CLASSICAL BACKGROUND GREEK Background: Mythology‚ Heroic Age‚ Epic‚ Lyric (The Four Schools)‚ Tragedy‚ Comedy. Poetry Prose Drama Homer = Iliad Aristotle=Poetics Sophocles= King Oedipus‚Antigone Odyssey Plato =Republic Aeschylus
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2/26/04 Art History Fra Carnevale’s Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston contains some of the greatest treasures of the Italian Renaissance‚ and not least among these is Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple‚ painted in 1467 by Bartolomeo d. Giovanni Corradini‚ better known as Fra Carnevale. This Urbinian painter and architect produced some of the greatest architectural paintings of the early Renaissance‚ and his techniques expressed an interest in
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Renaissance From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article is about the European Renaissance of the 14th–17th centuries. For the earlier European Renaissance‚ seeRenaissance of the 12th century. For other uses‚ see Renaissance (disambiguation). David‚ by Michelangelo (The Accademia Gallery‚ Florence) is an example of high Renaissance art The Renaissance (UK /rɨˈneɪsəns/‚ US /ˈrɛnɨsɑːns/‚ French pronunciation: [ʁənɛsɑ̃s]‚ fromFrench: Renaissance "re-birth"‚ Italian: Rinascimento‚ from rinascere "to
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HUM 2210 Study Guide: Exam 2 Identify the Following Art and Architectual Works Works of Art aligned to Cultural Periods Minoan Period Bull-leaping fresco from the Palace of Minos‚ Knossos‚ Crete‚ ca. 1500 B.C.E. Priestess with Snakes‚ Minoan‚ ca. 1600 B.C.E. Mycenaean Period Lion Gate‚ Citadel at Mycenae‚ c.a. 1500-1300 B.C.E. Funerary Mask (gold)‚ possibly of Agamemnon‚ c.a. 1500 Greek: Archaic Period Funerary Krater with “Geometric” Decoration‚ c.a. 750 B.C.E
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This is a translation of the Italian poem "Rime 140" by Petrarch. The following link - shows the original form and two translations - each poem is different. They are built around the conceit of love as a warrior or knight‚ who‚ in the octave‚ makes bold to declare himself through a blush‚ and is promptly rebuked by the beloved; the sestet finds him running away to hide‚ leaving the poet to reflect on his plight as a faithful servant of a cowardly master. By attributing the offensive‚ cowardly‚ and
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Irenaeus (c. 130 - 202) [Asia Minor‚ Rome‚ Lyons]. Irenaeus was very much influenced and inspired by Polycarp’s preaching. He became Bishop of Lyons‚ and one of the leading Fathers of the Greco - French church in southern France. He was himself an influential preacher‚ and his writings give valuable information concerning doctrine. He expounded the beliefs of several sects‚ especially those of the Valeatinean Gnostics‚ (who interpreted the universe in terms of wisdom embodied in a system of aeons)
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Thesis: How accurate or inaccurate were Aristotle ’s writings on meteorology? Introduction: Aristotle wrote about many subjects that can be grouped into five general divisions: logic‚ physical works‚ psychological works‚ natural history works‚ and philosophical works. One of the little known physical works concerned meteorology. Aristotle ’s views on meteorology are fascinating‚ but many of the views were not accurate. This paper compares only a few of his views to actual meteorological facts
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Plutarch An Innovator 2/16/2014 Plutarch is one of the most well-known ancient Greek philosophers. Born around 45 CE in Chaeronia‚ a settlement in the region called Boeotia‚ he lived during the rise of both the Roman Empire and Christianity. Many historical events occurred during his lifetime‚ including the reign of the ruthless Roman emperor Nero‚ the expulsion of the Jews from Palestine‚ an eruption of Mount Vesuvious‚ and the Parthian War (Jones‚ “Roman History Timeline”). Plutarch
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The concept of God according to Descartes and the so called antitheist position of Descartes Philomon Kani René Descartes is often credited with being the “Father of Modern Philosophy.” This title is justified due both to his break with the traditional Scholastic-Aristotelian philosophy prevalent at his time and to his development and promotion of the new‚ mechanistic sciences. His fundamental break with Scholastic philosophy was twofold
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in 1934. In the same year he married Simon Hie who was wealthy but was plagued with a drug addiction. This marriage only lasted for about two years. (Sprintzen) After earning a degree in 1935‚ Camus wrote his thesis "Christian Metaphysics and Neo-Platonism”. On December 3‚ 1940‚ Albert Camus married for the second time to Francine Fautre (Wachtel).After all of this success‚ some fabulous works followed. Some of his novels include The Stranger‚ The Myth of Sisyphus‚ and The Plague. With the money he
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