Search results for "Masters of Rome" - New World Encyclopedia
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- a pre-eminent Baroque sculptor and architect of seventeenth-century Rome. The ... conceits include the piazza and colonnades of Saint Peter's. He preferred ...23 KB (3,452 words) - 18:55, 21 May 2024
- Rome ( roʊm ; Roma , ˈroma ; Roma ) is the capital city of Italy and of the Lazio region, and is Italy ...25 KB (3,724 words) - 04:59, 16 December 2022
- perception, and suggested that all knowledge of objects outside the self comes ... work “La citta del sole” (The City of the Sun). == Life == ...13 KB (2,009 words) - 03:56, 1 May 2023
- Ribera was a leading painter of the Spanish school, although his mature ... mythological subjects, and portraits of ascetics and penitents. His ...11 KB (1,669 words) - 06:44, 28 February 2023
- His versatility in the popular style of Rococo, led to great works ... One of the great painters and draftsmen of the eighteenth century ...11 KB (1,576 words) - 04:57, 9 April 2024
- 11, 1303), born Benedetto Caetani, was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from ... Pope, he had worked within the Curia in Rome for forty years and was a ...14 KB (2,378 words) - 07:22, 17 November 2023
- was a poet and ambassador in the service of Henry VIII. Although Wyatt ... England remained largely isolated from many of the innovations of the Italian ...9 KB (1,558 words) - 22:57, 30 April 2023
- who was a leading figure in the development of the impressionist style. His ... in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France, the child of a working class family. As ...10 KB (1,574 words) - 05:15, 24 November 2022
- life was prodigious. When the sheer volume of correspondence, sketches, and ... given his intense spirituality. His statue of David is testimony to the beauty ...21 KB (3,322 words) - 17:11, 9 November 2022
- Shammai (50 B.C.E. – 30 C.E.) was a famous Jewish scholar of the ... Shammai's school became known as the House of Shammai (Beit Shammai ...13 KB (2,076 words) - 13:10, 27 January 2023
- Posidonius (or Poseidonus; Greek: Ποσειδώνιος) "of ... to admit that passions were an inherent part of human nature, rather than errors ...16 KB (2,426 words) - 05:44, 30 November 2022
- Rossini, he was a leading composer of bel canto opera. sincere manner about him. He carried a sense of responsibility to nurture and ...18 KB (2,665 words) - 03:45, 18 April 2024
- Simplicius (c. 470 – c. 560), a disciple of Ammonius Hermiae and ... teachings, but preserved valuable fragments of the works of older philosophers ...9 KB (1,323 words) - 22:13, 29 January 2023
- and general. He was an important supporter of Gaius Julius Caesar as a military ... Mark Antony was especially criticized in Rome for betraying his Roman ...28 KB (4,345 words) - 16:00, 6 November 2022
- The Norman invasion of Ireland (or the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland ... Irish history and culture developed differently as a result of the ...13 KB (2,055 words) - 19:34, 20 May 2024
- The Epistle to Titus is a book of the New Testament, one of the three ... are truly by the Apostle, due to issues of style, circumstance, and references ...12 KB (1,906 words) - 19:11, 13 February 2024
- Hebrew: Mattay or Mattithyahu; "Gift of Yahweh"—first century ... Described as a tax collector working near the Sea of Galilee, Matthew ...15 KB (2,288 words) - 00:47, 23 December 2022
- who lived in Jerusalem during the time of King Herod around the beginning ... hearted approach to interpreting the spirit of the law, Hillel and his followers ...16 KB (2,728 words) - 13:17, 22 January 2024
- ) is a region in west-central Italy on the shores of the Ligurian ... and a population of about 3.6 million inhabitants. The regional capital ...19 KB (2,716 words) - 00:35, 3 May 2023
- Roman Catholic Church elects a new Bishop of Rome (Pope) at a time when ... In the early centuries of Christianity, the bishop of Rome (like other ...41 KB (6,415 words) - 11:21, 11 March 2023
