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	Ludovico Sforza - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ludovico Sforza in a portrait by Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis.
		Ludovico Sforza (Ludovico il Moro, "The Moor") (July 27, 1452 – May 27, 1508), a member of the Sforza dynasty of Milan, Italy, was the second son of Francesco Sforza, and was famed as patron of Leonardo da Vinci and other artists.
		Ludovico was handed over to the French (April 1500) and died a prisoner in the castle of Loches.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lodovico_il_Moro (420 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia â“ Free Online Encyclopedia for Reference, Research, Facts
		In 1494, Gian Galeazzo died, a virtual prisoner, and Ludovico was formally invested with Milan by Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I.
		Partly in order to divert French ambitions from Milan, partly in order to protect himself from the hostility of the king of Naples, Ludovico concluded an offensive alliance with Charles VIII of France, whose invasion (1494) of Italy was the beginning of the Italian Wars.
		Ludovico's attempt, with the aid of Swiss mercenaries, to recover his lands was defeated at Novara (1500); he was captured and died a prisoner in France.
	www.encyclopedia.com /printable.aspx?id=1E1:Sforza-L (275 words)

	House of Sforza - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This family would later join with the Borgia Family, through the arranged marriage of Lucrezia Borgia to Giovanni Sforza (who was the illegitimate son of Costanzo Sforza).
		Ludovico il Moro, famous also for taking Leonardo da Vinci at his service) was defeated in 1500 by the French army of Louis XII of France - see also Italian Wars.
		After the French were driven out by Imperial Swiss troops Maximilian Sforza, son of Ludovico, became Duke of Milan, until the French returned under Francis I of France and imprisoned him.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Sforza (360 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Moro,
		Moro, Aldo MORO, ALDO [Moro, Aldo], 1916-78, Italian political leader.
		In 1547 he was a free master at Antwerp and by 1549 was employed as a court painter to the house of Hapsburg.
		Moros MOROS [Moros] [SpanMoors], group of Muslim natives, numbering about 3.8 million, of Mindanao, the Sulu Archipelago, and Palawan in the Philippines and of Borneo, who were converted in the great missionary extension of Islam from India in the 15th and 16th cent.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Moro,&StartAt=11 (505 words)

	The Official Castello Sforzesco Website
		Ludovico Sforza was one of the wealthiest and most powerful princes of Renaissance Italy.
		Ludovico Sforza married Beatrice d'Este, sister of the Duke of Ferrara.
		Ludovico's attempt, with the aid of Swiss mercenaries, to recover his lands was defeated at Novara (1500); he was captured and died a prisoner in France in 1508.
	www.milanocastello.it /ing/approfondimentiSforza.html (776 words)

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		All the other designs show the horse as pacing quietly and as these studies of the horse are accompanied by copious notes as to the method of casting, the question as to the position of the horse in the model finally selected, seems to be decided by preponderating evidence.
		In the following year Ludovico il Moro the young aspirant to the throne was exiled to Pisa, and only returned to Milan in 1479 when he was Lord (Governatore) of the State of Milan, in 1480 after the minister Cecco Simonetta had been murdered.
		Again, the bronze horse may be taken in hand, which is to be to the immortal glory and eternal honour of the happy memory of the prince your father, and of the illustrious house of Sforza.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/etext04/8ldv210.txt (18383 words)

	www.laviadellenergia.it - Territory - Territorial Policies - Ludovico il Moro, Vigevano, Pavia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Ludovico il Moro hydroelectric power plant is the focus of a number of initiatives to develop its educational, tourist and cultural values.
		The Ludovico il Moro power plant in Vigevano in province of Pavia is the last in the series of the hydroelectric power plants network along the Ticino river : from Porto della Torre in Vizzola, Tornavento, Upper and Lower Turbigo.
		The Ludovico il Moro power station forms part of a complex system of hydroelectric power plants along the Ticino river.
	www.centrovolta.it /laviadellenergia/inglese/territorio/vigevano.htm (2092 words)

	mostra permanente leonardo da vinci vigevano, studi città ideale leonardo da vinci machines, watermill, castle ...
		This tour will include: the residence of Ludovico il Moro and that of the prince of Sforzesca; the "via dei fiori" - literally, "the street of flowers", that is the street where the farmers that worked for Ludovico il Moro lived; the steps designed by Leonardo that appear in the Hammer manuscript.
		Those years Leonardo often visited Vigevano: there he worked at the Sforzesca, the new Villa that Ludovico il Moro had ordered and that belonged to a route of seven farms where new growing and irrigative techniques were to be experimented.
		Next to this note there is a sketch that represents the burying of the vines, a technique that was frequently applied in the area of Vigevano to preserve the plants from the cold of the winter.
	www.lacittaideale.org /index_english.htm (2852 words)

	Search Results for "Il Moro"
		He was called Ludovico il Moro [the Moor] because of his swarthy complexion.
		...Italian portrait painter of the Brescian school; pupil of Il Moretto.
		Surpassing his teacher in the ability to capture the expression of the model, Moroni excelled...
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/65search?query=Il+Moro (118 words)

