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- Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
1: ...udith.jpg|right|thumb|250px|''[[Book of Judith|Judith]] Beheading [[Holofernes]]'' (1612-21) Oil on ca...
10: ...a]] school (which had [[Annibale Carracci]] among its major artists).
12: ...is promise and Orazio reported Tassi to the authorities.
14: ... can tell the same story under torture as without it, the story must be true. At the end of the trial ...
16: ...ditta che decapita Oloferne]]'' (''"Giuditta decapitating Oloferne"'') ([[1612]]-13), stored in the [[... - Printing press (12986 bytes)
1: ...Laurens Janszoon Coster]] has also been credited with this invention.
4: ...t [[book]]s was an incredibly time consuming activity.
6: ...nal scholarly pursuits in [[Song China]] and facilitated more creative modes of printing. Nevertheless...
8: ...n 1440, Gutenberg had worked as a [[goldsmith]]. Without a doubt, the skills and knowledge of metals t...
12: ...pe had to be set manually for each page, which limited the number of different pages created per day. ... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ...ddition, Portugal includes several [[island]] territories in the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]], such as ...
5: ...th centuries]], Portugal was a major economic, political, and cultural power. The [[Portuguese Empire]...
7: ...and economic progress in the subsequent decades, with a clear slow-down in the last few years.
12: ===Lusitania===
13: ...tanian|Pre-Roman]]''' and '''[[Lusitania|Roman Lusitania]]''''' - Medieval music (31843 bytes)
3: ...beginning of the [[Renaissance]] is admittedly arbitrary, 1450 is used here.
7: ... general trend in Medieval music is toward complexity in harmony, rhythm, text, and orchestration.
9: ...m cannot be specified. The simplicity of chant, with unison voice and natural declamation, is most co...
17: .... The line, once it had its mode, would remain in it until another ligature indicated a change. A Ger...
18: [[Image:Lute_guitar.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Lute Guitar. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com... - Barbecue (24807 bytes)
2: ...arty]] in [[Kansas City Metropolitan Area|Kansas City]]]]
3: ...arty]] in [[Kansas City Metropolitan Area|Kansas City]] Pans on the top shelf hold [[hamburger]]s and ...
4: ...iated '''BBQ''') is a method of cooking [[food]] with the radiant heat and/or hot gasses of a fire, th...
6: ...becuing except when it means double-sided frying with something like a [[sandwich toaster]] or [[Georg...
8: ...ly outdoors or with an outdoor theme and usually with food that has been grilled. For this reason many... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
4: ...tenure of [[Pope Siricius]], and there have been either 265 or 266 popes, depending on whether a sourc...
6: ... [[Archbishop]] and [[metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] of the Roman Province'' and ''[[Servus Servor...
7: ...been [[Sovereign]] in the State of the [[Vatican City]] (the [[Holy See]]).
36: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23 Sep...
57: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); feast day [[26 Oct... - Pope Paul I (2040 bytes)
1: ...s brother, [[Pope Stephen III]], in negotiations with the Lombard kings.
3: ...latter held the cities of [[Imola]], [[Osimo]], [[Bologna]], and [[Ancona]], which were claimed by [[Rome]]...
5: ... Pepin gave the pope some support and acted as arbiter between the Roman and Lombard claims.
7: ...ctually attempted, but Pepin held to his original Italian policy. - Pope John X (1367 bytes)
1: ...ose influence he was elevated first to the see of Bologna and then to the archbishopric of [[Ravenna]].
3: ...st his temporal enemies through a close alliance with Theophylact and [[Alberic]], marquis of [[Cameri...
5: ...rustrated the hopes of a united Italy, and after witnessing several years of anarchy and confusion Joh... - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ...ut were rarely constructed in his lifetime. In addition, he helped advance the study of [[anatomy]], [...
7: ...y a peasant girl. It has also been suggested, albeit on scanty evidence, that she was a [[Middle East|...
9: ...did not use his father's name because of his illegitimate status.
11: ...n apprentice. In this role, Leonardo also worked with [[Lorenzo di Credi]] and [[Pietro Perugino]].
12: ... he turned his mind to he made himself master of with ease" ([[Giorgio Vasari|Vasari]]). - Petrarch (10447 bytes)
1: ...o. 247 x 153 cm. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy. Artist: Andrea di Bartolo di Bargilla (c. 142...
3: ...4]] – [[July 19]], [[1374]]) was an [[Italy|Italian]] scholar, [[poet]], and early [[humanist]]....
6: ...ch was primarily interested in writing and Latin literature.
8: ...adopted, and greatly embellished, by subsequent writers.
10: ... mountain for no other reason than the experience itself. Therefore, April 26th, 1336 is regarded as t... - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ... modern [[astronomy]] and modern science itself, (it inaugurated the [[scientific revolution]]). His t...
