Annunciation

As the cult matures, the legends surrounding the miraculous image are revised to insure the prosperity of the cult. A notable example in Holmes’s text is the development of the legends behind the Annunciation at the SS Annunziata. The image cult surrounding the Annunciation begins with the claim that the artwork is painted by divine intervention. As the cult’s popularity grows, this claim matures to be that an angel painted the artwork. This image becomes particularly prevalent in…

10 Most Incredible Churches in Greece 10. Athens Catholic Cathedral of Saint Dionysus Areopagite This is the seat of the Catholic Church in Greece. The basilica is of the three-aisle form and is a work of Athenian classicism. Twelve giant columns made from green marble from Tinos island support the roof. The floor is made of fine Pentelic marble, and there are 8 impressive vitraux on the windows in the lower part of the church. 9. Church of the Holy Apostles Located on the western area of…

Just listen. Listen, because you're discrimination halters and falters my ability to matter. And you have the nerve to say that “You shouldn’t be allowed speak aloud.” So then came the hours upon hours to elocution lesson. Suffocating at grips annunciation and articulation. Sputtering, stuttering, stammering. I try and try but the words don’t come out. It like drowning and water blocking my throat is the grip of insults. I force my tongue to redirect and correct. For I long to scream and…

Urofsky mentions how many of the cases similar to Scott’s relied on not only American precedent, but precedent from the Somerset case, where Lord Mansfield declared Somerset free since there existed no positive law in England that upheld the status of a slave in England’s jurisdiction, given its orthogonal relationship to both common and natural law. Urofsky writes, “In 1824, in Winny v. Whitesides, the Missouri Supreme Court had declared that an enslaved person who had been taken to the free…

106 - 113. Emperor Constantine I , unknown sculptor, Marbl e statue, 325 - 326. Early Christian: Jonah m:d the Whale, sculptor unknown, sarcophagus, late third century Jesus the Good Shepard, painter unknown, mural, fourth century Gothic: Annunciation and Visitation, multiple unknown sculptors, sculptures, 1230. Month of June folio in les Tres Riches Heures du Due de Berry, Limbourg brothers, manuscript painting, 1413 - 1436. Renaissance: Federico da Montefeltro, Piero della Francesca,…

The Ruthwell cross is a stone, Anglo-Saxon monument which breaks down and disrupts several different societal and culturally defined binaries and is an example of how one object can exist as multiple things/ideas at once. This essay will focus on the disruption of the narrative of past and present, human and non-human, male and female, and wood and stone. Many different aspects and elements of the cross come into play when doing a diffractive reading of the Ruthwell cross. The cross was created…

1a) Air Traffic Control radar surveillance system Air traffic control (ATC) is a service provided by ground-based controllers who direct aircraft on the ground and in the air. The purpose of ATC systems worldwide is to separate aircraft to prevent collisions, to organize and expedite the flow of traffic, and to provide information and other support for pilots when able. b) The operating principles of ATC radar survelliance system Primary Radar Principle: The primary radar unit has a major…

Erin Kelly May 2, 2017 Art of The Renaissance Renaissance Final 1. In class, we have discussed the increasing secularization of the world during this time period. What factors (intellectual, philosophical, social, economic, technological and political) went into this cultural shift? Furthermore, the advent of the academic system placed art, especially painting into distinct categories. Choose three works of art that you think demonstrate secularization and academic hierarchy, and describe…

In the first opening, in the Annunciation panel and the Nativity panel there are so many vivid colors and elements that there is less of a central focus than the closed state. Another contrasting theme between the states is the use of symmetry. In the closed state, Christ on the cross…

The issue of whether or not to allow a representation of god or gods has been a central issue in Christianity through history. This issue has played a big part in the Byzantine Empire, alternatively known as the Eastern Roman Empire. Consequently, iconoclasm entitled to a division between Eastern and Western churches, specifically between the 8th and 9th century. Nevertheless, the implication of this issue has occurred because of political, economic and religious ideas. Even today, the idea of…