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    The Life of Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) by Josh Palmer October 18‚ 2012 History 101 Tiziano Vecellio was born at Pieve di Cadore in the Alps north of Venice around 1490 A.D. He became known in english as Titian. At the age of ten Titian’s father sent him and his brother Francesco to Venice where they were to study painting at Sebastiano Zuccato’s workshop. After a short time at Sebastiano Zuccato’s workshop Titian decided to leave‚ while his brother stayed at the workshop to study painting

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    WHAT IS THE ACADEMIC STUDY OF RELIGION? RUSSELL T. MCCUTCHEON DEPARTMENT OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA Comparison and Theory understood as strange‚ sometimes as familiar)‚ early scholars of religion were interested in collecting and comparing beliefs‚ myths‚ and rituals found the world over. After all‚ early explorers‚ soldiers‚ and missionaries were all returning to Europe with their diaries and journals filled with tales that‚ despite their obvious exoticness‚ chronicled

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    There is a prevailing argument that artists during the renaissance matured‚ from mere craftsman into creative intellectuals‚ and the process of producing art grew into a philosophical endeavor. Before these statements are explored further‚ perhaps the literal meaning behind these words should be investigated. What is the difference between a craftsman and a creative intellectual‚ art as technique and art as philosophy? Are these ideas and modes mutually exclusive? The idea of craftsman seems to imply

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    War‚ Violence‚ the Hebrew Bible & the Aeneid War and warfare can serve different purposes. Both the Roman Empire during the Golden Age‚ under the auspices of Rome’s first emperor‚ Caesar Augustus and the Israel’s who followed the Hebrew Bible engaged warfare. However‚ the wars had a different focuses and different goals. The wars of the Old Testament were wars of extermination‚ while the Romans had limited wars. Wars of extermination occurred during Israel’s theocracy‚ and are often cited

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    Michelangelo must have been a really good sculptor and painter for him to apprentice‚ at the age of thirteen‚ with one of the best painters of Florence. Michelangelo had originally got his fame from him being a sculptor (“Italian”). He painted sculptors of Pieta and David. He was one of the best sculptors of the Italian Renaissance. One quote by Michelangelo says‚ ‘“The greater danger for most of us

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    Judith Slaying Holofernes Artemisia Gentileschi was not the first to paint Judith Slaying Holofernes. Her father had painted Judith. Michelangelo‚ Botticelli and Caravaggio had painted Judith. Donatello had sculpted Judith. But she was the first to interpret the story of Judith‚ in a time when women had few rights‚ as an allegory for female dominance. In comparison with other contemporary versions‚ the composition‚ dramatic style‚ and emotions of the characters present a violently feminist

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    RELG 203: Final Exam Revision * 666: Satan’s number‚ associated with the fact Satan had 3 faces and 3 sets of wings‚ the number of the beast * 70 Weeks: Seventy sevens decreed for Jerusalem to finish their transgression and stop sin‚ From the time the world goes out to restore and rebuild Jerusalem‚ until the Anointed one comes‚ there will be seven sevens and sixty two sevens. The anointed one will be put to death and will have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy

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    Quotes: 1. What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason! How infinite in faculties... – hamlet 2. Man is born free‚ yet everywhere he is in chains. Rousseau 3. Modern society is rotten even at its roots. Rouseeau 4. Get back to Nature … Noble Savage .. SOCIAL CONTRACT - rouseeau 5. Reason is supreme . Human reason can solve every problem facing humankind. - descartes 6. A work of art is a public dream – frued – Oedipus complex 7. We live in an ordered‚ rational‚ understandable

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    ART HUMANITIES: MASTERPIECES OF WESTERN ART Dr. Martina Mims W-1121‚ Section 029 mm783@columbia.edu Spring 2015 Office hours: Th 2:30 to 3:30 Tues./Th.: 1:10 – 2:25 p.m. Schermerhorn 915 Schermerhorn 604 This course‚ a part of the Core Curriculum at Columbia University‚ introduces selected works central to the Western tradition

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    Honors 101 Final Exam Study Guide Overarching Themes Pietas (vs. intense anger) Oikos Polis Furor (vengeance) and Justice Deception Wisdom Love Heroism Will of God(s) Evil/Sin Ascent Suffering is necessity Sacrifice for beliefs Relationships with followers (Socrates vs. Jesus)/discipleship Misunderstandings lead to consequences Father/son relationships Oral Society Hospitality Fate/Omens Unpredictability of life/Inevitability Devolution (golden age has passed)/decline/inferiority

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