Canterbury Tales: The Monk Corruption under pretence of purity within the Catholic Church has been an ongoing issue dating father back than anyone can remember. During the medieval times‚ the Catholic Church had become widely notorious for hypocrisy‚ abuse of clerical power and the compromise of morality throughout. Geoffrey Chaucer made a fine and somewhat darkly comical example of this through The Monk‚ from the Canterbury Tales. The Monk is enlisting in a pilgrimage maybe for his
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Behind the booklet is a human skull. Left to the violin lies a round silver ball that casts a reflection of the painter painting this picture. In front of the round silver ball lies a snuff box. Lying right next to the snuff box is a key with a lanyard attached to it. Vanitas Still Life portrays two realities in one painting. The round silver ball reflects‚ like a mirror‚ the painter painting this still life with an open window behind him. This open window is likely the light source that is casted
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by train. It took about four to five hours. We stayed in a 3 star hotel with four bedrooms. We visited icons such as the London eye‚ national gallery‚ the Tower of London and Madam Tussauds. The national gallery was very nice‚ painting by famous painters. The London eye was amazing and you can see the whole city in it. The Tower of London was very beautiful and it is amazing how it was built so long ago. Madam Tussauds was very impressive‚ the famous people almost looked real. My friends and I got
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Vinci‚ a Florentine notary; which was a layer. His mother was Caterina Da Vinci‚ a slave from the Middle East. Not a lot‚ is known about his childhood. Only that he was a pupil to the Florentine painter; Andrea del Verrocchio. Verrocchio gave up painting because Da Vinci was so good. Da Vinci was a painter‚ inventor‚ teacher‚ and student of all things scientific. Many called him the Renaissance Man. Da Vinci was self-taught and had filled thousands
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MUGHAL ART A leaf from the richly illustrated rare and unique manuscript Tarikh-iKhandan-i-Timuriyah known for its highly finished excellent miniature paintings by master artists of Akbar’s Court. This painting depicts the death of Timur‚ Hazrat-i-Sahib-i-Qiran. A leaf from the rare copy of the manuscript Padshah Namah‚ Not dated; apparently 18th century. The painting depicts Emperor Shah Jahan sitting for the first time on the Peacock Throne‚ giving rewards to princess and nobles. A leaf
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Panini (June 17‚ 1691 – Rome‚ October 21‚ 1765) was an Italian painter and architect‚ mainly known as one of the vedutisti or (veduta‚ or "view painters").As a young man‚ Pannini trained in his native town of Piacenza as a stage designer. In 1711‚ he moved to Rome‚ where he studied drawing with Benedetto Luti and became famous as a decorator of palaces‚ including the Villa Patrizi (1718–1725) and the Palazzo de Carolis (1720). As a painter‚ Pannini is best known for his vistas of Rome‚ in which he took
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we see any creation‚ first we talk about it’s quality. Premise 3 is logical in some sense. Let us take the example of a painting. There is a painter who is normal and healthy. He creates a painting. And there is another painter who has no hands. He creates painting only using his legs. Then whose creation is greater? Obviously the creation of second painter is big achievement than the first one because he created the painting
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Ghiberti Points Earned: 5.0/5.0 Correct Answer(s): D 3. Brunelleschi’s contribution to Florence Cathedral was its famous: A) apse B) crypt C) nave D) dome Points Earned: 5.0/5.0 Correct Answer(s): D 4. This Flemish artist painted the portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride. A) Van Eyck B) Massys C) Memling D) Van der Weyden Points Earned: 5.0/5.0 Correct Answer(s): A 5. This Biblical character is the subject of Donatello’s famous
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Henry Vlll (reigned 1509-1547) Age18-56. Second son of Henry VII. Married Catherine of Aragon (Spanish)‚ Anne Boleyn (English)‚ Jane Seymore (English)‚ Anne of Cleves (Flemish-Belgian)‚ Catherine Howard (English)‚ Catherine Parr (English). Three children Buried in Windsor Castle. Henry Vlll was born at Greenwich Palace‚ London on 28 June 1491 and was the second son of Henry Vll and Elizabeth of York (daughter of Edward lV). Henry Vlll had three children - Mary (by Catherine of Aragon)‚ Elizabeth
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Dada Art • Dada was an anti-art movement . Anti Art painters rejected in some way the conventional artistic standards. • It was born out of negative reaction to the horrors of World War I. It rejected reason and logic‚ prizing nonsense‚ irrationality and intuition. Many Dada artist scattered across Europe after Great War ended. Dada’s aesthetic were marked by its mockery of materialistic and nationalistic attitudes. Max Ernst German painter‚ graphic artist‚ and poet Murdering Airplane (1920)
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