History of Italy

like the child born out of the pregnancy of the Renaissance. Italy, Belgium, Holland, England, Spain, and France each experienced their own Baroque period of art. Italy mothered Baroque art. From 1590AD-1680AD, Italy had its heyday with Baroque art. The patrons were the churches and much of the work they patronized was religious works. Using a dynamic style, qualities such as drama, intensity, and movement were portrayed in art. Italy took what its…

The Roman Pantheon and the Mausoleum of the Samanids The two artifacts that I choose to do are The Pantheon in Rome Italy 118 – 125 CE, and the Mausoleum of the Samanids, Bukhara, Uzbekistan of the early 10th century. The reason I choose to do these two was because they really stood out to me. They are both built the same and a little identical. The pantheon in Rome Italy was the main temple for all the Gods and also one of the best preserved of its time. The person who designed it ids unknown…

a. What economic and political developments in Italy provided the setting for the Renaissance? The Renaissance was one of the most famous and most productive time periods in all of European history. The nation of Italy paved the way for the Renaissance by providing the perfect setting for the Renaissance to occur. During the 11th century many of the Northern Italian cities, where the Renaissance took place, prospered with wealth. This occurred because a few of the cities excelled in different…

the reason how we know about the Roman Empire today. Born between the years of 64/59 BC, someone around Patavium, Northern Italy, which today is modern Padua, from the second wealthiest places in Italy. his hometown was also known for their politics antics and conservative values. It is said that he spent a large amount of time in the city do to the fact that there in Italy, (today), there was a civil war going on within the city. The governor at the time tried to get Livy to come and join him…

remain today are mainly funerary inscriptions. It is the purpose of this paper then, to examine a fundamental piece of funerary art to expand upon the history and culture of a people that inevitably incorporated itself into the Roman Empire. Known as Tyrrhenians to the Greeks, the Etruscans lived in Etruria between the Arno and Tiber rivers of Italy in what is now known as Tuscany (Who Were the Etruscans?). The economy was based on agriculture, trade with Carthage and the Greeks, and mining…

Date or birth and death- Michelangelo (Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni) was born in the year 1475 in the town Caprese Michelangelo, Italy. He died in the year 18,1564, in Rome. What country did he reside in- Michelangelo resided in the town Caprese Michelangelo, Italy. That was the town where he was born in. The family moved back to Florence before Michelangelo was one month old. Where do you think he would rank in the hiarchy- What else was happening in the renaissance while he was…

The Renaissance was a period in European history marked by a cultural flowering. The Renaissance is defined as the revival or rebirth of the arts. The home of the Renaissance was Italy, with its position of prominence on the Mediterranean Sea. Italy was the commerce capital between Europe and Eurasia, during this time period, from fourteenth and sixteenth centuries. Painters, sculptors, and architects exhibited a similar sense of adventure and the desire for greater knowledge and new solutions.…

influential periods in history. The word renaissance means “rebirth”; it was a period of looking back to classical times and the great intellectual and artistic works of Greece, Rome and the Near East. The dwindling power of the Church, the central location of Italy in regards to trading with other countries, the rise of the merchant classes, the wealth of the papal states and the decimation of the population due to bubonic plague, were all contributing factors to Italy being…

Raphael was born on April 6, 1483 in Urbino, Italy. He was originally born as Rafaello Sanzio, he is an Italian Renaissance painter and architect. Raphael’s father, Giovanni Santi was painter at the court of Urbino. In 1499, Raphael decided to go to Perugia, to work with another famous artist Perugino. His “elegant and graceful style” was attracted by Raphael, he used this inspiration towards Marriage of the Virgin. When Raphael was eight years old, his mother had passed away, and a few years…

whether that be from other Italians or from the central characters themselves. Although modern Italy is beginning to recognise its history with colonisation and the existence of migrants in the country, it still fails to welcome them as permanent residents despite many being born or growing up in the country. As explained by Manuela Coppola, ‘no matter how long migrants have been living in Italy, their stay is always perceived as temporary… the temporary migrant…