The image I choose to discuss is the first one‚ which is named The Last Supper (Cenacolo or L’Ultima Cen‚ Italian)‚ painted by the famous artist Leonardo da Vinci. Historically‚ this masterpiece was painted in 1499. Before and after this period is known as the Renaissance. Renaissance era generally characterized as follows: it is the guiding ideology of humanism‚ its core is "all things is from human"‚ in favor of the individual as the measure of all things. Humanist emphasized on human values‚ personality
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A Family Supper "A Family Supper‚" by Kazuo Ishiguro‚ is a story of uncertainty‚ nervousness‚ emotions‚ and loss of love in the family. The narrator‚ Ishiguro‚ is a Protagonist‚ was born in the Tokyo‚ Japan. He is returning home from California some two years after the death of his mother. After the WWII‚ Watanabe’s despondency of the loss of the company leads him to take his life and his family members. The Protagonist’s mother‚ who is believed by her husband to have lost hope in her life‚ commits
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Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa Mona Lisa or La Giaconda it is probably one of the most well known works of art in the world. It is one of the most copied‚ photographed‚ and reprinted works of art. I myself have her as a screensaver in my laptop. Throughout the years‚ there have been all types of theories about her in the Mona Lisa painting. It seems that most of these theorizers not only have a hypothesis about her smile or name‚ but believe that no one else’s hypothesis is right except for theirs
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“Christ Preaching” By: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn [pic] The artist of “Christ Preaching” is Rembradnt Harmensz van Rijn. Christ Preaching is an etching and dry point on laid paper. This artwork is one of the finest examples of Rembrandts baroque style. This picture is worthy of very special study because it is reckoned by critics as one of the best of Rembrandt ’s etchings. Rembradnt Harmensz van Rijn was born on July 15‚ 1606‚ and he died on October 4‚ 1669. He was considered
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English 101 Sec. 54 Christine Cranford Project 3 The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown’s fictional novel‚ The Da Vinci Code‚ is one of the most popular books in recent history. In fact it’s over forty million copies sold worldwide is second only to J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series (Koyzis 1). Along with its astounding popularity‚ the novel also has aroused a great deal of controversy within the religious community. Most of the hysteria is centralized over the plot of the story which claims that
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Forside. a) Bogens titel: Da Vinci Mysteriet b) Forfatternavn: Dan Brown c) Forlag: WS Bookwell AB d) Udgivelsesår: 2004 Resumé. Under en konference i Paris bliver en amerikansk symbolforsker‚ Robert Langdon‚ ringet op midt om natten på sit hotelværelse. Museumsdirektøren på Louvre er fundet myrdet inde på museet‚ og på gulvet ved siden af ham er der skrevet en mystisk‚ kodet meddelelse. Langdon får følgeskab af den franske kryptograf Sophie Neveu og sammen hvirvles de ind i en hæsblæsende
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Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1452 . Born out of wedlock in Vinci‚ Italy (just outside Florence)‚ Leonardo’s illegitimate standing kept him from receiving a good education and excluded him from the most lucrative occupations. However‚ such limitations never hindered (and perhaps even fueled) da Vinci’s desire for knowledge and great ambition. At the age of 15‚ da Vinci became the apprentice of the painter Andrea del Verrochio in Florence‚ where his skills as an artist developed‚ flourished and even
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concerned himself with what the eye could see‚ rather than with purely abstract concepts. Little is known about the life of Leonardo da Vinci. He kept copious notebooks‚ but these contain only sketches and speculations. Much of what we know of him comes from tax records‚ legal documents‚ and secondhand sources. Leonardo was born on April 15‚ 1452‚ in the town of Vinci. His father was Ser Piero‚ a notary; his mother‚ Caterina‚ came of a peasant family. They were not married. The boy’s uncle Francesco
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Leonardo da Vinci “The life of an artist” By: Tiffany Meade Union City high school World History January 2010 Leonardo was a really creative man. Leonardo did lots of things during his lifetime. He painted things appealing to him. He also sketched inventions that weren’t made until later times. Leonardo wasn’t really known in the beginning of his life‚ but he was really known for his artwork after he died. Leonardo was inspired by many things. He also liked working with lots of things. Leonardo
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The Da Vinci Code is a film about individual spirituality. A major theme in the film is the power of knowledge in creating faith. For example‚ while the quest throughout the movie is to find evidence that Jesus was just a man and perhaps not as godly as history would have the world believe‚ the final answer of Magdalene’s existing bloodline does not truly destroy the Catholic Church because it does not exclude the possibility that he was perhaps both. This is what Robert Langdon means when he tells
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