Now I want to share something with you my blog readers about the 3 famous people who have made a great achievement in their own life. So yeaa, let's us together be in a history class. Enjoyy~
Astor Piazzolla
Ástor Pantaleón Piazzolla was born on March 11, 1921 in Mar del Pata, Argentina and died on 4th of July, 1992 at the aged of 71 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an Argentine tango composer and bandoneón player. He revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed nuevo tango, incorporating elements from jazz and classical music. He is therefore widely considered the most important tango composer of the latter half of the twentieth century. A formidable bandoneonist, he regularly performed his own compositions with different ensembles. He is known in his native land as "El Gran Ástor" ("The Great Astor").
Niccolo Machiavelli
potrait of Machiavelli
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli, simply known as Niccolo Machiavelli, was born May the 3rd 1469 in Fiorence, Italy and died on June 21, 1527 at the aged 58 in Fiorence, Italy. He was an Italian diplomat, political philosopher, musician, poet, and playwright. Machiavelli was a figure of the Italian Renaissance, and a central figure of its political scene. In June of 1498, following the ousting and execution of Savonarola, the Great Council elected Machiavelli as the second chancellor of the Republic of Florence.
He is best known for his treatises on realist political theory (The Prince) on the one hand and republicanism (Discourses on Livy) on the other. These two written works, in addition to his History of Florence (which was commissioned by the Medici family), were published posthumously in 1531.
Andrea Palladio
Andrea Palladio was born on November 30, 1508 in Padua and died on August 19, 1580. He was an Italian architect, widely considered the most influential person in the history of Western architecture.
In 1580, he prepares drawings for the interior of the church of S. Lucia in Venice and in the same year on 23 March oversees the beginning of the construction of the Teatro Olimpico but dies on 19 August.
