It was in a handful of Northern Italian city states that the Renaissance emerged. It would eventually spread to northern Europe but it was in Italy that the rebirth truly began. Why? A simple, practical explanation to the question, “Why did the Renaissance start in Italy?” is money. Inde...
Why did Napoleon lose the Peninsular War? Why did African resistance to European imperialism fail? Why did Piedmont-Sardinia enter the Crimean War? Why did the UN peacekeeping mission in Somalia fail? Why did the Renaissance start in Italy?
Gentle Giant grew out of a band that was called Simon Dupree and the Big Sound, and they had a hit in the ‘60s called “Kites.” It was kind of ahippie drivel song. They were obviously trying to buy their way into recognition by doing what was fashionable at the time — just as ...
Why was Jan van Eyck important to the Renaissance? Why was Italian art so famous during Renaissance? Why did Camille Pissarro paint? Why is Jan van Eyck important to art history? Who was Sandro Botticelli? Why did Salvador Dali start painting?
Did Michelangelo Feature a Woman With Breast Cancer in the Sistine Chapel? The Incredible Story of How the Mona Lisa’s Theft Transformed It From Artwork to Icon Exhibition at the Met Explores How Siena Helped Set the Italian Renaissance in Motion Exhibition Sheds Light on Leonardo da Vinci’...
5) I would like to learn Italian. This is because I love Italian culture, especially the arts of the Italian Renaissance period. If I could speak the Italian language, it would be easier for me to travel to Italy, visit its m...
Initially constructed in the 12th century as a fortress, what is today the Louvre Museum served as a royal residence before becoming a public museum in 1793 after the French Revolution. So how did a modern take on ancient Egyptian architecture end up in the City of Light? Here are seven fa...
For the best valuecooking class in Rome, look no further. You’ll learn how to create a tantalizing tiramisu dessert, then you’ll get your hands dirty in some dough. The secrets of Italian pasta are made clear as you work that pasta into fettuccine and ravioli. ...
so I made a graphic with the cacao tree featuring those words. I sent it to him, he liked it, and asked to let his team work on it. They changed the design to the Off-White X – very clever commercially – but kept the cacao pattern. We did the production and it sold out in ...
no answers to why his wife did what she did. Instead, "Drive My Car" hones in on the timid friendship between Yusuke and his female chauffeur Misaki (Tōko Miura), a stoic young woman with demons of her own. In Misaki he finds a kindred wounded spirit, and the two of them form ...