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received by his Florentine father (Craven 83-84). From the earliest age, young Leonardo exhibited what appeared to be an endless ...

inquiry, which they saw as the "key to success," and believing this they sought to discover the laws governing such things as the ...

of the "longitudinal, three-aisled basilica" (Church of San Spirito) that would come to be the foundation of Western church form. ...

the major Greek authors of antiquity before 1515, thus ensuring their survival for posterity" (Harris, 2002). In pointing to so...

old man fall helplessly in love with the fairy queen. As Kenneth Borris points out in his analysis of this work, much of the poem...

and is a study of psychological reactions. A serene Christ, who is resigned to his destiny, has just announced to his disciples th...

in regards to information on the Internet and within journals, books and magazines. Because of Lims extensive reach in regards to ...

a dramatic shift in perception in regards to fortune, and what was once believed to be a pre-ordained right was now considered to ...

for it seems to change expressions as we look at it (Pioch, 2002). What we have is a portrait of a real woman, a woman who loves ...

Madonna is another version of the Madonna/Child pairing, but this time Christ is an infant. The relief, which is 74.5 x 69.5 centi...

status of the individual" (Burns, 1969, p. 395). The context of culture changed as cities expanded and increasing trade brought in...

that were performed with four to six singers, comprising a group of individuals making different sounds and imitations. "A madriga...

a woman did have talent and want to compose, Brown tells us her only choice was to enter a convent, where she would "receive the p...

to be entertained as well. They began putting out what were known as mystery plays, passion plays, morality plays and miracle play...

peasantry, although far more numerous, have very few material resources and no political power at all: they have no say in the way...

involve love and culminate ultimately in Pietro Bembos inspired Platonic exposition" (Mukherjee). Life of Giotto In this rel...

order to provide more accurate representation of the human body. The advances in knowledge made during these years is evide...

resulted from the Spartan takeover of Athenian silver mines; therefore, the need for the minting of replacement, silver-plated bro...

conquered peoples. This, of course, was not due to piety, but rather he believed that once converted to Christianity the German pa...

1585 The beginning rudiments of mathematics began practically at the beginning of mans reign on the earth. The first indiv...

subconscious, if a man has intercourse with a women, he claims ownership of her. Likewise, in a larger world view, if the white ma...

to shift his ground until he agreed with the allies (McCollum, 2003). Germany would be made to pay. "Unfortunately, rather than ...

as well as begin to collectively respond as a liberated people rather than race of repressed second class citizens. It was due in...

(Ray, 2000). Upon initial investigation, Ray had found that most references to Indian involvement in the fur trade were of "shadow...

beginning of unique aspirations - as well as troubled alliances - within scientific and religious societies in relation to an orig...

events surrounding the Peloponessian War, but also the views of other cultures which sometimes conflicted with his own sensibiliti...

who "led an extremely worldly existence in the convent" (Mack, 1996, p. 13), defiance of the system was a way of life. She was qu...

Great," 2003). Peter the Great was somewhat obsessed with creating a Russia that was separate and apart from Asia as well. His St....

a man of great power and a man who apparently worked within all sorts of cultures, working with China and then with Vietnam, earni...

writing was the mainstay of civilised life. A seated scribe holding a papyrus roll was one of the most popular subjects in their e...