...sit on the other side of the table to draw the attention of the observer, but in the midst of the others. Leonardo also creates a rhythm to the painting, grouping each three disciples in a cluster with arms stretched out usually towards Jesus. Having taken many years to create this masterpiece, the most innovative portion of this work was not the subject matter to my personal opinion, but that Leonardo experimented with a new way of painting. In this mixture of Tempera and oil, Leonardo attempted to discover a new media of painting. While this trial was not a success and the picture chipped with time, it is with mistakes like these which spawn success in later endeavors. Such as was the case with Filippo Brunelleschi. Having lost the sculpting competition, Brunelleschi turned to architecture and created long lasting monuments. When he built the Dome he went back and looked at the old Roman style. He studied the interlocking pattern and interweaved his knowledge with this rediscovered idea to create what made his career a success. The...
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...The spaces, while sacred are also violated numerous times and in some instances by the people who have held them sacred. In the beginning of the movie we see Romero in the church full of people celebrating his promotion to Archbishop, specifically the president elect, and some from the military. Later we see the same people turning on the Church and blaming it for the deaths and turmoil. Additionally, the occupation of the church by the National Guard is an excellent example of a violation of the sacred space. The National Guard repeatedly demonstrates their disrespect for the Church as the movie progresses by overtaking the church building and utilizing the space as a barracks. They desecrate the tabernacle and use force against Romero. Finally, we see the ultimate violation of the sacred space when Romero is murdered while celebrating the eucharist inside his church. With all of the hate and anger in the community, the congregation’s members and clergy remain strong and repeatedly join together to reclaim their church and re-establish the sacredness. Romero is the best example of the reclamation with his continued insistence to enter the church and celebrate the eucharist after the oppression of the National Guard. His success comes when the people of his congregation (the members of the community) join with him. The show of faith and belief leaves a lasting impact on the military and they allow Romero and the people to pass without further harm. Romero leads the congregation...
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...Cathedral It is an ongoing problem that people are narrow-minded and have preconceptions. It does no one good and is an obstacle in your everyday life. By closing your eyes, the other senses, like feeling, hearing and smelling, tune in and take over. A lot can be learned from these senses and new truths can be unrevealed. In the short story Cathedral, the main character stops his prejudices and sees a new truth. The short story Cathedral takes place in the 1990s in a married couple’s house in New York, America. The narrator of the story is the husband. The short story is told as from a first persons point of view. The narrator introduces both his wife and their guest, the blind man. The only information we get about the husband comes from his actions and thoughts. They let us know how he thinks a blind man should act “My idea of blindness came from the movies. In the movies, the blind man moved slowly and never laughed. Sometimes they were led by seeing-eye dogs.” From these thoughts we learn about the narrator’s prejudice and preconceptions. The husband has a lack of sympathy for their guest who is blind and has lost his wife. Through most of the story, the narrator refers to Robert as “the blind man”. This indicates that the narrator don’t see him as a normal human being, but only as a disabled man. Robert, the blind man, is in his late 40s. He is muscular, bald, has a beard and is spiffy. To much regret for the husband, Robert doesn’t wear sunglasses “But he didn’t use...
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...Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction This research project serves as culmination to the problem involving the restoration of the Basilica. It seeks to summarize, explain and synthesize several highlights of the topic in dialogue with the assigned texts and other readings; it will force additional research and reflections as an instrument for clarifying, defining and augmenting the author’s understanding of the major issues addressed by the proposal. The scope of the study embraces a solution that will lead the restoration of the Basilica to realities and treat the problems involving its reestablishment. Being a national heritage and considered to be one of the first Roman Catholic churches in the Philippines, it is our objective to restore a historical edifice and preserve its cultural legacy and customs. On October 15, 2013, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake shook Bohol at approximately 8:00 in the morning. It caused millions of worth of casualties, hundreds of families devastated, destroyed numerous properties and damaged many historical landmarks and churches, including the Basilica de Sto. Nino. The earthquake crushed most of the belfry and façade; walls and frescoes are cracked, leaving the church in verge of total wreckage. To prevent an entire loss, propositions involving the repair and rebuilding of the damaged areas are to be provided as well as redesigning of the structure’s stability will furnish its constancy to be able to withstand future disastrous...