8: ...her sister, Katharina, married a businessman and city councillor, Barthel Gertner.
10: ...[[law]] and [[medicine]] at the universities of [[Bologna]] and [[Padua]]. His uncle financed his education...
12: ...observation Copernicus made in [[1497]] together with Domenico Novara, are recorded in ''De revolution...
14: ...n in the Frombork [[cathedral]], but he waited in Italy for the great [[Roman Jubilee|Jubilee]] of [[1... - Regions of Italy (3031 bytes)
1: ...[[1948]] constitution, which states that the constitution's role is: to recoginize, protect and promot...
3: ...sible to the council and is required to resign if it fails to retain the council's confidence. Regiona...
5: ...er who serves to co-ordinate the affairs and activities of the central government's apparatus.
9: ...nal autonomy has been made an issue in Italian politics in recent years, no doubt aided by the emergen...
12: <tr bgcolor="#FFD700"><th>Region<th>[[Capital]] - Palermo (10618 bytes)
2: {{ITdot|Palermo}}
3: ...region of [[Sicily]], [[Italy]] as well as the capital of the [[Province of Palermo]]
6: ...mo is widely considered to be the most conquered city in the world, as the following history will show...
8: ...taly|Syracuse]]. When the [[Roman Empire]] was split, Sicily and Palermo came under the rule of the Ea...
10: ...period of prosperity and tolerance, as [[Christianity|Christians]] and [[Jew]]s were allowed to live i... - Rome (33048 bytes)
8: |align="center" width="140px"|[[Image:Rome city flag.png|100px]]
11: |align="center" width="140px"|City [[flag]]
12: |align="center" width="140px"|City [[Seal (device)|seal]]
15: ...n=2 style="border-bottom:3px solid gray;"|<small>City [[motto]]: ''Senatus Populusque Romanus – ...
23: |[[Area]]<br /> - City Proper || <br /> 1290 [[1 E6 m�|km²]... - Sebastiano Serlio (4494 bytes)
1: ...n his influential treatise, ''Tutte l'opere d'archittura et prospetiva''.
3: ...ce from 1527 to 1540 but left little mark on the city.
6: ...but Serlio's woodcut put the concept in every architect's hands.
8: ...bleau|Chⴥau of Fontainebleau]], where a team of Italian designers and craftsmen were assembled. Serl...
10: ...that were the main inspiration for [[Jacobean architecture]]. Later Serlio's book was in the libraries... - Leone Battista Alberti (5967 bytes)
1: ... described in [[Giorgio Vasari]]'s ''Vite''. In [[Italy]], his first name is usually spelled '''Leon''...
3: ...rtial loss of memory; Alberti then turned his abilities to science and art.
10: ...Italian]] translation of ''De pictura'' (''Della pittura'') was published the year following the Latin...
11: ...nger [[Aldus Manutius]], who edited and published it as the genuine work of [[Lepidus]].
12: ...typographic qualities and illustrations have made it legendary as one of the most beautiful books ever... - Lorenzo de' Medici (6381 bytes)
2: ... [[Florentine Republic]] during the height of the Italian [[Renaissance]].
4: ...co'') by his contemporary Florentines, he was a glittery individual who loved to enter tournaments, co...
6: ==Lorenzo and politics==
12: ...ttle effect, the Pope formed a military alliance with [[Ferdinand I of Naples|King Ferrante of Naples]...
14: ...h the Florentines, and enabled him to secure constitutional changes that enhanced his power. - Urban planning (12224 bytes)
1: ...m the ideas of the [[Congres Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne]].
3: '''City planning''' embraces the organization, or consci...
6: ...ey Civilization|Harappan]] settlements grew into cities containing thousands of people who were not pr...
8: ...ntral square. A river usually flows through the city, to provide water and transport, and carry away ...
11: ... of mixing tenures and land uses, versus the benefits of distinguishing geographic zones where differe... - Aegean civilization (41260 bytes)
2: ...e usual now to use the more general geographical title.
6: ...egean civilization has never been in doubt, since its remains came to be studied seriously.
7: ...ve originated with Egyptians or Phoenicians, but with more remains uncovered this was shown to be untr...
11: ...age were identical, or even obviously connected, with those of any other script. The decipherment in t...
15: ...rming the impression already created by the goldsmiths' and painters' work of the Greek mainland ([[My... - Roman law (15349 bytes)
6: ==The history of Roman law in antiquity==
8: ...w that it was not a law code in the modern sense. It did not aim to provide a complete and coherent sy...
12: ...e, jurists were active and legal treatises were written in larger numbers the [[2nd century BC]]. Amon...
15: ...ents of the jurists of this period gave Roman law its unique shape.
17: ... They advised the magistrates who were entrusted with the administration of justice, most importantly ...
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