... Milan sometime between 1482 and 1483. In Milan he remained in a self-imposed exile for nearly eighteen years. Upon arriving in Milan he was accepted at court as a favorite of Il Maro. As court retainer, Leonardo assumed a variety of duties and enlarged his activities as an artist. In Milan, home of his foremost important efforts was in sculpture (the Sforza equestrian ... , practically all of which were carried out under court patronage. The most famous painting, of course is the Last Supper. Leonardo also executed portraits of Lodovico Sforza (also known as Il Moro), his wife and two mi...

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... on the war, leaving the socialist party and his editorial chair. This infuriated the Socialists who were against Italy's entry into the war. In 1915 he formed his own paper, Il Popolo d'Italia, and continued his promotion for war. When Italy finally joined the Allies to fight Germany, Mussolini enlisted into the "Esercito" (Army). Mussolini achieved the rank of Corporal, the ... Chamber of Deputies. In October 1922 he was invited by the king to form a government. Skillfully using is absolute control over the press, he gradually built up the legend of "Il Duce", a man who was always righ...

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... using comedy in his film Rome, Open City, his humor is used to help communicate the idea of political class differences in Italy. The comedic scene which revolves around the il brigadiere and the preist exemplifies the political power structure in Rome during the Nazi occupation following World War II. Rosellini beginis by distinguishing between the various political groups, the Nazis ... support the Nazis, but in order to prove this assumption wrong and bring about Rossellini's true idea about political class distinction comic relief was necessary. He focuses in on the il bridgarie or ...

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... a foothold in power and once in power was not willing to give it up and through skillful propaganda and some well thought out laws gained him support to become 'IL duce.' In Germany Hitler became the ultimate fascist leader. He used mass hysteria and propaganda to gain him support and once in power he used intimidation to pass the Enabling ... ...

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... first, full-size, bronze nude to be cast since Antiquity. Donatello treated David, among other pieces, as a distinct personality rather than a 'thing'. This made him a favorite of famous patron Cosimo il Vecchio de'Medici. Other works by Donatello include St. George, Herod's Feast, and Mary Magdalin (1454-55), one of his final paintings... His works, as well as his paintings, weren ... ...

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... but my opinion was wrong I had learned so many things about him. Mussolini founded Fascism and ruled as Dictator of Italy almost 21 years. As a dictator, Mussolini took the Title Il Duce, the leader. He abolished the Roman Catholic youth organizations, and improved relations with the Roman Catholic Church by signing an agreement with Pope Pius. This gave the Pope temporal ... ...

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... movie will be entertained, guaranteed. American films are made to entertain the viewer with more low-culture derived forms of entertainment: comedy, action, violence, sex, etc. Films made elsewhere, Italy's "Il Postino," for example, contain high-culture derived entertainment vehicles: art, irony, love, mystery, drama, etc. A European film does not appeal to the wide range of viewers that an American film ... ...

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