Art Essay The body has been used as a sign or symbol in art for centuries. The body was used to symbolize perfection in ancient Greece‚ and in Egypt‚ to give a precise image for the God of the After-life. Not to mention their colossal monuments which promote power and glory‚ and are used to intimidate. However contemporary artists use the body as a symbol which conveys a whole range of different kinds of layered meaning‚ although the simple symbol of power has not been lost over the centuries
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In Romantic art‚ nature—with its uncontrollable power‚ unpredictability‚ and potential for cataclysmic extremes—offered an alternative to the ordered world of Enlightenment thought. The violent and terrifying images of nature conjured by Romantic artists recall the eighteenth-century aesthetic of the Sublime. As articulated by the British statesman Edmund Burke in a 1757 treatise and echoed by the French philosopher Denis Diderot a decade later‚ "all that stuns the soul‚ all that imprints a feeling
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Picasso’s works were influenced by Yaneris Turbi de Hernandez Professor Michael Cain English Composition II April 10‚ 2013 Picasso’s works were influenced by Many of Picasso’s works are influenced by his father who was a painter‚ for the death of his close friend Carlos Casagemas‚ and also for the World War I (Spanish civil war-Guernica). Picasso’s love for art was somewhat genetic. His father‚ Jose Ruiz Blasco‚ was a painter as well and he loved art. Picasso was quick to express his desire
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The First Crusade is a multifaceted event that is often oversimplified or misconstrued as an analogy for modern-day conflicts. In the last four decades‚ however‚ the field has seen a significant overhaul when analyzing the Crusade. Instead of focusing on singular causes‚ historians now take a pluralist‚ “interdisciplinary”‚ approach when determining the reasons for the First Crusade. These reasons are highlighted in Pope Urban II’s powerful speech‚ Speech at Clermont. His speech‚ in itself‚ is complex
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“Religion in the Post Modern Era” The introduction of understanding religion in the postmodern era is to realize the attribute of God that refers to being wholly also distinctly separate from creation‚ although always actively involved in also with it as well. It is a journey which will take us from God is the center of life to being replaced by man. In other words‚ reflecting on the notes of Church History by Dr. Archie Logan‚ the persecution of Christians in the early church was a constant
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JOHN WHYCLIFFE John Wycliffe was born in 1329 and he died in 1384‚ he was an English religious reformer‚ teacher at Oxford University‚ and Bible translator‚ was one of the shining lights who lived during the Dark Ages. Wycliffe did not accept the Roman Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation. He believed that salvation does not depend on church membership‚ that Christians need no priest to stand between them and God and that the Bible‚ not a priest or a church or a pope‚ is the authority for
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prime concern for the medieval man was to avoid the terrors of the afterlife’ – ‘torments of hell so violently depicted’ Pilgrimage was extremely popular – saints used as intermediaries Need to atone for one’s sins – emphasised by reform of the papacy Stereotypes of Islam and Muslims as ‘idolatrous polytheists’ Perception of Crusades as contest between faiths fuelled by religious fanaticism – bound up by modern sensibilities about religious discrimination with resonances to political conflicts
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1. Discuss whether the Scientific Revolution and the Reformation were “revolutionary”. What does it mean to be revolutionary? To be revolutionary is to be‚ as defined by dictionary.com as “markedly new or introducing radical change”. It is my educated opinion to believe that the scientific revolution and the reformation were both revolutionary without a doubt. A revolution involves change‚ mass amounts of change which affects nearly everything. It’s not a change of wardrobe‚ or a new car‚ it is
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Lorenzo Bernini‚ would come to be known as one of the most talented artists the world has ever seen. Fully immersed in the art world at a young age‚ Gian Lorenzo Bernini catapulted to artistic prominence soon after his initial commissions within the papacy. One of his earliest works‚ Bernini’s sculpture of Pluto and Proserpina not only illuminates Bernini’s astonishing skill in marble craft‚ but also serves as a perfect manifestation of Baroque ideals while simultaneously solidifying Bernini as a key
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Compare the achievements of the Church of Riga and the Swordbrothers in the Christianisation of Livonia. Following the limited success of Berthold and Meinhard‚ the diplomatically astute Bishop Albert was elected to lead the conversion mission in Livonia. Albert quickly recognised that a combination of treaties‚ but more so military strength would be decisive in the success of the campaign. Inevitably Albert faced hostile opposition upon his arrival‚ yet a small band of resolute Friesian warriors
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