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Italy, Florence - Basilica di San Lorenzo (Basilica of Saint Lawrence)
San Lorenzo basilica was the parish church of the Medici family. In 1419, Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici offered to finance a new church to replace the 11th-century Romanesque rebuilding. Filippo Brunelleschi, the leading Renaissance...
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Early Pharmacopeia: Medical Practices in Ancient Civilizations
If we are going to tell the story of medicine, we had better start at the beginning, which means we need to go all the way back to the start of recorded history. Every since we've been writing things down, we've been documenting our...
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The Renaissance - Scientific Advancements
No period of history can boast of greater beauty than The Renaissance. This was the period, from approximately early 14th century to late 16th century, that gave us Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Shakespeare. This video looks at...
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The Renaissance - The Politics Of The Renaissance
No period of history can boast of greater beauty than The Renaissance. This was the period, from approximately early 14th century to late 16th century, that gave us Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Shakespeare. This video talks about...
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The Renaissance - The Humanist Movement
No period of history can boast of greater beauty than The Renaissance. This was the period, from approximately early 14th century to late 16th century, that gave us Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Shakespeare. The humanist movement...
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Italy, Florence - Boboli gardens
The Boboli Gardens were laid out for Eleonora di Toledo, the wife of Cosimo I de' Medici. The name is a curruption of "Bogoli", a family from whom land had been bought to construct the garden. The first stage was scarcely begun by...
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The Renaissance - How It Began And What It Represented
No period of history can boast of greater beauty than The Renaissance. This was the period, from approximately early 14th century to late 16th century, that gave us Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Shakespeare. This video looks at...
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The Age Of Enlightenment - Introduction
The Enlightenment may not have left physical evidence behind like the pyramids of Egypt or the Colosseum of Rome, but it has left us an intellectual heritage which is unquestionable in its importance. This video looks at the context...
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The Renaissance - Music, Literature And Theatre
No period of history can boast of greater beauty than The Renaissance. This was the period, from approximately early 14th century to late 16th century, that gave us Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Shakespeare. This video discusses...
Two Minute Music Theory
Music and the Reformation: Part 1 - Germany
A look at how the Protestant Reformation in Germany reshaped music history
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Art History Kids: Da Vinci and Rembrandt
Learn all about Leonardo Da Vinci and Rembrandt Van Rijn. Explore the major life events and significant works of Da Vinci and Rembrandt. In a time before photographs, both men were known for and called upon to create individual and...
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Colonization Of North America: Spanish Settlements - Introduction And Background
Chronicles the exploits of Cortes, De Soto, and Coronado; and Spanish incursions into South & Central America, Mexico and the American Southwest. This video introduces the context of Spanish exploration of North America and their...
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Renaissance cruise to Athens 1966
MS Renaissance cruise Ship calling at Mykonos, visiting The Temple des Sapapis, Temple of Hephaestus, Athens and The Acropolis. Mykonos, Greece is a little island located almost in the dead centre of the Aegean Sea
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NY exhibition showcases Italian renaissance portra
New York, 22 Dec (EFE), (Camera: Ana Crespo).- Portraits from the Italian renaissance and their history are the focus of a new exhibition at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, which looks at the evolution of the cultural movement...
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Prado's 'La Gioconda' vs Louvre's 'Mona Lisa'
Paris, 28 Mar (EFE), (Camera: Andrea Olea).- The Prado Museum's 'La Gioconda', painted in Leonardo da Vinci's workshop by a disciple, went on display at the Louvre on Tuesday, near the original that inspired it, in an exhibition that...
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Presentation Of A Lifetime Achievement Award to Bob Barker From the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce
ATMOSPHERE: Bob Barker art at the Presentation Of A Lifetime Achievement Award to Bob Barker From the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce at the Renaissance Hotel in Los Angeles, California on April 5, 2007. (Footage by WireImage Video/Getty...
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Young Woman with Masquerade Mask
young woman in baroque style costume with carnival mask portrait on green background looking on you
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Woman with Masquerade Mask
young woman in baroque style costume with carnival mask portrait on green background looking on you
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Mysterious Princess portrait with Masquerade Mask
mysterious young woman in baroque style costume with carnival mask
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Young Woman with Masquerade Mask
young beauty in baroque style costume with carnival mask portrait on green background looking on you
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Mysterious Princess portrait with Masquerade Mask
mysterious young woman in baroque style costume with carnival mask
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St Jean Cathedral – Lyon, France
St Jeans Cathedral viewed from atop Fourviere Hill, Lyon, France.
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Presentation Of A Lifetime Achievement Award to Bob Barker From the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce
ATMOSPHERE: Luncheon at the Presentation Of A Lifetime Achievement Award to Bob Barker From the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce at the Renaissance Hotel in Los Angeles, California on April 5, 2007. (Footage by WireImage Video/Getty Images)
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CU TU Albrecht Duerer's House in Nuremberg
/ The House was the home of the German Renaissance artist Albrecht Duerer from 1509 to his death in 1528.