... but German paratroopers rescued him he became the head of puppet government in northern Italy. In the spring of 1945, the German forces in northern Italy collapsed with his mistress Clara Petacci and some followers, Mussolini fled north toward the border. The Italian underground discover them at Lake Como, and shot Mussolini and ... Clara Petacci soon afterward. Their bodies were taken to Milan, and hung by heels in front of a garage. Later his body was hidden to prevent demonstration by his followers. In August ... ...

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... but whose soul is beautiful). Men and women stood separately and those who were not fully initiated stood in the atrium. The roof is wooden and the ceiling is coffered. Santa Costanza (Rome, Italy) 156 300 4th C Centrally planned building. There is a domed main space and a barrel vaulted side aisle. The double ring of 12 columns symbolizes the 12 apostles. Christ ... Triptych: a three-paneled painting or sculpture ISLAMIC ART Dome of the Rock (Jerusalem, Israel) 183 343-344 7th C Wooden octagon with a dome. It was influenced by centrally planned buildings like Santa Costanza. The column...

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... was imprisoned. After his rescue, he set up the Italian Socialist Republic in German-held northern Italy, with himself as its leader. On April 28, 1945, Mussolini and his mistress, Clara Petacci, were arrested again by Italian partisans by Lake Como. Walter Audisio, who was once pardoned by Mussolini for a jail term in 1934, took custody of them. Mussolini, realizing he ... ...

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... they sought to study anything and everything that they could of the ancient influences and knowledge (Munro 136). Before Donatello went to Rome, he carved the wooden Crucifix (Fig. 1-2) at Santa Croce, Florence. When this is compared to his marble The Prophet David (Fig. 3-4), there are several differences between the two. The Crucifix is an extremely religious figure and the only ... ...

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... reference we see is the constant use of, then crucial, historical figures. For example, in this passage he refers to the patron saint of the city of Lucca, "I bring you Santa Zita's Elders!" The authors gave me a view of the people while the lectures provided more of a visual picture of the country. One lecture, by David Alexander, talked about the Culture ... ...

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... of their first symptoms" (7). Boccaccio writes extensively about religion and how it changed because of the plague. He chooses to have the ten story tellers meet in the church of Santa Maria Novella in the city of Florence. It is perhaps because the Church represents a refuge from the plague. Where the plague struck funeral rites became nonexistent and/or stopped altogether ... ...

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... several panels*(www.webgallery.com) painted by Giotto di Bondone in 1320 A.D depicting the life of Christ that were commissioned for use on the altar of the Franciscan church of Santa Croce in Florence Italy. This was a time in his life when his career was at its height. This painting is 17 ¾ inches tall and 17 ¼ inches wide and uses Tempera ... ...

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... frescos were the earliest of Giotto's work. The "Ognissanti Madonna" in Florence is also universally accepted as being his work. His finest panel, according to critics, is the Crucifix in Santa Maria Novella, Florence. Giotto's work seems very interesting to me. I enjoy his depiction of the last judgment. It looks biblically accurate. At the bottom, there is a man trying to sneak ... ...

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