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- Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
3: ...ry and religious paintings, at a time when such heroic themes were considered beyond a mere woman's re...
6: ===The Roman Beginning===
7: ...ince her father's style took heavily inspiration from [[Caravaggio]] during that period, her style was...
10: ...ithout being indifferent to the language of the [[Bologna]] school (which had [[Annibale Carracci]] among i...
12: ... restore her reputation, he later reneged on his promise and Orazio reported Tassi to the authorities. - Printing press (12986 bytes)
1: ...vents of the Millennium by LIFE Magazine. Apart from Gutenberg, the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[Laurens J...
4: ... [[868]] A.D. The technique was also known in [[Europe]], where it was mostly used to print [[Bible]]s...
6: ...na until the European style printing press was introduced in relatively recent times (thus bringing th...
8: ...rg introduced or invented the printing press in Europe is not accepted by all. The other candidate adv...
11: ...usion (anthropology)|Diffusion]] of printing in Europe=== - Portugal (61755 bytes)
1: ..., and is the westernmost country in continental Europe. Portugal is bordered by [[Spain]] to the north...
5: ...ural power. The [[Portuguese Empire]] stretched across the world. After the rise of other colonial pow...
7: ...]. Portugal made significant social and economic progress in the subsequent decades, with a clear slow...
13: ...'''[[Lusitanian|Pre-Roman]]''' and '''[[Lusitania|Roman Lusitania]]'''''
15: - Medieval music (31843 bytes)
1: {{History of European art music}}
2: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]]
3: ...of the Roman Empire]] ([[476]] CE) and ends in approximately the middle of the fifteenth century. Thou...
17: ...d a massive impact on the subsequent history of European music. Most of the surviving notated music of...
18: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipart]]] - Barbecue (24807 bytes)
2: ... trailer at a [[block party]] in [[Kansas City Metropolitan Area|Kansas City]]]]
3: ... trailer at a [[block party]] in [[Kansas City Metropolitan Area|Kansas City]] Pans on the top shelf h...
4: ... of [[wood]], [[charcoal]], [[natural gas]] or [[propane]]. Restaurant barbecue may be cooked in larg...
8: ...oking, including grilling, as barbecue, which is frowned upon by purists in some areas. The device use...
10: ...less many consider this to be a distinct cooking process called smoking. Regardless of the method, the... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
2: This is a '''list of Popes of the Roman Catholic Church'''.
4: ...tself has been used officially by the head of the Roman Catholic Church since the tenure of [[Pope Sir...
6: ...[metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] of the Roman Province'' and ''[[Servus Servorum Dei|Servant of the...
21: | rowspan="2" | '''[[Pope Peter]]'''<br><small>Saint P...
23: | rowspan="2" | <small>Simon Peter</small><br>'''—... - Pope Paul I (2040 bytes)
1: ...oman]] deacon and was frequently employed by his brother, [[Pope Stephen III]], in negotiations with t...
3: ...ologna]], and [[Ancona]], which were claimed by [[Rome]], and in [[758]] seized upon the duchies of [[...
5: ...ope some support and acted as arbiter between the Roman and Lombard claims.
7: ... the Greek emperor would send an armament against Rome; and he lived in continual dread lest Byzantine... - 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: ... to secure himself against his temporal enemies through a close alliance with Theophylact and [[Alberi...
5: ...fusion John perished through the intrigues of [[Marozia]], daughter of Theodora. His successor was [[P... - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ... he helped advance the study of [[anatomy]], [[astronomy]], and [[civil engineering]].
7: ...iddle East|Middle Eastern]] [[slave]] owned by Piero.
9: ...ci", which means "Leonardo, son of Mister Piero, from Vinci". Leonardo himself simply signed his works...
11: ...o also worked with [[Lorenzo di Credi]] and [[Pietro Perugino]].
16: ...[Jacopo Saltarelli]], who was a notorious male [[prostitute]]. After two months in jail, he was acquit... - Petrarch (10447 bytes)
1: ...Image:Petrarch by Bargilla.jpg|right|thumb|250px|From the ''Cycle of Famous Men and Women.'' c. 1450. ...
6: ...ism. He studied at [[Montpelier]] (1316-20) and [[Bologna]] (1320-26), where his father insisted he study t...
8: ...o hand down to those who were to come after, they robbed posterity of its ancestral heritage." Disdain...
10: ... top of [[Mont Ventoux]] (1,909 m; 6,263 ft). He wrote an account of the trip, composed considerably l...
12: ...ce]], to flee the plague then ravaging parts of Europe. A second grandchild, Francesco, was born in 13... - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ... human life as well, opening the door to young astronomers everywhere to challenge the facts and never...
