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- Christina of Sweden (9364 bytes)
10: ...br>("''Wisdom is the prop of the realm''") <!-- Official English version from www.royalcourt.se -->
25: ... attempts to bestow guilt on Christina for her difficult birth, or just the horror story itself, may h...
31: National policy was directed during the first half of Christina's reign by her guardian, reg...
34: ...me publicly so as to be at the center of a scientific and artistic [[renaissance]].
36: ...er all, anything but an act of self-renunciation. First of all she could not have ignored the increasi... - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
1: ...21) Oil on canvas 199 x 162 cm Galleria degli [[Uffizi]], Florence]]
3: ... Arte del Disegno]] in Florence. She was also the first female artist to paint history and religious p...
7: ...was born in [[Rome]], on [[July 8]] [[1593]], the first child of the painter [[Orazio Gentileschi]], o...
10: The first work of the young 17-years old Artemisia (even...
14: ... using a device made of thongs wrapped around the fingers and tighted by degrees — a particularl... - Adam and Eve (8913 bytes)
1: ....png|250px|thumb|right|''God creates Adam'', by [[Michelangelo]]. The mural on the ceiling of the [[Sistine Chap...
2: ... may not have been the [[first woman]], or Adam's first wife.
13: ...ccording to this account, Adam was absolutely the first man whom God created. He was formed out of the...
17: ... them both were opened" and they made aprons of [[fig]] leaves to cover themselves.
22: ...rtly after their expulsion, Eve brought forth her first-born child, and called him [[Cain]]. Only thre... - Renaissance (14795 bytes)
1: ...vement]] which brought about a period of [[scientific revolution]] and artistic transformation, at the...
5: ...[19th century]]. ''Rebirth'' is used in two ways. First, it means ''rediscovery'' of ancient classical...
10: ...cularly useful because it eliminates the need for fitting "The Renaissance" into a chronology that pre...
17: ...Fiore.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The [[Santa Maria del Fiore]] church of [[Florence]], [[Italy]]. Florence ...
19: ... Alighieri|Dante]] ([[1265]]–[[1321]]), the first writer to embody the spirit of the Renaissance... - Sculpture (5545 bytes)
5: ...it shares qualities with [[classicism|classical]] figurative sculpture or [[statue]].
70: *[[Site-Specific]]
77: ...rs include the Classical Greek masters, through [[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], [[Leonardo da Vinci]] and the [[Ren...
80: ==Greenfield Products Pty Ltd v. Rover-Scott Bonnar Ltd==
81: The [[Australia]]n [[copyright]] case of ''[[Greenfield Products Pty Ltd v. Rover-Scott Bonnar Ltd]]''... - History of sculpture (6101 bytes)
4: ...een found. Small female statues known as [[Venus figurines]] have been found mainly in central [[Euro...
13: ...e feature of this piece is that it is carved with five legs, so that it can have four legs visible if ...
27: ...ging from a few inches in size to life-size. The figures are usually nude females with their arms cro...
31: ...d axes, called "labrys", probably related to sacrifice. Some of the axes are taller than an adult.
35: ...tel (top of the doorway), two lions are carved to fit into a triangular shape. - Painting (4567 bytes)
34: ...st.]] Different types of paint are usually identified by the medium that the pigment is suspended or ...
48: *[[Spray paint]] ([[Graffiti]])
70: *[[Graffiti]]
80: *[[Figure painting]]
99: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[scul... - List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
18: *[[Ernst Udet|Udet, Ernst]], German WWI fighter ace
56: ...rg, Mattias Alexander von]], [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[field marshal]]
62: *[[Michelangelo Unterberger|Unterberger, Michelangelo]], (1695-1753), painter - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
2: ...Jesus]] and first [[Bishop of Antioch]] and later first [[Bishop of Rome]]. Tradition holds that his ...
8: ...ine I of the Roman Empire|Emperor Constantine]] officially recognized Christianity he started construc...
12: ...dent [[Giacomo della Porta]] continued with the unfinished portions of the church. [[Carlo Maderno]] b...
19: ...4_0972W.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The dome designed by Michelangelo was completed by Giacomo della Porta in 1590.]]
20: ...46. At the time of his death (1564), the dome was finished as far as the drum, the base on which domes... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[scul...
