Palm Coast: Back Door to St. Augustine So‚ you’re moving to Florida. Or‚ you’d sure like to. No one probably has to drill you on Sunshine State specifics‚ like those flash cards that once helped elementary-school students memorize multiplication tables. Remember those? We won’t tell. What we will tell you is the small city of Palm Coast is great home base for enjoying one of the most historic places in the United States — St. Augustine‚ Florida. The Nation’s Oldest City is only 28.3 miles
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painted St. George and the Dragon (oil on panel‚ 28.5 x 21.5 cm‚ National Gallery of Art‚ Washington D.C.) (Figure 1). He was born in Urbino‚ Italy and this is where he studied and worked‚ until moving to Florence‚ Italy in 1504. Florence was “the center of art and creativity at the time” (ARTSnFOOD‚ Atkinson)‚ so this was the perfect place for Raphael to really get his career started. At only 23 years old‚ while living in Florence‚ Raphael painted this dramatic scene from the legend of St. George
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St Augustine was born in the Ad period of 13 November 354- 28 August 430. He was an early Christian theologian. whose had writings became very influential in the development of Western Christianity and Western philosophy. He was bishop of Hippo Regius which is located in the Roman province of Africa. Saint Augustine started writing during the Patristic Era‚ he is widely viewed as one of the most important Church Fathers. His much widely praised work which is still read to this very day is writing
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painting struck me in color the most; the contrast between the pastels like colors in the sky vs the richness in color of the earthly world. The temptation of St. Anthony is an often-repeated subject in history of art and literature; a bibli-cal myth concerning the supernatural temptation faced by Saint Anthony in the Egyptian desert. St. Anthony was tempted by the earthly desires who‚ are presented as devils and demons. Grunewald distorts the figures to intensify the violence and aggression that
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1. St. Augustine wrote "Confessions" out of a desire to share the mysteries and circumstances through which he received and sustained his faith‚ and his sustained battles against earthly temptation. Furthermore‚ he chooses at various points to point out the fallacies of learned people as they "observe the covenanted rules of letters and syllables‚" while at the same time ignoring what the author perceives as the true gift of faith in action (11). In many ways‚ Confessions is a symbol of St. Augustine’s
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While St. Peter’s colonnade designed by Gianlorenzo Bernini displayed Classical designs on the large scale‚ the basilica contains an altarpiece by Bernini symbolic of The Baroque period. Bernini’s The Ecstasy of St. Theresa portrays key characteristic of The Baroque style: mainly‚ theatrically and paradoxical/complex sentiment. Aesthetically‚ the altarpiece catches the eye with its life-size scale and strategic lighting. The detail etched into the marble of each figure draws the viewer in to the
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St. George People worldwide look up to saints for various reasons. There are saints that are dedicated to very specific people‚ things‚ and events‚ that everyday people can relate to. Saints are those people who have done something in their life worth recognizing‚ that brought them to eternal life in heaven with God. Saints are ideal examples of how we should live our lives‚ because as Catholics‚ we too‚ strive to ultimately get to heaven after our earthly lives. The examples the saints have given
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the Basilica of Maxentius 333 Construction of Old St. Peter’s in Rome 337 Conversion of Emperor Constantine to Christianity 391 Christianity made the state religion of the Roman Empire 476 End of the Roman Empire Ca.530 St. Benedict’s Rule written 612 Monastery of St. Gall founded 800 Charlemagne coronated as Holy Roman Emperor by the Pope in Rome 816-17 Synod in Aachen Ca.820 Ideal plan for the Monastery of St. Gall drafted Monastery: A monastery is a building
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The ecstasy of St. Theresa by Gian Lorenzo Bernini Basic information: Period of completion: 1647-1652 Medium used: Marble height: c. 11’ 6" (3.5m) Provenance: Santa Maria della Vittoria‚ Rome Interpretation/analysis: The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa (alternatively Saint Teresa in Ecstasy or Transverberation of Saint Teresa; in Italian L’Estasi di Santa Teresa or Santa Teresa in estasi) is the central sculptural group in white marble set in an elevated aedicule in the Cornaro Chapel‚ Santa
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earned a doctorate in philosophy in 1915 at the Pontifical Gregorian University‚ and the doctorate in theology in 1919 at the Pontifical University of St. Bonaventure. During his time as a student‚ he witnessed vehement demonstrations against Popes St. Pius X and Benedict XV in Rome during an anniversary celebration by the Freemasons. According to St. Maximilian‚they placed the black standard of the "Giordano Brunisti" under the windows of the Vatican. On this standard
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