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    was made with tempera and oil. Da Vinci popularized a new method of painting frescoes by letting the plaster and then painting it with oil and varnish. The mural depicts the famous image of Jesus and his disciples at his last supper (“The Museums of Milan”). Da Vinci’s painting surrounding the persecution of Christians and many other artworks and sculptures are results of the artistic revolution in Italy in the 1400’s. The term renaissance is a French word that translates to rebirth. It represented

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    again, he did not finish his work. From 1495 to 1497, he worked very hard on his masterpiece, The Last Supper. While Leonardo stayed in Milan, he made many more paintings, theater designs, and even a model for the dome of the Milan Cathedral. His largest piece of work was the bronze monument to Francesco Sforza. However, when the Sforza family was chased out of Milan by French forces, the statue was left unfinished and ended up being destroyed by French archers who used it for target practice. In 1503

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    Mauro is born near Milan-Italy- in 1966. After the catering school he starts his career under the guidance of famous chefs. Still a young professional, he moves to Heidelberg-Germany-where he refines his culinary knowledge in a one Michel-star restaurant. 17. Back to Italy, he is in Milan at the restaurant of the Palace Hotel: the starred Casanova Grill. It is the beginning of the professional turning

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    Over 500 years ago, a man named Leonardo da Vinci was born. He was very important to history. He invented numerous things. The things that he invented were advanced for his time. He was a master engineer, architect, painter, inventor, and sculptor. Since he was all of these things, he became known as a “renaissance man”. He was even mentioned in my history book because of his many talents (”Leonardo Da Vinci”, “Leonardo da Vinci: A Genius Before His Time”, Mazour). Leonardo Da Vinci was born in

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    painting. Even though it was never used, Leonardo created plans for a canal that would connect Florence, Italy to the sea. Da Vinci would also begin to delve into the anatomy of the human body and other scientific studies. It was not until he returned to Milan that his scientific studies would truly become remarkable. Over time, he developed an overall understanding of all the organs in the human body, and how they

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    In Shakespeare’s Tempest, Prospero is in complete control of his life and the lives of those around him. With the help of his spirit Ariel, he bends the weather and the minds of others in order to produce the exact chain of events that will bring his family back into power after his brother usurped his dukedom. From the beginning of the play, he has a fairly accurate idea of what will happen and informs the reader of his plans as the play progresses. However, one detail that Prospero fails to mention

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    In 1506 Leonardo da Vinci back to the city of Milan to work with the French rulers who avian taken possession of the city and which Leonardo da Vinci fled the country, that da Vinci met an aristocrat student named Francesco Melzi, who would become the inseparable companion of da Vinci. During his stay in Milan Leonardo da Vinci could not make any paint job, then his scientific studies was devoted. But in 1499 Leonardo da Vinci was sought to perform work to sculpt a statue to place on top of a grave

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    the different elements of power; Political power, Magical powers and most of all, the Power of Love is examined in Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Prospero, the Duke of Milan is in a power tussle with his brother Antonio that gets him exiled from the City for not being more concerned about the welfare of Milan. Prospero was always more interested in books and the supernatural things he entailed that he neglected his duties as the Duke to pursue his quest for more power. ‘The Government

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    While live in Milan, duke Ludovico Sforza asked da Vinci to paint The Last Supper around the year of 1495 on the back wall in the dining hall of the Milan’s Santa Marie delle Grazie. This masterpiece took Leonardo 3 years to finish marking it to be 1498 to shows us the

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    usually make them. In 1482 Leonardo left Florence and went to Milan (a city at the time) to accept post of court artist to Ludovico

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