The Merode Altarpiece resides in three hinged panels in the format of triptych. The right panel characterizes Joseph in his workshop; the center and most significant panel display the Annunciation itself, and it's two main individuals Mary and Archangel Gabriel; the left panel illustrates the donor and his wife. The white lilies and the white towel both imply to Mary's purity. Joseph is pictured working in his carpentry workshop, surrounded by symbolic tools. The saw hints at the tool that St Peter used to cut the ear off of Malchus, during the betrayal and arrest of Christ.…
Discover the Magic of the Bishop Museum Within the Bishop Museum, visitors can travel back in time to the historic past of Hawaii. Nearly 2,000 years ago, Tahitian and Polynesian settlers first arrived on Hawaii's coastline. In 1882, the Iolani Palace was constructed for the Hawaiian monarchy. By 1893, the Hawaiian monarchy was overthrown and the royal residence was taken over.…
Throughout this story, the narrator is portrayed as an arrogant, self-obsessed man who is really only willing to see the world through his own judgmental, warped point of view. This type of person being a common character in many of Carvers writings, as pointed out by Carol Stern in her paper, “Cathedral: Overview” (Stern). Readers can see this in his behavior and the way he speaks depicted in the very opening paragraph of the story. The narrator describes his thoughts on this visitor coming to stay by saying, “I wasn’t enthusiastic about his visit. He was no one I knew.…
But, in fact it is actually made up of several open spaces combined altogether to make up the tremendous open spacing that resembles structures from that era. Similar to structures in the past, other structural considerations with this cathedral would be the statues mounted to walls, the Stations of the Cross, relics, crosses, carved figures, and wall imagery which is unique to its display at St Raphael. Other locations of interest that are present at this church is the Sacristry and the Reconciliation Chapel which is placed prominently within the spacious layout and design of the church. Once again, unique and varies from location to location based on overall design of the structure.…
The building of monumental cathedrals in the middle ages was a reflection of faith and creative energy of medieval society. Although cathedral building was run by religious people or institutions, it was often a community effort. Architecture played a very important role for the church in medieval times. The more great the architecture, the more the church believed it was glorify God. Many of medieval cathedrals are museums, housing fantastic examples of craftsmanship and works of art.…
The Chapel of Saint John is two stories, and is long and semi-circular in shape. Dozens of massive columns rooted on the ground floor support the upper gallery. Today, it still stands at 90 feet tall, still looking over the city. There is a moat and two Roman construction defensive curtain walls, which makes a concentric pattern around the fortress. The Traitor's Gate was built during a renovation of the Tower as an additional entrance between 1275 and 1279 during the reign of Edward I.…
During the 3rd and 4th centuries controversy arose among the leaders and population due to the rising questioning of the humanity and divinity of Jesus Christ. At the beginning of the fourth century, the First Council of Nicaea was convened to come against the heretical teachings of Arius. Arius, a presbyter from Alexandria, along with his followers, believed that “before [the Son] was begotten or created or defined or established, he was not for he was not unbegotten and that the Son had a beginning but God has no beginning” (Bingham, D. Jeffrey. Pocket History of the Church. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2002.…
In Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral” and Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper”, the reader is given two similar marriages in a different time period. The marriage in “Cathedral”, the narrator and his wife, who are both unnamed, and the marriage in “The Yellow Wallpaper” between the narrator and her husband John shows similar qualities in how inequality can play an affect, resulting in a disaster between the two. Both husbands share the lack of respect and equally for women, especially to their wives. In “Cathedral", the husband is outraged and extremely jealous by the friendship between his wife and her friend who is blind. Robert, the blind man, was “no one [he] knew” and “[him] being blind bothered [him]”.…
Medieval Church: Gothic Cathedral The architecture of the medieval Gothic cathedrals is one of the greatest glories of European culture. Since the twelfth century, Gothic art and literature in Europe had become very popular, and were soon brought to perfection in the thirteenth century. The first Gothic cathedral was the abbey of Saint-Denis (built around 1140 and 1150 ce); it was inspired by the famous Abbot Suger. This cathedral was burned down twice and without the reconstruction of it, Notre Dame, and all the cathedrals in the future would not have been established the way they were. Saint-Denis started a revolution of cathedrals in the Gothic style.…
The student has acquired commendable sight reading and musicianship skills through his work as a choral scholar at the Cathedral. However this work has imposed problems upon the voice such as a relatively straight tone and breathiness. Richard's lesson was fluidly structured to attempt to cover as many aspects of singing as possible. I think having a general lesson plan that is fluid and able to be adjusted for each student means that the student can have a clear goal and not lose concentration, as the activity is changing. The student seemed fully engaged in the lesson and was receptive to Richard's teaching style.…
GRAPHIC ANALYSIS BUILDING: ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL Background The St. Paul’s Cathedral is built on 18911. It is located in the eastern corner of Flinders Street and Swanston Street, which is near the Federation Square and Town Hall.…
Also referred to as Laon Cathedral, the Cathedral of Notre Dame at Laon is located in Laon, France, which is approximately 80 miles from Paris, France. During the 3rd century, Paris was evangelized to. By 250, Pope Fabian sent Bishop Dionysius to Paris, who later became known as Saint Denis, the patron saint of the city. This further popularized the Roman Catholic influence throughout France.…
The Altarpiece of St. Clare: A Visual Biography The Altarpiece of St. Clare was created by an anonymous artist around 1280. The media used in this piece are tempera paint and wood. This was a common choice among artist during the middle ages.…
The publication “The Museum as Context” by Amy Tucker analyzes the environment of the museum and how culture and context is changed depending on the environment art is presented in. The purpose of art exhibitions is to show the audience an organized presentation of particular art pieces. The question raised in this chapter is whether the organization of the presentation is precise to represent each piece of work and does this representation distort the meaning of a piece. There are many ways art exhibitions are presented and displayed, from light to temperature. Exhibits can be considered a piece of art themselves due to the specific arrangements and methods of displaying items to connect the viewers with each piece of work.…
I have always had a passion for history and storytelling since I was a child and decided in seventh grade world history class that I wanted to be an archaeologist, discovering ancient cultures and uncovering their secrets. I maintained this plan, arriving at Boston University as an archaeology major but after several semesters of study realized that it wasn’t the exact path for me. I began to grow my appreciation of museums, admiring how they could ignite wonder, curiosity, and learning in myself and others. I realized this was where I felt most at home. Therefore, I decided to change my major to art history, while retaining an archaeology minor, and explore history through the lens of artist’s interpretations and ideas.…