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[Thinking in Mind] Over the last few months, grade 8 students researched particular areas of the Italian Renaissance, including trade/commerce, religion/spirituality, and art/culture to ascertain what conditions, developments and unique features were present in northern Italy during the 16th century. After completing their research, the students have condensed their findings into a short presentation video- with the intention of demonstrating the particular conditions that led to the flourishing of the Italian City States during the Italian Renaissance.

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[Harrison Genua's Blog] Gian Galeazzo Visconti: Visconti resembled the key values of the Italian Renaissance in a few ways.  For starters, he exemplified individualism in the way that he conducted his rule over Milan.  He killed his uncle and overtook his territories, and afterwards he set out to conquer all of Italy.  He stayed true to his own ideas and dreams, and he conducted himself in ways that allowed him to pursue his dreams.  His dream of conquering all of Italy, just like Ancient Rome, also shows his sense of classicism.  While his act of conquering Italy was an example of both individualism and classicism, the way he governed his kingdom showed other key values of the Renaissance.  He introduced a new law code with an advanced health care system as well as a stable bureaucracy, and in doing so he set out for economic growth. He also helped establish two colleges.  This exemplified humanism, in that he focused on his own ambitions and disregarded the potential downfalls of others.  However, at the same time he continued to promote religion.  He built Cathedral of Milan, and his act of preserving religion illustrated the value secularism.

[Rusymawarny's Blog] English literature: The Italian Renaissance had rediscovered the ancient Greek and Roman theatre, and this was instrumental in the development of the new drama, which was then beginning to evolve apart from the old mystery and miracle plays of the Middle .

[Wikinet] Meatball Wiki: BobTrower: I would like to be a renaissance man, but I lack the intelligence and the skill that would allow me to make the grade. I fake it well, though.

[mental_floss Blog] mental_floss Blog » Friday Happy Hour: What's Your Ideal Birth Year?: Capone’s, an amazing Italian restaurant in the town I grew up in with a funny little bald accountant-looking chef who made the most delicious tortellini and pizza ever, changed to a BBQ place after I left for college. I love BBQ too, but I just can’t make myself set foot in there again.

[WBUR and NPR - On Point with Tom Ashbrook] Silvio Berlusconi | WBUR and NPR - On Point with Tom Ashbrook: Sandra Bullock won a Golden Globe on Sunday night for her role as Leigh Ann Tuohy in “The Blind Side,” the story of NFL player Michael Oher and the woman who took him in as a homeless teenager and helped him turn his life around.

[Beppe Grillo's Blog] Beppe Grillo's Blog: It can't rain all the time: The Annunciation by the Italian mannerist artist Jacopo Pontormo was painted as part of his commission to decorate the Cappella Capponi in Santa Felicità in Florence. It is frescoed around the window on the wall adjacent to Pontormo's masterpiece, the famous Deposition from the Cross.

[Il mio weblog Aromuno] Kataweb.it - Blog - Il mio weblog Aromuno » Blog Archive ...: Really it is full of lies the article on the “Republic of Ragusa” in the English Wiki. Example: no reference or citation at all to the only period (under Napoleon) in which Ragusa was part of Italy (and the Italian language was official in the Dalmatian city).

[Cricketdiane's Weblog] Earthquake Info - L'Aquila Italy - April 06-2009 « Cricketdiane's ...: The park is also the habitat for diverse wildlife from rare species such as the Apennine wolf, the Marsicano bear, wildcat and the Abruzzo chamois, Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata), a beautiful variety of chamois at the very edge of extinction but now making a comeback in the park through a joint effort by WWF Italia and the park administration. Other species of wildlife include wild boar, foxes, grass snakes such as Orsini’s viper, and a wide variety of bird life including golden eagles, peregrine, goshawks, Ortolan buntings, rock sparrows, crested larks, red-backed shrikes and downy pipits.

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[Runnerlks24's Blog] BLOG 1- Masaccio-The Tribute Money « Runnerlks24's Blog: Three major aspects of this painting stand out: humanism, how three different scenes are combined into one scene as well as the overall beauty of the painting.  Humanism is this focus on the individual people, and this painting depicts the emotion in the expressions of the apostles and Jesus very well.  It shows the frustration and anger in dealing with the tax collector with Jesus appearing very calm and serene.  The twelve apostles are painted in such detail that it reflects a mixture of such emotions.  The face of Peter especially reflects his frustration when he is told by Jesus that he needs to go fishing right now, and he and Jesus both are pointing at the water.  The next major aspect that makes this painting so wonderful is how three different scenes are flawlessly painted together in one seamless scene.  The first scene is in the middle with Jesus telling Peter to fish, the second Peter catching the fish off to the far left and in the third Peter is handing the coin from the fish to the tax collector.  This painting is also very aesthetically pleasing in appearance with colors combined nicely and an extensive background of mountains.  The people also appear realistic in both their appearance and stance.

[Sea Slugs! Anime Blog] Ergo Proxy 05 | Sea Slugs! Anime Blog: term, Leibiniz, which was very very fond of italian renaissance (and this anime is full of references to it), took the word from the philosopher Giordano Bruno in his work “De Monade numero et figura”. I believe, the concepts expressed for this android are closer to Giordano Bruno than to Leibiniz –

[Say Hey: A Bay Area Sports Blog] Marco Belinelli Needs A Nickname « Say Hey: A Bay Area Sports Blog: I’m leaning towards the Italian Stallion (running and all that), The Zip (what people called Furio on the sopranos when he came over), The Naplese Nightmare (take off on Christian Okoye’s nickname, though I have no clue if Belinelli is from Naples), l’uomo delle signore (the ladies man…then KNBR could play all sorts of clips from that movie and SNL), Belly (taking the DMX route from his Wiki nickname), and finally Enrico Palazzo (Leslie Nielsen’s alter ego in Naked Gun)

[The Greg Jones Blog] The Celestial Omnibus « The Greg Jones Blog: During his reign, he conquered Italy and was crowned Imperator Augustus by Pope Leo III on 25 December 800 as a rival of the Byzantine Emperor in Constantinople. His rule is also associated with the Carolingian Renaissance, a revival of art, religion, and culture through the medium of the Catholic Church.

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