Gustave de Beaumont

The Medici were representatives of early Renaissance patronage, however, the only ones. Lorenzo de Medici was a strong ruler of the Florentine Republic, and is known for is patronage of the arts during the early Renaissance. Cosimo de Medici learned how using the arts would help him to influence the people and help him gain power. Because of Cosimo money and power art and architecture in Florence was flourishing during the Florentine Renaissance. The Procession of the Magi is filled with the…

The Birth of Venus is a truly magnificent piece of artwork. It was painted around 1480 with tempera on canvas. This painting was the first large mythological painting since antiquity. Botticelli painted this during the Renaissance era. Here are excerpts from Stanze per la Giostra, by Angelo Poliziano, that are though to be what Botticelli painted his image about. “A young woman with nonhuman countenance, is carried on a conch shell, wafted to shore by playful zephyrs…the Hours (Goddess of the…

In the story “The Necklace,” by Guy de Maupassant, Mathilde was a stunning woman who was born into a low caste in France. Her whole life she spent wishing that she was wealthy and owned more than what she had. When Mathilde’s husband got her an invitation to go to a ball with lots of people from classes higher than hers, she wasn’t satisfied. Though this is what she had wanted for a long time, she was determined that she wouldn’t go unless she had a new dress and expensive jewelry to wear.…

Medici During 13th Century Florence, the Medici Household gained power through different ways: political and wealth. They could attain this type of power through many achievements through market and banking influences. As they continued to grow both in strength and in numbers until they could obtain the papacy. To assure their protection and the protection of Florence they paid for some of the most brilliant artisans the world has ever seen: Michelangelo, Brunelleschi, and Galileo. These…

Gabi’s Gunderson is the child of Jenni and Kent Gunderson. Her mom works in a office and her dad works at the chicken farm and owns party buses. She has one brother who is 21 and is now working at Nationwide. Gabi was born on April 10th 1998 in Grinnell, Iowa. She is currently living at Holiday lake. She has two dogs, a hamster and 4 pony’s at her dad's house. Gabi attends school at BGM in Brooklyn Iowa. When Gabi was younger, Gabi’s first words were “don’t”, which makes sense…

Lance Armstrong was not always born a great athlete. Just like ordinary people, practice makes perfect. Lance’s mother, Linda, was 12 when she had him. When he was just a baby, his father moved out. Furthermore, Linda remarried to Terry Armstrong, and he formally adopted Lance. Terry and Lance never closely bonded, then he got his first bike. Linda managed to buy him his first bike, a Schwinn Mag Scrambler. After she divorced Terry, Linda was fully devoted to her son, “She instilled all her…

Madame Loisel is the protagonist to the 1884 short story by Guy de Maupassant. In this essay I will be analyzing Mrs. Loisel character from the beginning and through the story to find it’s abundant change. I will provide text evidence and my final opinion on how Madame Loisel’s character acted in that moment to the story. Enough explaining now it is time to officially begin my character analysis of Madame Loisel. In the beginning, The author develops characterization in Madame Loisel by showing…

school Armstrong was invited to the U.S Olympic development team, before turning pro as an international cyclist, although his career was in jeopardy when he developed testicular cancer. The cancer didn’t stop him returning to win seven consecutive Tour de France races 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 22 individual stage wins, although he was convicted of using performance enhancing with forfeited his titles. He finally admitted doping in 2013. Lance Armstrong used several…

Have you ever thought about where power comes from? Often times, the more money you have the more powerful you are. I have come to this conclusion by using Social Power Theory to understand the short story, The Necklace, by Guy De Maupassant. In the story the main character, Mathilde, is depressed because she doesn't have the same influence on people that a person with expensive things would. To cheer her up, her husband buys her a dress and takes her to a fancy ball. She decides she needs an…

greater things in Brazil. Example, the book tells about the tropical climates in the different regions, which are North, Northeast, Central West, South and Southeast. Each of the regions has a great place to meet such as the statue of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in Southeast, The Amazonas in the North, and the better beaches and climate in the Northeast. Who would not want to visit Brazil after reading all the great and beautiful places that it has. Furthermore, it was for lovers of reading…