Albrecht Dürer

One day, I was sitting in Mr. Mackey’s class and I felt very tired. The classroom was very warm and I started to fall asleep. I fell forward and my head hits the desk. Suddenly, I wake up and I am no longer in the classroom. I am in a time machine with Leonardo da Vinci. He tells me that he is my tour guide for a journey into the Renaissance. He also tells me that every person we see comes into the time machine with us for a big surprise. The first thing Leonardo does is he travels to the…

The medieval period started in the 5th century, after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, and the 15th century around the Renaissance and The Age of Discovery. Most is what is said of the period is focused mostly on Europe where the empire fell and the Catholic Church exercise most of its’ power. The age is both look upon as ignorant and barbaric, as well as an enlightening time by historians. This is debated because not all people were the same, most were ignorant and few gain and spread…

The Nine Years War and its aftermath are without question one of the great turning points of Irish history. In addition to witnessing the zenith of Gaelic military power and sophistication, perversely, it also led to the final destruction of native military and political power. Despite the apparent modernisation of the native Irish forces it is not hard to find articles and attitudes which view the war as a contest of the backward and militarily weak Irish, against the modern armies of Elizabeth…

Hieronymus Bosch (2p minimum) introduction Exploring the concept of the Christian Worldview- Hieronymus Bosch and his rather infamous triptych ‘The Garden of Earthly Delights. We misunderstand the artist if we fail to look past his grotesque beasts and monsters biography real name was Jeroen van Aken and in Spain, he is known as “El Bosco”. Bosch was a Dutch painter of the 15th-16th century Little is known about the life of this Early Netherlandish Renaissance artist, but we do know that both…

Some art goes slightly glanced at, seen at the surface level as just art rather than what it is and why it’s like that. Most art even finds itself largely taken for granted, being a large part of our lives. We live in a world made up of and by art, for instance, all around us we see paintings, architecture, sculpture, fashion, and even technology. However what is art really? How did it become such a big part of our lives? And what would our lives be without it? This research is to find out…

The period of the Italian Renaissance, immediately following the Middle Ages saw a great rebirth of interest in the classical learning and ancient Greco-Roman values. In a society with strong political stability and growing prosperity, there was a development of new technologies–including the printing press, a new approach to astronomy and the continuous discovery and exploration of new continents–was followed up by a flowering of philosophy, literature and especially art. The new styles of…

I began the school year with fairly simplistic views. Humans were neither good nor evil, they simply wanted happiness. I thought that religion was useless and altogether more boring than the apparent enthusiasm some people seem to have. Nationalism was ridiculous. However throughout the school year, I found those beliefs to change and gain refinement. I was fairly neutral over human nature’s inherent goodness or evil before this school year. This course has made me lose much of my faith within…

British authors and literature from the 1500-1600 era made a significant impact on how and what British writers covered after this era. There were many other big and important historical events in this era. The first trip around the entire world happened during this era. It was masterminded by Ferdinand Magellan in 1519 and ended in 1522. There were bad things that happened in this era too. One such example is the Saint Bartholomew’s Day massacre in 1572. It was caused by many causes like the…

William Blake was born to a middle class family in London, England on the 28th of November in 1757. He had six siblings, and out of the seven of them, he was the third born (Black). Two of siblings died at birth (black). Blake did not have any formal schooling, but instead he was briefly taught at home by his mother (Black). The Blake’s were known to be “Dissenters”, and were said to have gone to a Moravian Church, which was one of the oldest protestant denominations in the world, dating back to…

world, lost feelings of spirituality and authenticity is what motivated him; this also was what motivated the whole movement. Kirchner did not agree with academic styles, he preferred and was inspired by the modern city. However, as an admirer of Albrecht Durer he restored the old art of woodblock printing and saw himself in the German…