priest was short-lived. Due to his medical problems prevented him from delivering mass. He was driven to abandon his position as a priest soon after his ordination. At the age of twenty-five‚ he was became the master of violin at the Ospedale Della Pieta in Venice. He composed his major works over three decades. The Ospedale is a
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surrounding cultures. The Eumachia building‚ the largest building in the Forum‚ was almost certainly built after Roman colonization. Its porticus‚ marble doorway (which may or may not be original to the building)‚ and dedication to Concordia Augustus and Pietas show that the building may have been a show of dedication to the Roman Empire and its emperor Augustus by Eumachia and her family. Additionally‚ the city was organized into wards and social hierarchies in reflection of the Augustan restructuring of
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William Shakespeare Obituary William Shakespeare‚ 52‚ of Stratford-upon-Avon‚ Warwickshire‚ England‚ passed away on April 23‚ 1616. The funeral service will be held at Holy Trinity Church. William was born in Stratford-upon-Avon‚ Warwickshire‚ England between April 23-26‚ 1564. He graduated from King’s New School in Stratford and continued his life writing plays. William was married to Anne Hathaway on 27 November 1582; they were married 34 years. William was a playwright and director for the
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"Inferno" Notes on 7th circle of Hell-Violence Capeneus = Round Three- Violence Against God(blasphemy) A huge and powerful warrior-king who virtually embodies defiance against his highest god‚ Capaneus is an exemplary blasphemer--with blasphemy understood as direct violence against God. Still‚ it is striking that Dante selects a pagan character to represent one of the few specifically religious sins punished in hell. Dante’s portrayal of Capaneus in Inferno 14.43-72--his large size and scornful
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Homer: His Life and His Works Greeks had used writing since c. 1400 BC‚ but it was not until the late 8th century BC that their literature was first written down. Greek literature began in Ionia with the brilliant epics of Homer‚ the Iliad and the Odyssey. These mature products of a long tradition of oral poetry brought together a vast body of divine and heroic myths and sagas that served as a foundation for much subsequent Greek literature. The epic view of humankind had a lasting influence
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the Roman pantheon and often given Roman names. Even the Jews‚ with their one god‚ were tolerated. For the Romans‚ religion was first and foremost a social activity that promoted unity and loyalty to the state‚ a religious attitude the Romans called pietas‚ or piety. Cicero wrote that if piety in the Roman sense were to disappear‚ social unity and justice would perish along with it. The Roman distaste for Christianity then‚ arose in large part from its sense that it was bad for society. The effect of
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Patroclus (Achilles’ best friend) which brought Achilles into the war‚ and he cursed Achilles before dying. The intervention of the gods pretty caused the war and all of its chaos. C. Aphrodite- goddess of love‚ daughter of Zeus and Dione‚ mother of Aeneas. Sides with Trojans. D. Apollo- god‚ son of Zeus and Leto‚ twin of Artemis‚ a patron of the arts‚ especially music and poetry. Also an archer-”lord of the silver bow”-and a prophet with a famous oracular shrine at Delphi‚ in central Greece. The principal
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Leonardo has had a huge influence on modern art throughout history and even to this day. One of his famous works is a sculpture by the name of The Pieta. The sculpture depicts Mary holding her dead. son Jesus. This was a great influence because it was very rare to sculpt something with two figures in it (Michelangelo’s). Some people say that The Pieta helped launch his career. He then made probably one of the most famous sculptures of all time the David. He took a biblical figure David and made a
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gruesome death at the end of Diomedes’ spear‚ and Aeneas‚ the noble Trojan hero immortalized in Virgil’s Aeneid‚ likewise receives a wounding at the hands of the divinely assisted Diomedes. When Aeneas’s mother‚ Aphrodite‚ comes to his aid‚ Diomedes wounds her too‚ cutting her wrist and sending her back to Mount Olympus. Aphrodite’s mother‚ Dione‚ heals her‚ and Zeus warns Aphrodite not to try her hand at warfare again. When Apollo goes to tend to Aeneas in Aphrodite’s stead‚ Diomedes attacks him as
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the painting to its bare essentials in which the artist created a powerful and moving image with a tragic solemnity of the Pieta. A gruesome subject to depict. The artist has commorated an event. Created a portrait of a martyr. A dying man in a graceful and heroic pose against a stark setting. In his hand he holds a bloody note. This reminds us of Michelangelo’s Pieta. Three quarters of the gray-brown bathtub is covered by a wooden board. The background‚ shades of gray‚ is entirely bare.
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