how it reflects their wealth. The first painting that I chose was Madonna and Child‚ painted by Filippino Lippi and donated by Jules Bache in 1949. Filippino Lippi is an Italian artist‚ born in Florence‚ circa 1457-1504. Lippi was one the finest Florentine painters also known as the son of Fra Filippo Lippi. Filippino was trained by his father then followed by Sandro Botticelli‚ also known as one of the definitive painters of the Italian Renaissance. This painting‚ Madonna and Child is to portray
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Camilo Padilla BSA 3-1 Assignment: Summary Cid Reyes is an art critic‚ painter‚ and author of several books and at the same time he was a columnist in Philippine Daily Inquirer under Lifestyle. He is a critic to the arts and works of our National Artists. In this work done by Vicente Manansala‚ a Filipino cubist painter and illustrator who studied fine arts at the U. P School of Fine Arts‚ he emphasizes through his artworks the sacrifices of our Lord Jesus Christ on the day before he was
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In othello‚ this happens when Iago (a close and trusted friend of othello) tells othello that his wife has been unfaithful to him and has been cheating on him with a fellow soldier named Cassio who is a flamboyant florentine who was a lady’s man. Iago manipulates othello and says in Act 3‚ Scene 3;"O‚ beware‚ my lord‚ of jealousy!It is the green-eyed monster which doth mockThe meat it feeds on. He basically said; Beware of jealousy‚ my lord! It’s a passionately hateful
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renowned for his Italian-style operas. He had a brilliant way in which music allows the singers to show their virtuosity. Yes‚ Opera was the new musical form of the Baroque period; it originated from Italy in the late sixteenth century by a group of Florentine musicians and poets who had ties with the aristocrats. However‚ let us not forget that if it was not for the four trends that gave the music of this time period its distinctive qualities. One in which was the creation of the major and minor tonality
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Renaissance: a renewal of life‚ vigor‚ interest‚ etc.; rebirth; revival. Renaissance‚ the great new idea that led to different kinds of painting and architecture. The changing of spiritual to humanism. But was Renaissance really a great rebirth? First‚ we must see when the Renaissance started. By most historians‚ the Renaissance began in 1300 in Europe and ended during the 1700s. We can say that Brunelleschi started the Architectural Renaissance or Albrecht Durer started German Renaissance. But in
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believed more in brutal distortion and the naturalistic ideal (Fiero‚ p.129). In the portrait itself the setting is much darker‚ and the focus of the lamentation is placed by the darkened landscape (Fiero‚ p.130). There is also a separate image of the pieta right below the main painting. These figures are much more mournful. Christ ’s suffering is portrayed through the traditional group which includes Mary‚ St. John the Evangelist and St. Mary Magdalene (Pioch‚ par. 1). The figures are all sorrowful in
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The frescoes took 4 years to complete. The panels show the stories of the Bible from the creation to Noah in reverse order. Michelangelo also painted the famous Last Judgment on one of the walls in the Sistine. Some of his other works include the Pieta‚ the Moses‚ and the Madonna. Michelangelo and da Vinci are both artists of the Renaissance‚ and they have many points of similarity and difference. Some similarities that they had in common‚ was both
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Odysseus and Aeneas both visit the Underworld; in Odysseus’ case‚ in Book XII of Homer’s Odyssey‚ and in Aeneas’ case‚ in Book VI of Virgil’s Aeneid. In discussing the differences between the two treatments of the Underworld episodes‚ it is imporcant to first outline the similarities in the two situations: Odysseus and Aeneas both journey to the Underworld in order to receive knowledge. Previous mythological warrior-heroes went there to fulfill a more specific‚ tangible purpose eg. Heracles’
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In every Journey there are obstacles to overcome Inner journeys often compel the individual to contemplate challenges faced throughout life through a continual process of self reflection. This process can be seen in the following texts‚ Dante’s Inferno & Kublai Khan by samuel taylor colleridge. Each text reveals self reflection whereby leads the person to question themselves. Secondly they both indicate that there are challenges in life metaphorically or allegorically represented in the imaginative
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collective mind of humanity. In no other painting are motion and emotion‚ the paired touchstones of Leonardo’s art‚ so intertwined. The artist Giorgio Vasari‚ a near-contemporary‚ told of how Leonardo kept Lisa del Giocondo‚ the young wife of a Florentine silk merchant‚ smiling during her portrait sessions. “While painting her portrait‚ he employed people to play and sing for her‚ and jesters to keep her merry‚ to put an end to the melancholy that painters often succeed in giving to their portraits
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