Ravenna

These monograms provide more information about who was involved, such as Victor, Maximian 's immediate predecessor. Before Victor was Ursicinus, the bishop between he and Ecclesius who participated as well. The exact dates of these bishops ' reigns are subject to some doubt, but the rough chronology is as follows; Ecclesius reined 522- 532, Ursicinus 533- 536, Victor 538- 545, Maximian 546-556. Victor was bishop the year 540, when the Ostrogoths who followed the Arian heresy surrendered Ravenna to the Orthodox Byzantines (Andreescu-Treadgold…

Creating art is, as some say, the indication of mystery in excellence or God; it is a diversion in which man lets off an overabundance of steam [stored energy]; otherwise it is the outflow of feelings by man’s psyche, and most of all; it is pleasure; however, considering everything, it is a method of social unity amongst mankind; consoling them in similar feelings and forever extending the shared common visual language of the world. Through new visual ideas introduced by artists, categories of…

his very own daughter (thus making him a bad person). However, in this story, the king’s absenteeism is probably made in order to emphasize the conflict between stepmother and child, woman and woman. As mentioned in The Queen’s Looking Glass, it is possible that the “King’s voice resides now in [the queen’s] own mirror, her own mind” (Gilbert and Gubar 38). This goes to show that it is the opinions of men that tend to make women go crazy over beauty, turning woman against woman. In order to…

way to having fame, power, revenge and beauty. Both Tom Walker from “The Devil and Tom Walker” and Queen Ravenna from “Snow White and the Huntsmen” thought they had no other way and chose to sell their soul to the devil but ended up worse than how they were in the beginning and alone with nothing or nobody by their side. Foremost, Tom Walker was a very greedy man who didn’t care about anyone but himself, not even his wife who he was married for years now, yet there was no love nor affection from…

People are motivated to get what they want whether it be for love, lust or Greed. But in ‘The devil and Tom Walker’ and ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’, they make a whole new meaning of doing the devil's work. People are motivated to get what they want, even if they have to lie to get it. For an Example, In ‘The Devil and Tom Walker’, “Tom was the universal friend of the needy, and he acted like a "friend in need..." Even though Tom had been overflowed with the Devil’s money, he still…

Empress Theodora and Attendants, is a mosaic found in the Church of San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy. Considered to be one of the most important surviving example of Byzantine architecture and mosaic work, it was created ca. 526-547 under Ostrogothic rule. Empress Theodora and her entourage are displayed in the south wall of the apse, right across from Justinian and his retinue. One of the key stylistic changes we noticed when viewing this mosaic, is that it is leaving the classical styles of…

for Beginners (2014). As the trailer of The Huntsman: Winters War starts we are introduced to the two sisters. After a few things get played out we can see that the propp function of Villainy is clear as Revanna (Evil Queen) kills Freya (Good Queen) baby daughter. According to Daniels article every propp has a meaning behind it and villainy entitles that the villain Ravenna causes harm to the victim or victims family and in this case it is Freya’s baby (2014). There is also a twist in the…

The devils trickery of getting one to sell his soul is a farce that’s as old as time. Sure Tom Walker struts around like everything is fine and dandy but at the end of the day, he loses everything. People are always tempted to summon the devil for their own selfish ways. Foremost, Washington Irving, The Devil and Tom Walker, Tom was driving to commit his fate-less act by greed. For example, Tom shows his eagerness to deal with the devil when the devil tells him to open a broker’s…

Roman imperial navy in two parts, military fleets and merchant fleets. For military fleet, during the Roman Empire, there were two major centers in Misenum and Ravenna, and lots of small centers for provincial fleets (fig. 2) The harbor and headquarters of classis Misensis and military camp for the sailors and soldiers was built at the end of the northern cape of the bay of Naples (fig. 3) during the period between 27 and 15 BC. The new port was built to guard the west coast of Italy and grain…

The Early Byzantine period launched the construction of magnificently designed churches aimed at evoking a heavenly presence into those who gathered to worship there. Chief among the numerous churches built was the church of Hagia Sophia (Fig. 1.1). While commissioned by Emperor Justinian I in 532, the principal architects were two academic figures: Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus. Following within the footsteps of the Early Byzantine ambitions, the purpose of the church was to…