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- Giovanni Boccaccio (10149 bytes)
1: [[Image:Giovanni_Boccaccio.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Giovanni Boccaccio]]
2: ...l]] virtues of [[Chivalry]], [[Piety]] and [[Humility]]).
5: ...aimed his mother was a [[Paris]]ien and that the city was also the place of his birth, this has been l...
7: ...fellow-Florentine [[Niccolo Acciaiuoli]] and benefitted from his influence as lover of [[Catherine of ...
9: ...he 1330s Boccaccio also became a father, two illegitimate children of his were born in this time, Mari...
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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...sion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
21: ...tish Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
30: ...7]]?), [[Morocco|Moroccan]] [[Berber]] Muslim, visited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central...
35: *[[Vitus Bering]]
36: *[[Vittorio Bottego]] (1860,1897), Italian explorer of the [[Giuba]] region in north-ea... - List of maritime explorers (2541 bytes)
3: ...an in the late [[15th century]] and lasted for a little more than three full centuries.
88: *[[Giovanni da Verrazano]]
91: *[[Vitus Bering]]
94: *[[Fyodor Petrovich Litke]] - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...lom'' in [[Catalan]], ''Cristoforo Colombo'' in [[Italian]], ''Cristóbal Colón'' in [[Spanish]], ''C...
3: ...er it would be possible to get around the planet without running out of food or getting stuck in windl...
5: ...e-Real]] to Terra Verde (today's Newfoundland). [[Giovanni Caboto]] (better known as John Cabot) was first t...
7: ...h America]]. He never reached the present-day [[United States]] where "Columbus Day" ([[12 October]], ...
9: ...ns, such as [[virus]]es, [[bacteria]], and [[parasite]]s, and beneficial to humans, such as [[tomato]]... - 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 [[... - Sheryl Crow (8611 bytes)
3: ...blues rock]] [[singer]], [[guitarist]] and song writer.
7: ...aid that she was not allowed to make eye contact with the singer except when on stage.
9: ...ow her to start anew; they agreed. She teamed up with [[record producer|producer]] Bill Bottrell and o...
11: ...ll I Wanna Do", became an unexpected smash radio hit. The singles "Run, Baby, Run" and "Strong Enough"...
13: ...ut single "If It Makes You Happy" became a radio hit, and netted her two Grammy awards for Best Female... - Renaissance (14795 bytes)
1: ...e]]. It is also known as "'''Rinascimento'''" (in Italian).
5: ...talization'' of European culture in general. Thus it is possible to speak of the Renaissance in two di...
7: ....jpg|right|thumb|180px|[[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s [[Vitruvian Man]], an example of the blend of art and s...
10: ...[[periodization|periodisation]], [[Lumpers and splitters]])
12: ...h will concentrate on the Renaissance as the transition from the Middle Ages to the Modern Age. - Marco Polo (6716 bytes)
1: ...for seventeen years before returning to [[Venice, Italy|Venice]]. After his return, in a sea battle be...
5: ... returned from China as [[Kublai Khan]]'s envoys with a letter for the [[Pope]] asking to be sent educ...
7: ...records that would help ascertain the truth. The city of Korčula still maintains an old house in ...
13: ...me acquainted with the vast regions of China and with numerous achievements of Chinese civilization, m...
16: ...na. Since they did not believe him, Marco Polo invited them all to dinner one night during which the P... - Cornett (5160 bytes)
2: ...a]]s or wind ensembles. It is not to be confused with the [[cornet]].
6: ...n [[brass instrument]]s; that is, it is vibrated with the lips.
8: ...m of [[musical instrument classification]] places it alongside instruments such as the [[trumpet]].
10: ...]] so that only the cup and a minimal stub which fits the cornett's mouthpiece receiver are left.
14: ...udied in Venice with Gabrieli and was acquainted with Bassano's playing. - Sackbut (3802 bytes)
1: ...sed to differentiate the historic instrument from its modern counterpart. Increasing interest in [[au...
4: ...struments in Baroque [[polychoral]] works, along with the [[cornett|cornetto]] and [[organ (music)|org...
7: ...he slide stay, which is used to reach the long positions.
9: ===Pitch===
10: ...in D; some groups are beginning to use D and A positions in performance for the sake of greater histor... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...ading routes and partners to feed burgeoning [[capitalism]] in Europe. In the process, Europeans encou...
3: ...hips that could leave the relatively passive [[Mediterranean]] and sail safely on the open [[Atlantic]...
7: ...y further east. The [[Papacy]] also launched expeditions in hopes of finding coverts, or the fabled [[...
