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    Despite the passage states that the painting known as Portrait of an Elderly Woman in a White Bonnet is fake and not by Rembrandt, the professor affirms that the painting is authentic and provides reasons to believe that. First, the lecturer exposes that someone else than Rembrandt introduced a change in the colors of the painting: the collar that the woman wears in the portrait was in fact of a different color in the original painting, and thus intended to represent a material different than fur

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    ave you ever wondered who the better inventor was, Thomas Edison or Leonardo da Vinci? Well I have, I just put two of the world’s most famous inventors together to see who is really the greatest inventor. “I did not fail, I just found 10,000 ways how to not make a lightbulb”, this quote by Thomas Edison. Edison was an American inventor, you might be familiar with him because he was the inventor of the light bulb. Not only the light bulb but many inventions, he was probably one of the most greatest

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    We all know of the famous Leonardo Da Vinci for his mysterious smiling lady, and the amazing portrayal of the Last Supper, but did you know that he was also an inventor, a sculptor, architect, scientist, musician, mathematician, engineer, geologist, writer, historian, and astronomer? Looks like there’s more to this famous artist than we thought. The amazing thing about all of these things is that they all have one thing or another to do with art. In the case of the painting the “Last Supper, Astronomy

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    Michelangelo wasn’t always part of the Renaissance he had a life before the Renaissance. It’s not like Michelangelo was born and became one of the greatest artist. Nope. Michelangelo was born on March 6, 1475 in Caprese, Italy. At a young age, Michelangelo copied painting on churches instead of doing schoolwork. When Michelangelo was 14 years old, Michelangelo’s father convinced an artist, Ghirlandaio to take Michelangelo as an apprentice. Michelangelo improved his skills. Later, Lorenzo de Medici

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    Although Leonardo DaVinci is most famous for his paintings, he is also known for designing many inventions that anticipated modern technology. Very few of his designs were constructed in during his lifetime. He also helped advance the exploration of anatomy, astronomy, and civil engineering. His knowledge of mathematics and science directly contributed to the significance of his art. Leonardo felt that painting was a blend of science and art and that these provided a greater path to knowledge

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    Known as one of the greatest artists of the Italian Renaissance, Michelangelo was born on March 6th, 1475 to a noble family in Florentine, Italy. At the age of only 13, Michelangelo was apprenticed to Domenico Ghirlandaio, and placed him in a studio to learn the fundamentals of art. He only worked there for about a year after Lorenzo de Medici invited him to his home to work as an artist for them. One of the most renowned work from his teen years was the marble sculpture called “The Madonna of

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    Full name: Nabila Rizwan HCC ID: 206665638 English 1301 Diagnostic Exam Evaluation of Why Women Smile Amy Cunningham argues, in her article "Why Women Smile", how women smile over everything even if there is no reason to smile. Her words "My smile has gleamed like a cheap plastic night-light so long and so reliably that certain friends and relatives worry that my mood will darken the moment my smile dims." shows her awareness about how people are obsessed with her smile that her relatives

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    The Renaissance was a time where people decided to experiment with new forms of art, architecture, and learning. Many famous names in the art world stem from the Renaissance such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael. Their amazing, detailed paintings have inspired artists globally for hundreds of years to take after them. New ways of building, seemingly impossible, became possible because of educated decisions that Renaissance thinkers were able to make due to their humanist education

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    The Renaissance was a rebirth of creativity, freedom, individuality, independence and self- determination. During this time period where humanism was encouraged, there were countless Renaissance men. One astounding and well recognized man was Leonardo da Vinci, he had many aptitudes and talents that portrayed him to be an astonishing artist of the Renaissance time period. Leonardo da Vinci, Influenced many during the Renaissance, due to his great art, anatomy, science literature. As demonstrated

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    LEONARDO DA VINCI leonardo da vinci Leonardo da Vinci was born April 14, 1452.He was an Italian Renaissance polymath whose areas of interest included Sculpting, architecture, science, math, engineering, anatomy, astronomy, inventing, writing, history, music, literature, geology, botany, cartography. Many people refer to Leonardo as a ¨universal genius¨ or ¨renaissance man¨. He also was named one of the most talented individuals ever to have lived. Childhood 1452–1466 Little is known about Leonardo's

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