Giovanni Da Verrazano Giovanni da Verrazano was a Florentine explorer and navigator. Although he was Italian, he was employed by the kind of France to find a passage to the Pacific Ocean. The exact date of his birth and death are not known, but historians believe that he was born in 1480, and he died in 1527. In 1524, he started on a voyage and discovered Cape Fear. He is believed to have been the first European to sight the New York Bay, but it was not explored until Henry Hudson's
The Renaissance was a time of a new revival of humanism and individualism, allowing people to express their opinions and ideas more freely than ever before. This revival caused a growth in the amount of secular music being produced, and with this new music came new and controversial styles of dancing. In this paper I will examine, in great detail, the music, composers, and numerous styles of dancing that came about during the Renaissance. The Renaissance Era, spanning from 1450 to 1600 AD, experienced
Renaissance music is vocal and instrumental music written and performed in Europe during the Renaissance era. The consensus among music historians has been to start the era around 1400, with the end of the medieval era, and to close it around 1600, with the beginning of the Baroque period, therefore commencing the musical Renaissance about a hundred years after the beginning of the Renaissance as it is understood in other disciplines. As in the other arts, the music of the period was significantly
The Renaissance was a time of rebirth in which many characteristics changes in life. Some are individualism now people pained and showed people as individualism instead of in groups. Secularism meaning fewer church painting, people moved away from angles and church related painting and now moved more toward self-portrait, sculptures, some examples are baroque and rococo Baroque was religious themed and dull while rococo was more of an elegant, less regions, more playful style. Classicism man the
composed 140 keyboard pieces, three Latin Masses and a Mass in English. Researchers state that Byrd’s “influence on English music was profound (Matthews, Thompson, p.282). William Byrd, Thomas Tallis, Tomas Luis de Victoria, Orlande de Lassus, Giovanni da Palestrina, Josquin de Prez, Johannes Ockeghem and Guillaume Dufay helped shine a light onto the dark ages of music and arts. These men and many more, ushered in a culture of arts Mowen 7 appreciation. Because of these composers and musicians
Josquin Des Prez, born in 1440/1445, was a French composer of many important masses for the 16th century. Even noticed in The New Grove HIGH RENAISSANCE MASTERS, for being one of the best composer it the later 16th century. “Josquin Desprez, one of the greatest composers of the entire renaissance and certainly the most important before the second half of the 16th century.”1 The Ave Maria Virgo Serena. was motet written for the church. Ave Maria gratia plena dominus tecum, virgo serena or Hail Mary
Giovanni da Verrazzano: The Most Audacious Explorer of the Seas Introduction Giovanni da Verrazzano was born in Tuscany, Italy in 1485 to parents Piero Andrea da Verrazzano and Fiametta Capelli. His siblings were Gerolamo, Bernardo, Nicolo, and Piero (Morley). Gerolamo was the only family member that accompanied Verrazzano on his journey as a mapmaker. Gerolamo also was the one to create some of the first maps depicting the Americas (“Depression-Era Soup Kitchens”). Giovanni da Verrazzano had
Giovanni de Verrazzano was the first European to sight the New York Harbor, Narragansett Bay, and Block Island. He sailed to America with four ships in 1524. He died do to cannibalistic natives. Giovanni da Verrazzano was the child of Piero Andrea di Bernardo da Verrazzano and Fiammetta in 1485 near Val di Grave, Italy. He had one sibling Gerolamo da Verrazzano. He began exploring at a very young age. His first trip was to Egypt and Syria. Between 1507 and 1508 he traveled to France and met King
Giovanni de Verrazano was a famous explorer who would meet an unsuspecting death. He was an Italian explorer who set sail for France, who intended to find a passage in North America to the Pacific Ocean and Asia. Giovanni de Verrazano is one of the most notable explorers of his time, he was very notable and respected for his vast knowledge in mapmaking, especially on the North American east coast. This is very important because his mapping would be very helpful for other explorers voyaging to the
Giovanni da Verrazzano was the first European visitor to the area of New York. The French ship “La Dauphine” brought Verrazzano and his crew to New York in 1524. European was not until much later on September second, 1609 by Henry Hudson of the Dutch East India Company. At this time, New York was still named “New Amsterdam”. Beavers were abundant in New York at this time, which fueled a business as for the fashion in Europe was beaver pelts. The beaver’s importance was so great for New York’s
American coastline, Hudson only went as far south as the modern Chesapeake Bay. He then turned around and wanted to explore the what is now known as New York Harbor. This area was first believed to have been discovered by another man named Giovanni da Verrazzano during the year 1524. Also around this time, Hudson and his crew clashed with some of the Native Americans that were located on the islands. One of their crew members named John Colman brutally died after being shot in the neck with a Native
Accepted to have been conceived in the late sixteenth century, English wayfarer Henry Hudson made two unsuccessful cruising voyages looking for a sans ice entry to Asia. In 1609, he set out on a third voyage financed by the Dutch East India Company that took him to the New World and the waterway that would be given his name. On his fourth voyage, Hudson happened upon the waterway that would later be known as the Hudson Bay. Considered one of the world's most popular voyagers, Henry Hudson, conceived
Some of the most famous pirates who were killed either because of piracy, or because of natural causes, are Barbarossa, Stede Bonnet, Anne Bonney, Sir Francis Drake, Captain Greaves, William Kidd, Jean Laffite, Sir Henry Morgan, Mary Read, and Giovanni da Verrazano. Barbarossa, whose name was originally Khizr, was born the late 1400’s on the Ottoman island of Midilli Lesbos. He had three brothers and two sisters, but not much is known about his sisters. His mother is thought to have been a local
joyous moments like when the citizens blazed a pathway for the rest of the nation with its legalization of gay marriage to sad moments that rallied the nation to fight terror like the attack on the World Trade Centers. Since its founding by Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1523, New York has been an attraction for those all around the world. The location, the events, the skyscrapers, the teams, and depending on who you ask, the people, all scream to tourists around the world to visit. The hat was designed
My mother’s Italian dinner is a full display of her excellence in the kitchen. This meal is different from the others; it is immeasurably close to her heart. The preparation is old fashioned, bringing back memories of our ancestral history. The table is set beautifully- silverware and glasses sparkling on the tablecloth- and crystal carafes of wine filled to the brim (water for the kids of course). The whole family arrives. Adults conversing, kids running around, all waiting to hear the same message
Milton Meltzer is a distinguished biographer and historian, and, is the author of more than 70 books for young people and adults. Milton Meltzer was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, and was educated at Columbia University. He worked for the WPA Federal Theater Project and then served in the Air Force in World War II. He has edited and written for newspapers, books, magazines, radio, and films. Among the many honors of his books are five nominations for the National Book Award, as well as the Christopher