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An introduction to the style of the Proto-Renaissance in Florence by way of a comparison of Cimabue's Santa Trinita Madonna , c. 1280-90, with Giotto's Ognissanti Madonna , c. 1310—both in the Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence.
1300-1400 Proto-Renaissance - Smarthistory
A Gothic Tour of Italy - NYTimes.com
The original gothic writers were much inspired by the duality in the bel paese. Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Horace Walpole, Ann Radcliffe and other masters of the romantic and horror genres set some of their most famous works in Italy.
First World War.com - A Multimedia History of World War One
Read a single page summary of the origins of the First World War - the tangled secret alliances, the royal feuds, the personalities and the seemingly inevitable series of events in June and July 1914 which culminated in the oubreak of hostilities spanning four years.
