The discovery of Pompeii in 1784 marked a monumental moment in history with the discovery of a covered town and its secrets of the ancient civilisation buried by the natural disaster‚ the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. Following the discovery the process of excavation began over the 19th Century there was an increase in the changing methods used by archaeologists in order to further develop our understanding of the ancient civilisation of Pompeii. Before the 19th Century archaeology was used
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16. Discuss four characteristics of Romanesque art. Give examples. The Romanesque art period started from approximately 1000 AD to the rise of the Gothic style in the 13th century‚ or later‚ depending on region. The preceding period is known as the Pre-Romanesque. The term was invented by 19th century art historians‚ which retained many basic features of Roman architectural style. Mostly round-headed arches‚ as well as barrel vaults‚ apses‚ and acanthus-leaf decoration but had also developed
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What does the evidence reveal about the role of women in the late bronze age? The Late Bronze Age is filled with women who took their functions within the home and turned them into positions of power and wisdom‚ making their husbands and masters comprehend their importance. The role of women in the Late Bronze Age can be studied by reviewing how women are portrayed in art‚ literature and artefacts that archaeologists have found. By studying these evidence‚ archaeologists are able to depict the role
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Walter Benjamin - The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction Summary Works of art have always been reproducible‚ through imitation. Mechanical reproduction characterizes a new period in reproduction‚ with new limits and repercussions. Each new technology employed in the production or reproduction of art increased the speed with which they could be done so. Lithography allowed for multiple images from one original‚ keeping up with the happenings of everyday life‚ and then photography
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Bramante and the Aesthetics of High Renaissance Valerie Griffin Thesis: Bramante an Italian architect and painter whose work centered around the classical style of the ancients (www.wga.hu/index_co.html). Because Bramante is also attributee to the drawing of The Interior of the Church(www.wga.hu/index_co.html) The engraving was done by Bernado Prevedari.(www.wga.hu/index_co.html). Continuing to analyze the Church of Santa Maria‚ Bramante added the tribune to east end of the large church. The
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the most productive periods in the history of art‚ with large numbers of outstanding masters to be found in many centers and in all the major fields painting‚ sculpture‚ and architecture. The techniques favored by the Painters were tempera and fresco. The fresco technique‚ used for the mural paintings in Florentine churches‚ involved painting on wet plaster. This technique is introduced by Giotto who was one of the greatest figures in the history of Florentine painting‚
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had their capital at Prayag in Allahabad‚ but later it was shifted to Ujjain by Chandragupta II. • Gupta largely patronized art and architecture. • Guptas Patronized Gandhara school fo art‚ Madhura school fo art and Andhra school of Art. • The Fresco paintings of Ajanta caves are examples of the art of the Guptas. • The period of the Imperial Guptas has often been described as the golden age of ancient India. The most important officers in the Gupta empire were the Kumaramatyas. • The specimens
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The Renaissance was "A revival or rebirth of cultural awareness and learning that took place during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries‚ particularly in Italy‚" according to Art In Focus. It followed the Middle Ages‚ and was basically a time of the revival of learning after the Middle Ages‚ or Dark Ages‚ a time with little increase of ideas‚ inventions or developments. During the Renaissance‚ art was a branch of knowledge. It was a way to show God and his creations‚ as well as a science‚ of anatomy
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Setting and Background The setting of "My Last Duchess‚" a highly acclaimed 1842 poem by Robert Browning‚ is the palace of the Duke of Ferrara on a day in October 1564. Ferrara is in northern Italy‚ between Bologna and Padua‚ on a branch of the Po River. The city was the seat of an important principality ruled by the House of Este from 1208 to 1598. The Este family constructed an imposing castle in Ferrara beginning in 1385 and‚ over the years‚ made Ferrara an important center of arts and learning
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The Sistine Chapel Without having seen the Sistine Chapel one can form no appreciable idea of what one man is capable of achieving. (Johann Wolfgang Goethe in 1787 in Rome) The Sistine Chapel‚ originally constructed in the late 1400’s underwent multiple periods of construction and reconstruction‚ with both the building and the artwork. It was designed to be the primary site of all papal ceremonies. (Lewine) Though the exterior is merely a rectangle‚ it is the artwork within that is the main
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