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- Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
1: [[Image:Leonardo da Vinci.jpeg|thumb|Leonardo da Vinci]]
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]]. - Leonardo Bruni (2706 bytes)
1: [[Image:LeonardoBruni.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Leonardo Bruni]]
2: '''Leonardo Bruni''' ([[1374]] - [[1444]]) was a leading [[hu...
6: ...ily and then the [[Medici]] family dominated the city during his time in office. He was succeeded in o...
10: ...e fall of Rome extending to the time of Petrarch. It was Bruni and his fellow humanists who believed t...
12: It was Brunni who used the phrase ''studia humanitatis'', meaning the study of human endevours versu...
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- Meryl Streep (12114 bytes)
5: ...y Louise Streep''' in [[Summit, New Jersey]], [[United States|USA]], and raised in nearby [[Bernardsvi...
7: ...h toward the industry and her own presence within it. As she would say when collecting her [[Emmy awar...
9: ... of [[Isabel Allende]]'s ''[[The House of the Spirits]]'', [[1995]]'s ''[[The Bridges of Madison Count...
11: ...om]]'', and completing another successful decade with ''[[Music of the Heart]]'', for which she learne...
18: ...below are her awards from the best recognized institutions. - 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. - Sculpture (5545 bytes)
1: ...relating to it, and influencing the perception of it.
3: ...nsmits expression through arrangement and juxtaposition or by the simple designation of an object or e...
5: ...ibed as ''sculpturesque'' if it shares qualities with [[classicism|classical]] figurative sculpture or...
7: ==Traditional materials==
8: ..._love_small.jpg|thumb|right|A sculpture: "Mother with child"]] - Painting (4567 bytes)
2: ...r about 6 times as long as they have been using written language. Artistic painting is considered by m...
24: *[[Computer painting]] (Digital)
34: ... such as [[viscosity]], [[miscibility]], [[solubility]], drying time, etc.
48: *[[Spray paint]] ([[Graffiti]])
52: ...c discussions about contemporary painting, though it continues to be used in popular contexts. - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
2: ...|thumb|right|[[Bust]] of Alexander III in the [[British Museum]].]]
4: ...he Cursed''' due to his burning of the Persian capital and national library.
6: ...pears as a towering legendary [[hero]] in the tradition of [[Achilles]].
9: ...ve Alexander a thorough training in rhetoric and literature and stimulated his interest in science, me...
11: After his visit to the [[Oracle]] of Ammon at Siwah, according to... - Art (11479 bytes)
3: ...ty of media, such as painting, sculpture, music, literature, film, dance, and more.
5: ...its broadest meaning, is the expression of creativity or imagination, or both.
11: ... There are no cultures that do not participate in it to some extent, and [[child art]] is created by a...
15: ...technology as its primary medium. Each medium has its unique properties and techniques, shaping the ar...
18: [[Image:Artist-paint-brushes-with-various-colors-of-acrylic-paints.jpg|thumb|right... - History of science (41710 bytes)
2: ...erifiable [[empirical knowledge]], a global community of [[scholar]]s, and a set of [[technique]]s for...
4: ...any place ancient [[natural philosophy]] clearly within the scope of the history of science.
6: ...conception). [[Technology]] concerns the [[Creativity|creative]] process of designing useful objects a...
11: ...''is'', how it ''functions'', and whether it exhibits large-scale patterns and trends. The [[sociology...
15: ...ommunity and those in the social sciences or humanities (for example, the "[[Science wars]]"). - 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]])
105: *[[Georg Baselitz]] ( [[1938]]-) - Keyboard instrument (2521 bytes)
1: ...rd instrument"''' is a musical instrument played with a [[musical keyboard]]. Keyboard instruments can...
13: ...rganista]] — invented by Leonardo da Vinci, it uses a moving bow to sound the strings
28: ** [[Wurlitzer]]
47: ...o]] in the 18th century, after which their popularity decreased. Early electromechanical instruments, ... - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ...of Babel]] story in [[The Bible]]. Nevertheless, it exemplifies man's desire to fly.
5: ...ol planes have advanced significantly as well. Initially planes were controlled by moving your entire...