120: *[[Jasmine Becket-Griffith]]
218: *[[Charles Ephraim Burchfield]] ([[1893]]-[[1967]])
233: *[[Michelangelo Merisi|Caravaggio]] ([[1573]]-[[1610]])
381: *[[Beverly K. Effinger]] ([[1955]]-) - List of Renaissance figures (6600 bytes)
13: ...*[[Lorenzo de' Medici]] (a.k.a. ''Lorenzo il Magnifico'')
23: ...[[Catherine Jagellonica of Poland]] (duchess of [[Finland]], queen of [[Sweden]])
45: ==Religious figures==
127: * [[Filippo Brunelleschi]]
137: * [[Rosso Fiorentino]] - List of popes (77758 bytes)
1: [[Image:treimann.summi_pontifices_in_hac_basilica_sepulti.jpg|thumb|Popes buried...
4: ...holic Church]]. The title itself has been used officially by the head of the Roman Catholic Church si...
13: ! width="18%" | Pontificate
29: | <small>Executed by crucifixion upside-down; feast day ([[SS Peter & Paul]]) ...
167: ! width="18%" | Pontificate - Saint Peter (16028 bytes)
2: ...ld the office of [[bishop]], declaring that the office of bishop was a development of later [[Christia...
4: ...elieved to have been sentenced to death by [[crucifixion]] by the [[Roman Empire]]. According to trad...
8: ... Bible lists the Apostles, Peter is always listed first, and [[Judas Iscariot]] is always listed last.
11: ... disciple of Jesus, Simon (''i.e.'', Peter) was a fisherman. The [[synoptic gospels]] all recount how ...
13: ...ish, He told them "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men." - Donatello (10376 bytes)
2: ...|right|thumb|150px|Statue of Donatello at the [[Uffizi]]]]
7: ...ntually construct the cupola of [[Santa Maria del Fiore]] in Florence, while Donatello acquired his kn...
10: ...t a later date received [[Michelangelo Buonarroti|Michelangelo]]'s unstinted admiration.
14: ...inally occupied a niche at Orsanmichele, were the first works in bronze which owed their origin to the...
16: ...and of the pulpit of [[Basilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze|San Lorenzo]] in Florence. - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
12: ...nci, in whom, besides a beauty of person never sufficiently admired and a wonderful grace in all his a...
16: ...urviving legal records of the [[Podest? and the Officers of the Night.
18: ...in the sixteenth century. Rocke reports that in a fictional dialogue on ''l'amore masculino'' (male lo...
23: ...her friends who are now figures renowned in their fields, or for their influence on history; these inc...
31: ...t with Salai and his friend [[Luca Pacioli]] (the first man to describe [[Double-Entry_Booking|double-... - Lorenzo Ghiberti (754 bytes)
3: ...ld Testament]]. These gates were so admired by [[Michelangelo]] that he nicknamed them the "Gates of Paradise." - Raphael (3466 bytes)
4: ...he styles of [[Leonardo da Vinci|Leonardo]] and [[Michelangelo]].
8: ...Sacrament,'' two large, arch-shaped frescoes, the first depicting the [[philosopher]]s of Antiquity gr...
12: ...is labours, and deprived the world of further benefit from his talents, when he had only attained an a... - Florence (11538 bytes)
1: '''Florence''' ([[Italian language|Italian]], ''Firenze'') is a city in the center of [[Tuscany]], i...
3: ...naissance]]. Florence is famous for its wealth of fine [[art]] and [[architecture]].
5: ...nceSymbol-giglio.png|thumb|right|127px|"Giglio di Firenze" - symbol of the city]]
7: ...ght|thumb|300px|An Overview of Florence (Italian: Firenze)]]
9: ...x|The bridges of Florence at sunset from Piazzale Michelangelo]] - Tuscany (4785 bytes)
4: ...cted in dozens of famous [[museum]]s like the [[Uffizi]] in [[Florence, Italy|Florence]] and in situ i...
16: ...ce of Arezzo|Arezzo]]<br />[[Province of Florence|Firenze]]<br />[[Province of Grosseto|Grosseto]]<br ...
37: *[[Province of Florence|Florence (Firenze)]]
54: *[[Castiglion Fiorentino]]
59: *[[Fiesole]] - Italy (17022 bytes)
20: |'''[[Official language]]''' || [[Italian language|Italian]]...
34: |'''[[Italian Unification|Unification]]'''
51: ...</sup> [[German language|German]] is the second official language of [[South Tyrol|Alto Adige\South Ty...
60: ...er 20]], [[1870]], the final date of [[Italian unification]]. The [[Vatican City|Vatican]] is now an i...
64: ... had joined the growing political and economic unification of Western Europe, including the introducti...
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