about him under a blanket that not only covers his torso but wraps around his whole head as well. His legs are covered in what could be either cloth or pants but his feet are bare. The interesting thing to look into with this sculpture as opposed to “Pieta” depicted above is the bench that homeless Jesus is laying down is defined and very bold even though it is a background object‚ supporting the only main character Jesus. Jesus in the second picture also does not have a face‚ because it is covered by
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Concert Report Dear Beatrice‚ How have you been? Hope everything is will with you and your family. You and I haven’t had much time to speak these past few weeks‚ so I decided to write you this letter in order to update you on the current events that have occurred in my life recently. Two days ago‚ I attended a baroque sinfonia at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music‚ directed by Adam Gilbert‚ director of the early music program. The program consisted of selections
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on Mount Purgatory‚ he sees a reflection of the heavens; when Petrarch gazes into Laura’s eyes‚ he sees himself‚” (1601). Petrarch was much more concerned with who he was as a person in his writing than earlier authors. While Virgil may have used Aeneas or Dido to show these feelings of alienation in Petrarch’s works he was the one who felt a great loneliness and sorrow. The Norton Anthology describes Petrarch as having “Discovered a modern sense of alienation. He understood‚ too‚ that the dislocations
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see how Jupiter‚ who is the same God as Zeus‚ upholds the destiny of the Roman’s and either their success or failure. The Goddess Venus displayed similar characteristics of Apollo by intervening in Aeneas’ affairs because of her dislike of Dido and the people of Carthage. Venus determines the fate of Aeneas and Dido’s relationship. “Venus meanwhile was turning over schemes in her mind and devising new plans” (RAEH 119). The idea
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In ancient Greece numerous forms of entertainment existed‚ the most popular being listening to the tales sung by the many rhapsodists throughout the great country. The epic poetry they recited enthused many Greek civilians. The people of Greece loved the tales written by the famous poet Homer the most. He captured the attention of his listeners with his detailed writings of several heroes of the day. Two of his writings include The Iliad and The Odyssey. After the great Homer‚ multiple writers tried
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As the only survivor of Troy‚ Greek scholars stated that Aeneas most probably relocated and near the fifth century B.C.‚ Aeneas created a small state‚ Rome that later grew into the Empire. While the founding myths of Rome are more realistic and bound to earth the Greek myths were more divine in nature. For consider the myth of Athens. It is
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education should be for the upper class or people who wish to attempt to be part of the upper class. They believed the upper class was the only people that needed an education since they were at the top. Some men who believed this were Castiglione‚ Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini‚ and John Amos Comenius. Castiglione wrote a book to the courtiers describing how a courtier should behave. This book‚ The Courtier‚ was used by upper class for three hundred years to teach their kids about manners and behaviors
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emptiness of men in which also meant that they were misguided in their faith. Others thought that the statue stood for a more positive representation and for humans to open ourselves to nature and the universe instead of shutting out the world. Pieta was described in lecture as a term used in medieval and Renaissance paintings to describe Christ once he was taken down from the cross after being crucified by the Romans for being the Messiah. In the Byzantine icon image shown in the lecture depicts
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HENRY PURCELL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-WyxbwU82A – The Fairy Queen Another great hit was Dido and Aeneaus The Fairy Queen: * Secular * The libretto is an anonymous adaptation of William Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’. * First performed in 1692‚ The Fairy-Queen was composed three years before Purcell’s death * Consists of two recorders‚ two oboes‚ two trumpets‚ kettledrums‚ string instruments and harpsichord continuo. Henry Purcell (10 September 1659 – 21 November
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Music in the Baroque Period Music is in everyone’s lives these days. You always see people with headphones in their ears or jamming out in their cars. Many people listen to music in the privacy of their homes‚ where they can listen to music as loud as they want and can sing along and not have anyone look at them funny. But do all these people who listen to music on a daily basis really know where it came from? A lot of people will say that Michael Jackson is the king of pop or that Elvis was the
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