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Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi was born in Florence, Italy in 1386. His exact date of birth is not known. He was born to his father Niccolo Bardi. He was given the nickname “ Donatello” later on in life by some of his friends. They combined his names Donato and Niccolo. His father was a craftsman so Donatello was born to be a working man in trades, but that is not quite how his life turned out to be. While he was young he began to apprentice under a man who was a metalsmith and a sculptor, his

Possession in “My Last Duchess” and “Andrea del Sarto” The poems “My Last Duchess” and “Andrea del Sarto” by Robert Browning are both dramatic monologues, consisting of men talking about their wives. Both speakers are similar men of different background; both have their confidence depend on outside factors (wife, title), they both want to possess their wives, and they both mistakenly think that they have achieved this goal. Andrea del Sarto and the Duke of Ferrara are both men incomplete without

You will wake, and remember, and understand. Pictorial Elements, Imagery and Symbolism : Browning had an accurate eye for pictorial detail. Word-pictures abound in his poetry. In a Gondala has beautiful word-pictures. In Andrea Del Sarto, the silver-grey twilight gives added meaning to the painter’s

da Theo 101 Essay #1 What does it mean to be fully “human”? John Courtney Murray seems to indicate that in order to exist, one must “’stand forth’ as a man in freedom and in human action.” This emphasis on freedom and human action is the core of what it means to be fully “human”. It is the ability to alter your surroundings and be in complete control of your destiny. The debate over God’s existence is an incessant debate and one that has sparked debate over some of the world’s most

In the sixth century B.C. the Roman Empire ruled many cities but the most famous one was Pompeii. Pompeii was a city that was built on a plateau that Mt. Vesuvius had formed from its lava flow. Pompeii was also a well-known city before and after the eruption, of Mt. Vesuvius, where it left the whole city covered in its ashes. The person who discovered Pompeii and started its excavations was R.J. de Alcubierre, C. Weber, and F. la Vega but later on in the next centuries the excavation was led by other

Leonardo da Vinci was a very intellectual man who had a sparking curiosity in the history about people and life. He contributed so much to the field of physiology. It is believed that almost all of his paintings are based on the anatomical structure behind it. Da Vinci was interested in studying the formation of living things. He is fascinated by the human anatomy. “Leonardo learned anatomy initially from the old Greeks and Romans. Leonardo immersed himself in human post-mortem examinations. He

year. Groundwater pumping could also put more stress on the San Andreas Fault” (Source 3). After reading this quote it lets us understand that slowly we are affecting the state. In fact, California is a tremendous state of agriculture. Therefore, if we establish everything together, we are slowly affecting furthermore sinking California due to how much the state uses aquifers. As we all know if there is disturbance among the San Andreas Fault, consequently it can lead to a significant earthquake. “We

The San Francisco Earthquake The San Francisco Earthquake written by Jack London is journal of his events throughout the devastating acts of God that hit San Francisco in 1906. (461-466) The Earthquake shook buildings and walls to the ground. But, what came after the quake was much more devastating. Fires broke out in every direction and this thriving city became mostly ashes. People became curious and gracious in this time of turmoil and that has never before been seen in San Francisco. When all

The San Andreas fault line has caused constant development nightmares for large urban areas built on top of it. Some of the most devastating earthquakes in our modern era have occurred along the San Andreas fault line, due to dense population that resides near it. The most notable and destructive earthquake on the San Andreas fault line occurred in San Francisco in 1906. The reason this earthquake was so deadly was due to its magnitude and the poor preparation by the city. This earthquake was a wakeup

The "Story of an eyewitness" by Jack london is a story of how the earthquake caused distruction for San Francisco. It tells us the conditions that San Francisco expirienced after the earthquake. It describes how it looked from the point of view of someone who was not actually present during the event. Its something that depicts the way he felt as an eyewitness. He describes the expirience and explains the feelings that comes along. Analasing it is the best way to discover what he felt as he watched