Tuscany

BBC America’s series #Killing Eve made a killer impact with audiences on Sunday, following up a strong first installment with another action-packed episode. The psychological thriller chronicles two women, in adversarial roles, who become obsessed with each other. Jodie Comer plays female assassin Villanelle with gusto; while Sandra Oh’s (formerly of Grey’s Anatomy) depiction of MI5 operative Eve may garner the Canadian actress more Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards. At times, you…

Carbohydrates are the main source of energy for living beings; its consumption is vital to our existence. The Carbohydrates play various roles in our body; the main ones are the nutrition and energy supply. The body will use every trick to keep the fed cells, as the glucose supply cannot stop. Foods rich in carbohydrates, such as breads, cereals, rice and pasta, are an important form of energy for the body and, therefore, are very important to a healthy diet. However, when consumed in excess,…

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci is known as Leonardo da Vinci or even da Vinci. Leonardo is called the Renaissance man to this day. Leonardo was born on April 15, 1452 in a farmhouse in the hill of Tuscany outside the village of Anchiano, which is present-day Italy. He was the son of a respected Florentine notary named Ser Piero da Vinci. His mother was a young peasant woman by the name of Caterina. Leonardo was raised by his father and stepmothers. When he turned five, Leonardo moved to father…

Brunelleschi’s Dome Once upon a time in the year 1294, the city of Florence, Italy decided to build a new church. A design was created and an artist’s rendering was made of what they envisioned their glorious new cathedral to be. They were an ambitious, competitive lot and wanted the world to notice them. They decided that their cathedral would have a dome like the great Pantheon in Rome. But their dome would not be any old dome. It would have 8 sides and it absolutely would not have any…

The death penalty is a legal process where an inmate on death row is sent to execution as punishment for the offense committed. It is a controversial issue where it comes into question if it should be legal. Those who agree with the death penalty argue that it deters people from committing crimes or that without it some criminals would continue to commit crimes. Those who disagree with the death penalty argue that there are innocent people are wrongly executed, some criminals are suffering…

Scientific Revolution:Galileo Vs. Copernicus What came first, the chicken or the egg? Obviously the egg. You can't have a chicken if you don't have an egg. Since copernicus first invented and researched his idea, he had more of an impact than galileo who added onto copernicus. If copernicus never had this idea, galileo's telescope could have never been hatched aka invented. Now it's not that Galileo Isn't important, it's just that copernicus had more of an impact with his heliocentric theory…

This week’s art lesson focused on the Etruscan culture and their contribution to ancient art and its development. The Etruscan’s were a small, but powerful force of people who greatly impacted early Rome. Sadly, they are not given as much credit as due, because not much of their literature or works have survived. However, what has survived shows a brilliant and inventive culture that greatly impacted the surrounding civilizations. While the Greeks focused more on creating art for the living. The…

I chose to do Peter Lik to be my photographer because I think he does exceptional work in taking landscape and nature photographs. My favorite pictures are outdoors ones and I feel I can kinda relate since that’s what I enjoy doing most. Peter Lik was born in 1959 in Melbourne, Australia. He is not yet deceased, but the date of his birth is unknown. He is very well known because he has several galleries open and has traveled tons of places and gets to know them and writes books about where he…

Leonardo da Vinci created magnificent artwork that filled the world around him with life, making him one of the greatest Renaissance painters in history. He came to life April 15, 1452, in Tuscany, Italy. His father was Piero da Vinci, and his mother Caterina. They were not married, and Piero had affairs with multiple other women throughout his lifetime. Because of this, Leonardo had nearly fifteen half-siblings and four stepmothers. Every time he saw his mother, she was holding another baby.…

days spent though secluded within the mind was far from absolute solitude with the active presence of those holding the manor’s charges. The duties of the estates upkeep managed by the staff under my father’s previous employ, headed by an Italian of Tuscany, Diego Rossi, possessing a sturdy build and flat face that cast an intimidating air. The utmost professional and despite his brutish looks a truly…