Henry I of France

Two decades of war went on in the early 1800's. These wars were named the Napoleonic Wars since the major conflicts arose from France under the ruling of Napoleon Bonaparte. The biggest turning point of the Napoleonic Wars was the Russian Campaign. Napoleon was elected to the First Consul of the Consulate in 1799, where he assumed the role of head of government in France. One of his earlier victories as leader, was during the Battle of Marengo which resulted in driving Austrians out of Italy.…

Legendary Beard Fact: Leonardo Da Vinci is one of the few artists never to leave behind a self portrait, but in every image executed by other, his magnificent flowing beard takes center stage. Leonardo Da Vinci was the bastard son of wealthy and well-respected lawyer Messer Piero Fruosinio de Antonio da Vinci and a peasant woman named Caterina. The birth took place on April 14, 1542 inn the hill town of Vinci in the Republic of Florence. He received virtually no formal education, until he was…

Napoleon Bonaparte, Frances’ “great” leader after the French Revolution and also conquered much of Europe, but he was also love and hated by many. People to include Benjamin Constant, likened the Emperor to a “tyrant”. At the same time, others such as Emmanuel Del La Cases and Victor Hugo idolized the “French Conqueror”. In regards to Bonaparte’s love/ hate relationship, I analyzed documents that looked at the great leader from both sides of the spectrum. In like respect, when historians…

Napoleon did service for Louis xvl and he did artillery unit at Vallance. Napoleon was an influence because he was a good general for the french who took over most of Europe and others.He had 10 siblings and had a nice childhood. He had a pretty good education. He was not poor his father was lawyer and his mother was a stay at home mom. Napoleon was 4/10 children that lived he was not wealthy and attended military school and was ranked little corporal he then got invited to a royal military…

Piero della Francesca Outline Piero della Francesca exemplifies the Renaissance Era by being one of the first artist in the renaissance to capture realistic facial expressions that have emotion in one's artwork. Also he mastered the art of perspective combining it with a blend of colors creating beautiful art. Source 1: “Piero della Francesca.” Britannica School. Encyclopedia Britannica, inc., 2015. Web. 8 Oct. 2015 Piero della Francesca was born around 1416/17, Sansepolcro, Republic of…

man has two pair of outstretched arms and to pair of outstretched legs. Vitruvius’ theory was that a man’s arm span is equal to his height. This experiment was conducted to see if da Vinci and Vitruvius were accurate and proportional to every person. I took specific measurements related to their theory and compared them to the Vitruvian Man. Before the…

Art Contraction All throughout history, different art eras have been created. In these eras, typically at least one major piece of artwork has emerged to provide an accurate microcosm Typically, at least one major piece of artwork from each time period has emerged to provide an accurate microcosm of the art movement. Two of the major eras are the renaissance area and the impressionism era. During the renaissance era, one of the most famous painting ever was created, called the Mona Lisa. Over…

Fact Sheet for Famous Physicist Name of Physicist: Leonardo Da Vinci Date of Birth: April 15, 1452 Date of Death: May 2, 1519 Nationality: Italian Description of Childhood Upbringing/Early Years: He was raised in a farmhouse outside the hills of Tuscany. He lived with his father and stepmother till he was five, after those years spent with his father he moved to his father's family estate where he lived with his uncle and grandparents in Vinci. He lived in…

Cotte/EPA I could buy that. Perhaps La Bella Principessa was created as a fake Leonardo in about 1650. Leonardo was already very famous then and his works were in huge demand; that’s the era when the British royal family bought his greatest drawings. They also had very few ways of authenticating art so long ago. A 17th-century painting of Medusa in the Uffizi was mistaken for a Leonardo until modern times. Whenever and by whoever it was forged, La Bella Principessa is not a Leonardo. I honestly…

discipline became part of the Soldiers nature. Prior to Napoleon’s reign, the French Soldier did not fight for its country and often times disserted from the duty as a Soldier. However, Napoleon’s Soldiers steeped in patriotism due to fighting for France were now willing to live off the land and often resupply was unnecessary. The new patriotism led to Soldiers foraging off the land, living without the comforts of abundant resupply and returning to their units.5 This enabled Napoleon to move…