Caitlin Higgins English 1001-40588 Clark December 9‚ 2010 Florence vs. Dublin Travel Experience People travel around the world to visit new places and learn about the culture of the city and its civilians. Some may travel in search of attaining more knowledge‚ such as studying abroad. Others travel for a simple vacation in hope of exploring something new. Two popular cities around the world tourists commonly visit are Florence‚ Italy and Dublin‚ Ireland. Florence is a flourishing city that
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elements at work here: Aemulatio (competition‚ imitation): every generation must strive to be equal to the ancestors‚ or better (see Hesiod’s “good” Eris) Pietas (dutiful respect for country‚ gods‚ family): Augustus ‘ duty toward Caesar: A) Octavian “avenges” Caesar’s murder = Civil War (against Brutus + Cassius) recycled as model of dutifulness (Pietas); B)
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pieces of art in his life time. The Pieta is an example‚ in fact‚ Michelangelo wanted to be buried at the foot of the Pieta. After Michelangelo’s father died at the age of ninety-two‚ Michelangelo became interested in the anatomy of the bod and started to dissect bodies. When Michelangelo’s heart and health started to weaken and go down he started to focus on designs and plans for his architectural projects. He did this while simultaneously working on the several pietas he made. In 1564 Michelangelo fell
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Born in Padua‚ a city not far from Venice‚ Mantegna introduced many Florentine characteristics into north Italian painting. He particularly admired the realism of Donatello’s sculptures‚ and like Donatello‚ he studied ancient Roman art. He used perspective to create the effect of a stage on which his figures perform. The
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different views and values portrayed‚ the timelines of both books and the ideas depicted. Aeneid book 5 and Iliad book23 make use of different views and values. Where Homer incorporates the honour code in his heroes‚ the heroes of Virgil show more pietas. The heroes of Homer aim to achieve honour‚ that is the esteem received from one’s peers. Honour is so essential to a hero that life itself would be meaningless. A hero’s honour is determined firstly by his courage‚ physical abilities and to a lesser
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from: http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-a-renaissance- man.htm#slideshow Gascoigne‚ Bamber. (2001). HistoryWorld. Retrieved from http://www.historyworld.net Kleiner‚ F New Renaissance Art(2001). Retrieved from http://newrenart.com/michelangelo-and-the-pieta/ Summers‚ D Summers‚ D. (2013).Michelangelo. In Academic World Book. Retrieved from Summers‚ D. (2013).Michelangelo. In Academic World Book. Retrieved from http://www.worldbookonline.com/academic/article?id=ar359360&st= Tricia Ellis-Christensen
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"The Bystander" - Rosemary Dobson "The Bystander" describes the significance of the insignificant characters in paintings. The speaker in the poem is that figure painted behind/beside the subjects of artworks‚ where he/it speaks out of its existence to us: in the form of a wing‚ a squire‚ a distant figure or part of a crowd. This insignificant character reflects upon several scenes he/it has stood in‚ such as the two slaughter of Innocents (i.e. the murder of infants from both Old and New Testament
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seen to be three distinct ideas as to what constituted a family‚ the nuclear or immediate family‚ the extended family including aunts‚ cousins‚ grandparent and the bloodline or linage which included all ancestors who shared the family name. The Florentine concept of the family or famigilia was‚ as theorized by Goldthwaite‚ the nuclear unit‚ not the extended family of cousins‚ aunts‚ uncles and grandparents the Kents implied. The family was important as it was a close social‚ emotional‚ economic and
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all this time. Similar tasks have been done by Florentine Codex discussing Aztec Culture (1547-1579)‚ Popol Vuh expounding Maya/Guatamala culture (1554-1558)‚ Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz with Mexican ontology (1648-1695) and Matsuo Basho discussing Japanese culture (1644-1694). This paper aims to understand the manner in which the above noted cultural analysts have present each cultural in a unique way. Florentine Codex (Aztec Cultural) Florentine Codex is a detail description of Aztec Culture documented
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Pitee renneth soone in gentil herte: Chaucer’s Pity In his essay “Chaucer and Pite‚” Douglas Gray records the relevant meanings of pity taken from the NED current to Chaucer’s time as: (1) The quality of being pitiful; the disposition to mercy or compassion‚ clemency‚ mercy‚ mildness or tenderness . . . (2) A feeling or emotion of tenderness aroused by the suffering‚ distress‚ or misfortune of another‚ and prompting a desire for its relief; compassion‚ sympathy . . . (3) a ground
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