In Italy there are many wonderful cities. There are also many things to do in Italy, especially in Florence. Florence has many reasons that it is famous in particular. There are many saved ruins, art, and historical buildings. Florence itself has a lot of history; this made them come out a stronger nation and a chance to show all their history of becoming a city. Florence is known for being a beautiful sight for a vacation or living permanently. Many famous people have come from the city itself
spoken by Florence Nightingale, very neatly sum up her life’s ambitions. Florence Nightingale: “The Lady with the Lamp”, creator of the nursing profession, hero in the Crimean war, and so much more. She was born into an upper class family on May 12, 1820, in Florence Italy. As a woman, working during the Victorian time period was uncommon, let alone pursuing a career in nursing. Florence led the way for future female nurses, saved many lives, and improved healthcare in hospitals. Florence Nightingale
the use of social history did the issues of class and gender begin to be debated by scholars. Numerous recent articles have done a great job of analysing particularly men of high status. In this paper I will look at the lower classes of Renaissance Florence. More specifically, I will center my focus on the lives of women during this era, how they were treated and viewed by people of other classes and how women were viewed and treated by men. Social historians in recent years have started to look at
went with my family to Rome and Florence and was fortunate enough to visit several breathtaking museums along the way. Rome is most famous for numerous things such as architecture from arches, domes and vaults, which can be seen in almost every historic building, to painters from Michelangelo to Bernini and Raphael. I was blessed to see artwork done by each individual. My overall trip was two weeks, which gave me plenty of time to enjoy most aspects of Rome and Florence. My journey of museums hoping
Florence Price, Composer The purpose of a biography is to enhance the reader’s knowledge about a particular person’s life, in this case, Florence Beatrice Price, and offer a sort of historical background focusing on significant events, accomplishments, and personal aspects of that particular individual’s life. Ideally, the writer molds complex biographical facts—birth and death, education, ambition, conflict, milieu, work, relationship, accident—into a book [or article] that has the independent vitality
In the Florence Cathedral, Florence, Italy, there is a cathedral church whose octagonal dome, built without the aid of scaffolding, was considered the greatest engineering feat of the early Renaissance. Dedicated to Santa Maria del Fiore, Our Lady of the Flower, it is also known as the Duomo, after the Italian word for cathedral. Created by many great Early Modern artists, this piece of architecture is a perfect example the Renaissance style. We can come to a better understanding of why this is so
Florence Nightingale was born on May 20, 1820 to the wealthy landowner, William E., and his wife Fanny Nightingale in Florence, Italy. (Pettinger) Being a part of the wealthy class during the mid-1800s, William and Fanny dedicated themselves to the pursuit of active social lives like many others. Florence and her sister, Parthenope, were home schooled by their father and learned multiple languages, mathematics, and history. Both Florence and her sister were affluent in Italian, Latin, and Greek.
Florence Nightingale is one of the major medical leaders in the world that's hard work has changed medical issues, while staying in there to modern day. She began as a city girl, her family being one of the wealthiest around. They wanted Florence to chase after a more worthy cause than a job that fit the perspective of a peasant classed woman. She disagreed wholeheartedly and went to a nursing school for a while, then voluntarily going into a war hospital in Crimea when the Crimean War broke out
spirit? It is one of the Fine Arts: I had almost said, the finest of Fine Arts." (Florence Nightingale) Who was Florence Nightingale? Some knew her as the “Lady with the Lamp”, in view of the fact that she carried around a lamp as she visited her patients during the night hours. In addition too, she was also known as “Nightingale in the East”. (Florence Nightingale Biography) Florence Nightingale was born in Florence, Italy. She was named after the city of her birth by her parents, William and Frances
Shaun Bhikhi Professor Wunder History 241 February 20, 2016 The View of Golden Florence During the 15th century, the city of Florence was in an elegant and rich state. Giovanni Rucellai, a patron and successful merchant, studied the city of Florence and recorded his journey as a diary entry and a descriptive narrative (Rucellai, p.72). Rucellai wrote this diary entry in Florence during the year of 1457. In this diary entry he described the stunning city and emphasized its elegant environment
