Death of the Virgin Caravaggio 1605-1606. 12’ 1 ½” x 8’. Oil on canvas For Sanata Maria della Scala‚ Trastevere‚ Rome. Now in Louvre‚ Paris In 1605‚ Laerzio Cherubini commissioned Caravaggio to paint an altarpiece for his family’s chapel in the church of Santa Maria della Scala in Trastevere‚ Rome. The chapel was dedicated to the Transit of the Virgin. There was a particular decorum for the depiction of such a scene: the Virgin giving a pious gesture‚ some sort of ascension of Her soul‚ and
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The name King Arthur appears throughout a countless amount of literature‚ stories‚ cinema‚ and legend. King Arthur has always been a long-standing icon of heroism‚ and heroism is a theme mankind takes pleasure in romanticizing. Arthurian Romance is the classic example of good versus evil‚ knights in shining armor‚ forbidden love‚ and sorcery; the basic elements of a romanticized tale. And in a dark time where religion clashed‚ empires fought in epic battles‚ and the people of Britain suffered from
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CHRISTOLOGICAL HERESIES I. Ebionism. This heresy is the view that Jesus was in nature just a man‚ denying his divinity altogether. The Ebionites were an offshoot of the specifically Jewish form of Christianity‚ which was a potent force in the apostolic age. The rapid spread of Christianity among the Gentiles diminish its influence and the dispersal of the Christian community from Jerusalem to the Transjordan on the outbreak of the Jewish War (A.D. 66) isolated it completely. The Ebionites rejected
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The author of our textbook-John N. Oswalt has spent a significant amount of time researching and studying the Ancient Near East. Oswalt’s work began in the 1960’s while taking a course called “The Literature of the Ancient Near East”. After his time at Asbury Theological Seminary‚ Oswalt continued his studies in the Mediterranean Studies Department of Brandeis University. While there‚ he expanded his knowledge and understanding of the Ancient Near East and later‚ further developed said knowledge
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HBS Case IDEO Product Development EXECUTIVE SUMMARY IDEO‚ arguably the most successful design firm in the world‚ has been in the creativity and innovation business for over 20 years. IDEO started with a merger of three design companies‚ which brought together the capabilities to offer the design‚ development‚ and manufacturing of products for client companies. IDEO practices a non-formal five-phase process for development of a project‚ which uncovers the successes and failures of a
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RESPONSE TO A SEDEVACANTIST CRITIC. Critic Taken from Polarprefecture: heretics http://polarprefecture.blogspot.com Posted by Sunniva Index of the colours used: black =the words of Angelica Zambrano; red =words of Sunniva; Violet =my answers *The “evil revelation of Angelica Zambrano” I usually don’t pay much attention to these private revelations that pop up from time to time. As a former protestant I did‚ and it was usually a waste of time. What follows is the opinion from a formal
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success as a humorist‚ he insisted‚ was that everything he wrote “had a serious philosophy or truth as its basis. I would not write a humorous work merely to be funny.” If Twain was an American icon‚ he was also an iconoclast. Nowhere is his iconoclasm more apparent than in his indictment of religious hypocrisy‚ especially in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. As the novel opens‚ for example‚ pious old Miss Watson tries to teach Huck his catechism even while planning to sell the slave Jim down the
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Chapter 9 P192-211 Civilization in Eastern Europe: Byzantium and Orthodox Europe Introduction: BIG IDEAS DETAILS One: Two major Christian civilizations took shape- the orthodox Christian Byzantine & Catholicism in Central and West Europe- yet the remained mostly different Two: Expansion into areas never controlled before • Both new civilizations were impacted by Islam o They had Different principles • Byzantine places a higher stress on politics‚ economy‚ and cultural life (from
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Art Periods/ Movements Characteristics Chief Artists and Major Works Historical Events Stone Age (30‚000 b.c.–2500 b.c.) Cave painting‚ fertility goddesses‚ megalithic structures Lascaux Cave Painting‚ Woman of Willendorf‚ Stonehenge Ice Age ends (10‚000 b.c.–8‚000 b.c.); New Stone Age and first permanent settlements (8000 b.c.–2500 b.c.) Mesopotamian (3500 b.c.–539 b.c.) Warrior art and narration in stone relief Standard of Ur‚ Gate of Ishtar‚ Stele of Hammurabi ’s Code Sumerians invent
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INTRODUCTION The Qutb complex is one of those historic sites which can extend beyond its own historical moment to carry a much larger symbolic statement. Its ruins are presented today as a part of "Indian" antiquity‚ a part of each Indian’s inheritance which can be cherished. The Qutb complex situated in Mehrauli‚ Delhi consists of an array of monuments and buildings which stand as a testimony to the affluent historical trends and the radiant culture of Medieval India‚ the most famous
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