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2 giorni fa · Culture of Italy. The Sistine Chapel ceiling, with frescos done by Michelangelo. The Forum of Pompeii with Vesuvius in the distance. The culture of Italy encompasses the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, and customs of the Italian peninsula and of the Italians throughout history. Italy has been a centre of Roman civilization and of the Catholic ...
2 giorni fa · Ancient Egyptian art refers to art produced in ancient Egypt between the 6th millennium BC and the 4th century AD, spanning from Prehistoric Egypt until the Christianization of Roman Egypt. It includes paintings, sculptures, drawings on papyrus, faience, jewelry, ivories, architecture, and other art media. It was a conservative tradition whose ...
4 giorni fa · The Battle of Lepanto was a naval engagement that took place on 7 October 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of Catholic states arranged by Pope Pius V, inflicted a major defeat on the fleet of the Ottoman Empire in the Gulf of Patras. The Ottoman forces were sailing westward from their naval station in Lepanto (the Venetian name ...
3 giorni fa · Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage of time), ordinary subject matter, unusual visual angles, and inclusion of movement as a crucial element of human perception and experience.
4 giorni fa · Giovanni Bellini’s legacy in the art world is profound and enduring, cementing his status not only as a pioneer of the Venetian Renaissance but also as a progenitor of modern painting techniques and aesthetic sensibilities. His influence on future generations of artists is both direct, through his immediate followers and pupils, and indirect ...
1 giorno fa · 1. Murder of Larry King: 14-year-old Brandon McInerney, shot 15-year-old Lawrence "Larry" King, twice in the head in the computer laboratory of E.O. Green Junior High School. McInerney was apprehended in a nearby neighborhood. King, who was openly homosexual, died two days later.
2 giorni fa · The Papal States ( / ˈpeɪpəl / PAY-pəl; Italian: Stato Pontificio; Latin: Dicio Pontificia ), officially the State of the Church (Italian: Stato della Chiesa [ˈstaːto della ˈkjɛːza]; Latin: Status Ecclesiasticus ), [7] were a conglomeration of territories on the Apennine Peninsula under the direct sovereign rule of the Pope from 756 ...
