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10 matches to Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci. 1452-1519. Florentine painter, writer, sculptor, scientist. Prototypical Renaissance Man. Sfumato. Laws of Flight. Adoration of Magi 1479. Last Supper 1495. Mona Lisa 1503. Parachute 1480.
Fibonacci, Leonardo. 1170-1240. Pisa mathematician. Book of Abacus 1202. Fibonacci Numbers 1203. Practica Geometrica 1220.
Florentine. School of Painting. 1270 Academy of Fine Arts. Express humanist ideas through art. Realism and chiarascuro. DaVinci, Michelangelo, Raphael.
Kiangsi Soviet. 1931-4. Chinese Communist Provincial government vs Nationalists under Mao. Long March.
Round Table Conference. 1930-32. Established federal system, provincial autonomy in India; not implemented.
Rowell-Sirois Report. 1935-40. Recommended Federalism over Canadian provincial power.
Satrap. Provincial governor of Persian Empire. Achaemenids.
T’ang. 618-907. Chinese dynasty. Golden Age. Overthrown by provincial warlords.
Zemstvo. 1864-1917. Russian provincial assemblies instituted by Alexander II. Liberal influence.