9: ...er_leonardo1.jpg|thumb|left|200 px| da Vinci's Ornithopter body ]]
11: ...er_leonardo2.jpg|thumb|left|200 px| da Vinci's Ornithopter wings ]]
15: ...edge of aerodynamic principles in mind, was made. Leonardo also sketched designs for a helicopter, but this ... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
15: *[[Joseph Aspdin]], British inventor of cement in 1824
22: ... - (1938-) U.S. solar inventor and developer; architectural designer.
28: ...Emile Berliner]], (1851-1929) [[Germany]] and [[United States|USA]] — [[gramophone]]
31: *[[Bi Sheng]] — primitive movable [[printing]] types
40: ...her von Braun]], (1912-1977), [[Germany]] and [[United States|USA]] — [[rocket]] technology - Human (48024 bytes)
2: ... = Image of a man and a woman,<br> sent to space with the [[Pioneer 11]] mission}}
21: ... belonging to the superfamily of [[Hominoidea]], with all of the [[apes]]: [[chimpanzee]]s, [[gorilla]...
24: ...e of a short list of [[animal]]s with such a capacity.
26: <!-- this paragraph is is about the mind and its products -->
27: ... of these perspectives. [[Art]], [[music]] and [[literature]] are often used in expressing these conce... - List of Renaissance figures (6600 bytes)
1: This is a list of notable people associated with the [[Renaissance]].
3: ==Political leaders==
5: *Italian Renaissance
8: **[[Leonardo Bruni]]
10: **[[Andrea Gritti]] - Crossbow (7510 bytes)
2: ...ow bolts]] or [[quarrel]]s. Most sources point to its invention in China, but the crossbow nonetheless...
5: ...]] stock, which has a mechanism to wind and shoot its bolts. These bolts are typically called [[quarre...
12: ...'' of the crossbow. Much as a horse's [[bridle]], it tends to loosen over time, and must be carefully ...
14: ...ove for the bolt to rest upon and travel along as it is shot.
16: ...w]] were used as well. Even [[cotton]] was tried with some success. - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
1: [[Image:Leonardo da Vinci.jpeg|thumb|Leonardo da Vinci]]
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]]. - Raphael (3466 bytes)
1: [[Image:Sanzio 00.jpg|framed|right|self-portrait]]
2: ...the [[Florence|Florentine]] school in the [[Italy|Italian]] [[High Renaissance]], was born on [[April ...
4: ...he soon adopted the styles of [[Leonardo da Vinci|Leonardo]] and [[Michelangelo]].
8: ...the first depicting the [[philosopher]]s of Antiquity grouped around [[Plato]] and [[Aristotle]] and t...
10: Under [[Pope Leo X]] he was chief architect of [[Saint Peter's Basilica]] in [[1514]] and ... - Sandro Botticelli (8995 bytes)
1: ...itably enough, he expressed at the head of his ''Vita'' of Botticelli.
3: ... ''Venus Pudica'' for a new view of pagan [[Antiquity]] (Uffizi, Florence)]]
5: ...ustine]] that successfully competed as a pendant with [[Domenico Ghirlandaio]]'s Jerome on the other s...
9: ...|Botticelli's ''Venus'' graces the first of the [[Italian euro coins]] (2002)]]
11: ...ranting him political protection and creating conditions ideal for his production of several masterpie... - Leonardo Bruni (2706 bytes)
1: [[Image:LeonardoBruni.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Leonardo Bruni]]
2: '''Leonardo Bruni''' ([[1374]] - [[1444]]) was a leading [[hu...
6: ...ily and then the [[Medici]] family dominated the city during his time in office. He was succeeded in o...
10: ...e fall of Rome extending to the time of Petrarch. It was Bruni and his fellow humanists who believed t...
12: It was Brunni who used the phrase ''studia humanitatis'', meaning the study of human endevours versu... - 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... - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
3: ...iavelli was also a key figure in [[realist]] [[political theory]], crucial to European statecraft duri...
10: ...argely occupied with events arising out of the ambitions of [[Pope Alexander VI]] and his son, [[Cesar...
12: ...rea in Percussina]], where he devoted himself to literature. He died in Florence in [[1527]] and his r...
15: ...n its Index – a list of books against the faith.
17: ...emporaries, often used in the introductions of political tracts of the sixteenth century that offered ...
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