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Operation Gladio was the codename for clandestine "stay-behind" operations of armed resistance that were organized by the Western Union (WU) (founded in 1948), and subsequently by NATO (formed in 1949) and by the CIA (established in 1947), [1] [2] in collaboration with several European intelligence agencies during the Cold War. [3]
St Peter Healing the Sick with His Shadow, by Masaccio. Lower centre wall, left side, by Masaccio. The episode depicts Acts 5:12–16. The picture's attribution to Masaccio is based in on the perspective structure used to create the street setting and the craggy naturalism of the physiognomies of the old man and the cripple.
Masaccio did not complete the decoration of the chapel. In 1428 he left for Rome, and was reported dead soon afterwards. [1] What follows is an incomplete list of Masaccio's main paintings in chronological sequence. [2] The arrangement is ordered by year and title, with brief comments and showing the artistic development of the artist.
Masaccio (UK: / m æ ˈ s æ tʃ i oʊ /, US: / m ə ˈ s ɑː tʃ i oʊ, m ə ˈ z ɑː tʃ (i) oʊ /; [1] [2] [3] Italian: [maˈzattʃo]; December 21, 1401 – summer 1428), born Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone, was a Florentine artist who is regarded as the first great Italian painter of the Quattrocento period of the Italian Renaissance.
Masolino eventually left, either for Hungary in 1425 or for Rome in 1427, leaving the completion of the chapel to Masaccio. In 1427 or 28, before the chapel was completed, Masaccio joined Masolino in Rome. Only in the 1480s were the frescos in the chapel finished, by Filippino Lippi. [5] The Tribute Money, though, is considered Masaccio's work ...
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Left Behind is a multimedia franchise of apocalyptic fiction written by Tim LaHaye [1] and Jerry B. Jenkins, released by Tyndale House Publishers from 1995 to 2007. [2]The bestselling premillennial novels are Christian eschatological narratives inspired by the New Testament's Book of Revelation.
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