Antonio Vivaldi was one of the most influential composers of the Baroque period. He‚ along with many other composers‚ created some of the earliest European music familiar to us today (What is Baroque Music?). The Baroque period can best be described as using the power of music to communicate (What is Baroque Music?). The composers used a single voice that was accompanied by instruments‚ as well as specifying the instruments used‚ to capture the importance of the relationship between tonic and dominant
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the nickname later in life as the “red priest”) That autumn‚ he received and appointment to Ospitale della Pieta‚ an orphanage in Venice where he taught violin‚ and later conducted the orchestra. With Vivaldi directing the orchestra‚ the concerts brought international recognition. Other than numerous trips to other cities on the peninsula‚ and in Europe‚ Vivaldi spent most his career at the Pieta. Before his death on the 26th of July‚ 1741 in Vienna‚ Antonio Lucio Vivaldi collaborated on and/or solely
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Michelangelo Di Lodvico Buonarroti Simoni was born on March 6th‚ 1475 in Caprese‚ Italy. He was the second born of five boys to his parents‚ Leonardo di Buonarrota Simoni and Francesca Neri. He died February 18th‚ 1564 in Rome‚ Italy‚ just weeks before his 89th birthday. He was a sculptor‚ painter‚ and architect during the Italian Renaissance period and had the nickname "Father and Master of All the Art.” Italian Renaissance was the time of the great revival of art‚ literature‚ and learning in Europe
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Lagraulas wanted to create a large statue of the Virgin Mary with her dead son resting in her arms that was intended to be used as a Pieta to grace his own future grave. What Michelangelo created was a five foot nine inch tall intricate masterpiece‚ created from a single block of marble. Even to this day‚ 500 years later‚ people still flock to see this beautiful statue. In 1501 Michelangelo
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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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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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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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