Saint Francis of Assisi Throughout the history of the Catholic Church‚ there have been only a few people fortunate and deserving enough of the title of “saint”. Originally named Giovanni Francesco Bernardone‚ St. Francis of Assisi is honored as the patron saint of animals and ecology. He lived a life of complete obedience‚ humility‚ and poverty. He was a guy who was truly in love with the Lord and wanted to follow in his teachings. He was a man willing to give up his belongings to help those less-fortunate
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Modern Architecture. Oxford University Press. New York: 2002. Kaufmann Jr.‚ Edgar‚ Frank Lloyd Wright: Plasticity‚ Continuity‚ and Ornament. The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians‚ Vol. 37‚ No. 1. (Mar.‚ 1978)‚ p. 34-39. Passanti‚ Francesco‚ The Vernacular‚ Modernism‚ and Le Corbusier. The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians‚ Vol. 56‚ No. 4. (Dec.‚ 1997) p. 438-451. Drutt‚ Matthew‚ The Building. Guggenheim Museum Website.
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VIII 7. In 1508 his cousin and heir‚ Louis XII‚ formed the league of Cambrai II. Intellectual Hallmarks of the Renaissance A. The Renaissance was characterized by self-conscious awareness among the 14th and 15th century Italians 1. Francesco Petrarch (1304-1374)
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Falling in love at first sight‚ Francesco Petrarch‚ an Italian poet finds himself haunted by the breathtaking beauty of Laura. Laura‚ already happily married‚ refuses to reciprocate Petrarch’s undying love. Petrarch‚ filled with feelings of despair and rejection‚ uses Laura as his inspiration to write his emotions and thoughts in the form of Petrarchan sonnets. In “I’d Sing of Love in Such a Novel Fashion” and “Alone‚ and Lost in Thought‚ the Desert Glade” Petrarch uses symbolism to show that the
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LIFE AND TIMES OF ARTIST Jean Michel Basquiat was born on December 22‚ 1960 in Brooklyn‚ New York. His father‚ Gerard Basquiat was born in Port-au-Prince‚ Haiti and his mother‚ Matilde Andradas was born in Brooklyn of Puerto Rican parents. At an early age‚ Basquiat displayed an aptitude for art and was encouraged by his mother to draw‚ paint‚ and to participate in other art-related activities. In 1977‚ when he was 17‚ Basquiat and his friend Al Diaz started spray-painting graffiti art on slum
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My idol of the Renaissance period is the famous woman artist named Artemisia Gentileschi. She was born in Rome on July 8‚ 1593. Her father was a well-know Roman artist named Orazio Gentileschi and my mother was named Prudentia Monotone. She died when Artemisia was twelve. Most women artists in this post-Renaissance era were limited to portrait paintings and poses. She was the first woman to paint major historical and religious scenarios‚ such as her painting‚ Judith Beheading Holofernes‚ c.
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Once there lived a man who was gifted with the power of looking at the same object in many different fashions sometimes as a painter would look at it‚ sometimes as a naturalist‚ sometimes as a physicist‚ at other times as a poet and not one of those fashions was superficial (Valery. 1958). With all the technical advances from today‚ most artist and inventors are inspired by this man. Leonardo exemplified the resurgence‚ living‚ view‚ and producing art and technology that still characterizes that
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Was the Renaissance Reality or Myth? Renaissance is the period in history defined with the sudden change of history from medieval time to modernity. The renaissance is estimated to have occurred between 14th and 17th century. This time in history begun in Italy a place called Florence and spread to other places in Europe. The period is known as a time of drastic explosion of knowledge where the world underwent critical developmental stages. The period is known to be the link between modernity and
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dating back to the 1930s. Most recently‚ at the fifteenth general assembly in 2003‚ the WTO general council and the UN agreed to establish the WTO as a specialized agency of the UN. The significance of this collaboration‚ WTO Secretary-General Mr. Francesco Frangialli claimed‚ would lie in "the increased visibility it gives
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Padre Pio‚ whose real name was Francesco Forgione was born on May 25‚ 1887 in Pietralcina‚ a small town in southern Italy. Every since he was a child he has always showed love towards the religious life. It is said that at the age of 5 Padre Pio had already dedicated his life to God. He had an extreme love for prayer. At the age of sixteen he entered the Capuchin Friars’ which are a religious order in memory of St. Francis of Assisi. From the first time Padre Pio had entered into the Friary he was
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