and Lippo Memmi‚ Annunciation with Saints Ansanus and Margherita (1333) and Brunelleschi‚ Filippo‚ Dome of Florence Cathedral (1420-36). The reason I chose these are because they relate to the Catholic religion in different ways. The Annunciation with Saints Ansanus and Margherita was the beginning of the Catholic art during the Gothic time period while the Dome of Florence Cathedral was not only a masterpiece of artwork it was also a breakthrough for the construction during that time and for the
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The building in Renaissance architecture[ Despite its history‚ the building is seen as one of the great examples of the new style. Its more notable features include: • the attempt to create a proportional relationship between nave and aisle (aisle bays are square whereas nave bays are 2X1. • the articulation of the structure in pietra serena (Italian: “dark stone”). • the use of an integrated system of column‚ arches‚ entablatures. • a clear relationship between column and pilaster‚ the
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visual elements attached to it and is more of an interpersonal communication. BethanysLife is a YouTube channel started on 2010 which now has about 693‚278 subscribers and 23‚670‚162 video views (see appendix B) owned by a seventeen year old teen Bethany Mota. Over the years her vlogs has grown a strong cult following among the other vloggers. There are several Facebook fan pages and dedicated Twitter accounts titled as ‘Motavator’‚ ‘Bethanators_07’‚ ‘Macbarbie07fans’ (twitter handles- see appendix
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houses in the country‚ the middle class lived in wooden houses in the city‚ and the wealthiest lived in brick houses (or manors) in the city or in the country. These manors were among the largest structures built for their time. Only castles and cathedrals were bigger (History Learning Site‚ 2007). The lower class citizens generally lived in cottages or huts had a frame made from trees‚ and walls made out of a packing a combination of clay‚ dung‚ and straw onto a frame of wattle laths (Dartford Archive
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da Vinci ’s does? Of course not. In order to find beauty‚ we must separate the exceptional cases from the common ones. True b eauty is such because it stands out from the masses of the average and pedestrian. Like da Vinci ’s Mona Lisa‚ the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris is an exceptional‚ and exceptionally b eautiful‚ object.
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Saint Sernin of Toulouse and Notre Dame of Paris When one thinks of St. Sernin and Notre Dame‚ one tends to think of two beautiful cathedrals‚ not to churches that portray two totally different styles of architecture. Those two styles are‚ of course‚ Romanesque in St. Sernin and the Gothic style of Notre Dame. Some characteristics that these two buildings share include quest for height‚ basic floor plan‚ and artistic flair. The period of Romanesque architecture‚ which lasted roughly from 1050
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Axia College University of Phoenix WORLD CULTURE AND THE ARTS (AXIA) HUM/205 Jaynelle Nixon January 27‚ 2008 Museum Collection 2 Classical and Hellenistic Greece One of the most well known piece of this time‚ is the statue called Ludovisi Gaul killing himself and his wife‚ also known as The Galatian Suicide. The original was made by Greek sculptors commissioned by Attalus I after his victories over the Gauls of Galatia. This is a statue of A man about to drive a
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Notre dame de Paris is one of the most notable cathedrals in the world. It is the epitome of the beautifully detailed gothic architecture that defined the time of its creation as well as the home to three of the most finely crafted stained glass windows in all of France. It truly is the gem of Paris that sits surrounded by the Sine on the island of Ile-de-la-cite. But Notre Dame is more than just a beautiful piece of architecture‚ it is a place of worship‚ a place that not only transports its visitor
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Seeing Through Blind Eyes: In a critical essay written by Diane Andrews Henningfeld‚ Henningfeld says that the short story “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver first appeared in The Atlantic Monthly before Carver made it the title of his collection that bears the same name. The story has become one of the most frequently taught short stories of Carver’s body of work (Henningfeld). In the story‚ the closed-minded narrator meets his wife’s good friend‚ Robert‚ who happens to be blind. As the story progresses
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tensions" Explore the ways that Golding achieves these tensions and what they bring to the novel The Spire’ revolves around Jocelin and his quest to have a spire built on the cathedral. Through his blind faith‚ Jocelin accepts the cost that this building is having on the cathedral and the people that inhabit the cathedral. Tension is built throughout this novel in a number of ways‚ most notably in the impact that the building of the spire has on the people around Jocelin. Tension is achieved through
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