1. The Last Supper is a mural painting by Leonardo da Vinci for his patron Duke Lodovico Sforza. It represents the scene of The Last Supper from the final days of Jesus as depicted in the Bible. The painting is based on John 13:21‚ in which Jesus announced that one of his 12 disciples would betray him. The painting is one of the most well known and valued in the world; unlike many other valuable paintings‚ however‚ it has never been privately owned because it cannot be moved. Тhe painting measures
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As many know the infamous portrait of Mona Lisa her portrait tells a story behind her beauty and looks. Her popularized art has captured the attention of many artist and has inspired. Not only known as a piece of art there are also other lost information behind the oil painted portrait. Being one of the self proclaimed and important portrait in history‚Mona Lisa has created and inspired many artist. While being a piece of art‚ a historic figure‚ and the women behind the portrait. That this artwork
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By watching Mona Lisa Smile‚ I noticed that life as a young adult during the 1950 ’s was similar and very different than how life is now in 2005. In the 1950 ’s birth control was unheard of and people made it out to be against the law whereas today‚ birth control is the most widely used drug to prevent pregnancy. Within a typical 1950 ’s household‚ the soul responsibility of a wife was taking care of her husband and kids and the husband’s role was working for his family and keeping them financially
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Renaissance Art AIU Online March 15‚ 2014 Abstract My report is about two works of High Renaissance Art‚ by Michelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci. Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling and Leonardo’s Mona Lisa. The two works of art to me represent High Renaissance Art at its best. The two pieces show art to be colorful‚ yet refined‚ subtle and perceptive. The Sistine Chapel is by far Michelangelo’s best work‚ because I love the bible and the themes he made to fit the verses.
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Modernism in art is rejecting the past and it’s a “relentless quest for radical freedom of expression” (says my copy of “The Annotated Mona Lisa”). In western culture‚ before the scientific revolution or the Age of Enlightenment‚ most subjects/ themes of paintings were the daily lives of upper/middle class people‚ the nobility‚ Christianity‚ and landscapes. Also the paintings then stressed
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Mona Lisa Smile takes place in 1953 and tells the story of a feminist teacher who studied at UCLA graduate school and left as a first-year teacher from Oakland State University. She also leaves her boyfriend behind in Los Angeles‚ California‚ to teach at Wellesley College‚ a conservative women’s private liberal arts college in Massachusetts‚ United States. Katherine Ann Watson tries to open her students’ minds to their freedom to do whatever they want with their lives. She encourages her students
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HUMANISM IN RENAISSANCE Renaissance is a term used to describe ‘rebirth’ (in French)‚ which began in Italy in late middle age and then spread to other parts of Europe. During the Renaissance people to question the Scholastic methods of that time and their questioning resulted as the birth of humanism. Humanism goes along with secularism in the sense that it makes humans beings‚ not God‚ the centre of attention. People began to do things because they enjoyed them rather than for God’s glory. It
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Nancy Abbey Ginnifer Goodwin as Connie Baker Kirsten Dunst as Betty Warren Juliet Stevenson as Amanda Armstrong Julia Stiles as Joan Brandwyn Dominic West as Bill Dunbar Maggie Gyllenhaal as Giselle Levy Summary Of The Movie In Mona Lisa Smile‚ Julia Roberts leads an all-star cast of prominent young actresses including Kirsten Dunst‚ Julia Stiles‚ Maggie Gyllenhaal and newcomer Ginnifer Goodwin‚ in a story of women struggling to define themselves in a world that has already defined
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Humanism/Secularism In the Renaissance the main ideas of humanism came from the people opposing the ideas of the bible and of the Christian church. As the period of medieval rule came to an end‚ people became more aware and known to social and humanist ideas. What citizens wanted was the place between god and man to disappear and humanists were the ones that were up to the job. Many humanists decided to look back at what the ancient Greeks and romans had already worked on as that usually provided
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An Examination of the relationship between a humanist theory and three art works from the Renaissance. Art History 3.7 (91488) Cassandra Breen 13BT 10 July 2013 TASK ONE The Humanism movement occurred during the 14th and early 15th century in Italy‚ and later spread to the rest of Europe becoming known as the Renaissance. Writers‚ politicians‚ scholars and artists engaged in the movement‚ which was developed in response to the scholastic conventions at the time. The conventions
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