Lorenzo de' Medici

and daring the resonated with celebrity and fashion world (Gucci History, n.d.). Moreover, the stiletto and silk cut out jersey dresses with metallic hardware details turned into instant portray of Ford’s unique vision (Gucci History, n.d.). Domenico De Sole became CEO in 1995 and Gucci achieved highly successful transformation to a fully public company (Staff, 2011). Gucci is named ‘European Company of the year 1998’ by the European Business Press Federation due to its economic and financial…

1. How did Masaccio impact 15th century Florence? ANSWER: Masaccio became known as the best painter of his time. He was known for his ability to depicting nature in a realistic manner and recreating lifelike figures. He was also able to depict movement in his art as seen in his piece, The Tribute Money. Masaccio was also well known for his ability to create three dimensional figures by casting shadows and other various art techniques that reflected three dimensionality. Masaccio was also…

There was a wise man who once said, do it with passion or not at all, because anything worth acting upon will ignite a spark within that is so insatiable that one cannot help but burn with the desire to do it. Passion can be defined as desire, and almost necessity, for something, whether it be love, happiness, work, or life in general. It is in the beginning of Irving Stone’s The Agony and The Ecstasy that we learn what could essentially be Michelangelo’s most defining trait; he is passionate.…

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…

The European Renaissance and Reformation was a pivotal time in history; numerous artists and thinkers from that time had created a new set of ideals that shaped the works of playwrights and poets. The new set of ideals were created by Humanist philosophers and were vastly different from the Medieval and Deterministic ideals that were previously popular. Medieval and Deterministic ideals coincided with the ideas that man was the scum of the Earth and that man would never amount to anything. Man…

According to “The Miracle of Debt” financing was bound to happen any time soon since Franklin Roosevelt president. Financing techniques and institutions started to appear in the ancient East and the Mediterranean. Within these techniques showing up all over the world an example of an empire being so advance in financing was the Rome empire. According to documents and records the Roman Republic people were very familiar with mortgages, debt instruments, equity, financial courts, and banks. In my…

Nupinder Panesar 7855421 Aphrodite The True Mysterious Beauty Aphrodite, also known as Venus in the Roman myths, is the goddess of Love, Sex, and Beauty. Other than these titles, Aphrodite is the goddess of the sea and fertility. The birth of Aphrodite is separated into three different myths. The three myths are: 1) Born of the sea-form through the castrated genitals of the sky-god Ouranos, illustrated by Hesiodic; 2) Daughter of Zeus & Dione, told by homer ; 3) Hatched from an egg (Syrian…

I am Florence Nightingale. I was born on May 12th, 1820 in Florence, Italy. My parents were inspired by the city to name me. My parents are William and Frances Nightingale. My father was a wealthy landowner and owned three estates. My mother was a British socialite known for her beauty. I am the youngest of the two daughters and also less important, according to my parents.1 My sister, Parthenope, and I were complete opposites.2 My sister and I were raised to be very social since our family was…

became apparent immediately. Despite plans for a three-year term, Michaelangelo learned all he could after just one. Lorenzo the Magnificent, the Grand Duke of Florence, then took him under his wing which helped Michaelangelo meet important intellectuals and gave him access to the Medici art collection. Michaelangelo soon left Florence due to political turmoil involving the Medicis, as…

into the Florentine painter’s workshop, which he was shown the fresco technique. With just a year at the workshop a chance that most could only dream of was open to him, to move into the palace of Florentine. He moved to the palace under the ruler Lorenzo the Magnificent to learn about classical sculpture in which he was allowed to study corpses for an understanding into framework of the human body. These influences allowed Michelangelo to develop his own style known as a muscular precision and…