Leonardo was born in the small town of Vinci, near Florence. He was the son of a wealthy Florentine notary and a peasant woman. In 1460 the family moved to Florence, where Leonardo was given the best education. About 1466 he was apprenticed as a studio boy to Andrea Del Verrocchio, the leading Flore...

When one thinks of a great painter, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, scientist, an intelligent man, and a well-rounded person, Leonardo da Vinci is a perfect example. With his precise drawings, anatomical studies of people, animals, and plants, studies of astronomy, geology, geometry and opt...

Leonardo Da Vinci was born on April 14, 1452 in the town of Vinci located near Florence, Italy. He lived during the fifteenth century, which is a period when the people of Europe become fascinated with art. This period of time was known as the Renaissance period. As history tells it, Leonard...

Cavour was born in Turin, Peidmont, on the 1st of August 1810. In 1826 Cavour was an lieutenant of the Sardinian Army. After Cavour resigned his commission in 1831, he started getting interested in Politics. Cavour used his knowledge for the family's estates and greatly raised their productiv...

At the end of the fourteenth century, gothic architecture began to wear off and renaissance architecture moved in. Europe was evolving out of the middle ages and in the Renaissance period. The beliefs in humanity were growing in popularity. Along with the changes in ways of life, politics, families ...

The Aachen chapel illustrates a vast following from ancient Roman civilization for several reasons. Firstly due to Charlamagne\'s visits to Italy, he aspired to create a building with the same architectural impact as those in the Roman era. The octagonal plan is a descendant of the mausoleum of Sta....

Niccolo Paganini and His Moto Perpetuo Niccolo Paganini is the greatest violinist of all time. Raised by a harsh and demanding father, Niccolo practiced incessantly as a child. Early on his skill was already as sharp and majestic as a perfectly cut diamond. He was so good at his music some ...

Benito Mussolini 1883-1945 Benito Mussolini was born on July 29th 1883 in northeast Italy, he was named after Benito Juarez, a famous Mexican patriot and hero. His Father was a Blacksmith and his mother was a schoolteacher. Mussolini had one younger brother and one younger sister. The Mussolini&a...

GUISEPPE MAZZINI The Italian nationalist Guiseppe Mazzini was considered not only a patron saint for his revolutionary actions, but a main character for laying the foundation for the unification of Italy. Guiseppe's background, accomplishments, and his problems all contributed to his succ...

The European Renaissance When the new upper class movement, called the Renaissance, occurred in Italy around the 14th century, a revival of the classical forms originally developed by the ancient Greeks and Romans occurred, along with an intensified concern with secular life, interest in human...

The Renaissance was a period in history when many different ideas from all across Europe came together in a gigantic reaction to the Dark Ages. A major part of this revolutionary movement is art. Society in Europe, during the Renaissance period, was controlled by the church. This belief at this time...

Dear Friend, I believe choosing to take the course on the Renaissance would be a very wise decision. After recently finishing an in depth study on the Italian and Northern Renaissance I could tell you a few things that might spark your interest. One being that the popular cartoon show "Ninj...

ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM HISTORYWith an extraordinary record which includes three World Cups the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio celebrated its 100th birthday in 1998. The Italian team was founded on March 16th 1898 on Torino, Italy. The first president of this federation ever elected was Mario V...

The Middle Ages, the Early Renaissance, and the High Renaissance are only three ages individually but as a whole helped shape our modern philosophies and ideas of art and influenced generations of artists among them, Leonardo Da Vinci, Giovanni Bellini, and Giotto. Among there many works of art ther...

"I have heard the angels sing" proclaimed Franz Schubert upon hearing music from Niccolo Paganini, composer of 24 violin caprices, Witch's Dance, Perpetual Motion, the orchestral Concerto in D Major, Carnival of Venice, and La Capanella. . Ni...

Raphael\'s \"School of Athens\" is considered by many art historians to be the absolute masterpiece of the Renaissance. It is the perfect pictorial counterpart to the enormous changes in thinking that came about in the 1300s as a result of economic and technological developments. Its rational perspe...

Mussolini and the intervention crisisBenito Mussolini was born in Predappio, near Forli, in Romagna, on July 29, 1883. Like his father, Benito became a fervent socialist. He qualified as an elementary schoolmaster in 1901. In 1902 he emigrated to Switzerland. Unable to find a permanent job there and...