9: ...ient from [[1271]] to [[1295]]. His journey was written up as ''[[Travels]]'' and the work was read th...
11: ...st [[Ottoman Empire]] further limited the possibilities for Europeans. - Great Sphinx of Giza (7181 bytes)
3: ...] Plateau on the west bank of the [[Nile River]], it is the largest single-stone statue on Earth.
5: ...phinx faces due east, with a small temple between its paws.
9: ...s located on the west bank of the [[Nile River]] within the confines of the [[Giza|Giza pyramid field]...
11: ...[1925]], to the great pleasure of its numerous visitors.
15: ...iven to it based on the legendary Greek creature with the body of a lion and the head of a woman, but ... - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
2: ...ntioch]] and later first [[Bishop of Rome]]. Tradition holds that his [[tomb]] is below the baldochin...
4: ...iovanni in Laterano]]. However, due to the proximity of the Papal residence, most Papal ceremonies ta...
8: ...eror Constantine]] officially recognized Christianity he started construction in [[324]] of a great ba...
10: ... should be rebuilt. [[Pope Nicholas V]] asked architect [[Bernardo Rossellino]] to start adding to the...
12: ...he church. [[Carlo Maderno]] became the chief architect later on, and designed the entrance. - Comet (30542 bytes)
1: ....jpg|thumb|250px|[[Comet Hale-Bopp]], showing a white dust tail and blue gas tail (February 1997)]]
3: ...en [[carbon dioxide]], [[methane]] and [[water]] with [[dust]] and various [[mineral]] aggregates mixe...
9: ...an extend over 150 million km (1 [[Astronomical unit]]) or more.
11: ...om ancient sources, such as Chinese oracle bones, it is known that their appearance have been noticed ...
13: ....png|thumb|400px|Comets have highly elliptical orbits. Note the two distinct tails.]] - Mercury (planet) (22924 bytes)
1: ...ation]] is 28.3?). Mercury has no [[natural satellite]]s. The only [[spacecraft]] to approach Mercury ...
3: ...e greek sun god [[Helios]]. [[Pythagoras]] is credited for pointing out that they were one and the sam...
10: ...t on Mercury's surface is 6.5 times as intense as it is on Earth, a total [[irradiance]] of 9.13 ...
12: ...[[Impact crater|crater]]s, where it has been deposited by [[comet]] impacts and/or gases arising from ...
16: ...med when lava flows buried earlier terrain. In addition, Mercury has "significant" [[tidal bulge]]s, r... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: ...[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] and [[painter]]
11: *[[Leonardo da Vinci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sculptor and inventor
15: ...llo Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Italy|Italian]] [[painter]]
90: *[[Edward Mitchell Bannister]] ([[1828]]-[[1901]])
94: *[[Giovanni Francesco Barbieri]] ([[1591]]-[[1666]]) - 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... - Medieval literature (14207 bytes)
2: ...y its place of origin and/or language, as well as its genre.
5: ...reek]] and [[Old Church Slavonic]] the dominant written languages.
7: ...tions of the [[Germanic]] peoples. [[Celtic]] traditions have survived in the [[Breton lai|lais]] of [...
9: ==Anonymity==
10: ...erawed by the [[classical antiquity|classical]] writers and the [[Church Fathers]] and tended to re-te... - Timeline of microscope technology (1673 bytes)
5: ...his son [[Zacharias Janssen]], claimed by later writers ([[Pierre Borel]] 1620 - 1671 or 1628 - 1689 a...
6: ...evelops an ''occhiolino'' or compound microscope with a convex and a concave lens.
8: ...) presents, in [[London]], a compound microscope with two convex lenses.
11: ...inceans coins the word ''microscope'' by analogy with ''telescope''.
15: * [[1953]] - [[Frits Zernike]], professor of [[theoretical physics]],... - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...thority and [[freedom of thought]], particularly with [[science]], in [[Western society]].
5: Galileo was born in [[Pisa]], [[Italy]], as the son of [[Vincenzo Galilei]], a mathe...
7: ...ved to the [[University of Padua]], and served on its faculty teaching [[geometry]], [[mechanics]], an...
10: ...ted to the rejection of blind allegiance to authority (like the Church) or other thinkers (such as [[A...
12: ...rements of time, which appeared to be impossible with the technology of the [[1600s]]. According to Ko... - List of Renaissance figures (6600 bytes)
1: This is a list of notable people associated with the [[Renaissance]].
3: ==Political leaders==
5: *Italian Renaissance
6: **[[Giovanni II Bentivoglio]]
10: **[[Andrea Gritti]]
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