Sunday, April 18, 2010

The Many Faces of Machiavelli


This is Machiavelli


He wrote a book called The Prince


In the book, he tells rulers how to maintain stability and hold power


Many rulers have followed his agenda


Now it's common to refer to the devil as 'Old Nick'


Machiavelli's first name: Niccolo



Below you'll find a vector image of Machiavelli, I created. Move the transparent images, below, over this image of Machiavelli to transform his face into another person. Can you guess the people I've turned him into?

Machiavelli

Napoleon
Hitler
Stalin
 

Well, you probably guessed it right: Napoleon Bonaparte, Adolf Hitler, and Joseph Stalin.

These despots all learned from Machiavelli and utilized some of his principles in their rule. Napoleon wrote extensive notes about The Prince. Hitler was affected by Mussolini, who read and followed Machiavelli's The Prince. And Stalin kept a copy of The Prince on his nightstand.

For this project, I created a framed image of Machiavelli with transferable Plexiglas sheets showing the other faces.






 

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