Annunciation

Encouraging Language Development Language development is one of the key factors for a child’s healthy cognitive and even physical development as it involves muscles of the face and mouth, requiring them to work simultaneously, ears training to hear and recognize sounds and speech flow and cognition for comprehension and communication. Behaviorist theory suggests that a parent reinforces language when they praise their child for annunciating words like da-da or ma-ma. Although the child begins…

to comprehend and illustrate. The second Marian dogma is Mary’s Perpetual Virginity. This teaching refers to Mary being ever-virgin even after the birth of Christ. The most common representation of this dogma would be the nativity scene or the annunciation, when the angel Gabriel visits her. The two remaining dogmas focus on the picture Mary presents as a perfect soul. Third on the list of Marian dogmas is The Immaculate Conception. A basic definition would refer to Mary being born without…

The Renaissance was a time of turmoil, change, and strong beliefs. The term renaissance itself means “rebirth”. Art was a significant and one of the only ways of expressing beliefs during that time period, but many people had different views on what art was worth and what exactly it was supposed to achieve. Some said that art is a commodity and a price should be put on a piece, while others believed that art is art; it doesn’t need a theme or meaning behind it whatsoever. However, throughout the…

While both appear to be influenced by the classical roman style, the use of tracery in Straus Madonna’s frame is appealing to the eye. If we compere Simone Martini’s Annunciation (Siena Cathedral, Siena) of c. 1333 to Straus Madonna’s frame it appears as if the Master wanted to reconstruct and revive the antiquity of such. While Martini’s frame is far more sophisticated than that of the Master they visually appear similar…

Once I made the transition to becoming vegan, I wanted everybody else to see that veganism is undemanding and has positive impacts on myself and the world around me. I didn’t, however, want to turn into what society had deemed a stereotypical vegan: pushy, argumentative, and aggressive. It is easy to let your passion carry you away in an argument, but spitting out facts, picking fights, and shaming people aren’t effective ways to defend animal rights. You can spend all day trying to reason with…

positive and negative interpretations. The serene mood of this painting suggests that these items should be interpreted positively, “evoking the ideals of a life lived with purity and truth”. Furthermore, the woman’s pose is reminiscent of an annunciation scene or a priest as he holds the Host during Eucharist. As a result, this painting uses subtle Catholic imagery and artistic convention to convey the ideals of a pure and holy life. However, x-radiographic images reveal that in earlier…

Analyzing Art Work by Different Artists from Different Periods Art is very important to people especially when it represents spirituality. It adds a strong connection between the artist and the viewers on something they both agree on. Art in the early Renaissance was mostly about spirituality, but as time passes by, artists paid less attention to spirituality, and they started adding other themes to art. I intend to show that The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci, represents the scene of The…

During the fifteenth century the Renaissance was wedged between the power of political families and religious institutions. These institutions acquired great wealth that has influenced and developed ideas associated with their cause or self-image they wanted portrayed to the public. Italy, during the Renaissance was not a nation but rather a collection of republics, city and states and kingdoms. One republic that flourished was Florence, known for its cloth and wool industry as well as their…

Ticket to Heaven To the modern viewer, the word Gothic may suggest darkness, but to the medieval viewer, the innovation of Gothic architecture allowed villagers to escape their lives of toil and to enter a spiritual realm, a Heaven on Earth. Previous medieval architecture was characterized by thick walls which did not allow light to come into the building. In Gothic cathedrals, light was used as a building material. The walls of cathedrals were no longer made from stone, but from glass. Stained…

Giotto’s work on the Arena Chapel leaves many historians questioning the iconography and placement depicted, and whether or not they were directed by his patron or himself in the final outcome. The famous Italian wall painting is located in Padua, and is suspected to have been created around 1305 or 1306. Since its creation, the work has had to overcome many restorations to be presented to the public. Enrico Scrovegni was the patron in charge of Giotto’s creation, and the piece is theorized to…