towers and pinnacles and perhaps tall spires.[7][17] These cathedrals were the skyscrapers of that day and would have‚ by far‚ been the largest buildings that Europeans would have ever seen. [edit] Plan Most Gothic churches‚ unless they are entitled chapels‚ are of the Latin cross (or "cruciform") plan‚ with a long nave making the body of the church‚ a transverse arm called the transept and‚ beyond it‚ an extension which may be called the choir‚ chancel or presbytery. There are several regional variations
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morning. Although it was already March‚ it was still snowing in Pittsburg. I remembered I had to get up at 5:45 in the morning because Mrs. Ackerman had to get to the church pretty early. It was a half hour drive from Mrs. Ackerman’s house to the Chapel. There were lots of hills in Pittsburgh area‚ therefore‚ I often got car sick from the driving and plus that day was quite cold so that half hour drive was really painful. However‚ compare to the early morning driving‚ my experience at the church
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period of time‚ as indicated by tax records‚ Botticelli continued his career with the support of the Medici family‚ one of the most powerful families in Florence‚ Italy. He left Florence in 1480 to help decorate the Sistine Chapel in Rome with some of his art which only the most famous painters of that time were invited to do. In 1482‚ Botticelli returned to Florence and shortly after painted the Birth of Venus (Angelis‚ 4). PART III - ANALYSIS OF THE SITE AND
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The Medici Family The Medici family - controlled Florence throughout much of the Renaissance The Medici are the first princely dynasty to win their status not by warfare‚ marriage or inheritance but through commerce. They come to Florence in the 12th century from the nearby countryside. Their ancestral home is in the Mugello valley. During the next two centuries the family‚ amassing a fortune through banking and trade‚ begins also to play a prominent part in Florence’s political life. As yet
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Tammy Moran Art History 225 05/17/2014 All the David’s Peter Paul Rubens 1577-1640 David Slaying Goliath Oil on Canvas 123x99 cm ca. 1616 Norton Simon Museum‚ Pasadena CA Ruben’s work is by far the most colorful and vibrant of the nine pieces selected. It is most similar to Michelangelo’s painting (9). Showing David about to decapitate a defeated Goliath. Ruben’s Goliath is not nearly as daunting inn size as Michelangelo’s. David is stepping on the head of Goliath after stoning
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Why can’t they do that somewhere else? Athletes are not shoving religion down our throat‚ please‚ that claim is ridiculous. Taken by how he expresses himself about his faith‚ Tim Tebow is arguably one of most religious athlete around‚ and this kid isn’t even a pro athlete‚ yet he is one of the most respected players in America. Tebow isn’t trying to make anyone change religion when he writes John 3:16 on his eye black‚ and believe me if you are a fan going to a football game‚ religion is one of the
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Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio took the papal name Francis‚ after St. Francis of Assisi‚ and was elected as the new pope of the Catholic Church. It was on March 13‚ 2013 that white smoke rose from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican and Pope Francis was elected the two hundred and sixty-sixth pope. He is a pope of many firsts. The first Jesuit pope‚ first pope from the Americas‚ and first non- European pope in more than a millennium. He is known for being
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LECTURE NO 2 1=RENAISSANCE The word "Renaissance" derived from the term "la rinascita"‚which means rebirth‚ first appeared in Giorgio Vasari’s Vite de’ più eccellenti architetti‚ pittori‚ et scultori Italiani (The Lives of the Artists‚ 1550–68) Historians often divide the Renaissance in Italy into three phases.[3] Whereas art historians might talk of an "Early Renaissance" period‚ in which they include developments in 14th century painting and sculpture‚ this is usually not the case in architectural
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The Romantic Era Have you ever heard of the word romance? Love is the 980th most commonly used word in the English language‚ which connects to the word romance‚ so there is a very good likelihood that you have. The real question‚ however‚ is do you really know what romance means? Romance has several different meanings and the Romantic Era encompasses them all. Despite the fact that the Romantic Era was a hundred years‚ the Romantics contributed so many things‚ some of those being romance‚ the
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Architecture was the most important and original art form during the Gothic period. The principal structural characteristics of Gothic architecture arose out of medieval masons’ efforts to solve the problems associated with supporting heavy masonry ceiling vaults over wide spans. The problem was that the heavy stonework of the traditional arched barrel vault and the groin vault exerted a tremendous downward and outward pressure that tended to push the walls upon which the vault rested outward‚ thus
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