	Book Club
		Il Club del Libro si riunisce una volta al mese in posti diversi per commentare in italiano il libro prescelto.
		Mentre la duchessa Beatrice d'Este muore prematuramente e il grande Leonardo si appresta a terminare il celebre Cenacolo commissionatogli da Ludovico il Moro per il refettorio di Santa Maria delle Grazie, l'Inquisizione romana viene messa in allarme dalle missive di un anonimo informatore che si firma "l'Augure" e preannuncia la rovina della Chiesa.
		Deciso a saperne di piu', papa Alessandro VI (al secolo Rodrigo Borgia, padre di Lucrezia e Cesare) invia a Milano il domenicano Agostino Leyre, incaricato di scoprire il segreto nascosto tra i dodici apostoli senza aureola raffigurati da Leonardo.
	www.ocica.org /BookClub.html (791 words)

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		Once upon a time, illustrious guests gathered in Milan, invited by Ludovico il Moro, Lord of the town, to take part to one of the most sumptuous banquet ever seen in the years.
		Ludovico il Moro asked the creator, whoever he was, to come into the room.
		And right that name, "panettone" was born, and it has ever since accompanied that cake all around the world.
	www.bauli.it /storia/storiaPanettone_en.shtml (316 words)

	Czartoryski
		Leonardo da Vinci met Cecilia Gallerani in Milan in 1494 while both were living in Castello Sforzesco, the Palace of Ludovico " Il Moro" Sforza.
		When Ludovico Sforza married Isabella D'Este Cecilia had to leave the Palace but took the portrait with her.
		Il Moro gave her a dowry and a castle outside Milan where she spent the rest of her life with her husband Count Pergamino.
	www.czartoryski.org /lady.htm (119 words)

	Cenacolo - Last Supper
		The Last Supper was painted in the ambit of the extensive artistic and cultural revival that from 1490 involved Milan, under the patronage of Ludovico Sforza - "il Moro".
		The Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie was fully involved and in 1495, when Donato Montorfano was completing his Crucifixion for the Refectory, Leonardo was commissioned by the Duke to decorate the facing wall with a Last Supper.
		The Last Supper was quite slow in evolving despite the urgings of Ludovico Sforza and the prior.
	www.cenacolovinciano.it /html/eng/cenacolo_01.htm (301 words)

	LEONARDO DA VINCI - MILLENNIUM MAN
		It was never finished due to his departure for Milan, where he offered his services to Duke Ludovico il Moro.
		In 1499 Ludovico il Moro fled Milan ahead of invading French troops.
		The Gascon bowmen of Louis XII used Leonardo's model for the equestrian statue of Francesco Sforza for target practice.
	www.israelnewsagency.com /davinci.html (1168 words)

	Thais - Solari Cristoforo - Tomba di Ludovico il Moro e di Beatrice d'Este
		Tomb of Ludovicl il Moro and Beatrice d’Este
		Epoca: Secolo XV Description: Marble, detail of the tomb that was in Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, it was carved between 1497 and 1499.
		Descrizione: Marmo, particolare del sepolcro che si trovava in Santa Maria delle Grazie a Milano, fu eseguito tra il 1497-1499.
	www.thais.it /scultura/sch00060.htm (113 words)

	Panettone, A Traditional Italian Christmas Cake (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The guests, after a long, seemingly endless moment of silence, began to enthusiastically praise the new and strange cake.
		In the ensuing enthusiasm someone shouted: "Evviva il pan de Toni!".
		And right there the name, "Panettone" was born, and it has accompanied that cake all around the world ever since.
	www.cookingwithpatty.com /bauli/panettone/panettone-history.html (336 words)

	Breve Biografia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		1513 - Restaurato a Milano il governo degli Sforza, Leonardo si trasferisce a Roma, presso il nuovo Pontefice Giuliano dei Medici
		In search of new challenges and the big bucks, he entered the service of the Duke of Milan in 1482, abandoning his first commission in Florence, "The Adoration of the Magi".
		It was during these years that Leonardo hit his stride, reaching new heights of scientific and artistic achievement.
	quicksitebuilder.cnet.com /euroland/leonardodavinci/id1.html (1252 words)

	Cristoforo Solari - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cristoforo Solari also known as il Gobbo (the hunchbacked) (c.
		Among his work, one of the most famous is the tomb of the dukes Ludovico il Moro and Beatrice d’Este, carved between 1497 and 1499.
		This article about an architect is a stub.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cristoforo_Solari (93 words)

