What was the Black Death‚ and what was its impact on European society? The Black Death was a bacterium which was carried by flea infested rats. This disaster spread across Europe quite rapidly. Much accusation for the cause of the plague was pressed onto the Jewish community. The most common plague was the bubonic plague‚ although the pneumatic plague also existed. This disaster caused economic‚ social‚ political and cultural havoc. Approximately 50% of the infested population died
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St. Luke Drawing the Virgin and other early Renaissance Flemish and Italian paintings / Eitan Kenner The piece St. Luke Drawing the Virgin‚ c. 1435-40 by Flemish painter Rogier van der Weyden is an oil and tempera painting presented at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Its narrative is a popular theme in art‚ showing St. Luke painting the Virgin Mary with the infant Jesus. Such paintings were often painted for chapels of Saint Luke (saint patron of artists) in European
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Originating in Italy and eventually expanding to other parts of Europe such as Germany‚ France‚ and England‚ the Renaissance was an era of renewed interest in literature and art and emphasized autonomous thought and creations. The philosophy of humanism‚ an idea stressing the importance and distinction of individuals‚ is thought to have originated during this time ("Renaissance" Encarta). Italian writers struggled to discover and preserve earlier works by Romans and Greeks. There was one main
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of art is prevalent during the Gothic age‚ transitioning to the Renaissance period. Artist across Europe were influenced by the distinct styles of the two time periods‚ and it is apparent in many sculptures and paintings by famous artists such as Giotto and Michelangelo. The two consecutive art eras‚ are based around religion and the church; many of the paintings and sculptures that are staple pieces of the Gothic age and Renaissance period are either architecture‚ paintings‚ or sculptures used for
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Middle Ages were the Hundred Years War and the War of the Roses‚ which brought about the climax of this era. As Europe became devastated by war‚ art still stood. A renowned artist of that time was Giotto‚ who painted the fresco"Noli Me Tangere"‚ using the technique of water color on wet plaster. Giotto also introduced weight and roundness of people in art. The Middle Ages ended in war‚ but the future would bring a peace to the past storms. The Middle Ages was an era that truly did not hold importance
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to be Roman‚ so they followed the ideas that had been previously used in ancient times. By the 13th century‚ an artist named Giotto began painting frescoes‚ (paintings on top of wet plaster) and created one of the first actual pictures of Christ and his followers (Guisepi). This type of art was previously unseen‚ and in some cases forbidden‚ during the Middle Ages. Giotto focused on painting the beauty and majesty of people‚ which differed from the work of the previous artists (Buchel). At this
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Renaissance painting Giotto‚ Lamentation‚ Cappella degli Scrovegni In Italy in the late 13th and early 14th centuries‚ the sculpture of Nicola Pisano and his son Giovanni Pisano‚ working at Pisa‚ Siena and Pistoia shows markedly classicizing tendencies‚ probably influenced by the familiarity of these artists with ancient Roman sarcophagi. Their masterpieces are the pulpits of the Baptistery and Cathedral of Pisa. Contemporary with Giovanni Pisano‚ the Florentine painter Giotto developed a manner
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Cited: Giotto. "Bronze Age Civilizations- The Mycenaean’s." Mr. Giotto ’s Site. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 19 Oct. 2014. Homer‚ and Robert Fitzgerald. The Odyssey. New York: Farrar‚ Straus‚ and Giroux‚ 1998. Print. "Mycenaean Age (600-1100 BC)." Ancient Greece. N.p.‚ 2003. Web. 19 Oct. 2014. Riordan
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Italian painter who call Giotto di Bondone creates the art work call “The Crucifixion” at 1312. He is one of the famous contributor to the art works at the period of Renaissance. The another art works would be discussing in this paper is call “The Yellow Christ” which painted by Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin at 1889. Paul Gauguin is a French artist paint with post-impressionism. To compare with the similarity and differences‚ the major themes of the two works of art by Gauguin and Giotto are similar
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The Renaissance: The Printing and Thinking The article‚ “The Renaissance: The Printing and Thinking” was originally created by WGBH Boston in 1989. WGBH Boston is a public radio station located in Boston. The article was found on learner.org‚ but it was inspired by programs from The Western Tradition. The Western Tradition is a video instructional series on Western civilizations. The lecture is presented by Eugen Weber‚ who is a Romanian-born American historian‚ known for The Western Tradition
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