Caravaggio‚ Gian Lorenzo Bernini‚ and Peter Paul Rubens. Each of these artists created powerful religious images that were strong in their statements. In 1600‚ Michelangelo Merisi Caravaggio was commissioned to paint two portraits of Rome’s patroned saints‚ Peter and Paul (“Caravaggio: The Conversion on the Road to Damascus” n.d.). Although‚ Caravaggio did not have a personal philosophy about art‚ he did however‚ created his art with the identical components that were evident in his personal character
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always sought to protect and expand his kingdom‚ economically‚ geographically and culturally. The "Sun King"‚ absolute monarch‚ remembered as a brilliant leader for France‚ as evidenced by the magnificent Palace of Versailles. Louis XIV was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye in 1638. His parents‚ Louis XIII and Anne of Austria‚ were desperate and waited the birth of their first child for over twenty years. Nicknamed "Dieudonné"‚ which means given-by-God‚ the future king was therefore more than desired.
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Erasmus --- Thomas More --- Jan van Eyck 4. Ulrich Zwingli --- John Knox --- The Institutes of Christian Religion 5. Archbishop Cranmer --- Henry VIII --- Elizabethan Settlement 6. Pope Paul III --- Council of Trent --- Angela Merici 7. Huguenots ---Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre --- Edict of Nantes 8. Peace of Augsburg --- Thirty Years’ War --- Peace of Westphalia 9. Hernando Cortez ---Corregidores ---Mercantilism 10. Absolutism ---Cardinal Richelieu --- Fronde 11. Constitutionalism --- Charles I
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The Prelude of Middlemarch very obviously ties Dorthea‚ as the central character and analogous of Saint Theresa‚ to community idealism as does Elliot’s very direct description of Dorthea‚ lacking any subtlety‚ in the beginning paragraphs of Chapter 1 where the reader is told that she yearned by nature “after some lofty conception of the world” and was likely to “incur martyrdom” in a “quarter where she had not sought it.” Since Middlemarch picks up when Dorthea is “not yet twenty‚” her family and
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fielding large standing armies. The security presented from these armies ensured that the rulers had a higher chance at consolidated political absolutism. Rulers such as Frederick William the Great Elector of Prussia and the Habsburg ruler Maria Theresa both built large standing armies to defend against foreign militaries‚ which both of them were challenged by throughout the earlier years of their reign‚ and consequently‚ to stabilize power through the absolutism an efficient army presented. The
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life to thee. John Keats also wrote lyric poetry. Following is an example from his lyric poem "Ode on a Grecian Urn": What men or gods are these? What maidens loth? What mad pursuit? What struggle to escape? What pipes and timbrels? What wild ecstasy? Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s famous "How Do I Love Thee" is yet another famous example of a lyric poem: How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach‚ when feeling out of sight For
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FUNCTIONALITY OF THE SUPREME STUDENT GOVERNMENT (SSG) IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIRMENTS IN RESEARCH 1 SUBJECT JOHNEDEL R. LAJADA ADRIAN JOE S. SABADO CERAIAH J. VENTURA RAZEL P. AZARCON EVE REINDELOU V. CRUZ MARIFEL S. AGUPITAC Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE Background: In the Philippines‚ every public and private high school under the Department of Education (DepED) has its own student governments. They are usually called
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“My Three Passions” Informal Essay Assignment Your Task Write a well-structured informal essay inspired by Bertrand Russell’s personal essay read in class. Your essay will discuss the three greatest passions in your life – those events‚ people‚ and experiences that have made you the person you are today. Give your essay a unique title. Guidelines Length: Minimum two pages‚ double spaced‚ 12 point font Structure: Draw on your existing knowledge of essays as you structure this piece
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is probably because of the art side of the baroque period: controversial artists such as Peter Paul Rubens captured voluptuous women on canvas in The Rape of Lucretia and The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus‚ and Gian Lorenzo Bernini in The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa. So why is all this this important to us? Well‚ despite being a bit provoking and over-extravagant‚ the baroque period was also beneficial. In addition to producing the earliest European music familiar to most of us‚ including Pachelbel’s
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Payne (1973) studies the way in which the play’s theme of opposition informs the structure of the play. This theme is introduced in Act I by way of the comparison between the Roman desire to set boundaries and the Egyptian cultivation of freedom and ecstasy. Payne goes on to explore the way this opposition is examined in sexual terms and further developed through the remaining acts
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