Lorenzo Bernini‚ who was one of the eminent creators of that time. The origin of architecture in baroque style is Rome and this city owes a lot to the supreme artist - Gian Lorenzo Bernini. He started his career from the childhood following his father Pietro Bernini‚ Florentine sculptor. His first sculptures such as the Abduction of Proserpina‚ David‚ Appolo and Daphne (Galleria Borghese‚ Rome) were already evidence of his exceptional gift: he was trying to make his favourite material‚ marble‚ more pliable
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David Murray Feb 22‚2015 World History Florence To the north of Rome was the city-state of Florence‚ which was known as a center of banking and of the trade in woolen cloth. It had the strongest tradition of rule by a democracy. Its population was divided between the members of the guilds‚ which were organizations of businessmen and craftsmen. Milan A city located on the plains in the northern part of Italy‚ gained a reputation as the most aggressive of the Italian city-states. It was ruled
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the Stated Life Situation of Mark 1. Tacitus‚ Annals of Rome 15.44—he writes of Nero’s reign ca. August 64 CE. Tacitus illustrates Nero’s immorality and explains his desire to build a temple to himself. This desire led to the burning of shops and slums around the Circus Maximus that Nero blamed on the Christians (even though Nero and his helpers were behind the fire in an effort to clear the area for a temple). This fire of Rome was the occasion for a persecution of Christians in the city
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(June 17‚ 1691 – Rome‚ October 21‚ 1765) was an Italian painter and architect‚ mainly known as one of the vedutisti or (veduta‚ or "view painters").As a young man‚ Pannini trained in his native town of Piacenza as a stage designer. In 1711‚ he moved to Rome‚ where he studied drawing with Benedetto Luti and became famous as a decorator of palaces‚ including the Villa Patrizi (1718–1725) and the Palazzo de Carolis (1720). As a painter‚ Pannini is best known for his vistas of Rome‚ in which he took
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HUM2232 Chapter 15 Study Questions Wallman/2013 The Roman Renaissance 1. Describe Rome in 1402. How did Rome begin to change once the papacy returned to Rome? Why did the papacy rebuild the city? What affect did the papal palaces have on pilgrims according to Paolo Cortesi? When Brunelleschi arrive in Rome in 1402‚ shortly after the competition for the Baptistery door in Florence‚ the city must have seemed a pitiful place. Its population had shrunk from around 1 million in 100 CE to under
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During the 18th century‚ intellectual changes began to dismantle traditional values and institutions. Liberal ideas from France and Britain spread rapidly‚ and from 1789 the French Revolution became the genesis of "liberal Italians". A series of political and military events resulted in a unified kingdom of Italy in 1861. The settlements reached in 1815 at the Vienna Congress had restored Austrian domination over the Italian peninsula but had left Italy completely fragmented . The Congress had divided
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English. It is a fountain in the Trevi rione in Rome‚ Italy. This fountain is at the junction of three roads. And that is why we call it ‘Trevi Fountain’. In 1629 Pope Urban VIII‚ found the earlier fountain not attractive enough‚ then asked Gian Lorenzo Bernini to renovate it. But when the Pope died‚ the project was abandoned. In 1730‚ Pope Clement XII organized a contest in which Nicola Salvi initially lost to Alessandro Galilei. But due to the outcry in Rome over the fact that a Florentine won‚ Salvi
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Bramante was born in 1444 to a poor farmer’s family. Bramante was a famous Italian painter and architect. He moved to the city of Milan in 1474‚ where the gothic style of buildings influenced his creations. The High Renaissance was a time in Italy and Rome that the artists were learning how to show perspective‚ and about anatomy. Donato D’ Angelo Bramante made his mark in the High Renaissance period. He inspired other architects to express themselves. Some of his works include the church of Santa
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spring break was just right around the corner. To give a little bit of background‚ I come from an Italian family. I have yet to see the beautiful terrain where my ancestors had originated‚ but I do know that my family stems from Naples‚ Terre‚ and Rome‚ Italy. The Terraciano name traces back to Terre‚ Italy and my ancestors originated from Naples‚ Italy. My ancestors immigrated into Ellis Island‚ thus‚ most of my family lives in New York. Going to Italy was a figure of speech in our household. We
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History and Development of the Papacy It took centuries to develop the supremacy of the bishop of Rome over the entire Catholic Church‚ an institution also known as "the papacy‚" “In the first few hundred years of the church‚ the term "pope‚" which means “father‚” was used for any important and respected bishop‚ and the bishop of Rome was one of several important bishops in Christendom.” Rome had always been respected for its relationship with Peter and Paul and its position as the church
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