event. Born in 1460‚ Grunewald was a German artist named fully as Matthias Gothardt Neithardt (Fiero‚ p.129). His beliefs do not lie in the idealized figures that the early Renaissance portrayed‚ he believed more in brutal distortion and the naturalistic ideal (Fiero‚ p.129). In the portrait itself the setting is much darker‚ and the focus of the lamentation is placed by the darkened landscape (Fiero‚ p.130). There is also a separate image of the pieta right below the main painting. These figures
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architecture. Greek architecture was considered the celebration of life. The most prestigious architectural achievement set forth by the Greek ancestry was the Parthenon‚ a temple dedicated to Athena. According to The Humanistic Tradition‚ written by Gloria K. Fiero‚ the Parthenon represented the apex of a long history of post-and-lintel temple building among the Greeks. The Greeks had introduced three of the five basic columns in classical architecture which are the Doric‚ Ionic‚ and Corinthian columns.
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life began “in the watery darkness” (Fiero 14). Another creation story passed down orally by African tribal people says that life originated in “the slender grasses that grow in wet‚ marshy soil” (Fiero 14). This is very similar to Egyptian myths of creation that stated “At the beginning of time‚ the Niles primordial waters brought forth a mound of silt‚ out of which emerged the self-generating sun god; and from that god the rest of Egypt’s gods were born” (Fiero 45). Although unable to pinpoint the
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printing (Ryken). It was set to transform the entire English language and keep the emotional influence. “The new translation of Scripture preserved the spiritual fervor of the Old Testament Hebrew and the narrative vigor of the New Testament Greek” (Fiero 62). The King James Version was a big part of the Baroque period because it was a piece of literature that had heightened emotional words and could actually be understood correctly by the reader. In Baroque artwork‚ viewers can visualize the emotional
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These classics advanced the aesthetic principles of clarity simplicity‚ balance‚ regularity‚ and harmonious proportion. As a style‚ Classicism is characterized by these aesthetic principles and by the related ideals of reason‚ moderation‚ and dignity (Fiero 29). Greek culture is a very original culture in their way of life. A good example is the Parthenon. It towers in height with its beautifully elegant and simple design. It served as a shrine to Athena‚ the goddess of wisdom and war. Many people visit
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refers to in his book‚ the Theory of Forms. “Plato’s theory of forms proposes that all sensory objects are imitations of Forms‚ which‚ like the simplest mathematical equations‚ are imperishable and forever true.” (Fiero I: 98) The next piece which caught
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affect every villager to some degree. Social and geographic mobility‚ receptivity to change‚ and a sense of collectivity would be the hallmarks of this new world community. Over the past four decades‚ McLuhan’s futuristic vision has become a reality” (Fiero). Through the decades art has been such a great form of expression for all‚ from the people who create‚ to the people who just like to look or collect. Art has also gone through such an incredible form of change. When I think of art I think of Vincent
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Bibliography: 1. Fiero‚ Gloria. The Humanistic Tradition: Volume 3. New York: McGraw-Hill‚ 2002. 2. Fiero‚ Gloria. The Humanistic Tradition: Volume 4. New York: McGraw-Hill‚ 2002. 3. Hodges‚ Miles H. The Protestant Reformation. http://www.newgenevacenter.org/west/reformation.htm‚ 2002 4. Unknown Author. Reformation
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Cited: Fiero‚ Gloria. The Humanistic Tradition. Vol. 1. 6th ed. New York: McGraw Hill‚ 2011. Print Teeter‚ E.‚ Brewer‚ D. Religion in the Lives of the Ancient Egyptians. Egypt and the Egyptians. Cambridge University Press.2002: n.pag.web.11 March. 2014. Wikipedia
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role in the empire. They supplied fresh water for Rome’s citizens. “while some eighteen aqueducts brought fresh water to Rome’s major cities. The aqueducts‚ some of which delivered well over forty million gallons of water per day to a single site‚ (Fiero‚ 73)”. The aqueducts not only brought water‚ they were technological wonders. The city of Nimes in France had a twenty-five mile long aqueduct. The aqueducts were made possible by the use of arches. “The Romans employed the structural advantages of
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