Tudor Revision Condition of the Church in 1529 Overall Themes: Reformation from above or below Key Questions: Was the Church in 1529 in desperate need for reform? Was the Church in 1529 in dire condition? Etc Historians: Duffy (Catholic) – from above Dickens – from below Critics: John Colet – English churchman – problems with corruption‚ greed and priests having fun at the expense of doing their duty. Simon Fish – Protestant lawyer. Wrote Supplication for the beggars‚ which
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Chicancham P: 3 November 19‚ 2012 Biographical Information ■ Birth name: Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci ■ Born: April 15‚ 1452 (Vinci‚ Republic of Florence present-day Italy) ■ Died May 2‚ 1519 (Age 67 Amboise‚ Kingdom of France) ■ Nationality: Italian ■ Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter‚ sculptor‚ architect‚ musician‚ scientist‚ mathematician‚ engineer‚ inventor‚ anatomist‚ geologist‚ cartographer‚ botanist‚ and writer
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his death. Da Vinci created the now world renowned painting as a commission for the Gerardini Family. The painting is actually named after a member of the Gerardini Family‚ Lisa Del Giondo. It is currently on display in the Musée de Louvre in Paris France. The painting depicts a calm woman with folded hands slightly smiling. The Mona Lisa was designed using geometrical shapes. Da Vinci repeatedly used concealed triangles to shape the painting to bring the
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an architect‚ a engineer‚ and sculptor. When he was a child Leonardo was apprentice of the Andrea del Verroccio a famous painter. Some time in his 50s Leonardo created his best work ever and most famous painting The Mona Lisa. In 1517 he settled in France. Da Vinci spent the rest of his life designing military projects. A group of art and scientific specialists hired by the Louvre museum in Paris to investigate the painting. The findings have brought back many new thing that we never knew til now.
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One notorious visual artist from the Renaissance era is Leonardo Da Vinci. Interestingly enough‚ Da Vinci was more than just a painter and sculptor; he was also an architect‚ inventor‚ thinker‚ scientist and mathematician (History.com‚ 2009). He was a very interesting man and it is easy to understand his influence on art. His early life biography‚ experience of the French invasion and paintings depict Leonard Da Vinci as a much more interesting individual than the typical person would understand
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If you were to ask a group of scholars of their choice of a prominent figure from the Enlightenment Era‚ some will say Voltaire or Adam Smith. However‚ a good majority will reply with Cesare Beccaria‚ an Italian man who contributed to the Enlightenment Era as a jurist‚ philosopher‚ economist‚ and criminologist. Thus‚ as every other prominent Enlightenment thinker‚ Beccaria would continue to baffle the minds of many with his extraordinary ideas till the day of his death. Although we may no longer
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Who was Ginevra de’ Benci? Being the only Leonardo masterpiece in the U.S. I think this is one of the main questions on people’s minds‚ including myself. After visiting the National Gallery myself to see her‚ it was something I wanted to know more about‚ who was she and why was she painted the way she was? I was profusely curious to find the answers to all these questions I had. “Who Was Ginevra de’ Benci? Leonardo’s Portrait and Its Sitter Recontextualized” was a particularly helpful resource in
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weighing the evidence‚ it is certain that beauty is the province of the exceptional‚ not the commonplace. People are moved most by things that they rarely experience‚ not the things they experience every day. Those that would argue that true beauty i s everywhere might point to the beauty of a flower‚ or the starlit night. These exp eriences are c ertainly common‚ but do they show that true b eauty is commonplace? Flowers might b e considered beautiful‚ but how often does a person stop to look
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The Other Boleyn Girl- By Hannah Pengelley The film that I have chosen to write this essay on is ‘The Other Boleyn Girl’‚ the sequence within this film that I have chosen to specifically write about is the King’s arrival to the Boleyn’s family‚ the sequence begins at 14:29 minutes into the film.. The sequence begins with the King and all his men galloping on horses uphill on their way to the Boleyn family‚ the lighting within this sequence is natural lighting‚ this creates a more realistic atmosphere
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Portrait 1968” by William Dobell‚ is just beautifully done‚ and has a sense of a dreary day to it. I wasn’t completely happy with the turn out of my own self portrait and I feel like I still have a lot of work that needs to be put into it. I liked the idea of having very striking eyes and having them be the main focus in my drawing. I also wanted to incorporate something and a big part of who I am. And that is where the sweatshirt comes
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