History of the city of Florence In the entire scope of history there are few civilizations that have left their own unique imprint upon the rest of the world as well as influencing future generations like the city of Florence. Only a handful of nations can claim the cultural, financial, social, and artistic accomplishments that this city can. Throughout the history of approximately three thousand years Florence has proven to be an impressively resilient civilization that takes pride
Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale was born in Florence, Italy. Her parents named her after the city she was born in. She was born on May 12,1980, she was raised mostly in Derbyshire England. Many people when they hear Florence Nightingale think about her as a nurse and for her fight for better hospital care. Florence did a lot more in her life than achieve better hospital conditions, and become a nurse. She was a brilliant mathematician, and used statistics to apply them to achieve her reforms
Florence Schust was born in Michigan, USA in 1917. Her father died when she was five, and she became an orphan at age twelve on the death of her mother. Florence showed an early interest in architecture, so her guardians enrolled her in the Kingswood School for Girls which was located on the campus of Cranbrook Academy of the Arts. While attending school at Kingswood, Florence befriended Eero Saarinen. Eero’s parents were the Cranbrook Academy of Art director Eliel Saarinen and textile artist
I. Introduction: Florence is a bustling city in Italy that does not receive enough attention and every single person should see in their lifetime. II. Florence, aka Firenze, is a well-rounded city that has something for everyone. A. Florence is one of the most history rich cities in Italy. 1. It is the birth place of the Renaissance, and houses on the well-known statues of all time… Michelangelo’s David. 2. In the city center is the Duomo di Santa Maria del Fiore. A large cathedral that is a prominent
Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale was born on May 12, 1820 in Florence, Italy. She came from a wealthy family. As a child she had a vivid imagination, was considered a dreamer and often dreamed of helping others. Nightingale was well educated, a benefit of her family's wealth and her fathers belief in education, even for women. She studied all of the basic subjects, such as history, math, philosophy, science, music and art. She also learned five different languages. At a very young age
Florence Nightingale was a legend in her lifetime and was one of the greatest pioneer's in nursing. She lived ninety years and accomplished many great things for the field of nursing. Her descriptions of nursing, health, environment, and humankind are remarkable and still true to this day. Nightingale reformed nursing and changed the way nursing was viewed. Some of the issues during Nightingale's time, the 1800's, we still face today. Nightingale not only impacted nursing in the 1800's, but
The early Renaissance art in Florence focused on an elaborate, Gothic style of painting; very formal and traditional, yet there was always something that seemed to be lacking. Perspective and depth were two very important qualities in painting, yet up until the time of young Masaccio, (born Tommaso Guidi), paintings were beautiful, but seemed to just be art that hung on the wall. In Masaccio’s work, “rather than recede in space, the figures seem to come forward” (Cole 120). He may not have known
Florence Florence – Florentine Dream Florence is a tiny little gem, a dream, a mirage maybe, that lures travelers time and again to its mesmeric, romantic and busy shores. Nestled along the Arno River, the bricks of Florence glow under the warmth of a thousand Tuscan summers. This city, though small in size, features on many bucket lists as the birth place of the Renaissance, as a repository of world-class art, and as capital of fashion with greats such as Gucci and Cavalli having been born here
Florence was the city of creativity and art with the greatest artists such as Michael Angelo, Leonardo DaVinci, Brunelleschi, Galileo and many others. The explosion of ideas with these artists was one of the reasons to Renaissance. Florence was a major trading center and it was a city like no other in Europe in 1400s. It was a republic with powerful families that fight together for political control. In Florence was the Medici family who was ambitious, trying to make a name. It was a small scale
nursing tremendously. Florence Nightingale fulfilled her purpose in life by becoming a nurse during the Crimean War. Florence Nightingale’s family had an enormous impact on her career. Born on May 12, 1820, Florence was born into a wealthy family who named her from her Italian birthplace (Iggulden 236). Frances Nightingale, Florence’s mother, was a very social women (biography.com). She taught social graces to Florence including how to properly take care of the household (“Florence Nightingale”). This