tour of Versailles‚ Hampton Court Palace‚ and St. Peter ’s Basilica as well as looked at numerous pictures of artwork and architecture in and of the buildings. These three places have things in common as well as many differences. They all have the evidence of the baroque era but they each show different values that are most important to their community. It seems to me that Versailles was more concerned with showing their successes in politics‚ economics and the arts. Hampton court palace seemed
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The Palace of Versailles is located at Versailles‚ France‚ and was built in 1631 in the order of Louis XIII. It has served as the royal palace and numerous other purposes. It now serves as a museum of French history. Versailles is a Chateau which in French means‚ castle. It started as a hunting lodge built for King Louis XIII in 1624. Louis XIV (The Sun King) built Versailles to be his home. To Louis XIV‚ a magnificent palace was a must for royal life. All of the kings and nobles had to have wonderfully
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St. Peters Basilica St. Peters Basilica is located in the Vatican in Rome. Built in the High Renaissance to early Baroque period‚ the construction of St. Peter’s took about 150 years to complete. A bevvy of famous architects worked on the Basilica‚ beginning with Bramante and finishing with Michelangelo. It has the largest interior of any Christian church in the world‚ and though it is neither the Cathedral of the Pope nor the mother church of Roman Catholicism‚ it is still regarded as one
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Saint Peter’s Basilica‚ officially known as the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano‚ ranks second among the five major basilicas of Rome and is the second largest church in Christianity. St. Peter’s covers an area of 5.7 acres can hold up to 60‚000 people. One of the holiest sites of Christianity‚ it is the burial site of basilica namesake Saint Peter. Saint Peter was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus‚ the first Bishop of Antioch‚ and the first Bishop of Rome. Many Popes‚ starting with the first
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described as a bridge between Europe’s feudal society in which nobles held ultimate power and status to the capitalist society which eliminated the nobility’s influence over government and politics. Absolute monarchs like France’s King Louis XIV‚ Russia’s Peter the Great‚ and Prussia’s Hohenzollern kings‚ wanted to control their governments with no interference from the nobility. Absolutism greatly diminished the political power of the European nobility while still offering the nobles an opportunity to maintain
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Conor Johnston Peter Heslin World History 26 January 2016 Argumentative essay: Was the Palace of Versailles a good or bad idea to build? The Palace of Versailles was a good idea because it centralized power in France during King Louis the fourteenth’s reign. The main reason he built the Palace of Versailles was because he didn’t trust his nobles‚ Louis thought they were planning to overthrow him. In moving the government to The Palace of Versailles‚ his aim was to keep a close watch on his nobles
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Though Michelangelo wasn’t the only artist who worked on St. Peter’s Basilica‚ his work is probably the most well known. Not only did he design the domed ceiling of the church‚ but he also helped to repair the poorly constructed piers which were so vital to the structure of the monument. The Piers are what hold up the drum‚ which is the main base for the cupola (the domed part) and the lantern (the very top). The original designer of the church‚ Donato Bramante‚ was told by Michelangelo that his
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St. Mary’s Basilica One of the most recognizable and the biggest churches in Poland. It was built in 14th century in the Gothic style has two towers. The bigger one is 82meters high and the smaller is 69 meter. Inside the church visitors can admire the famous alter made by Wit Stwosz. This is the biggest gothic alter in Europe which measure 11 x 13 meters. Main Market Square Main Market Square in Cracow is perfectly square (200 x 200 meters). This is the crossroads of 11 streets. In the past
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Biography of Saint Peter After Jesus‚ Saint Peter is the most known and quoted Apostle in the New Testament. He is mentioned 154 times with the nickname "Petros‚" "stone"‚ "rock"‚ which is the Greek translation of the Aramaic name Jesus gave him directly‚ "Kefa". The name Simon is the Greek form adapted to his original Hebrew name‚ Simeon. The call of Jesus It took place on a day like any other day‚ while Peter was doing his
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Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564)‚ commonly known as Michelangelo‚ was an Italian sculptor‚ painter‚ architect‚ poet‚ and engineer of the High Renaissance who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art. Despite making few forays beyond the arts‚ his versatility in the disciplines he took up was of such a high order that he is often considered a contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man‚ along with his fellow Italian Leonardo
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