Tuscany

The most popular definition for nationalism is a love or loyalty to one’s country, but it is made up of much more. Nationalism is felt by large groups of people who have a common culture. They all experience the same religion, language and history and share a territory. These people often feel that their nation is better, and better off as an autonomous state that rules itself, and they might be willing to go to many extremes to achieve this. This nationalism has affected Italy and Germany as…

On July 15, 1763 a letter from Thomas Jefferson to John Page said; “If I am to meet with a disappointment, the sooner I know it, the more of life I shall have to wear it off.” I feel this powerful quote stands as an example of Jefferson’s resilience or allowing a person to bounce back from a negative situation. This quality is one not everybody possesses and is necessary for any successful leader. During Jefferson’s two term Presidency spanning from March 4, 1801 to March 4, 1809 his greatest…

city was exposed to many cultures and ideas. Giovanni’s use of oil for his entire painting was a technique he learned from northern Europeans. He also noticed their attention to light and details when painting facial expressions and clothing. From Tuscany, Giovanni learned about creating spatial illusions. These spatial illusions could then create a three-dimensional feel of the painting. Most people of the past and present were very pleased with Giovanni Bellini’s painting Doge Leonardo…

Bradley Roman MUS-107 Professor MacFarlane History of the Piano The piano was founded on earlier technological innovations in keyboard instruments. Pipe organs have been used since Antiquity, and as such, the development of pipe organs enabled instrument builders to learn about creating keyboard mechanisms for sounding pitches. The first string instruments with struck strings were the hammered dulcimers, which were used since the Middle Ages in Europe. During the Middle Ages, there were…

Born: • Michelangelo di Lodovico Buenarroti Simoni. • 6 March 1474. • Capresse near Arezzo, Republic of Florence, Tuscany. Died: • 18th of February 1564 (Aged 64) • Rome, Papal States Known for: • Sculpture • Painting • Architecture • Poetry Notable Work • David • Pieta • The last judgement • Sistine Chapel ceiling Studies: • In 1488-92 Michelangelo was sent to Florence to study grammar under the humanist Francesco da Urbino. • Michelangelo didn’t care about his studies so he copied…

Giuseppe Mazzini was an Italian nationalist, patriot, and revolutionary leader during the 19th century. Before Italian unification was achieved, Italy had been divided into several states, which were dominated by Austrian authority. Mazzini was quite radical for his time, as he believed that Italy should be unified as a democratic republic where there was universal suffrage, which enfranchised women. He also wanted to see an end to the temporal power of the pope and an end to Austrian dominance…

reforms in European nations directly correlate with Beccaria's work. It was published in many languages and became influential in the reform in many legal systems in countries all around the world. Shortly after it was published, the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, motivated by Beccaria's argument against the execution of criminals, abolished capital punishment. In the United States’ Constitution, Beccaria's ideas about the manner in which crimes should be punished is shown in its right to public trial,…

smashed windows and spray painted the words “Go Home” on the walls of the mosque (DInshaw). Shortly after, another act of Islamophobia occurred on December 3, 2015 in Calgary. Not long after the vandalism on the Cold Lake mosque, Calgary transit the Tuscany LRT station was also defaced and vandalized with racist graffiti saying “Kill the Musilums”, alongside symbols of white supremacy (Farooq). Police later described the incident as a hate crime, and two men were later charged with public…

One may find it hard to find a direct relationship between films and nations, and their roles in an increasingly transnational world. In order to understand the relationship between film and nation, there needs to be an understanding of tradition as well as modernity. Throughout history, one could argue that nations could be defined easily by the films that were made there, and produced by people from there as well. In modern day society, however, this is not the case. A single film cannot…

should have the ability to take someone’s life, which explains why he is against the practice of capital punishment. Many scholars around the world became fascinated by his work. Beccaria’s essay On Crimes and Punishment actually inspired Austria and Tuscany to abolish their capital punishment statutes altogether. In the United States, the first attempt to reform the state of Virginia’s death penalty laws was proposed by Thomas Jefferson, while he was governor of Virginia at the time. He…