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Mirrors for princes or mirrors of princes (Latin: specula principum) was a literary genre of didactic political writings throughout the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. It was part of the broader speculum or mirror literature genre. The Latin term speculum regum appears as early as the 12th century and may have been used even earlier. It may ...
The work is mentioned by Late Renaissance art biographer Giorgio Vasari, who lists it as one of three small-size paintings that the artist brought to Rome with him in 1525. Vasari relays that the self-portrait was created by Parmigianino as an example to showcase his talent to potential customers.
The Medici controlled the Medici bank—then Europe's largest bank—and an array of other enterprises in Florence and elsewhere. In 1433, the Albizzi managed to have Cosimo exiled. [ 31 ] The next year, however, saw a pro-Medici Signoria elected and Cosimo returned.
The Renaissance Place version of Accelerated Reader also includes quizzes designed to practice vocabulary. [6] The quizzes use words from books, and are taken after the book has been read. Bookmarks can be printed out to display the vocabulary words so that as students read, they can refer to the bookmark for help. The quizzes will keep track ...
For historical novels set in the Renaissance (15th century-16th century). Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. 0–9.
The Villard Houses are a set of former residences at 451–457 Madison Avenue in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, United States.Designed by the architect Joseph Morrill Wells of McKim, Mead & White in the Renaissance Revival style, the residences were erected in 1884 for Henry Villard, the president of the Northern Pacific Railway.
In July 2000, Falco and Hockney published "Optical Insights into Renaissance Art" in Optics & Photonics News, vol. 11, a detailed analysis of the likely use of concave mirrors in certain Renaissance paintings, particularly the Lotto painting. Experiments with a concave mirror (which technically is also a lens) of the calculated properties ...
Hoy's version of the book test uses two unmodified books and a magician's force. The mentalist memorizes a single word or passage from one of the books prior to the performance, the force book. They may also ask the spectator to choose a book from their own bookshelf, and then quickly reads a passage from it while the spectator is occupied ...