsday Book. She writes about traveling in time to
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city states – Republics’ of Siena and Florence Maestà -- Virgin Enthroned in Majesty fresco –Painting on lime plaster‚ either dry (dry fresco‚ or fresco secco) or wet ( true‚ or buon‚ fresco). In the latter method‚ the pigments are mixed with water and become chemically bound to
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The scientific revolution of the Renaissance had its start with Copernican heliocentrism and its culmination‚ a century later‚ with Newtonian mechanics. His most eminent representative‚ however‚ was the Italian scientist Galileo Galilei. In the field of physics‚ Galileo made the first laws of motion; in the astronomy department‚ he confirmed the Copernican theory with his telescopic observations. But none of these valuable contributions have had such significant consequences as the introduction of
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“rebirth”‚ and the era is best known for the renewed interest in the culture of classical antiquity after the period that Renaissance humanists labeled the Dark Ages. The European Renaissance began in Tuscany‚ and centered in the cities of Florence and Siena. It later had a great impact in Venice‚ and worked it was up across Italy‚ and up to Greece which later on the Greek brought together‚ providing humanist scholars to provide writing about the history of the Renaissance. The Italian Renaissance was
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The Evolution of Italian Renaissance: * Economic growth laid the basis material * 1050-1300 * Renaissance is a term used to describe the cultural achievements of the fourteenth through sixteenth centuries * Venice grew enormously rich through overseas trade. (profited from the diversion of the fourth Crusade to Constantinople) * Genoa and Venice made important strides in shipbuilding * Italians bought cheap wool from England and resold them to Africa for large profits
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traces of marketing theories can be found long before this time. As an example of this‚ Ambler (2004) traces marketing thought to the Middle ages with the first formal analysis of buyer motivation by Thomas Aquinas (1225-74) and St Bernardino of Siena`s (1380-1444) recognition of function‚ market price and psychological benefits. Egan (2008:p5). This is evidence that marketing theories has been around for hundreds of years‚ even though‚ during the twentieth century‚ it became more of a specialist
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Analyzing The Film: Twilight New Moon Introduction to Film Studies HUM/150 In the movie New Moon the mise-en-scéne is about a women named Bella who has survived an attack on her life and she is torn by love between two man but they aren ’t average men. When Bella goes to celebrate her birthday with her love Edward ’s family but Edward ’s family who are vampires and cut her finger and she was attacked by members of his family. Edward decides that it isn ’t safe
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T.C. Grand Tour Journal Mr. ------- July 12‚ 2013 Day 1. Sunday‚ 5 May 2013. Baltimore‚ Philadelphia. Thus it begins. The shirts Yo’el organized getting for everyone‚ which had “Uncle Mike’s Crazy European Road Trip 2013” on the front and picture of Greece and Italy as well as “ Carpe Diem #YOLO on the back‚ were a big hit. Security and boarding were uneventful. This was Jake’s first flight. We stayed relatively low the whole time—we never got too high to see cars. For mankind as a whole‚
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