	Wikinfo \| Italian Wars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Italian Wars were a series of wars from 1494 to 1559 for control over the States of Italy, mainly involving France and Spain, but also involving most other European states, and the imprisonment for several months of Pope Clement VII.
		They started with the plotting of Ludovico Sforza of Milan also known as "Ludovico il Moro" encouraging French involvement.
		Charles VIII of France was encouraged by Ludovico to reassert the Angevin claim to the throne of Naples, then under Aragonese control.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Italian_Wars (473 words)

	artnet.com: Resource Library: Masters, anonymous, and monogrammists, §I: Master of the Pala Sforzesca (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Master’s oeuvre centres around the Pala Sforzesca (Milan, Brera), which was painted for the church of S Ambrogio ad Nemus, Milan, on the orders of Ludovico Sforza, il Moro, guardian of the Duke of Milan and, in 1494, Duke of Milan himself.
		It depicts the Virgin and Child, the four Doctors of the Church, Ludovico il Moro, his wife, Beatrice d’Este, and Ludovico’s two sons.
		The painting is identifiable with an artist’s plan that the Duke’s secretary Stanga submitted to Ludovico on 22 January 1494 (Malaguzzi Valeri, p.
	www.artnet.com /library/05/0555/T055571.asp (241 words)

	History of Art: Renaissance - Leonardo da Vinci
		The cultural and political ambition of Charles d'Amboise, Count of Chaumont and governor of Milan on behalf of the French king Louis XII, heralded a revival of the golden age of patronage associated with Ludovico il Moro.
		This provincial painter, with his robust, immediate style and folkloric approach, provides some interesting military detail in the background to this scene, notably the outlines of the Sforza Castle and troops of the French army.
		The French, who had conquered the duchy in 1499, ruled until 1513 when they were overthrown briefly by Massimiliano Sforza, son of il Moro.
	www.all-art.org /early_renaissance/leonardo_da_vinci42.html (697 words)

	Welcome to the DaVinci Store :: Fine Model Kits and Commissions :: Building Dreams With Vision
		While Columbus sailed the ocean blue, young da Vinci, convinced he'd culled all Florence could offer, set out for the thriving city-state of Milan to bring his pragmatic melding of form and function to the service of Ludovico il Moro.
		His early drive mechanisms were meticulously sketched to marshal Renaissance man's command of nature.
		Ludovico Sforza dies, while a prisoner of Louis XII.
	www.davincistore.com /H_davinci.html (814 words)

	Leo -Life & Manuscripts
		- He moved to Milan where he carried to the court of Ludovico il Moro a letter in which his services were recommended as an engineer, architect, sculptor, painter and musician (paintings during this period included the portrait of Cecilia Gallerani, "Lady with an Ermine", and the first version of the "Virgin of the Rocks").
		The Duke Ludovico il Moro fell under the control of the French armies of Louis XII.
		In the days when Milan was one of the richest and most powerful city-states in northern Italy, its duke, Ludovico Sforza, liked to do things in a grand way.
	www.eyeconart.net /history/vinci.htm (1532 words)

	www.laviadellenergia.it - Production - Hydroelectric Power Plants - Ludovico il Moro, Vigevano, Pavia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In Lombardy, there are four types of power plants: hydroelectric, thermoelectric, fuel cell-powered and waste incinerators.
		The Ludovico il Moro hydroelectric power plant was constructed at the turn of the 20th century by the architect Moretti.
		Inside of the plant, some of the original components can still be seen, including the plant’s control panel, and two turbines that had been in use for 99 years (until they were finally replaced in February 2003).
	www.centrovolta.it /laviadellenergia/inglese/produzione/vigevano.htm (759 words)

	artnet.com: Resource Library: Caradosso (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Son of the goldsmith Gian Maffeo Foppa, from 1480 he served at the Milanese court with his father, eventually becoming personal goldsmith and jeweller to Ludovico Sforza (il Moro), Duke of Milan.
		He worked in Hungary in the service of King Matthias Corvinus, probably in August 1489; a later visit to the court was cut short by the King’s death (1490).
		After the fall of Ludovico il Moro in 1500, Caradosso remained for some years in Lombardy.
	www.artnet.com /library/01/0139/T013927.asp (288 words)

	Week2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Choir apse of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan, begun 1492
		Funerary statues of Ludovico il Moro and Beatrice d’Este, begun 1497
		Sketch for the mould of the monument to Francesco Sforza
	copland.udel.edu /~monicadt/Week13.html (65 words)

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		building that Ludovico il Moro gave to his wife Beatrice d'Este as a wedding gift.The machines that Leonardo designed for building war-making and flying purposes, have been faithfully reproduced on the basis of Leonardo's drawings, which are collected in the manuscripts (Atlantic, Madrid etc.).
		The models were born from the skilled hands of Florentine craftsmen, who created them out of wood, metal and fabric, on scale or full size, under the supervision of experienced engineers.
		On demand, the tour at the Mill could be followed by two additional visits:- The Hydroelectric Power Plant: an art nouveau building of 1904 that still uses its original turbines.- The "Sforzesca", a close-at-hand hamlet that was part of Ludovico il Moro's estate and rises in the natural resource of the Ticino river.
	www.asmilan.org /teachers/asborgi/ESL/Culture_files/LeonVigevMus.doc (733 words)

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