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...Dome of Florence Cathedral (1423-1438) by Filippo Brunelleschi * Brunelleschi and Ghiberti collaborated to submit a model but Ghiberti withdrew from the project shortly the model was selected. * The dome is 44 meters in diameter and 113 meters high topped by a lantern that is accessed by a stairway between the interior and exterior walls of the dome. * The dome depends on a system of large ribs springing from the corners of the octagonal drum with smaller one between them (skeletal shell) * The ribs are covered by a second shell, covered with over 4 million terracotta tiles * The base of the dome is tensioned by horizontal chains of iron and wood * Brunelleschi created cantilever scaffolding that could rise as the building went up and also created new pulleys and hoists to bring up the heavy masses of stone to the top of the dome * The dome is pointed which gives it a gothic shape, rather than a classical shape which matches the gothic church itself * The dome’s design allows the lantern to rise 375 feet about the pavement * The Last Judgement scenes are painted on the inner dome by Vasari and Zuccaro Sources: Campbell, Stephen J. and Cole, Michael W. Italian Renaissance Art. Thames & Hudson. 2011. Print Finnan, Vincent. Retrieved on May 19, 2014: http://www.italian-renaissance-art.com/Brunelleschi.html Khan Academy. Retrieved on May 19 2014: http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/brunelleschis-dome.html 1.37 Birth of the Virgin (St....
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...Medieval ages vs Renaissance. The mid-14th century marked the beginning of a transition between the Medieval and Modern times. This transition we now known as the Renaissance. The movement initiated in Italy and incorporated almost all aspects of life starting with intellect and politics and reflecting in architecture and art. In Italian “Renaissance” literally means “awakening” or “rebirth”. (Cliff’s Notes, 2013). The Middle ages were thought to be really invented by Renaissance. People of the 14th century were feeling like they were “coming out of the darkness”. Since those dark and dirty centuries left behind didn’t really deserve to be called any special name they just called them ‘the age in between”. We now realize that those ages were also innovative and in it’s 1000 years or so Europe took on the shape and features we know today. “In the lawless age people looked for immediate solutions to immediate problems: how to beat back the enemy, how to rebuild the working economy, how to stay alive. Until, out of anarchy, a new social order was put together that would restructure Europe – the Middle ages.” The medieval art of the Western world covers an enormous range of time and place, over 1000 years of art in Europe, and at times the Middle East and North Africa. Generally we say that medieval art lasted from 5th to 14th centuries. It includes major art movements and periods and the artists themselves. Art historians try to classify medieval art into major periods...
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...direction of what you want to see and the image instantaneously appears. The inner, invisible, intangible characteristics require more than receptors and neurons to visualize. Thought and personal investment are required in the visualization of the intangible. In “Cathedral”, Raymond Carver suggests blindness is often an affliction of the heart and soul and not the eyes. Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral” is a short story about a husband’s journey to enlightenment. A longtime friend of the wife comes to visit after the death of his wife. The wife meets the blind man, Robert, ten years prior while looking for a summer job. She becomes his assistant. The wife reads briefs, reports, and helps organize the blind man’s office. Over the years the wife and blind man keep in touch; corresponding by sending audio tapes through the mail (Carver). The visit from the blind man is not something the husband is excited about. He remains disconnected from the conversation most of the evening. When the wife falls to sleep, the husband is forced to engage with the blind man. With the persistence of the blind man, the husband engages in a conversation about cathedrals. It is through the process of describing the cathedrals to the blind man that the life of the...
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...Inside The Cathedral In the short story “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver, Carver touches on a personal experience. Carver and his wife were going to have a house guest, a man that his wife had worked with ten years ago over the summer in Seattle. Carver’s wife had stayed in touch with this man, Robert, over the years. The visit was bittersweet, though Robert was going to be reunited with a long-time friend; it was under the conditions that his wife had passed way. He’d come to Connecticut to visit his late-wife’s family and stay with the Carvers. There was one catch, however. Robert was completely blind and this made Raymond carver extremely uneasy, saying that “a wink and a nod are the same to a blind man.” Raymond’s taking on the situation; catering to a blind man; was very socially ignorant. Admittedly so, he said “My idea of blindness came from the movies. In the movies, the blind moved slowly and never laughed. Sometimes they were led by seeing-eye dogs. A blind man in my house was not something I looked forward to.” (Carver, lines :_). Raymond also offered to take the “blind man” bowling, which is truly a sad, if not just cynical image to bear. Raymond’s wife was extremely nervous to be accommodating to the Robert as well, but it was an excitable nervousness. She longed to be reunited with him, to share stories and catch up, but this was also a man her husband had never met; she could sense the tinge of jealousy and irritation in the air around her husband. She was...
