Word: 500th
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Then, having done his duty, he went back to writing a speech for the 500th birthday of Leonardo da Vinci, on which he had already spent three weeks studying 20 volumes of material. Premier de Gasperi wanted his thoughts on Da Vinci to be expressed just right...
Leonardo da Vinci, by Antonina Vallentin. Excellent biography of one of the most gifted men who ever lived; first published in the '30s and reissued now for the 500th anniversary of his birth (TIME...
Leonardo da Vinci, by Antonina Vallentin. Excellent biography of one of the most gifted men who ever lived; first published in the '30s and reissued now for the 500th anniversary of his birth (TIME...
...Glasgow (founded 1451), students have been throwing things for generations, have made public uproar an honored tradition. A visiting Frenchman once called Glasgow's men "the greatest bunch of savages in Europe," and Glaswegians took it as a compliment. Last week, stimulated by both the university's 500th anniversary and Scotland's hullabaloo over the Stone of Destiny, the Glasgow savages outdid themselves...
After 20 years, the uncovering process is almost finished. Part of Whittemore's agreement with Attaturk was that the mosaics would all be uncovered by 1953 for the 500th anniversary of the fall of Constantoniple to the Turks. He also had to promise to take no more than one full-sized reproduction of each mosaic work out of the church during or after their uncovering...