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In the short time of 8 months after he arrived in Hobart and later on another offense this time of drunkenness, he was removed in December 1827 aboard the Prince Leopold to the secondary penal settlement at Macquarie Harbour. Details of Costantini’s life of this settlement are unclear. Stilwell supports that he was employed as a dispenser of medicines, and general assistant to the surgeon. Pearn notes that six surgeons served at Macquarie Harbour, a place where the extremely hard condition of…

As a child, I spent the majority of my time in the racecar shop with my grandfather or as I like to call him “Papa”. I was luckier than most kids because my grandparents lived just next door. I never had to wait for my parents to drive me to their house; I just simply had to run across the yard. I spent hours with Papa in his race-car shop. The time I have spent with him will forever remain with me. I have continued to learn more while sitting inside there than any other place. From teaching me…

This is fresco. This name is The School of Athens. Raffaello Sanzio drew at 1509-1511 on the wall. Raffaello is Italian. Fuesco find at Stanza della Segnatura, in Vatican. There are 59 people in the fresco and all of them important person in the world. He went at Urbino when Papa 2. Julius' architect recomnended Raffaello at Papa. Papa called artist because papa made a different fresco on the wall of Vatican library. After that Papa choosed Rafael. Rafael thinked to put famous philosophers'…

Perugino’s Christ Giving the Keys to St. Peter and Gentile Bellini’s Procession of the Relic of the True Cross before the Church of St. Mark were painted fifteen years apart and in different parts of Italy (Venice and Rome), but both paintings use similar technique to convey depth in efforts to replicate and service the human gaze on a two dimensional surface. Both paintings demonstrate use of linear perspective to achieve this. There is a horizon line with a vanishing point in both pieces,…

Chiara Murdock Cultural Project- Veneto I chose Veneto Italy because my great grandfather was from Venice. He has had a heavy impact on my family and I am named after his mother. My great grandfather came to America in the 1950’s, but by then he had already married, and had children. Prior to that he and his family, including my grandmother, lived in Argentina. The lifestyles in Buenos Aries and Italy are very similar, despite their small differences. The hustle and bustle in…

In this essay I will be comparing and contrasting the artwork Web #8 by Vjia Celmins and Drapery for a seated figure by Da Vinci. First, we will start off with the differences between the two pieces of art work. The mediums for Web # 8 is a dry media, charcoal on paper while Drapery for a Seated Figure is a liquid media, grey distemper on grey linen canvas. Vija's piece Web #8 is a charcoal piece containing line work such as cross hatching and a gray scale. Her line work I considered cross…

Florentine Giotto may be the most important Italian painter of the 14th century. His work points to the Renaissance style that developed about 100 years later. He showed a lot of talent at a very young age and is said to have been apprenticed to the great Florentine painter Cimabue. He was almost a completely self-taught artist. He would always be working on what he loved. His work pointed to the Renaissance style that developed a century later. “Although Giotto was widely considered a pioneer…

The land and sea routes on the Silk Road allowed for religions such as Buddhism and Christianity to spread throughout Asia and become established religions in places far from their origin. The Yungang Grottoes are Ancient Buddhist temples, located in Datong, China, formed from caves. These magnificent examples of ancient rock cut architecture portray the power of trade on the silk road perfectly because they are a shrine to Buddhism located thousands of miles away from the religion’s origin. The…

The Renaissance is a time period beginning in the thirteenth century C.E. that was defined by changing artistic style, which came to define the era. It was also a period of scientific discovery and growing knowledge. Leonardo DaVinci was one of the greatest artists in the Renaissance period and if we study his works, we can see he embodies both the new art style and incorporates new knowledge in his artwork (Harris) . These two hallmarks emerged in one of his most important paintings, The Last…

Greek and Roman influences led to the rebirth of learning and arts and humanistic world views known as the renaissance. Dante Alighieri was one of the most influential and important poets and writers of his time, the early renaissance. Born in 1265 Florence italy The italian poet was the child to Alighiero De Gelincine. Dante was a normal child learning at home how to become a politician, but then it all changed when the renaissance started. Dante then pursued a career as a writer. When Dante…