The Ecstasy of St. Teresa‚ by Gion Lorenzo Bernini‚ is located at the Cornaro Chapel‚ Santa Maria Della Vittoria‚ Rome. Your initial reaction to this sculpture is awe; it’s visually breath-taking. Saint Teresa and an angel are the two dominant figures. Directly above the saint and angel‚ Bernini uses natural light to suggest heaven. “St Teresa and the angel are shown as if suspended on a cloud above the altar‚ the whole scene within the niche being illuminated from heaven by a concealed window (Gion
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is a harp whose tip is shaped like that of an eagle‚ a symbolic reference to the Borghese family. Bernini conceived and carved his statue of David in seven months‚ a remarkable achievement in itself. Looking deeper into the artwork: One fact of Bernini’s great genius should be pointed out. Almost all statues which preceded his stood self contained‚ insulated‚ apart from the spectator. . Bernini causes the viewer to become a part of his David statue. He who looks at this giant slayer senses Goliath
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Gian Lorenzo Bernini‚ was a prestigious artist who was born in sixteenth-century Europe. Bernini earned a reputation for his artistic style and his personified figurative sculptures. Bernini‚ became the first artist to portray a sense of physical intensity and passion in his sculptures. The artist was well-known for the creation and development of the Baroque art style. Baroque art is profoundly linked to the religious and political influences of 16th and 17th century Italy. Bernini‚ was an artist
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Mother Theresa a. A biography of the personality Mother Teresa’s given birth name was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu‚ she was born on the 26th of August in 1910 in Macedonia. When she was 18 years old she joined the Sisters of Loreto whom she traveled to India with to do missionary work - it was India in 1931 that she became a Nun (The Nobel Foundation‚ 2013). Mother Teresa devoted her life to those living in poverty and in 1950 began her own order called ‘the Missionaries of Charity’ whose sole purpose
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2-5-2014 Essay One‚ Baby Theresa In March 1992 Theresa Ann Campo Pearson was born with anencephalia‚ a rare condition where the upper skull and brain cortex are missing. Although her brain stem can still produce breathing and a heartbeat‚ she could never have a conscious life. Most anencephalic babies are detected and aborted during early pregnancy because of the severity of their condition. The ones that are born‚ usually die within a few days. The parents of Theresa decided to volunteer her organs
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Apollo and Daphne by Bernini In order to fully appreciate the sculpture of Apollo and Daphne by Bernini‚ we need to understand the myth that it represents from Ovid ’s Metamorphoses. The story of Daphne is an example of an etiological myth one that is strongly explanatory of why certain things in their culture were a certain way. The gods were known for punishing mortals for offending them‚ but occasionally they punished each other. The gods were a vengeful‚ and they did not take kindly to
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy is an inherited disease that is also known as muscle weakness that gets worst after a short period of time. Duchenne muscular dystrophy is caused by defected gene for dystrophy which is a protein in the muscle that is often said to be passed down from generation from family members. Duchenne muscular dystrophy is more common in people without any family history. Duchenne muscular dystrophy is known to only effect guys. Due to the way this gene in inherited‚ girls are not
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use media to create new material. However‚ artists and other people trying to appropriate previous work seek to balance what is new featuring seamlessness against what is continuous. In this paper‚ I will be appropriating the collage quotation “The Ecstasy of Influence” on Jonathan Lethem’s book; this work was created‚ by Jonathan Lethem himself with an aim of making it an attention catcher to his novel. My work will be more of a revision of the original collage work that was done by Jonathan Lethem
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The Agony and the Ecstasy The past is always forgotten‚ left alone in the dark‚ a reminiscence among hundreds‚ until it finally erodes from living memory…But before it vanishes‚ the past always fights back‚ in an effort to reclaim its throne. In 15th century Europe‚ the Church and its preachings of the past were swept away in a tide of change; the clash of these two ideas is shown in The Agony and the Ecstasy. Throughout the movie‚ Pope Julius II illustrates the values of the Middle Ages through
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shopping the brand that he thinks of is Ecstasy- the premium fashion house of Bangladesh. The Dream A dream that started off in a garage-like shop of only 120 square feet has now evolved to a brand that has 24 outlets of 700-1300 square feet all over the country‚ and is still expanding its wings to take over the international horizon. In the late 90’s Mr. Tanjim Ashraful Haque realized that Bangladesh needed its own fashion brand and ’Ecstasy’ came to being. Ecstasy started with a vison to emerge as
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