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...Geronimo, Ronich Eleanor M. BSTM 3B Environmental Conservation PAMARAWAN We had an orientation last March 12, Tuesday on our supposed time for our subject Tourism Impacts and Sustainability to discuss about Mangrove Planting. This activity was held on Pamarawan Island which is still part of City of Malolos. They also let us know about the call time and venue for meet up before going to the terminal. The call time is 5:30 in the morning in Malolos Cathedral, but because I already know how to go there and it is along the way, I asked if it is okay not to go to Malolos Cathedral. It’s better for me not to, because it would be hassle for me and also to save time. Unexpectedly, our section 3B is not yet on the Cathedral. Though they are also late, I didn’t make it to arrive on time and reach them. When they drifted, that’s the time I already came and I had reach nothing but the other community from Pamarawan. So they left me but they advised me to ride a boat separately. I have no choice but to wait for the boat to fill the other passengers to reach 20. While I’m waiting, I’ve seen another Student from Tourism riding a tricycle. When I saw him, I started smiling and it makes me to cheer up, because I have a companion on being late. I talk to him immediately for me not to feel bored and uncomfortable. He’s easy to get along with and I enjoyed talking to him, it helps me not to feel that it has a long trip. By the way, he’s a student from BSTM 1-C but I forgot his name. We...
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...St Bruno, Rome, St Pierre du Vatican. 1740-1744. Au début du XVIIIe siècle , un cycle de fondateurs des ordres religieux était destiné à compléter la décoration sculpturale de la nef de Saint-Pierre, un des hauts lieux de la chrétiennete. Michel Ange est choisi pour exécuter la Statue St Bruno. L'artiste n'est pas le premier français à exécuter une statue à St Pierre. Pierre Legros II a sculpté le St Dominique, placé dans le choeur en 1706. La niche se situe dans le pilier sud-est de la croisée. L'oeuvre est entourée de Véronique de Mocchi (à sa droite), de St Gaëtan de Monaldi (en face – niche opposée) Représentation de St Bruno St Bruno est le fondateur de l'ordre des chartreux, un des ordres religieux les plus anciens. Le saint est canonisé en 1623. Il est intégré dès le début dans le monde baroque. Il devient un thème de choix pour les artistes du XVII – XVIII. St Bruno inspira de nombreux artistes peintres, sculpteurs. Il est considéré comme un accompli de l'homme de haute médiation détaché des biens et honneurs de ce monde. Les artistes le présente dans sa comtemplation avec comme accessoire un crâne, un crucifix, une mitre ou bien la crosse déposés à ses pieds. St Bruno apparaît sous les traits d'un saint méprisant les choses du monde et méditant sur les mystères divins -St Bruno de Meyrera à la chartreuse de Grenade : La statue tient une crosse et son vêtement monastique retombe sur une mappemonde à ses pieds pour symboliser le mépris des choses terrestres ...
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...Davenport Hotel Spokane is really beautiful city with a lot of fabulous architecture pieces. The downtown area of Spokane looks kind of urbanized with high, modern buildings, but it is a great area just to be in and observe local architecture there. One of the greatest architectures in the city is the Davenport Hotel. It is probably the most impressive building in Spokane. What makes this building really interesting is that this building exists almost for one hundred years and it’s a part of Spokane’s history. The hotel was opened in September 1914. From the day of the opening different stories about the hotel were popular among hotel’s visitors and Spokane residents. The facts that many famous people had visited the Hotel and that some mysterious things like visitors had seen a ghost in the Hotel make the building more attractive. Since the first day of the hotel’s existence the hotel was always surrounded by its visitors’ sympathy because this architectural piece is a true miracle. Anyone who had visited the hotel would agree that this building is a perfect example of a building harmoniously combining new and old together. No matter from what site the building is being observed, it always impresses with beauty, royalty and harmony presented in every part of the hotel. No one passing by could resist going inside and experience being in such great building. The facade of the building seems to be lower than the other parts of the hotel’s complex. The complex consists with a...
