History of Italy

Background Florence Nightingale was born at the Villa La Colombaia in Florence, Italy on the 12th of May 1820. She was born two years after her one and only sister, Frances Parthenope. Both Florence Nightingale and Frances Parthenope was named after a place they were born in, one being Florence, Italy and the latter “Parthe” after Parthenopolis which once was a Greek settlement, now part of Naples, Italy. Florence Nightingale was born into a British family that belonged to the upper-middle-class…

Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo was born in Italy near the city of Florence, outside the city of Vinci. In the book “The life of Da Vinci,” the author states that, “His last name da Vinci means he’s from Vinci. Leonardo became the apprentice of a Andrea del Verrocchio, a leading painter in Florence”(smith 6). Leonardo da Vinci was many things. In “The complete works” it states that “He was a scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, painter, sculptor, architect, musician and writer.” (paragraph…

European time and uses the euro as its currency with the +379 being the state’s calling code. HISTORY Lateran treaty signed in 1929 was the first to be used in the Vatican City which established it to its modern name. The agar vatucanus, the originally uninhibited part of Rome, was considered sacred before the arrival of the Christianity in Rome. The holy see of the Vatican walls were not interfered with by the Italy but…

The Renaissance is a time of age in Europe between the fourteenth and seventeenth century's between the Middle Ages and modern history. During the Middle Ages fine art came into history, which would be a benefit to us in a way to visually show us how things were then. Literature that brought intelligence and culture into a story that would be passed on and taught throughout the generations. Philosophers that brought their wisdom during this time of age, making a difference and a way to solve and…

Artists in Italy started the rebirth of the art movement in the late 13th century. The name renaissance was specified for paintings, sculptures and decorative arts that were created during the European history. The renaissance movement was active through 1300-1600. During this time, artist such as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo were known for popular art. These artists inspired the renaissance. Humanism was one of the important themes during this movement. It was created to revitalize the…

of vacation you are looking for, you are sure to find it in Cinque Terre. Cinque Terre is Italian for “Five Lands” and refers to five towns along the Italian Riviera (Monterosso, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggiore). Travelers flock to Italy to explore the turquoise waters, emerald mountains, and brightly colored buildings that make this destination a dream-come-true. While each town is stunning, every town has a unique personality, so every traveler will find something to love…

and Enzo Staiola give an excellent performance as a father and son in postwar Italy. Their relationship provides a child’s perspective sympathized with by an audience. The descent of Antonio’s morality is seen through the eyes of his son. The reality through Bruno’s eyes depicts the disillusionment felt during the postwar period depicted during neorealism [clarify}.…

Giambattista Bodoni (b. 1740-1813, Saluzzo Piedmont, Italy) was an Italian printer and a designer of typefaces still used today. He was a third generation printmaker who modeled his type designs after Pierre Simon Fournier, "...but later felt inspired by the typography of John Baskerville" (Famous Graphic Designers). He was at the front of industrialized print making. The Bodoni typeface, according to Bodoni: The History of Being Awesome, is, "...an easily recognizable Romantic typeface with a…

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Sarah Bliss November 2014 Dr. Glenn Pickett Music History I Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina The Renaissance was known as the rebirth of Europe in the Late Middle Ages. It was a cultural movement that took up most of the 14th through the 17th century beginning in Italy and pushing its way through the rest of Europe. During this time, the church was one of the only places that musicians and composers alike could get guaranteed money and consistent…

Sly, coning, deceitful, ruthless, words often used to described the political philosophy of Niccólo Machiavelli. He was the first philosopher of the renaissance, lived in an Italy divided by states, he lived in Florence Italy under different Florentine empires. His exile ethic took place under the Medici family rule. "One should wish to be both, but, because it is difficult to unite them in one person,”Machiavelli was a realist and made a point of writing things as they were rather than as…