Mundie Art History II October 31‚ 2011 Fillipo Brunelleschi and Leon Battista Alberti were two of the most important and famous 15th century architects in Italy. The façade of the Basilica San’Andrea (Figure 1) by Alberti and the Florence Cathedral Dome (Figure 2) by Brunelleschi are their respective crowning achievements. A sense of mathematical proportion; drawn from researching ancient Greek and Roman buildings and ruins1‚ contrasts their work with the current but fading Gothic style of
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Murder in the Cathedral Background | GradeSaver Murder in the Cathedral Background by T.S. Eliot Buy PDF About Murder in the C athedral About Murder in the Cathedral In 1935‚ T.S. Eliot‚ famed poet of modernist despair and convert to the Anglican Church‚ was commissioned to write a play for Kent ’s annual Canterbury Festival. There were few explicit restrictions on subject matter. That Eliot chose to dramatize the death of Thomas Becket in his play Murder in the Cathedral was therefore
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Throughout history‚ Thomas Becket has been regarded as Chancellor‚ Archbishop of Canterbury‚ Martyr‚ and Saint. He was a friend of Henry II‚ and when Henry II became King‚ he appointed Thomas Becket as his chancellor in 1154. Eight years later‚ as Becket and Henry II’s relationship grew stronger‚ Henry II wanted to gain greater control over the English Church so he appointed his chancellor Becket to the position of Archbishop of Canterbury as well. Although Becket was reluctant at first‚ he accepted
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art that later influenced the early Renaissance period. Previous art movements influenced the middle Ages along with humans evolving art to new and traditional biblical concepts. Three periods of art that influenced the middle Ages were Gothic‚ Romanesque‚ and Early Christian. Some of the traditions influencing the Middle Ages’ past and present include Classical
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Arren Quigley Architectural Genius in the Renaissance At the beginning of the Renaissance a problem was apparent in Florence. The city was trying to distinguish themselves from Milan‚ their rival‚ and had built a great cathedral‚ Santa Maria del Fiore‚ with this in mind. The problem was that for 122 years the church had been left open to the elements. No roof had been built. In 1418‚ the town fathers of Florence decided that the time had come to build a roof. The roof had to be grand and tall.
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stained-glass images in Chartres Cathedral: the building wasn’t just built without a plan or the art didn’t just happen‚ it is a systematic creation using geometry (Crossley 232). Scholasticism is the main contributor to the use of geometry to organize how the Cathedral was built. Briefly described‚ scholasticism is taking events‚ concepts‚ or miracles‚ that we can’t understand‚ and organizing a structured argument to provide an explanation. In the Chartres Cathedral‚ the architecture and art not
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Notre dame de Paris is one of the most notable cathedrals in the world. It is the epitome of the beautifully detailed gothic architecture that defined the time of its creation as well as the home to three of the most finely crafted stained glass windows in all of France. It truly is the gem of Paris that sits surrounded by the Sine on the island of Ile-de-la-cite. But Notre Dame is more than just a beautiful piece of architecture‚ it is a place of worship‚ a place that not only transports its visitor
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11) When you were a child‚ what type of religion did your family follow? When I was a child‚ my parents were divorced at an extremely early age. I truly never got to experience the lifestyle my Father had to offer‚ since he didn’t recognize that I was his child. My mother’s family was originally from Eastern Tennessee‚ better known as Appalachian Country. They were stern Southern Baptist‚ in their beliefs and their way of life. When we finally settled down in Cuyahoga Falls Ohio‚ they decided
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Destroyer’‚ ‘the Vandal’; was his reputation deserved for his work on some of England’s great cathedrals‚ or was he the victim of simply carrying out wishes of his employers? Introduction: Paragraph outlining his reputation and the perception through history – make reference to the fact that he also did some great work but that is sometimes overlooked due to the work he did on cathedrals. In the case of cathedrals though‚ he was doing the bidding of his masters – the bishops/ Deans… therefore should
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he makes a lot of things to the church and for its country. In the art side he make a lot of contribution because as we remember that time was the medieval and the medieval has 3 important time: the early middle ages‚ the gothic period‚ and the Romanesque period‚ So when Charlemagne was at throne it was the early medieval period and the art started flourishing more for the church because everything they do was mostly referred to God or has a meaning beyond itself that always glorified God. As Charlemagne
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