Beverly
1/13/2014 06:46:07 am
I would like to do Michelangelo. I will have my assignment done this week.
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Beverly
1/15/2014 02:29:00 am
Michelangelo's full name is Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni. (I wouldn't want to sign his name on my math paper everyday!) In his lifetime he was called IIDivino, the Divine One. Michel was born on March 6, 1475, and breathed his last on February 18, 1564, at the age of 88. He was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, engineer, and poet. A few of his works in painting, sculpting, and architecture rank among the most famous in existence. llDivino was considered the greatest living artist of his lifetime, and since then, he has been held up to be one of the greatest artists of all time! The best documented artist of the 16th century, is remembered in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, Michelangelo.
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Mr. Main
1/19/2014 12:19:31 pm
...the coolest of the Ninja Turtles as well. Well written Beverly!
Katey
1/13/2014 07:29:41 am
Hey guys I would love to do Leonardo da Vinci! I will have it done bye tomorrow! THANKS ;-)
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Katey
1/17/2014 12:14:02 pm
Leonardo da Vinci
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Mr. Main
1/19/2014 12:21:21 pm
Stunningly brilliant! Good work K8E.
David
1/13/2014 08:05:08 am
I will be doing Galileo.
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Thomas V
1/14/2014 01:53:40 am
I'm gonna do Galileo! (O_o)
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Beverly
1/14/2014 03:14:03 am
Um... Either you or David has to change people, Mr. Main said no repeats.
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Thomas V
1/17/2014 02:40:54 am
oops! sorry
Nathan T
1/14/2014 08:39:51 am
John Cabot was an Italian explorer who was born in 1450. He is best known for his expedition to North America and for being the first European besides the Vikings to explore some of the coastline. In his early years he was involved in maritime trade in Venice but had financial problems which lead him to move to Spain. There he sought support for an Atlantic expedition but receiving none, he moved on to England. Here he was supported by King Henry VII who granted Cabot authority to find new lands on behalf of England. In 1497 he set sail from Bristol on the Matthew. On June 24, 1497, John Cabot landed at what is now Cape Bonavista, Newfoundland. He claimed the land for England and later embarked upon a second and final voyage presumably to trade. Historians are unclear about what happened. He was thought to have been lost at sea but there is new evidence that he may have returned to London in 1500 and died shortly after.
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Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino was born in 1483 in Urbino, Italy. Both his parents died, leaving him orphaned at 11 years old. His father was a court painter, and Raphael decided to do the same.
Mr. Main
1/19/2014 12:24:59 pm
Nice job and thank you for the references.
Mr. Main
1/19/2014 12:23:24 pm
Ahhh...Giovanni Caboto. We will likely be talking more about him in Term 3. Thanks for the introduction.
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Erik S
1/15/2014 02:37:44 am
I'm going to do Titian!
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Darla
1/15/2014 03:04:50 am
Bruegel plz
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Darla
1/15/2014 07:40:24 am
Pieter Bruegel
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Mr. Main
1/19/2014 12:27:00 pm
He may have only lived to 44, but he certainly accomplished a great deal in his lifetime. Nicely done.
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Bob (Sophia)
1/16/2014 01:18:09 am
I'm gonna do Dontello
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Bob (Sophia)
1/16/2014 02:10:08 am
Donatello was a famous sculptor in the 15th century. He was born in Florence Italy around 1386. His father’s name was Niccolò di Betto Bardi. Donatello was educated in the Martelli family house hold, and received his early artistic training in a goldsmith’s work shop.
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Mr. Main
1/19/2014 12:32:51 pm
People should be proud of who they are and no one should need to be afraid to show their true selves. Donatello was a great talent and we are lucky that he shared his works with the world.
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Samuel h.
1/16/2014 05:06:34 am
I'm gonna do Francis bacon (because he has an awesome last name 😄) I'm a little late because I was really sick and couldn't do anything for the last few days)
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Samuel h.
1/16/2014 05:25:00 am
Francis bacon was a famous English philosopher who was born on January 22, 1561 in London, England. He was inspired by many famous scholars and philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle, and ironically enough, Roger Bacon. He also influenced and inspired other famous men such John Locke, William petty, and Thomas Jefferson. Francis is called the creator of empiricism. He is the man responsible for the baconian method (otherwise known as the scientific method that we use today).
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Samuel h.
1/16/2014 05:31:18 am
(Accidentally hit the submit button) He was knighted in 1603 and died without an heir on April 9, 1626 at age 65.
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Mr. Main
1/19/2014 12:42:26 pm
I think I sampled some of the baconian method with my eggs this morning...I kid! Cool name aside, he was an incredibly influential figure and worth knowing about. Well done and nice humor!
Thomas V
1/17/2014 03:11:23 am
I'm doing Tintoretto.
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Michel de Nostredame, or Nostradamus, was a French apothecary who wrote and published dozens of prophecies that have since become famous worldwide. He was born on 21 December 1503, in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Provence, France. He had 9 siblings.
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Mr. Main
1/19/2014 12:44:17 pm
Fascinating and terrifying. Interesting choice Escher...well done.
