Carolingian Renaissance

Research Summary The Painting I chose for this research is “Byzantine nun and priest by Paul Emile Borduas. My research process started off with trying to figure out what the painting meant without actually looking it up. I attempted to find who, what, where, when and how from visual information only. When officially started to research about "Byzantine nun and priest," I couldn't find much information about the painting itself but more about the artist's life. Finding sources that were…

“Flash upon my inward eye”: The Role of Reflection and Tranquility in William Wordsworth’s “Daffodils” In his preface to Lyrical Ballads, William Wordsworth famously writes that “all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (Wordsworth, Wu 509). However, it is important to note that he modifies this statement by adding that “though this be true, Poems to which any value can be attached were never produced on any variety of subjects but by a man who, being possessed of…

The Middle Ages and The Renaissance periods have many similarities and many differences, but they also have similarities. Since The Renaissance period directly followed The Middle Ages, many characteristics carried over. The differences throughout The Renaissance Period did not happen immediately, the changes came with time. In this essay, I will be explaining the changes from The Middle Ages to the Renaissance, why these changes occurred, and similarities and differences between a piece from…

500 years old they add value to our society by providing inspiration for emerging artists like Da Vinci was during the Renaissance. The Mona Lisa, arguably Da Vinci's most renowned…

Valediction: Forbidden Mourning, To His Coy Mistress, and To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time) Upon the dawning Renaissance, art and literature defined love in an entirely new way than it had been before. As strength of the church waned, individuality and romanticism took hold in its place. Of the arts, literature and poetry evolved more than most arts when it came to romance. In the Renaissance, poets generally told of love in the metaphysical sense, or a more crude, physical sense. However,…

cultural influence and the steady connection between Greek and Roman heritage influence. The Italian Renaissance opened the art world up to new ideas of expression,…

especially at the intensity and thoroughness of the Renaissance. This period of a couple hundred years was able to transform the way people lived, and introduced new art forms, artists and philosophical ideas. Though not apparent at the time, the people who lived during the Renaissance would make a profound impact on “future generations-from art and literature to education, political science, and history.” (The World Book Encyclopedia, “Renaissance”) There are many topics that can be discussed…

Primavera, painted by the Florentine Sandro Botticelli, is a beautiful artwork from the 1400’s most likely sanctioned by the Medici family in celebration of a wedding. The first element of this painting that draws me in is the exquisite talent of the artist shown in the drapery of the clothes the figures wear, particularly by the three women standing together on the left side of the painting, most likely picturing the Three Fates, characters from Greek and Roman myth. The drapery is very much…

This essay will discuss the relationship between the arts and the growing body of scientific knowledge during this time. Three major periods that will be discussed in this essay are the Renaissance, Baroque, and Rococo. This essay will also explain the ways how different artists during the period of Renaissance, Baroque, and Rococo used new scientific knowledge when creating their art work. Baroque period was the period where there were some disagreement between the Catholics and the…

There are many influential leaders in Europe throughout the Transformation Period. The Transformation Period took place during the 1300’s through the 1600’s and consisted of four different periods including The Renaissance, which was a time for rebirth in Europe for new perspectives and ideas, culture and art, The Reformation, which was a time when people realized the church was not dominant over everything you believed and thought, The Scientific Revolution, which was a time when philosophers…