A Sicilian Romance ::: Plot The happening takes place at the end of 16th century in Sicily‚ better in the Castle of Ferdinando Mazzini: "a man. His first wife‚ Louisa Bernini‚ died after giving him two daughters‚ Julia and Emilia‚ and a son‚ Ferdinand. After the death of his first wife‚ he committed the education of his daughter to Madame Menon and married Maria de Vellarno then he moves to Naples with her and his son while Julia and Emilia remained back at the Castle. The Castle was divided into
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Michelangelo created something completely new when he sculpted David. His interpretation of the hero‚ and the way he is depicted‚ changed the way sculpture was made in the Renaissance and in later art. In this essay‚ I will explain the historical context in which Michelangelo lived and what circumstances led to the making of one of his most famous sculptures‚ David. I will then go on to analyse the statue and how it was different from previous versions. To finish‚ I will talk about the influence
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Extra credit lecture Grotesque art Early Renaissance – 20th century Renaissance I. Early Renaissance a. Rabaleis: Freest in his treatment of carnival (very grotesque) b. Bosch‚ Hieronymus (c. 1450 – 1516) – Triptych (painted on three panels): Garden of Earthly Delights painting. i. Ideals of the body put forward normally‚ but Bosch embraces the strangeness 1. Closing the panels‚ a fourth painting appears‚ representing a scene after a flood‚ likely Noah’s
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------------------------------------------------- Religious art Religious art or sacred art is artistic imagery using religious inspiration and motifs and is often intended to uplift the mind to the spiritual.[1]Sacred art involves the ritual and cultic practices and practical and operative aspects of the path of the spiritual realization within the artist’s religious tradition. ------------------------------------------------- Christian art Christian sacred art is produced in an attempt to
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(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 Empire‚ various examples of Roman architecture
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Egyptian Architecture It is as difficult to condense in one short chapter the sequence of architectural history in Egypt as it is impossible to over-estimate the interest that it offers to artists and historians. For there is not one period in History that is not richly represented here by characteristic and wonderful monuments. --In order to refrain from becoming absorbed by one or other of those periods‚ we will arrange the monuments under six chronological headings: The Pharaonic Times.
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Humanities 101: Exam 4 June 11‚ 2012 1. Johann Sebastian Bach (J.S. Bach) is considered to be the father of music for many reasons. He was the greatest Baroque composer‚ arguably the greatest composer of all times. He developed the modern piano lessons we use today‚ and developed helping book to strengthen both hands equally to play the piano. He wrote thousands of compositions‚ and simplified the way we compose music. He is the reason the piano became popular over the harpsichord. He was brilliant
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Chapter 16 SECTION ONE: -Who were three major Greek scientists that inspired 16th century Europeans? What/ fields were great scientific advancements made that these scientists represented? Aristotle in physics‚ Ptolemy in astronomy‚ and Galen in medicine. -Why did European scientists have to make adjustment to ancient theories? Scientists did not want to abandon theories. Rather‚ they adjusted them. They were forced to do this because they began to notice things that contradicted ancient theories
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the structural elements in later architecture like the Baths of Diocletian and on figures like Brunelleschi than a sense of gravitas can be transposed quite lucidly onto the unique features of the Pantheon in terms of its design and construction. Bernini perceived the Pantheon as the union of fundamental forms‚ the portico and the cylindrical vault. This was a unification of classical orders‚ the Roman vault and the Greek Corinthian temple front. The effect of omissions in architectural terms like
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Shianne Schimmel Period 2 Chapter 14 Review Discovery and Crisis in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Age of Discovery and Expansion By the sixteenth century the Atlantic coast was the center of commercial activity. This age of expansion was a factor in European transition from the farming economy to a commercial and industrial capitalistic system. Expansion led to Europeans meeting non-European people that started a new age of world history. Motives of Expansion • • • • • • • •
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