... Madonna and child (Prigozy 84) in the above scene clearly parallels Rosetta and Cesira with Jesus and the Virgin Mary. In the film, De Sica more obviously recalls this image by having the actresses in the same pose as the celebrated work of art by Michelangelo, with light streaming ... in from the window above, illuminating their frail and desecrated figures. De Sica also recalls the image of the Pietà when Cesira tells Rosetta of Michele's death. Rosetta, "bursts into tears . . . the mother cradles ... her daughter in her arms, and the camera slowly zooms back (Prigozy 88). In De Si...

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In the scene from Vittorio De Sica's Umberto D. shown in lecture, there are many factors to support that it is in fact of the neorealist genre of film. This film is shot on location, not on a ... her leg as far as she can to push the door closed with her foot. It is easy to see that this film is of the neo-realistic style. Vittorio De Sica included many elements to support neorealism film. He decided to shoot the film on location as apposed to on a closed set, as well as using an unknown, non-professional ... actress instead of a big named star. De Sica also decided that the film would be s...

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... His letters became a blueprint for humanists of the Renaissance, with letters becoming the favorite form of prose (Humanism: Italy 5). In 1368 Petrarch wrote De sui ipsius et multorum ignorantia (On his own ignorance and that of many others), which became a significant example of the contrast of humanism of ... fervently defended their views because they were so unconventional compared to those of the Middle Ages. Such was exhibited in Lorenzo Valla's De elegantiae linguae latinae (Elegances of the Latin Language), which was completed in 1441 and supplemented the belief that Latin and cl...

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... Italy. Northern artists were not able to make frescoes painting because of the climate they lived in. A few of the most well-known artists in Italy were Michael Angelo, Leonardo de Vinci, Botticelli, Donatello, and Brunelleschi. Italian artist began a new art where their work seem to be an accurate representation of the real world (Hale 97). One of the most famous ... ). One of the most famous scholars in the North was Erasmus. He was best known for the edition of the New Testament. Erasmus presented the original version of the biblical text, which was in Greek and he translated it into ...

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... a naval victory. The right arm (now gone) may have raised a victory crown or held an open hand in greeting; perhaps she was landing on the prow of a ship. Alexandros, Venus de Milo 115 150 2C BC Very elegant pose, with a S-shaped curve. It is sensuous and erotic. One hand may have held an apple (her symbol) or a mirror to admire herself ... building. Flying buttresses also stabilize a building and protect it from wind sheer Moralized Bible: a Bible in which the Old and New Testament stories are paralleled with one another in illustrations, text, and commentary Ogee arch: an arch formed ...

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... done so, the history of the world might have turned out very differently. But the fact that he was more tolerant might be regarded as another of his virtues. " The text is from Moses Hadas, Essential Works of Stoicism, Bantam Books, New York 1960. In his Res Gestae Augustus notes with pleasure the census he took of the Roman citizens, registering ... should be offered everywhere to the national gods, the Jews alone being exempted, for even the Samaritans obeyed the edict (Yer. 'Ab. Zarah 44d). The Christians also suffered heavily (Eusebius, "De Martyribus Palstin," 3); although the date...

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... Venus after the beatiful Greek antique Venus Pudicae that was being discovered at the time. The pose and the atmosphere of the two figures are very similar. According to the text," the covering gesture of Venus is what makes her modesty. As a mother and a patron saint of all forces of nature and creation she has covered her gracefully. Recreating the symbol ... Lisa's mouth and eyes were delicately blurred creating the mystery smile, both melancholic and mocking. Mona Lisa's mysterious smile evocative and the aliveness of the painting is a product of Leonardo de Vinci's study of nature....

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... the cinematic Neorealistic movement, Roberto Rossellini. Neorealism was a movement developed in Italy after the fall of Mussolini and the Second World War. Well-known producers Rossellini, Vittorio De Sica and Luchino Visconti contributed great Neorealistic masterpieces to the Italian culture. Its unique characteristics and filming techniques made an everlasting, worldwide impression in film history. Italians first ... . "Most of the great directors, actors, technicians and scriptwriters of the Neorealistic period received their training during this Fascist period" (Baranski 217). Infact...