7: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
8: ...us' father. His brother Andrew became canon in [[Frombork]]. A sister, Barbara, became a [[Benedictine...
10: ...Domenico Maria Novara da Ferrara]], a famous [[astronomer]]. He followed his lessons and became a disc...
14: ... [[eclipse]] and where he gave some lessons of astronomy or maths (unfortunately nothing of this remai... - Regions of Italy (3031 bytes)
1: ...nstitution's role is: to recoginize, protect and promote local autonomy, to ensure that services at th...
2: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
3: ...d a special status of autonomy based on cultural grounds and on the presence of important minorities. ...
5: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]The other 15 regions were establishe...
7: ...ar principles: councils and ''giunte'' headed by provincial presidents or communal mayors. - Palermo (10618 bytes)
3: ...ily]], [[Italy]] as well as the capital of the [[Province of Palermo]]
6: ...n the 8th century BC by [[Phoenicia]]n tradesmen around a natural harbour on the north-western coast o...
8: ...ation in [[Syracuse, Italy|Syracuse]]. When the [[Roman Empire]] was split, Sicily and Palermo came un...
10: ... throughout the Muslim world. It was a period of prosperity and tolerance, as [[Christianity|Christian...
14: ...es Palermo was adorned with a large number of [[baroque]] buildings, many of which still exist today. - Rome (33048 bytes)
2: ...cing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-co...
3: |+ style="font-size: larger;"|'''Roma'''
8: |align="center" width="140px"|[[Image:Rome city flag.png|100px]]
9: |align="center" width="140px"|[[Image:Roma01.jpg|100px|]]
15: ...dash; [[SPQR]]''<br>(The Senate and the People of Rome)</small> - Sebastiano Serlio (4494 bytes)
1: ...ential treatise, ''Tutte l'opere d'archittura et prospetiva''.
3: ...ruzzi, he began as a painter. He lived in Venice from 1527 to 1540 but left little mark on the city.
6: ...made more classical, of the innovative method of providing a facade to a church with a high vaulted na...
10: ... in the libraries of Sir [[Christopher Wren]] and Robert Woods, the entrepreneur who laid out [[Bath]]...
12: ...'s plans and elevations of many Roman buildings, provided such a useful repertory of classical images ... - Leone Battista Alberti (5967 bytes)
3: ...ity of Bologna]]. Alberti embarked on a tour of Europe in his mid-twenties. His career in law was curt...
5: He died in [[Rome]].
10: ...s dedicated to [[Filippo Brunelleschi]]. He also wrote works on [[sculpture]], ''De Statua''.
11: ... skilled in [[Latin]] verse that a [[comedy]] he wrote in his twentieth year, entitled ''Philodoxius,'...
12: ...ited with being the actual author of the ''[[Hypnerotomachia Poliphili]]'', a strange [[fantasy]] nove... - Lorenzo de' Medici (6381 bytes)
2: '''Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici''' ([[January 1]], [[1449]] – [[...
4: ...Lorenzo had a very active life and was an avid patron of the arts; he was also fascinated by technolog...
8: ...ath of his father [[Piero di Cosimo de' Medici|Piero 'the Gouty' de' Medici]] in 1469, when Lorenzo wa...
10: ...nzo and his brother and co-ruler [[Giuliano di Piero de' Medici|Giuliano]] in the cathedral of Florenc...
12: ...lfonso II of Naples|Alfonso, Duke of Calabria]], promptly invaded. - Urban planning (12224 bytes)
1: ... although modern usage in the West largely dates from the ideas of the [[Congres Internationaux d'Arch...
8: ...are. A river usually flows through the city, to provide water and transport, and carry away sewage, e...
11: ... urban designers are tensions between peripheral growth, increased housing density and planned new set...
15: ...nstrated by the Italian cities of [[Siena]] and [[Bologna]].
17: ...nning techniques are being repackaged as [[smart growth]]. - Aegean civilization (41260 bytes)
2: ...lled "Mycenaean" because its existence was first brought to popular notice by [[Heinrich Schliemann]]'...
15: ...andiwork of [[Crete]] have supplied the clearest proof of it, confirming the impression already create...
21: ... complexity, and the greater oblongs are entered from a long side and divided longitudinally by pillar...
23: ...ule on a short side, and has a central hearth, surrounded by pillars and perhaps open to the sky; ther...
29: ...n records, only a summary history can be derived from monuments and archaeological remains. But the de... - Roman law (15349 bytes)
2: ...] and—later— in continental Western Europe
4: ...Common law]] owes some debt to Roman law although Roman law exercised much less influence on the Engli...
6: ==The history of Roman law in antiquity==
7: ===The Roman Republic===
8: ...ve been dedicated to [[private law]] and [[civil procedure]].
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