Cathedral

“There is only one story. Ever. One. It’s been going on and it’s everywhere around us and every story you’ve ever read or heard or watched is part of it.” This is what Thomas Foster extolled in his book, How To Read Literature Like A Professor. Foster reveals to the audience that every story anyone has ever known is all part of one larger, more universal story, and this story has several universal concepts that reoccur in each of it’s developments. He explains to us how minor details can…

art is the art of using lines to create a visual illusion as if something is getting smaller in the distance. The first artist known to use lines to create a different image was Fillipo Brunelleschi an architect in 1415. His painting depicted a cathedral with an unfinished gate, he used vanishing points to create the illusion that the path was disappearing off into the distance. Brunelleschi created the system on a two dimensional plane and used vanishing points and lines, to create depth and…

1667 in Dublin, Ireland (. His father died even before he was born and had an older sister. When he started to grow up, he began to be a member of both England’s and Irish’s cultures. And later on in his life, he became the Dean of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in his home town, Dublin. His father was a clergyman before he died 7 months before Jonathan Swift was born. As he grows into his late teenage years, in 1673, he attended Kilkenny Grammar School and there, he grows into loving books,…

due to the elite wanting luxury goods from both locals and imports from Asia such as silks and spices (ch 12, p 433). According to descriptions from the textbook, markets formed around churches, towns became trading centers for markets, and even cathedral cities had population growth (ch 12, p 433).…

The technique used in representing three-dimensional images onto a two-dimensional picture plane is what is known as Perspective drawing. More specifically, Linear Perspective is described as ‘a type of perspective used by artists in which the relative size, shape, and position of objects are determined by drawn or imagined lines converging at a point on the horizon.’ Certainly one of perspectives’ main uses in painting is in establishing the position from which the artist or spectator observes…

The American Civil War is arguably the most important war in United States history. Hundreds of museums, landmarks, and memorials across the country are devoted to remembering the battles and other historical sites of the war, as well as the strong leaders of either side. The important figures of the war are arguably some of the most revered figures in American history, even today. Confederate Generals such as Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson for example are honored not only for…

Jazmin. Navarro Proffers Mitchel Jackson Will Caesar return to a life of crime? Will Ceasar return to a life of crime? In “Old Boys, Old Girls” written by Edward P. Jones tells the story of Caesar Matthews. A convicted Murderer Who is force to do time at Lorton Institution. With an already made reputation and linking up with two of the most Notorious convicts, Caesar is urge to maintain his “humanity” In a series of events, before he is…

a self-supporting dome for the Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore. The city had long been in need of a dome, the church was originally started in 1296 and went through a number of overseers, including Giotto and Pisano, but by the year 1418 the cathedral was still without its dome. At last the city leaders of Florence determined that their city had to have its dome and thus they began the cupola project began. It was a massive project, the dome had to 150 feet across at its widest point and…

Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) was an Italian explorer who proposed reaching Asia by means of a westward route across the Atlantic Ocean, and instead discovered and explored the Caribbean, as well as parts of Central and South America. Initially sponsored by King Ferdinand (1452-1516) and Queen Isabella (1451-1504) of Spain in 1492, Columbus is popularly believed to have been the first European to land and therefore discover the "New World" of the Americas. He is also credited with opening…

Many films representing the time period from the twelfth to the fourteenth centuries contain various Gothic architecture elements. Gothic architecture flourished during the medieval period and was commonly seen in the architecture of churches and cathedrals. During this period, cities and universities began to grow immensely. The rise of humanism also accompanied the Gothic period as people began to focus more on the importance of humans rather than supernatural items. In churches, people began…