Naples

the city of Rome. As the population of Rome increased, the city needed more and more grain imports to feed the poor (http://www.ostia-antica.org/intro.htm). The grain from Egypt normally went to the port of Puteoli in Naples, but it was hard to transport that grain to Rome from Naples. With the huge expansion of Ostia, the port could dock more ships, and because Ostia was right on the Tiber River, could ship the grain from Egypt up the Tiber River and directly into Rome. In addition, Trajan…

The Cosa Nostra formulated the Sicilian Mafia Commission or “La Cupula” to resolve intermafia issues. In 1962, La Cupula was formed between all of the Cosa Nostra bosses. La Cupula was instrumental in ending the first Mafia War. Keeping the peace between the Mafia bosses was a tough task, but it was necessary in order to complete political actions. As long as the mafiosos could cooperate and not give up other mafiosos positions, the entire operation would benefit. This was all that was…

She woke up in a house the man had carried her, took care, served and flattered her. He shares that he was born in Naples and there they castrate two-three thousand children every year, his was a success and he later became a court musician to the Princess of Palestrina (the mother). He shares that he had known her since birth and raised her to the age of six, they continue…

Being forced from Rome in 1309, “the popes settled at Avignon, a provincial city administered by the Angevins of Naples. (SH p.259)” The papacy would remain in this location for the next 68 years. What is interesting about this situation, is the fact that this area was under the “influence of the French crown,” revealing that the papacy couldn’t quite get away from…

Today’s observation took place on the most beautiful golf resort of Naples, Tiburon Golf Club at the Ritz Carlton Golf Resort where my subject currently works. The golf resort is made up of two lengthy courses one called the black course which is the hardest and the other the gold course which is the easier of the two. Today my subject Jason is playing the black course which has a rating of 69.7 and a slope of 133 this only explains the difficulty within the course. Each course has eighteen…

The Baroque period is known for some of the greatest advances in the use of tenebrism, painterly techniques, and dynamic expressionism. For this historical study, the main category that will be focused on will be the Italian Baroque, more specifically the work of the artist Artemisia Gentileschi. The Italian Baroque Period lasted from the late 16th century to the early 18th century. Gentileschi was a female artist who worked around the period of 1593 to ca. 1652. In order to narrow down the…

A. What was Giotto hired to do in 1303 and what made 'it ' stand out? Giotto (1266-1337) was a traditional artist. He is known as a medieval, Italian painter who added vitality and realism to his art. He was a prominent key figure in opening the doors for Renaissance artists. In 1303, Giotto was hired to decorate the Arena Chapel in Padua, Italy. This chapel is also known as the Scrovegni Chapel. Giotto decorated the chapel walls with a series of frescos. Frescos are egg-based paints applied…

Moral ambiguity, a phrase often used to describe the character of Caliban from William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, meaning that he is neither good nor bad when it comes to ethical decision making. This essay aims to show that Calibans’ moral ambiguity may be a result of Shakespeare using him as a representative of the injured party of colonialism, indicating that he is a victim of the era and does not fully comprehend the western clarification of moral decision making. The Renaissance began with…

estimable. She had countless opportunities when she was dressed like a man. For instance, she was the only woman to optically discern the New World, had taken numerous different jobs and was offered to become a Lieutenant. But as anon as she goes to Naples dressed mundanely two young women were laughing at her, she replied, “I have come to…

In a 1992 symposium on sex work and women’s roles in society called Prostitution: From Academia to Activism, Andrea Dworkin delivered a powerful speech entitled Prostitution and Male Supremacy wherein she defined prostitution as being “the use of a woman’s body for sex by a man, he pays money, he does what he wants” (Dworkin 1992). In fact, although its formal definition refers to any person working in sex for money, the word prostitute is still directly linked to women and girls unless stated…