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One parental consolation of Lucca playing Assassin’s Creed II has been his sudden knowledge of and interest in Italian history and culture. He is now conversant in the Pazzi conspiracy [19], Savonarola and the Bonfire of the Vanities [20], the Borgia regime [21], and, of course, Renaissance architecture [22]. When I suggested that we visit contemporary Florence, Venice, and San Gimignano, Lucca responded not with a teenager’s insouciance but with enthusiastic affirmation. That’s a lesson in gaming I appreciate.
Source URL: http://iitaly.org/magazine/focus/art-culture/article/visiting-15th-century-italy-my-15-year-old-son
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[4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filippo_Brunelleschi
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[7] http://www.santacroce.firenze.it
[8] http://homepage.ntlworld.com/keir.clarke/ponte.htm
[9] http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/arts/television/08assassin.html
[10] http://www.lifeinitaly.com/heroes-villains/rodrigo-borgia.asp
[11] http://www.vnutz.com/curse_and_swear/Italian
[12] http://www.operaduomo.firenze.it/english/luoghi/campanile.asp
[13] http://www.botticellibirthofvenus.com/
[14] http://www.wisdomportal.com/Stanford/LadyWithAnErmine.html
[15] http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/v/verocchi/biograph.html
[16] http://www.routledgehistory.com/books/Militainment-Inc-isbn9780415999786
[17] http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1141
[18] http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/02/22/meet_the_sims_and_shoot_them
[19] http://www.aboutflorence.com/pazzi-conspiracy.html
[20] http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/lecture5a.html
[21] http://www.mmdtkw.org/VBorgias.html
[22] http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/itar/hd_itar.htm