November 2013 at 7:30 p.m. in Evergreen Presbyterian Church the Rhodes College Orchestra and Wind Ensemble performed the Baroque-N Christmas. The event was open to the public‚ to share their joy for the upcoming holiday. The program included the Palladio‚ the Suite for Strings‚ the Chasing Sheep is Best Left for Shepherds‚ the Alleluia‚ the Variants on a Mediaeval Tune‚ and the Concerto Grosso in G Minor‚ Op.6‚ No.8. I was very eager to attend the concert because the Baroque-N Christmas included
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Intro In the late nineteenth and twentieth century there was a departure from the traditional art forms. Rather than represent what is real‚ artists were presenting abstractions. Technological innovations influenced the arts. Artists represented electric light in paintings with images of light in buildings. With the development of the camera‚ photography became a fine art. Industrialism During the early years of the twentieth century‚ America went through a period of social and economic change
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HUM 112 Quiz two 1. Why does the vase in "Ode on a Grecian Urn" fascinate John Keats? The eternal beauty of its art 2. Why did Frederick Douglass eventually break away from the Anti-Slavery Society? Concern that their doctrine would dissolve the Union 3. Why did the philosophes alienate themselves from the Church? Intolerant of hierarchy and ritual 4. Why does Fragonard paint the young lady in The Swing as losing a shoe? To symbolize virginity loss 5. Why do many of Fra
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of architecture moved physically from Florence to Rome and Venice‚ while its aesthetic objectives became the search for an all-encompassing spatial experience. The three major architects of the century were Donato Bramante‚ Michelangelo‚ and Andrea Palladio. Bramante expanded on the Quattrocentro idea of self-awareness‚ which he transformed into a perception of one ’s position in a complex by response to mass and volume. Positive-Negative Space: The perception of space in architecture at the end
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domestic and religious buildings. This style has remained consistent in its design and popularity since it originated in England. The Georgian style was first introduced in the colonial era and reflected the late Italian Renaissance architecture Andrea Palladio. Georgian architecture gets its name from the succession of English kings named Gorge starting in 1715. The style was cumulative of architectural fashion in Britain during the rule of the first three King Georges of England. Georgian architecture
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exploitation of arches‚ concrete‚ and vaulting (a good example of this can be the Pantheon‚ c. 125 C.E.). In the field of Roman architects there are a lot of personalities‚ which can’t be deny. Vitruvius‚ Publius Aelius Hadrianus‚ Titus‚ Vespasian‚ Andrea Palladio‚ Michelangelo‚ Gian Lorenzo Bernini‚ Donato Baramante‚ Raphael‚ Banister Fletcher‚ Giovanni Paolo Panini; this names are so considerable in the history of Roman architects. 10 Important Facts about Roman Architecture: Starting from the former
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taste. They are various seats and designed of several fragments of which only stamp one sees. The base of space under the roof of the temple is composed of some bones almost astonishing‚ and that it could even occur‚ according to the inspection of Palladio an Italian architect for a combined basis‚ though not poorly adapted to the Corinthian pillars. The capitals are carved with olive leaves. The decorations of these bases are processed with such elegance that it apply that the turner had built. The
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enclosed theatre‚ built in Vincenza‚ Italy. In the early 1600s‚ Nicola Sabbatini created a manual wherein he pioneered and invented designs for ● Teatros Olimpico and Farnese Teatro Olimpico was designed by Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio. Teatro Olimpico was created in an existing disused fortress and became the design benchmark for other Renaissance theatres in Italy. Teatro Olimpico’s design incorporated perspective in its creation of built-in scenery that gave the illusion
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hollow sphere above a building and arches‚ which are structures that span a space while supporting weight‚ such as a doorway or window in a wall. This is one example of a villa built in Renaissance style. The architect was Palladio‚ who designed the building in 1567. Palladio was asked to build a villa for Paolo Almerica‚ a high functionary of the Pope. Villa Almerica is better known as La Rotonda. It was used as a location for parties as well as a place to live in. It is made up of a cube centre
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Little is known or confirmed about the early life of Inigo Jones. Undoubtedly though‚ it was a humble life. Inigo Jones was born in Smithfield‚ London on July 15th‚ 1573. Four days later he was baptized at the church of St Bartholomew’s Hospital and named after his father. Inigo senior originally hailed from North Wales‚ later moving to London to continue his work as a cloth worker. There is no existing information on Inigo Jones’ mother but historians presume her name was Millicent. In the sixteenth
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