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figure is essential within a Childs life such as Michael Andretti helping his daughter, Joesphine Alibrandi achieve her emancipation. Marchetta contrasts Michael against negatively representations of fatherhood figures such as Senator Barton and Francesco Alibrandi. In the beginning of the novel, Marchetta represents Michael as an imperfect father who is absent from his daughters life for 17 years. Josie is longing to know her father so she can fill the gap of having a normal family. Although Michael

Lorenzo de’ Medici’s efforts to prevent the merging of papal rule over the Romagna, and also the archbishop of Pisa, Francesco Salviati, whom Lorenzo had refused to recognize. On April 26, the Medici brothers survived an assassination attempt at the Cathedral of Florence. Lorenzo Medici was injured but survived, his brother Giuliano, died. Girolamo Riario, Francesco Salviati and Francesco de' Pazzi met up, and devised a plan to kill Lorenzo and Giuliano de' Medici. They also consulted Pope Sixtus for

Antonio Stradivari is quite often referred to as the greatest violin and stringed instrument maker to ever live. Much of this credit is given to Stradivari because people simply know his name. Countless violinists have expressed over the years the great frequency that people always ask them if they own a Stradivari instrument or not. The reality is, although Antonio Stradivari was certainly a master at his work, he was not the only one to create stringed instruments and certainly was not the first

mathematician named Joseph Mazur heard his favorite coincidence stories in the back of a van. The driver named Francesco was an Italian language teacher that had to teach Italian to a girl named Manuela. In the lobby of a hotel Francesco and Manuela talked and got to know each other, noting that Manuela already had perfect Italian, they realized that Francesco had the wrong Manuela and Manuela had the Francesco. Mazur wrote a book called “Fluke” that was all about coincidences and this example was used in his

musical work that I am going to use in this essay is “Non avra ma’ pieta” by Francesco Landini. Classical Archives (2008) have noted that Francesco Landini was the most celebrated musician in the first school of polyphonic music in Italy. They also say that Landini was born in Fiesole on the outskirts of Florence and that he was the son of Jacopo Del Casentino, a painter and student of Giotto. It also states that when Francesco Landini was a child, he suffered from smallpox and as a result of this, left

The Renaissance, in Europe, lasted from 1300 until 1600. The word “Renaissance” means “Reawakening” or “rebirth” which is exactly what occurred in Europe throughout this time period. The historical figure Isabella d'Este contributed and embodied the spirit of the Renaissance through her work,life,and legacy. The Renaissance focused on the revival of learning and art. Throughout this enthusiastic time period in Europe several new styles of art and literature were distinguished among people. The Renaissance

selected to maestro di cappella positions shown from the evidence of Monteverdi's experiences at Mantua. Monteverdi in 1609, was asked to request the availability of a certain Galeazzo Sirena for him to serve as maestro di cappella for Prince Francesco Gonzaga. Although he was worried shown in a letter, he wrote later questioning what would happen after the death of the Duke of Mantua, since the prince would have the power to appoint whoever he chose as his director of music. Through those times

Relationships are a huge thing in society today and it brings bind between people who care about each other. In the play “99 Ways to F*ck a Swan” by Kim Rosenstock contains sequences of relationships, many of the characters don’t attend to love each other but one loves the other but the other does not. In “99 Ways to F*ck a Swan” there are drama elements that go with the issue of relationships that go on with the play. The drama elements that the play contains are action, climax/crisis, and point

Francesco is Manfredi’s friend and fellow Resistance fighter. He prints papers for the underground newspaper. Francesco symbolizes the perseverance and ideologies of the Resistance group because his job is to spread their ideals, and counter the propaganda of the fascists and Nazis. He plays a lesser-import role as a hero but still possesses certain qualities. First, Francesco did have compassion and empathy for others. Secondly, he valued the goal of the Resistance for the freedom of Italians. He

dealing with Francesco, but, at the same time, dealing with both. George is a teenage girl grieving over the loss of her mother, and through Francescos paintings, remembers her and connects with her. Francesco del Cossa is a 13th century Italian painter, who through George, is revived and follows George through her loss. Both stories discuss the ambiguity of gender. Francesco is born a female, but assumes the identity of a male to sell her artwork and live as a painter. Whether or not Francesco identifies