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3 giorni fa · The Florentine Renaissance in art is the new approach to art and culture in Florence during the period from approximately the beginning of the 15th century to the end of the 16th.
2 giorni fa · The House of Medici (English: / ˈ m ɛ d ɪ tʃ i / MED-itch-ee, UK also / m ə ˈ d iː tʃ i / mə-DEE-chee, Italian: [ˈmɛːditʃi]) was an Italian banking family and political dynasty that first consolidated power in the Republic of Florence under Cosimo de' Medici, during the first half of the 15th century.
- By Medico, Castellan of Potrone, considered the first ancestor of the house
- 1230; 793 years ago
3 giorni fa · Leonardo da Vinci, the Renaissance genius, revolutionized art and science with his masterpieces like the Mona Lisa while pioneering advancements in anatomy, engineering, and invention.
- Leonardo da Vinci was an artist and engineer who is best known for his paintings, notably the Mona Lisa (c. 1503–19) and the Last Supper (1495–98)....
- Leonardo da Vinci’s total output in painting is really rather small; there are less than 20 surviving paintings that can be definitely attributed t...
- Leonardo da Vinci was described as having a gracious but reserved personality and an elegant bearing. He was known to be fastidious in personal car...
- Leonardo da Vinci’s parents were unmarried at the time of his birth near a small village named Vinci in Tuscany. His father, Ser Piero, was a Flore...
- When Leonardo was about 15, his father, who enjoyed a high reputation in the Florentine community, apprenticed him to artist Andrea del Verrocchio....
2 giorni fa · The Reformation, also known as the Protestant Reformation and the European Reformation, was a major theological movement in Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the papacy and the authority of the Catholic Church.
5 giorni fa · The Romanesque-Gothic cathedral (rebuilt 15th century) contains an Assumption by the 16th-century artist Titian and one of Europe’s oldest libraries. Also notable are the churches of San Fermo Maggiore, comprising two 11th-century edifices, the upper rebuilt after 1313; SS.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
3 giorni fa · The re-periodisation of European history achieved in the last few decades is now complete in all but name. The idea of the eleventh to thirteenth centuries as a uniquely formative period for the creation of a European identity no longer surprises academic readers.
4 giorni fa · Home. Memorials of London and London Life in the 13th, 14th and 15th Centuries. A series of extracts from the early archives of the City, arranged in chronological order. Much of the material is drawn from the Letter Books of the City. British History Online (no series). Originally published by Longmans, Green, London, 1868.