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...The School of Athens Artist: Raphael Year 1509–1510 Type: Fresco Dimensions: 500 cm × 770 cm (200 in × 300 in) Location: Apostolic Palace, Vatican City The Holy Trinity Artist: Masaccio Year 1425 Type: Fresco Dimensions: 667 cm × 317 cm (263 in × 125 in) Location: Santa Maria Novella, Florence I started this project by searching the paintings that I will be analyzing. In the internet, I found a great painting from Raphael named The School of Athens (1509-1510) and from the text book Prebles’ Artforms by Patrick Frank, I found a painting from Masaccio named The Holy Trinity (1425) Both paintings fit in the Renaissance period where painters in Italy specifically wanted to have a re-birth in art. Renaissance is a period in the art history used to describe the re-birth of ‘the glory of ancient Greece” (Prebles’s , 2011); it occurred between the 14th and 17th centuries. Artists incorporated a sense of light and colors using new mediums. Also the use of the space and perspective was a major innovation of the time. These new innovations caused your eye to see in there dimension. Art in this period was mostly realized for commission or religious motives. In the Renaissance period, many artist occupied different places in society since it was dominated by associations which helped trades in society. All of these religious groups where connected to a patron saint and linked to their fellows making sure all have decent jobs. The School of Athens is characterized...
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...Responding with essay FINE ARTS WEEK 2 IF you were a accomplished man in the renaissance era what would be expected of me? Answer: To start off my response a renaissance man makes me think of a man that is a jack of all trades, a man that can do all sorts of different things. A man that has limitless capabilities in his ideas of everyday life and development of aspects in his surroundings. I believe he is a person that embraces all knowledge and develops his own capacity of skills as fully as possible. To be a true accomplished man of the renaissance I believe he is a man that developed skills in all areas od knowledge, in physical development, being accomplished in a social environment and in the aspect of art and music. For example a man that could be a a architect by trade, painter and poet by interest, and a skilled person with no limits to physical barriers. IF I was a man in that period of time I think people would expect me to know a little bit of just about everything instead of knowing a lot about a few things, I would be expected to know a enitire spectrum per say about modern knowledge and life existing around me. People would look to me for opinions and almost to be in sense, a leader. What is your favorite artist from the Youtube videos and why? Part 1 Without any hesitation my favorite artist and artist I have been interested in before this class is Michelangelo. He is a extraordinary painter, is really unbelievable that he paint the chapel from start to...
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...In this painting by Masaccio, it demonstrates Alberti’s idea ‘La più grassa Minerva’. Masaccio clearly has demonstrated linear perspective with chiaroscuro techniques, we can also see this through his colour choice and depiction of three dimensional characters in three different settings. “The outline and surface, then, give their names to the plane but there are two qualities by which the plane is not altered (although it appears to be). These take their variations from the changing of place and light.”-Alberti’s Della Pittura. Masaccio has used an ancient narrative format, by telling three different stories in the one painting. The first image you see when looking straight at the painting for the first time is the middle image, the reason...
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...Museum Paper The work of art I chose is “The Calling of Apostles Peter and Andrew.” This work of art was started in 1308 and ended in 1311 by Duccio di Buoninsegna. It is an oil on panel painting and is currently located at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. This work of art depicts a religious view while having a proto-renaissance style. This work of art is significant because it shows a sense of a belief. The belief of Peter and Andrew towards Jesus. The work of art has subtle details that tell a short story. When I look at this painting I look at the features of Jesus’s clothing, the rock Jesus stands upon, the boat that the men stand in, the fish net, and the gesture Jesus gives to Andrew and Peter. Firstly, to me, the boat symbolizes instability as it can sway from side to side giving an idea that the two men’s faith is not yet decided in a manner of speaking. The rock Jesus stand upon shows strength and stability within him; his faith. Jesus beckoning symbolizes a calling to him while saying that if they do then it will be fulfilling or rewarding due to the fishing net being full. Jesus’s clothing also symbolizes two different things. Firstly, the red coloring of his outfit symbolizes his passion in faith. The purple coloring of his outfit symbolizes his status in royalty. Buoninsegna also paints one of the men in a reddish color to possibly indicate his passion. There are also several small designs around the head of Jesus which could indicate a sort...
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