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Giorgio Vasari described them as follows: "We can see grouped and cleverly arranged in the Triumph the ornate and beautiful chariot, the figure of a man cursing the victorious hero, the victor's relations, the perfumes, incense and sacrifices, the priests, the bulls crowned for sacrifice, the prisoners, the booty captured by the troops, the ...
In Albanian Andrea is a masculine name; its native form is Ndrea. In Romansh Andrea is also a masculine name. In Italian, Andrea is a primarily [2] masculine name. Nevertheless, some men of Italian descent, from countries where Andrea is feminine, bear the name. In Bulgarian Andrea (Андреа) is used as the feminine form of "Andrei".
Andrea seems to have been influenced by his old preceptor's strictures, although his later subjects, for example, those from the legend of St. Christopher, combine his sculptural style with a greater sense of naturalism and vivacity. Trained as he had been in the study of marbles and the severity of the antique, Mantegna openly avowed that he ...
The San Zeno Altarpiece is a polyptych altarpiece by the Italian Renaissance painter Andrea Mantegna created around 1456–1459. [1] It remains in situ in the Basilica di San Zeno, the main church of the Northern Italian city of Verona. [2] [3] Mantegna's style mixes Greco-Roman classical themes along with Christian subjects in this altarpiece. [4]
The description of towers led to the modern name "castle" for the chess rook, and thus the term "castling", and the modern shape of the European rook chesspiece. Also for a time, some chess players in Europe called the rook "elephant" and the bishop "archer".
Sadiq is a male name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Ja'far al-Sadiq, the 8th-century Muslim scholar and scientist, considered as an Imam and founder of the Ja'fari school of jurisprudence by Twelver and Isma'ili Shi’as, and a major figure in the Hanafi and Maliki schools of Sunni jurisprudence, [1] known at times simply as Sadiq (The Truthful).
The Long Song was a finalist for the 2010 Man Booker Prize. [6] It was the recipient of the 2011 Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction, [7] [8] [9] with the judging panel saying that "Andrea Levy brings to this story such personal understanding and imaginative depth that her characters leap from the page, with all the resilience, humour and complexity of real people.
D'Jeck was also involved in a number of other incidents where she reportedly harmed people, in England and continental Europe. One summary from 1882 states that after returning to England from America, "she half-killed a baker. Going to France, she killed another man at Bordeaux. At another place she broke her keeper's arm in two places.