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... texting options. I had to speak to everyone face to face on make a call on my device and sometimes I would send a reminder to my friends or family by text. Texting has become the new generation of me speaking with friends. Now, I have unlimited texting and I cannot get enough of it. I have noticed that I spend ... driving, mainly everywhere. Texting has become a must with this person. I meet this person at work. Most of my time, I find my self-waiting for a text from him or constantly texting him waiting for feed back. I see myself texting him from the moment I wake up to the moment I go ...

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... , but in common sequences focused both on partisan heroism and in social problems, such as the contrast of political parties, the inflation and the increasing unemployment. Directed by Vittorio de Sica and adapted by Cesare Zavattini, Bicycle Thieves presents all the characteristics just shown above: there are non-professional actors, who better show at the screen real attitudes and experiences ... , symbolically, all the drama of the film starts when Antonio attaches Rita Hayworth's poster to the wall. Consequently I do not believe that realism is purely a matter of style, since De Sica'...

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... . He got his first chance to show his skills when designing a collection for Fiori Fiorentini, a Lucca, Italy-based company. In the following years, Versace kept designing for labels such as De Parsi, Genny, Callaghan, Alma, and presented hi first leather collection for Complice. On March 28th, 1978 marked the first collection for women signed with his own name in a fashion show ... a show "Gianni Versace: Obietto Moda- demonstrating the collaboration between Versace and world famous photographers (Avedon, Newton, Penn, Weber, Barieri, Gastel, etc.). And Jacques Chiraca signed the "Grand...

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... the Allies used these agents to send incorrect information to the Germans. The Allies needed to convince the Germans that the invasion would occur in an area called the Pas de Calais. The Commander of the German armies in France was convinced that the Allied invasion would be in this area. To keep the Germans in this area U.S. General George Patton ... was placed in command of an army in the area of Dove. Dover is opposite the Pas de Calais. German General Rommel believed that the Allies should be destroyed at sea. Others preferred to let the enemy come ashore and annihilate them with t...

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... architecture and was much more beautiful then anything that had been constructed in the middle ages. The book by Vitruvius "Book de Architectura-, which contained many of the simple design elements had used in the classical ages. The Book de Architectura was the single most important thing rediscovered. Patrons of the renaissance time tried to make themselves look better in the eyes ... placed on the top of the cathedral in Florence was almost the size of the entire Parthenon in Rome. Filippo Brunelleschi studied structural solutions of the Romans from the "Book de Architectura- and had...

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... return to the teachings of the Bible, and resulted in new traditions in the Christian religion. Pope Leo X, whose true name was Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, was born in Florence as the second son of Lorenzo de' Medici. Pope Nicholas V was born to a physician in 1398, and was sent, by the Bishop, to study in Germany, France, and England. Pope Pinus ... was an alchemist and physician, changed his name twice, and invented the word alcohol (wikipedia.org). Important Renaissance authors were Andrea Alciato, Ludovico Ariosto, Leonardo Bruni, Giovanni Boccaccio, Erasmus, Michel de Montaigne...

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In Vittorio De Sica's, Bicycle Thief, Pier Paolo Pasolini's, Mamma Roma, and Roberto Rossellini's, Rome, Open City, each filmmaker uses humor to evoke emotion and bolster his view about the absurd nature of ... and gloomy expression that is characteristic of a neo-realistic film. This use of comic relief reinforces the display of economic conflict between the classes in De Sica's and Pasolini's films, and political conflict in Rossellini's film. Vittorio De Sica deviates from his grave and serious expressive strategy of portraying a desolate and devastated country by injecting unexpected bi...

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... -train- ride to economic advancement for Italy from the vast wealth of the American government. Making matters even more dismal for the communists was the fact that Italian Premier Alcide de Gasperi was wrought with stress over how desperate Italy was in need of financial aid in the wake of the devastation brought on by the effects of the second world ... war. The United States used this angle as their "trump card- to pressure de Gasperi into weeding out leftist opposition in his cabinet. The withholding of United States aid and the cancellation of one billion dollars worth of debt owed ...

