History of Painting Philippines Artistic paintings were introduced to the Filipinos in the 16th century when the Spaniards arrived in the Philippines. During this time‚ the Spaniards used paintings as religious propaganda to spread Catholicism throughout the Philippines. These paintings‚ appearing mostly on church walls‚ featured religious figures appearing in Catholic teachings. Due to the Church’s supervision of Filipino art and Spanish occupation of the Philippines‚ the purpose of most paintings
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Art Hist. Review Ancient Greek Art and Arch. (600 BCE-30 BCE) The Early Classical Period 480-450 BCE 5.23 KRITIOS BOY Acropolis‚ Athens 480 BCE -Marble -He is self confident and serious looking -He is a sculpture in the round -The artist is believed to be KRITIOS -The statue has an S-curve to him and is in the contrapposto pose‚ which is when artists use tension and relaxation around the central axis of the body to increase to muscular tension and enhance the musculature of a body. It is
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empires‚ the Ottoman Empire spanned over six centuries; controlling most of Western Asia‚ North Africa‚ and Southeastern Europe at its height. On the contrary‚ the Serbian Empire was at a rapid decline. Serbia was reeling from the negligent rule of Emperor Stefan Uros IV Dusan’s successor; his son Stefan Uros V. Stefan Uros V’s lack of governing and resolution ultimately led to his demise in 1371. This at the time made Serbia’s vulnerability a considerable advantage to the rising and readily approaching
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1.01 How Did the Roman Empire Expand? Have you ever played an app in which you have to build a zoo‚ city‚ or farm? If so‚ you know that your zoo does not become full of animals overnight. You must raise capital to add animals to your zoo. The more imaginary coins you have‚ the more land and animals you can purchase. Like these imaginary civilizations‚ the Roman Empire‚ too‚ took time to build. It did not just emerge overnight. The city of Rome was founded by a group of people called the Latins
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was built in Byzantium around 203 A.D. by Septimius Severus. The Hippodrome marked the original boundary of the city before Constantine’s revamp of the city. The stadium happened to enclose the entire imperial complex on one side‚ giving the Byzantine emperor easy access to enjoy the races. The
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Chapter 9 1. How did the Byzantine Empire maintain Roman imperial traditions in the East? It centers itself around the capital‚ Constantinople. The Byzantines continued to employ a traditional Roman style of government and law. Byzantine Emperor‚ Justinian attempted to restore the Roman Empire to its prior status by trying to recover the western portions of the Empire. 2. What led to the split between the Orthodox and the Roman Catholic Churches? Cultural differences led to the split between the
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Hailing from Rome‚ the Byzantine Empire and the Western Roman Empire both stumbled to its eventual extinction. Yet‚ while the Western Roman Empire collapsed‚ requiring the Church to preserve its remnants‚ the Byzantine Empire endured for more than a millennium‚ as well as its art. Marked by years of Roman influence and its historic iconoclastic controversy that radically transformed the Church‚ Byzantine art established itself as a pillar of Western art. Along with its civilization’s endurance‚ the
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Dictionary.com Unabridged. Retrieved September 16‚ 2014‚ from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/dark ages Evans‚ James A (1998) Encyclopedia of roman Emperor’s University of British Columbia (www.lucedu/romanemperors/dora/ Justinian/ Titus/ html Gregory Tony. The Dark Ages (Illustrated History of the World Series.) (Facts on File‚ 1993). Wood‚ Michael. In Search of the Dark Ages. (BBC Books‚ 2005). History.com Staff‚ (2009) http://www.history.com/topics/ Charlemagne images/media/pdf/DarkAges_Study_Guide
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the world’s culture. The Byzantium influence on the European culture is vast and some of the contribution that continue to affect people today‚ are their involvement in the modern calendar‚ codification of law and the silk industry. Firstly‚ the Byzantine abbots are accountable for establishing the modern calendar that is most commonly used now. The monasteries were left with the task of preserving history and literature due to fewer people learning to read and write. They hand-copied manuscripts
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The Fourth Crusade Is karma the reason for the slow but evident sinking of Venice into the Mediterranean? Maybe it is indemnity for the cruel selfish acts of Venice during the Fourth Crusade. The Venetians along with crusaders robbed Constantinople for personal gains. The Fourth Crusade should be an example that it is crude and unjust to attack fellow men for no reason. The Crusades were a series of battles and short wars against the Muslims. In the eleventh century Jerusalem had been taken
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