Giotto’s Campanile‚ and Ghiberti’s bronze doors to the baptistery; the Italian Renaissance was born. The architecture and artwork portrayed in il Duomo di Firenze represents the unity of the faith and
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The Peloponnesian League: an alliance of Peloponnesian cities with Sparta as the leading city. Sparta had a separate alliance with each city. ‘…we believe that the allies met as a council and could in fact overrule Sparta in a military decision. Thus Sparta‚ it would appear‚ relied on it command of influence and respect rather than outright military power in order to have its voice heard within its own band of most important allies.’ Welch‚ p. 169 Paul Cartledge: his work in the 1970s involved
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detailed bronze doors which were commissioned by Bishop Bernward for St. Michael’s Church at Hildesheim‚ these doors were finished in 1015. In Bernward’s biography written by Thangmar of Heidesheim‚ Bernward excelled in the arts and was especially known for his great ability with metalwork and the entire art of building. Since he was so skilled in this field he was probably very involved with these doors He may have been inspired when he visited Rome and saw extensive doors built in bronze and wood
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They used these collection of fairy tales to create a German identity‚ by saying these were the tales passed on from generation to generation in German culture. Another writer that shows nationalism is Aleksandr Pushkin in his work The Bronze Horseman. The Bronze Horseman tells the tale of Evgenii and how he ends up going mad and getting killed by the statue of Peter. This shows nationalism in the fact that in the introduction of the poem‚ he talks about the founding of St. Petersburg and how great
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Emily Wilson October 10th‚ 2014 Professor Cruz Art into History Greek and Roman Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art has many different exhibits with ancient portraits‚ sculptures‚ steles‚ freezes‚ paintings and many more. The Greek and Roman exhibit was very interesting. The way the Greeks and Romans portrayed their feelings and life experiences through art is very diverse. During my visit to Metropolitan‚ I had gone for a tour of this exhibit and was amazed by the works of art I was seeing. Just
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positioned up and the man has his knee positioned down and the and the mans head is on the woman’s shoulder‚ they are both comforting one another and their minds to be at ease as long as they are near each other. Fig 3 1909 La Serpentine Henri Matisse Bronze Sculpture New York‚ Museum of Modern Art This sculpture is an example of Early 20th century Modern art and the
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The year 1913 a wonderful bronze sculpture of a mermaid was created in Langeline‚ Copenhagen. Edvard Eriksen made this magnificent sculpture as a request to Carl Jacobsen‚ because he wanted to give something to the people of Copenhagen. Edvard made the statue renaissance. In 1909‚ Carl Jacobsen founder of Carl’s berg beer attended Hans Becks and Fini He4nriques ballet The Little Mermaid. Which is based on Hans Christian fairy tale by the same name. Deeply impressed‚ Carl Jacobsen asked Danish
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Ishtar Gate and Bronze Doors Saint Michael’s Abbey Church II. Analysis of Artwork # 1: a. How does this work relate to its style movement and historical context? The monumental Gate of Ishtar was built in 575 B.C. making use of enamelled bricks which are in cobalt blues and sea greens. The gate is decorated with reliefs of 575 dragons and bulls (BBC Culture‚ 2009). The gate is the most potent symbol of ancient Babylon’s magnificence. The gate was marks the entrance to the city at the beginning
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and silver are too soft to be used as tools. The first really useful metal to be discovered was bronze. This began the Bronze Age. Bronze was used extensively for tools and weapons in Asia and Africa from 4‚500 B.C. (6‚500 years ago) and in Britain from 2‚000 B.C. (4‚000 years ago). News of the new material travelled slowly in those days and it took the Brits 2‚500 years to get the message. Bronze is not an element (like gold and silver) but an alloy (metal mixture) of copper and tin. Ores of both
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Antiquity‚ Middle Ages‚ and Modern materials science. This essay covers the history of materials science on how different materials were used as influenced by the history of the world and the culture of the peoples of the Earth. Prehistory Stone Age‚ Bronze Age‚ and Iron Age together is the three-age system prehistory. In the Stone Age‚ humans made tools of stone‚ bone‚ and wood for hunting: sticks‚ stone chisels‚ knives‚ hand axes‚ shovels‚ spears‚ bows and arrows‚ darts‚ needles‚ cones‚ etc. They also
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