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... with "a whiff of grapeshot". After that incident, Napoleon was given control of the French army of the interior and also the army of Italy. In early 1796 Napoleon married Josephine de Bauhinias, the widow of a guillotined French revolutionary. Shortly after Napoleon married he left for Italy in March 1796. Napoleon came to Italy and discovered his army was ill-supplied. Napoleon ... defeated Sweden with the help of the Russians. Now Britain was France's only opponent which let France arrange its territories as it pleased. In 1805 Napoleon appointed his stepson Eugene de Bauhinias vicero...

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... time of exile that Machiavelli, desperate to return to Italian politics, wrote many of his principle works, including The Prince. The Prince is the text from which my source is taken. Its purpose was actually to gain the favour of the Medici government, in hopes of Machiavelli returning to Italy's ... Using this insight, Machiavelli in The Prince describes how one would be best to go about achieving and maintaining power. The examples used in this text are mainly of failed instances. Machiavelli believed that the only important skill that counted in achieving and maintaining power was cal...

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... more countries and to enhance the economy through commerce. This marked the "Golden Age- of Spain. During this time, comedic Corrales were the common form of entertainment. Writers like Lope de Vega and Caleron were staged in public theatres known as Corrales. These theatres were constructed in existing courtyards partially protected by a roof. Courtyard theatres were temporary at first, but later ... a book at random; his eye falls on the word oeuvre, and he suggested that the theatre Lugné-Poë wanted to bring into existence should be called the Theatre de l'Oeuvre and so it was. Bef...

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... gradually dominated feudalism in northern Italy. Carrying on the Medici heritage that began in the late 1200s when the Medici bank was founded, Cosimo De Medici won Florence's government as dictator in 1434 until 1464. His grandson, Lorenzo de Medici3 continues his rule in 1469. The Medici family is one the wealthiest members of signoria, which stands for "lordship", or ... ...

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... , Petrarch believed that there had to be more to virtue than religion. Petrarch philosophical works are an effort to resolve this conflict between earthly and spiritual needs. In His book, De Remediis Utriusque Fortunae (On the Remedies for Good and Bad Fortune), Petrarch theorizes that there is a problem inherent in every happy situation and a positive aspect to every bad one. His ... dialogues, De Contemptu Mundi (On the Scorn of the World, sometimes also called the "Secretum"), chronicle an imaginary dialogue between Petrarch and St. Augustine, Petrarch's favorite ecclesiastic. In it,...

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... architectural wonders built during that age. Last, but not the very least, I would have liked to experience and read, first-hand, the literary works of such authors as Dante, Christine de Pisan, and Boccaccio. Starting in the 13th century, art was beginning to accelerate to a much higher level of in terms of quality and craft. Artists during medieval times were not ... significance of life. I would engage in philosophical conversation with Chaucer "or at least try to. I would ask Boccaccio to describe his experience with the plague and listen to Christine de Pisan talk to me about her l...

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... ) Raphael was born at Urbino, a most important city of Italy, in 1483, on Good Friday, at three in the morning. His parents were Giovanni de Santi and Magia di Battista Ciarla; his mother died in 1491. Giovanni de Santi, a painter himself, gave his son his first instruction in painting, and, before his death in 1494, when Raphael was 11, he had introduced ... ...

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... have achieved what was thought to be impossible. The balance of order and design and a keen attention to detail, made the artists of the third period masters of perfection. Leonardo De Vinci, who was a follower of Verrocchio, put much effort in studying his subject. He had the ability to express his ideas through his work. He was exceptionally skillful in creating ... in Verrocchio's sculptures. The invention of an individual style holds truth that art will later excel to perfection in modern works from the third part, which include paintings from Leonardo De Vinci, Michelangelo and Rap...

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... to be known as the painter in the shop and even beyond his master, coming into his own unique style. He moved to Florence where, in the shadow of Leonardo de Vinci and Michelangelo his fame increased and his style, quite different from the other two masters was recognized for its unique genre and was commissioned by wealthy patrons. Still to ... a polygon temple standing atop, almost suspended between the earth and sky, as if heaven and earth where meeting in consecrating the marriage of Joseph and Mary. In Florence, where Leonardo de Vinci and Michelangelo where unattainable, Rafael wa...

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