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Thomas V
1/17/2014 08:38:05 am
Tintoretto was born in Venice, Italy year 1518. His actual name was Jacopo Comin. His father was a dyer, and nicknamed his son Tintoretto, meaning "dyer's son". Tintoretto was an artist from a young age, and noticing this, his father sent him to an art school. His first works were inspired by Michelangelo, but later on developed his own style. The great energy he put into his paintings, earned him yet another nickname: Il Furioso. Tintoretto's last significant painting was called “Paradise”, and is the largest painting done on canvas, measuring 74 by 30 feet! Tintoretto must have used up the last of his energy when he had finished Paradise, because he resigned from painting thereafter. He died May 31, 1594 with a fever, and extreme stomach pain.
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Mr. Main
1/19/2014 12:47:29 pm
Good choice, I hadn't heard of Tinteretto before, so thank you for bringing him to my attention. Paradise is an interesting painting to say the least.
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Mason T
1/19/2014 03:06:06 am
I would like to do Nicolaus Copernicus.
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Matthew S
1/19/2014 07:22:07 am
Geradus Mercator was born March 5, 1512 in Rupelmonde, County of Flanders (in what is now modern Belgium). He is best known as a cartographer, though he started off as a maker of brass mathematical instruments. Globes were made of brass plates, and images were engraved upon the brass. Because of Mercator’s skill in working brass, he was hired by a group of cartographers. He became interested in cartography, and began to produce his own maps. One of his most famous maps is his World map, produced in 1569, which was unique because of the use of new lines of navigation. He was also the first to use the term “Atlas” to refer to a collection of maps.
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Mr. Main
1/19/2014 12:48:40 pm
Well done Matthew. Good choice.
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winston
1/19/2014 07:56:44 am
I'm doing Paolo Veronese.
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Winston C
1/19/2014 08:22:18 am
Paolo Caliari also known as Paolo Veronese was born in the town of Verona in the year 1528 and was an Italian Renaissance painter who painted in Venice. He has gotten the most fame for his large paintings of religious and mythological subjects. Some of his great works of art are, “The Wedding at Cana” and “The Feast in the House of Levi”. Paolo was somewhat influenced by another great artist, Titian. In 1553 he moved from Verona to Venice and that is when he went from painting churches to painting grand pictures. Paolo Veronese died the 19th of April 1588 in Venice.
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Mr. Main
1/19/2014 12:49:51 pm
Nice work Winston. I also wasn't familiar with this artist, so thanks for the biography and information.
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Mr. Main
1/19/2014 12:50:18 pm
Good work Winston. I also wasn't familiar with this artist, so thanks for the biography and information.
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Mason T
1/19/2014 12:02:00 pm
Nicolaus Copernicus
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Mr. Main
1/19/2014 12:51:56 pm
It's too bad he never lived to see his ideas accepted as fact, and died needing to keep his opinions to himself. Good job Mason.
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David M
1/19/2014 01:06:17 pm
Galileo was born in 1564 in Pisa, Italy. When he was eleven he was sent to a monastery for a formal education. Later, he was sent to university to become a doctor, but after a few years he quit, but because of his popular lectures, hired to be a professor at the same university. He was fired for disagreeing with Aristotle, the famous Greek philosopher. He moved to Pauda, and there he improved the idea of the telescope. Using his telescope, he started looking at the sun, moon, and planets. With it, he discovered that the sun, not the earth, was the center of the universe, as Copernicus had earlier proposed. Then, the Catholic Church announced that the idea that the sun was the center of the universe was heresy. So, for seven years, until his friend became pope, he wasn’t allowed to study the sky. When he was allowed again, he published a book about it, but the pope had been convinced that in his book, Galileo had portrayed him as a fool. He stood trial in Rome, and was sentenced to never leave his house until he died.
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Adrianna
1/19/2014 03:42:32 pm
Peter Parler born in 1330 (I only know the year) became the master mason of Saint Vitus Cathedral in 1352, after the death of its original architect, Matthias of Arras. Apart from the cathedral, he was the main designer of the New Town of Prague and built Charles Bridge and its towers. In the Royal Palace of Prague Castle, Parler built the All Saints' Chapel. After the fire of 1541 it was redecorated in the Baroque style. He was a Master sculptor; he designed the gargoles of St Vitus Cathedral! Giving ornamentation to the original Design by Mathias Arras[1] He was apparently the architect of the Church of Our Lady (Frauenkirche) built in the market square of Nuremberg, to replace the synagogue torn down in the pogrom of 1349 following the plague. Between 1360-78 he built the chancel of the Bartholomew church in Kolín. He died in Prague in 13 July 1399, and was buried in the St Vitus Cathedral. His work was continued by his sons Wenzel and Johann.
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Anonymous
2/15/2014 04:51:43 am
Wikipedia thinks so too.
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Laura P.
1/21/2014 03:31:03 am
~ Paracelsus ~
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Tyrese Jeys
1/23/2014 02:40:00 am
Shakespeare, Born in Stratford on April 23 1564. He wrote many plays including McBeth, Romeo and Juliet, Taming of the Shrew and many others. He also wrote comedies. Shakespeare was a poet. He wrote 154 sonnets.He was famous because of the way he wrote. he had a unique way. Shakespeare died in 1664. His is tombstone is marked with following words…….
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