Venice Biennale

and Alessandro Scarlatti. When he turned fifteen, he became a pianist in Naples. When he was eighteen, he had produced his first operas called L’Ottavia restituita al trono and Il Giustino. When he turned age twenty, he was sent off by his father to Venice to study with a composer known by the name of Francesco Gasparini. Domenico Scarlatti had lived during the Baroque era and had written some operas. In 1715, he had composed his most popular piece of music at the Julian Chapel at St. Peter’s.…

(Dux) Throughout this semester we have looked at many aspects of what made Venice so prominent throughout its one thousand years of prosperity until Napoleon invaded. From courtesans to the arts, I found the doge to be the most important factors in making Venice’s Venezianta. The doge’s were considered to be the popes of Venice who were the head figures, which made Venice so politically strong. They were the reason that Venice was so well kept without havoc for over a thousand years, until…

Girolamo Cardano has made hundreds of contributions to the math world. He was not only a mathematician, but a physician, teacher, astrologer, and gambler as well. He was very well known for solving equations and being able to calculate formulas. He was born on September 24th, 1501 in what is now considered to be Italy. His father was a lawyer who also specialized in teaching geometry. Some may say this is where Cardano received his interest in mathematics. Cardano plays a huge role in mathematic…

have been outcasted from the rest of society even though they are equal in all aspects of life besides religion. During the time period that Shakespeare wrote The Merchant of Venice, Jews were not welcomed into cities dominated by Christianity. In the play, the main protagonist Shylock is outcasted from the people of Venice for being Jewish. For being outcasted, Shylock hates the Christians and has no friends among the Venetians. To make a living, Shylock must compete with a direct competitor…

4 Honors English 2 9, March 2014 In William Shakespeare’s play Othello, Iago’s inhumane scheme and Othello’s inner conflict consequently destroy Othello when paired together. Othello, a Christian Moor and general of the armies of Venice, is deceived by not only Iago, the villain of the play, but himself. Othello’s free and open nature allows Iago to mislead him into believing that Desdemona, Othello’s wife, is having an affair with Othello’s lieutenant, Cassio. Shakespeare never…

The themes of classicism related to art, literature, and mythology are specifically woven around the persona of Aschenbach in Mann’s novella, Death in Venice. Artfully crafted, a reader easily identifies with the narrator’s condescending attitude, but also questions the true purpose of Mann’s allusions. Mann would have the reader closely identify with Aschenbach’s love of classical literature and beauty as justification for Aschenbach’s behavioral decline. However, the mood of this novella…

Lorenzo’s importance in the Merchant of Venice It’s common for fathers to grant a blessing for the elopement of two individuals. This blessing is usually given if they approve of the two who are wishing to be married. However, if the father doesn’t want his daughter to be married, then his wish should be respected. This is hardly the case in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. Lorenzo, a minor character, intends to elope and run off with Jessica, the daughter of a rich Jew named Shylock.…

In Shakespeares, The Merchant Of Venice, a Jewish moneylender, Shylock, was in trial over a contract. This contract was between Shylock and Antonio, another main character who was a Christian, which stated that Antonio must pay back the 3000 ducats that he borrowed in 3 months, in failure to do so Antonio must give Shylock one pound of his own flesh. Antonio failed to pay him back so a trial was held and the contract was presented so that Shylock could and would be allowed to collect “his” pound…

others and destroy the happiness and peacefulness in all the characters of the story. The true definition of a villain according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary is “a character in a story, movie, etc., who does bad things.” In the play, Merchant of Venice, several characters do a few things that are bad, but none can compare to wanting to take a mans life as Shylock tried to do. What kind of man does it show who Shylock is, for wanting to take a mans life because he is late paying a debt?…

not seem to have a lot in common. Actually, their differences are overcome by their similarities in the way of acting and the lack of empathy. To begin with, the story The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe is about Montresor, an elite man from Venice that is annoyed with one of his servants, Fortunato. Therefore, Montresor articulates a plan to trap poor Fortunato, inviting him for a walk in the mansion’s vaults to find a cask of Amontillado wine. As they walk deeper into the vault,…