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He sketched his way through England and Italy and Paris. He remained in Italy for a year studying and scouring the art of Florence, Rome and Naples, whose influence can be seen in his piece “View near Tivoli (Morning)” and multiple others. Upon returning to New York City, Thomas Cole continued to excel in technical assurance, and he would return to Rome and Sicily in 1841. He was in the middle…

The movie, Bourne Supremacy, is the second movie in the Bourne series, which is directed by Paul Greengrass. The Bourne series is packed full of intense action and thrilling chase scenes that keep you intrigued at all times and Bourne Supremacy is an example of the outstanding and compelling storyline that goes throughout the series. Matt Damon is the lead role as Jason Bourne, an ex-CIA assassin that got out of the system and is trying to remember who he really is, because he has psychogenic…

neighborhood consist of Italian cultures among the stores, restaurants, bars, and coffee shops. Every year in Little Italy, there’s a eleven days of festivals called the Feast of San Gennaro that celebrate the martyred 3rd-century and patron saint of Naples. “Watch the professionals in action at the cannoli-eating competition, and you won't feel so bad about indulging in calorific treats from the food vendors. Make sure to return daily for live musical performances” (___). Shop There’s a…

Originally, in the middle of the 1500s, Spain was the greatest power in Europe. Under Philip II, Spain stretched from the Atlantic to the Pacific and included lands in the north such as the Netherlands and Italians lands such as Milan and Naples. Additionally, after becoming king of Portugal in 1580, Philip united all of the states of the Iberian Peninsula, and with the addition of Portugal’s Atlantic ports and fleet, the Spanish Armada and the country it represented was the strongest in…

The Sacco and Vanzetti case was one of the U.S’s first case with immigrants. After being accused of killing a guard and a paymaster, Sacco and Vanzetti were sentenced to death, after a seven-week trial convicting both of first-degree murder, though not being executed until 1927 (Frankfurter). Sacco and Vanzetti’s trial in the 1920s American’s view of Sacco and Vanzetti's criminality derived from their status as Italian-immigrants, Anarchist beliefs, and the country's social divisiveness, and…

thirty-six thousand wounded or missing and forty-four thousand hospitalized. The end of the stalemate would come on May 23 1944 when the Allies launched an offensive breakout. The Allied forces would be stopped at the German held Gustave line between Naples and Rome. The Allies would attempt to lure German forces away from the Gustave line allowing the Allies to break through and move onward, and finally capture the city. Churchill felt this would be a fast task for the Allied powers but he…

members were descendants the emperors Frederick I and Henry VI. He died on March 7, 1274 at the Cistercian monastery of Fossanova, near Terracina, Latium, Papal States, Italy. As for his education, he attended university of Paris and University of Naples Federico II. He received the nicknames the dumb ox, the universal teacher, and the Christian apostle. His brilliancy wasn’t out of nowhere, as he was influenced by Aristotle, Augustine of Hippo, Plato, Socrates and a few others. During his…

The Structure of DNA Somewhere in someone’s brain a curiosity is born that starts a wanting to find an answer. Not everybody gets these feelings to act upon their feelings of wanting to find out an answer, but for some people it does. An Austrian monk, Greg Mendel was a for-father of finding “basic patterns of inheritance.” He started doing his scientific experiments around 1854 in his gardens researching “the transmission of hereditary traits in plant hybrids” (Bio, a Biography of Gregor…

The Renaissance, which means rebirth and it, paved the foundations of early modern Europe. It began in Italy during the crusades Italian cities such as Venice, Milan, and Genoa prospered from trade with the crusaders and the Muslim world. The fall of the Byzantine empire of 1453 opened more doors of opportunity for Italian merchants. Florence became the banking capital to fund trade and keep the finances of the Roman Catholic Church in order. Double entry book keeping, which is debits and…

Jami Norton January 5th, 2014 Longley Archaeological Project Mount Vesuvius: Pompeii On August 24, in the year 79 A.D., the Vesuvius volcano erupted suddenly in southern Italy. Rock and ash covered the urbanized city of 25,000: Pompeii. The Roman colony was just recovering from a bad earthquake in 62 A.D. Mount Vesuvius had erupted more than 50 times before. 25 hours of pumice, rock, and ash being pumped out of the volcano and onto the vulnerable, unknowing town of Pompeii. About…