Niccolò Machiavelli

Born on May 3, 1469, in Florence, Italy, Niccolò Machiavelli was a diplomat for 14 years in Italy's Florentine Republic during the Medici family's exile. When the Medici family returned to power in 1512, Machiavelli was dismissed and briefly jailed. He then wrote The Prince, a handbook for politicians on the use of ruthless, self-serving cunning, inspiring the term "Machiavellian" and establishing Machiavelli as the "father of modern political theory." He also wrote several poems and plays. He died on June 21, 1527, in Florence, Italy.

Michelangeo

Michelangelo was born on March 6, 1475, in Caprese, Italy. Born to a family of moderate means in the banking business, Michelangelo became an apprentice to a painter before studying in the sculpture gardens of the powerful Medici family. What followed was a remarkable career as an artist in the Italian Renaissance, recognized in his own time for his artistic virtuosity. His works include the "David" and "Pieta" statues and the ceiling paintings of Rome's Sistine Chapel, including the "Last Judgment." Although he always considered himself a Florentine, Michelangelo lived most of his life in Rome, where he died in 1564, at age 88.

 

Dante Alighieri

Dante was born in 1265 in Florence and died in 1321 exiled in Ravenna. He has been the most important poet in worldwide literature and the father of the Italian language join to Francesco Petrarca and Giovanni Boccaccio. When he was only 10 years old his mother died and he lived with his father. While he was still a child he saw Beatrice for first time, in 1283 he saw her again but he was never able to talk to her and she got married. In 1290 Beatrice died and Dante wrote “Vita nova” to her. From this moment Dante was dedicated to the philosophical study as we can see in “De Volgare Eloquentia”, “Monarchia” or in his mater piece “La divina Commedia”.

La divina commedia (1304-1321) is one of the most important books all over the history. It narrates an extraterrenal, allegoric and moral travel inspired by Beatrice in which can be seen the influence of Aristotle, Averroes, Thomas Aquinas and St.Agustine.

It is divided into three parts: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso (Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven) stared in Virgilio who represents the reason and in Beatrice who represents the Faith and the divine science. 

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This is a project for university, the aim of this work is to create a blog. I have decided to dedicate my blog to show amazing places and photographs as well as show the culture of the places I post, Hope you enjoy it!


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Italy

ITALY


Italy is one of the most beautiful and amazing countries all around the world. It is the only country in which the culture arrived before the state, in fact until 1861 it was formed by many different states.
It is a country of art (Dante, Bocaccio, Petrarca, Giordano Bruno, Tiziano, Brunelleschi, Michelangelo, Raffaele, Caravaggio, Bernini, Verdi, Bivaldi...) however we also can find spectacular nature; mountains like the Alps, volcans and the best beaches of Europe in the south.