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    Michelangelo Many people have contributed something to what we know as the renaissance era‚ whether it was art‚ music‚ or poetry; But few have contributed to the renaissance era what Michelangelo has. Examples of this can be seen throughout history with his many famous paintings‚ sculptures‚ or his lesser known poetry. These examples include the Sistine chapel paintings and his David sculptures‚ these contributions alone prove that Michelangelo was one of the major contributors to the renaissance

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    ROMANTICISM Philosophical Foundation (Summary) Proponent: The Principle of Natural Goodness Philosophical Foundations of Romanticism • Earl of Shaftesbury’s View of natural goodness • Herder’s organic view of History • Post-Kantian German philosophers’ epistemological concerns • Burke’s inquiries into the sublime and the beautiful • Percy’s Researches in the Folk literature • Walpole’s and Volney’s Concern with the past • Goethe’s celebration

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    Humanism and the Renaissance Founded on the ideals of Italian scholar and poet Francesco Petrarca during the late fourteenth century‚ Renaissance humanism centered itself on humanity ’s potential for achievement. Although God is credited for creating the universe‚ human beings are the ones credited for developing and sustaining it. The shift was away from understanding the world through faith and towards a broader intellectual and scientific understanding of it. A humanist‚ in this context‚ was

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    The significance of Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Barton Shaw HUM101-006 Sean Doyle 7/9/09 History has shown us how great men and women have changed the world around them. Some of those individuals have accomplished this through political or military force; others have less aggressively stood up for what they believe in‚ and changed their circumstances that way. Still‚ others are remembered for their intellectual prowess‚ and their influence on how we think about life. When you hear about

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    Art 1B- Key Terms- Test 1 Lecture 1: Introduction Naturalism -- the style of painted or sculptures representation based on close observation of the natural world that was at the core of the classical tradition. Iconography -- Greek‚ the “writing of images.” The term refers both to the content‚ or subject‚ of an artwork and to the study of content in art. It also includes the study of the symbolic‚ often religious‚ meaning of objects‚ persons‚ or events depicted in work of arts. (is the

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    1.) Structurally‚ Dante’s divisions of the 3 stories Hell‚ Purgatory‚ and Heaven‚ each with 9 (32) places (Heaven: 7 planets+2‚ Hell 9 levels‚ Purgatory: 7 sins +2)‚ the 3 lined stanzas‚ 33 cantos‚ relate to Chartres Cathedral’s use of 3s in the architecture. Thematically‚ Dante’s stories are about the unification of faith and reason with the characters Virgil and Beatrice‚ is the same as Chartres Cathedral’s sculpture and art on the stain glass. Both works show our relationship to God and educates

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    Study sheet for St. Augustine’s Confessions Here is a study sheet to guide your reading of Augustine’s Confessions. Please print it and bring it to class every day that we’re reading and discussing Augustine‚ beginning this Friday‚ March 30. Your introduction to the Confessions is the discussion of Augustine in chapter ten of our textbook‚ The Christian Theological Tradition. That chapter was written with special emphasis on the Confessions‚ so please keep it available for reference while you’re

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    belief in a dualistic world where there are two Gods‚ one evil and one good. Soon however‚ this strain of thought didn’t satisfy Augustine‚ he felt as if it alleviated us from any sort of accountability for the evil we commit. Thus‚ he looked towards Platonism for answers; yet his struggle for fulfillment was only attained upon his conversion to Christianity. After his conversion‚ Augustine reformed his former views on evil

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    better if it has no meaning.” This simple yet depressing quote from Albert Camus questioned the core of philosophy that existed for hundreds of years. For some‚ philosophy is the search to find the meaning of life. Diverse methodologies such as Platonism and Kantianism were devised to explain the unanswerable question for us and renowned thinkers seemed to give us the answer‚ more or less a guidance of understanding this world. However‚ Camus implies that we are living in a world of contradiction

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    Analyzing a Stunning Painting: Botticelli’s “The Birth of Venus” Mythology has been part of the people for a long time now. People have adopted stories that make it possible to enlighten on how some aspects used to be in the past. Myths are aspects that form part of every culture‚ and are mostly used to give a meaning to varying issues. Since the inception of art‚ artists have developed the tendency of being influenced by myths in the development of varied artworks. To some extent‚ the artworks have

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