The Franks and Merovingians: Laying the Foundations for Future European Empires Henry Lilly May 16th‚ 2011 The Roman Empire represented the culmination of the Mediterranean World. The Roman Empire reached its peak under the rule of the famous Roman Emperor‚ Julius Caesar. The Roman Empire extended its borders throughout Europe‚ to present day France‚ Italy‚ Great Britain‚ and Germany. However‚ their collapse in 476 AD was caused by distraction to
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Prologue On what shall be said in this Essay The Medici were an illustrious family that rose to fame and fortune during the Renaissance. Starting as humble merchants‚ the family grew in fame and prosperity until the name was known throughout all of Europe. Every aspect of the Renaissance was influenced by them. They influenced society as a whole‚ and their ways of relating to the different aspects of life set up standards that were followed‚ copied or completely avoided by their peers
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Mannerism (1527-1600) * Confusing * Counterpart to High Renaissance Southern Italy * “…stylish style…” – John Sherman * Started in central Rome * Catholic church started to take problem with it Jacopo da Pontormo – Deposition * 1527 * Original Context: Commissioned for Capponi private chapel in Florence (Santa Felcita) * Materials: Oil on panel (unusual for Southern Italian art) * Other unusual things: * Jesus isn’t the center of the painting (VOID –
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Nicolas Poussin 1594-1665 Pictori philosopho (Blunt‚ 3)‚ "Painter-philosopher" was a name given to Nicolas Poussin by Serous d’ Agincourt in 1782. Agincourt later found out that the name Pictori philosopho had already been given to the German artist Anton Raphael Mengas. Nicolas Poussin was born in 1594 in the town of Les Andelys on the Seine. He came from a nobel family that was ruined by religious wars according to Giovanni Pietro Bellori. No actual proof of this has been established his
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ASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN ~ Giovanni Francesco Barbieri May 20‚ 2011 ~ Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit MI ~ DIA # 71.1 ASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN Giovanni Francesco Barbieri By Linda Romanowski ART 1560 I was drawn to the Assumption of the Virgin which is an oil on canvas painted in 1650 by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri. Giovanni uses a strong and bold baroque style with spacious placement of his humanistic angels in this painting. His use of vibrant blues and reds bring classic gracefulness
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* Early Medieval Europe Founding of the Church * 2. Introduction: The Roots (This Series) Judaism Greece Rome Christianity and Christ Himself The Early Theologians * 3. Introduction: Fluorescence (The Next Series) Dark Ages Feudalism The Sociopolitical Structure Eve of the Renaissance * 4. Roots of Medieval Era: Judaism of Abraham Hebrews: a population in the city of Ur in Sumeria The word is derived from Greek biblia‚ which means “book‚” hence “People of the Book” Abraham was said
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34 FROM THE MODERN TO THE POST MODERN AND BEYOND ART OF THE LATER 20TH CENTURY TEXT PAGES 1030–1091 THE ART WORLD’S FOCUS SHIFTS WEST 1. List two characteristics of so-called “Greenbergian formalism”: An emphasis on an artwork’s visual elements rather than its subject. Rejection of illusionism and a focus on exploring the properties of each artistic medium. 2. Why is it difficult to give a precise definition of the term “Postmodernism”? It is a widespread cultural
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J. David Bolter and Richard A. Grusin - Remediation - Configurations 4:3 http://muse.jhu.edu.gtel.gatech.edu:2048/journals/configurations/v004/4.3bolter.html Copyright © 1996 The Johns Hopkins University Press and the Society for Literature and Science. All rights reserved. Configurations 4.3 (1996) 311-358 Access provided by Georgia Institute of Technology Remediation Jay David Bolter Richard Grusin Figures "Immediacy is‚ however‚ a one-sided determination; thought does not contain
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HISTORY OF THE VIOLIN The earliest stringed instruments were mostly plucked (e.g. the Greek lyre). Bowed instruments may have originated in the equestrian cultures of Central Asia‚ an example being the Mongolian instrument Morin huur: Turkic and Mongolian horsemen from Inner Asia were probably the world’s earliest fiddlers. Their two-stringed upright fiddles were strung with horsehair strings‚ played with horsehair bows‚ and often feature a carved horse’s head at the end of the neck. ...
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Mathematics and art have a long historical relationship. The ancient Egyptians and ancient Greeks knew about the golden ratio‚ regarded as an aesthetically pleasing ratio‚ and incorporated it into the design of monuments including the Great Pyramid‚[1] theParthenon‚ the Colosseum. There are many examples of artists who have been inspired by mathematics and studied mathematics as a means of complementing their works. The Greek sculptor Polykleitos prescribed a series of mathematical proportions for
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