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… real name was Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi. Donato adopted Donatello as a name mainly because his relations called him that. Donatello was the son of a wool comber and at the age of seventeen he became the assistant to sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti.…

… He was the son of Giovanni Santi and Magia di Battista Ciarla. His father was an accomplished painter, although he was not as special as Rapael was destined to be. Raphael worked in many cities all over Italy, including Florence and Perugia. He is best…

… genius, who possessed one of the greatest minds of all time. As a painter, he produced such masterpieces as the Virgin of the Rocks (1483), the Last Supper (1495-97), and Mona Lisa (1503-06). As an architect, Leonardo worked on the cathedral of Milan…

… was a great American idol. Women wanted to be her, and men wanted to be with her. Although she died at a young age, Marilyn led a very fulfilling life. She made numerous movies, appeared in countless magazines, and made a huge impact on the average Ameri…

… , broad vision , and evocative narrative result in a novel both resonant and deeply moving ... A string meditation on hardship and perseverance of people torn from home' These words are of Publishers weekly from the acclaim for Caryl Phillips's…

… explores a claustrophobic kind of exile in Sasha Jenson who has been sent back to Paris. Aimless wanders through Paris, the site of the dissolution of her marriage and the death of her child, trying halfheartedly to reestablish a life. <Tab/&g…

… the expressive theory of the 19th century . Industrial Revolution: The French Revolution: A term applied to the social & economic A political upheaval that was caused by changes that mark the transition from the…

… James `essay The Art of Fiction is a first -hand account of how one of American `s ( and England `s) most prolific writers felt about fiction and writing in general. James can be considered one of the utmost authorities on writing as he made…

… in the Late Twentieth Century: Teaching Biology for Citizenship in a Transnational World(very early stages) Modest _Witness@Second_Millennium.FemaleMan _Meets_Oncomouse (New York and London: Routledge, 1997). Ciencia, Cyborgs y Mujeres: La…

… in a Mirror," 1967-1968 Much of Bacon's work is perceived as shocking, but there is a powerful subversive element in his compositions with much of his chosen subject matter being somewhat autobiographical. These often dealt with his own homosexuality,…