The Middle Ages From the 5th to the 15th century A.D., a period known as the Middle Ages existed. Unfortunately, this period is also referred to as the Dark Ages, a depressing period. However, during this time three artistic styles took their turn in the spotlight. Each one became famous for its specific brand of art and architecture. The names of those three styles are Byzantine, Romanesque, and Gothic. Arriving in the spotlight first is Byzantine art. Originating from the Byzantine Empire, this
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Born in what would become Italy, Giordano Bruno lived from 1548-1600, at the precipice of an era of novel scientific and religious thought. His writings encourage speculation about his true beliefs through an ambiguity of illusions to unapproved modes and allows the reader to infer much while preserving religious solidarity. Bruno studied a wide variety of religious thought, both traditional and unorthodox, as well as many pagan, esoteric, scientific and pseudo-scientific genres. Through his concept
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The Renaissance had brought many new changes in culture and inventions throughout Europe. The Renaissance was so important and influential that many other countries based their revivals off of it. During the Renaissance, art, literature, and science were furthered and were bettered as well. These factors had caused the Renaissance to flourish not only in Italy, but throughout Europe, causing other countries to further themselves. This caused Europe to enter a period of peace, stability, and growth
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I am going to be analyzing Rene Girard’s ideas from Violence and the Sacred on mimesis and how it inevitably leads to conflict. I will examine and assess how and why Girard believes these subject-model relationships start and why they will eventually never work. We, as subjects, look to models who appear to have success and mimic them, while both going for the same object thus leading to conflict between both parties. I will now look at a passage focusing on Rene Girard’s ideas from his book Violence
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Gian Lorenzo Bernini is considered as a major figure in the Italian architecture and art due to his works that shaped the modern view of sculpturing and architecture. Gian Lorenzo Bernini was the founder of Roman Baroque (Bernini et al. 3). He was an architect, painter, playwright and the most influential artists of the seventeenth century. Bernini is also considered as one of the most creative artists that existed in Europe during that century. Gian Lorenzo Bernini was the father of the most popular
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Saint Catherine of Bologna, born Catrina de Virgi, entered this world on September 8, 1413. Her religious feast day is March 9th. St. Catherine of Bologna was born in Bologna, Italy and is the Patron Saint of Artists. Catherine went to a small school in her hometown. She excelled in reading, painting, and Latin. In 1426, at the age of thirteen, she became a Franciscan Tertiary. Then, In 1432, she went back to her town of Bologna and joined the Order of Poor Clares. She took over the more of the humble
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Galileo Galilei Galileo Galilei was a remarkable and a very influential scientist during the Renaissance. He was born in Italy in February 15, 1564. Galileo enrolled in the University of Pisa in order to study medicine, but while at the University he grew interested in mathematics and physics. Since he was unable to pay for the University, he had no choice but to withdraw himself from the school before earning his degree. In order to support himself, he started teaching. While out of school,
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When taking about painting, the works during Renaissance cannot be ignored. At that period, humanism was advocated, variety of painting whose themes were generally concerned with religion, especially Christianity had been created. The first painting I want to critique is Lamentation with Saint and a Donor. The composer did not use much contour which made the edge of the figures and objects clearly. Compared with the background plants, the colors using of figures are more brightly, which draws the
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Michelangelo's art on the The Sistine Chapels ceiling is considered one of the greatest examples of any painting during the Renaissance. Over 300 figures are depicted in the stories from the book of Genesis. The door is where it begins with Noah. It all ends with the separation of Light from Darkness. The ceiling of The Sistine Chapel is broken into a total of 33 separate pieces and each individual piece was painted a scene that was different Michelangelo painted the story of Genesis in the central
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Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was alive during the Renaissance and during that time he accomplished several paintings, sculptures, poems, and drawings. During his lifetime he created the sculpture David which is widely known. He also painted a chapel and that is what most books focus on because it is done so well. The Renaissance was a time of new ideas and the rebirth about art. While there were other artists during the Renaissance that had an influence during the Renaissance, Michelangelo
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