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...social stigma, with the exception that some professions would have been closed to him. He was a welcomed child and was raised in his father’s house, who married another woman. [Statue of Leonardo's Vitruvian man in Stockholm] 1460 Leonardo moved to Florence (see Florence), with his father. Florence In the 14th Century, Florence had been a city in decline. It had seen...

...social life has diverted the minds of men from other pursuits, the Fine Arts have decayed and vanished. I wish to call the attention of my countrymen to another great movement in the creative mind of Europe; one yet young and little recognised, but not inferior, in my opinion, either to that of Athens or of Florence. It was on a cloudless day of the autumn of last year,...

...works and what it contains - This unit has been designed to help anyone with an interest in the history of Wales to find key information and to begin understanding the way that historians of Wales do their work. It is aimed both at those who are generally interested in the subject and may have a good knowledge of Welsh history already, and at those who are relatively new...

...work...Artist Duggie Fields has recently added a computer to the tools of his trade. Duggie has been an artist for over 30 years, building up a reputation as one of the world's leading post-pop artists. He has exhibited world-wide, and his London flat acts as a mini gallery of his work. Duggie's desire to reach a wider audience made him turn to computers and the Internet...