Gnosticism The doctrine of salvation by knowledge. This definition‚ based on the etymology of the word (gnosis "knowledge"‚ gnostikos‚ "good at knowing")‚ is correct as far as it goes‚ but it gives only one‚ though perhaps the predominant‚ characteristic of Gnostic systems of thought. Whereas Judaism and Christianity‚ and almost all pagan systems‚ hold that the soul attains its proper end by obedience of mind and will to the Supreme Power‚ i.e. by faith and works‚ it is markedly peculiar to Gnosticism
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towards 1440 and which became famous all over Italy. Padua was attractive for artists coming not only from Veneto but also from Tuscany‚ such as Paolo Uccello‚ Filippo Lippi and Donatello. Mantegna ’s early career was shaped indeed by impressions of Florentine works. At the time‚ Mantegna was said to be a favorite pupil; Squarcione taught him the Latin language‚ and instructed him to study fragments of Roman sculpture. The master also preferred forced perspective‚ the lingering results of which may account
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lived before Michelangelo. However‚ before Donatello became notable for his many works‚ he was born Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi around the year of 1386 in Florence‚ Italy. It is believed that Donatello received his artistic training from a Florentine goldsmith. In 1403‚ he became an apprentice under artist Lorenzo Ghiberti‚ and even assisted him in creating the cathedral doors of the Baptistery of the Florence Cathedral. Later in 1409‚ he completed his first commissioned statue David‚ which
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apprenticeship Donatello took a trip to rome and started to delve into old scripts. This experience gave him the styles of ornamental and classical art forms‚ and changed his artwork techniques that he would use in the future. After that he returned to Florentine and started to work on
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Michelangelo Buonarrati Alex Moir/3-15-00 Per.3/Mr. Mikulec The typical stereotype of artists of the past‚ is a lonely‚ tormented outsider‚ who creates his art through his pain and anguish. Well Michelangelo was just that. In fact the stereotype is modeled after him. He was an unsociable loner who didn’t have many friends‚ lovers‚ or even assistants to help him. His temper and rudeness drove others away from him and kept him lonely. However‚ even though he was not the most likeable or
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Since our meeting about improving our content for our museum’s website‚ I have given this a lot of thought and decided that our new timeline theme should evolve around sculptures of the High Renaissance in Italy. I chose this period because it was the time where classical art of antiquity was recaptured . I started with a marble sculpture by Tullio Lombardo from 1490 which was the start of the High Renaissance. The artists that I chose are Tullio Lombardo‚ Michelangelo‚ Lorenzetto‚ Bandinelli‚ Cellini
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such as wind resistance (e.g. drag) were recorded by Aristotle‚ Leonardo da Vinci and Galileo Galilei‚ very little effort was made to develop a rigorous quantitative theory of air flow prior to the 17th century. In 1505‚ Leonardo da Vinci wrote the Codex on the Flight of Birds‚ one of the earliest treatises on aerodynamics. He notes for the first time that the center of gravity of a flying bird does not coincide with its center of pressure‚ and he describes the construction of an ornithopter‚ with
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The answers to questions 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4 and 7 pointed out the external locus for the most part‚ while in questions 5‚ 6 and 8‚ consensus on the internal locus was verified (Table 3). It was identified that the external locus was related to religious beliefs‚ to the luck and fate associated with the habitus of these workers‚ as well as to the impossibility of controlling their own acceptance by their peers. The internal locus was present in the questions that addressed the responsibility for food safety
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war). Machiavelli’s short Bio Niccolo Machiavelli was an Italian state politician and well-known person of the Renaissance. Machiavelli was born on May 3rd‚ 1469. His father was Bernardo di Niccoli who came from an impoverished part of Florentine‚ there is little recorded about Machiavelli’s father. Machiavelli lived in Florence at a time of constant war and endangerment of other forces such as France‚ Spain and the Holy Roman Empire all of which had an interest in Italy (quite possibly
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Valera and his family had moved to a city in Bulgaria‚ Europe because of his job‚ and where fatal also happened caused his wife and daughters’ life. In the short story‚ Allende told the story start from the beginning to the end‚ but with the film‚ Florentine directed differently‚ he began when Frank found his first suspect‚ then flashback from the beginning of the movie show what happened‚ and why he was a crazy and violent
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