Classicism

Historians are constantly attempting to understand the factors that distinguish the Renaissance period from the Middle Ages. There has been a consistent focus on Italy as the beginning of the Renaissance, however, recently there has been a shift towards focussing on the Renaissance as a series of smaller, linked “Renaissances” around Europe. These different approaches have been examined in Introduction: A Wider Renaissance? by Alexander Lee. Lee establishes that one of the most prominent…

practices such as, yoga, pilates, etc. It also exhibits dance improvisation. Contemporary Dance vs. Modern Dance (from article on eLC) Many believe that “there’s no clear distinction between the two.” Contemporary relates more to “shapes and lines of classicism,” and modern relates more to “grounded” and “earthy” techniques. The two meanings are changing constantly, but contemporary typically defines what is currently happening…

Raphael was born on April 6, 1483 in Urbino, Italy. He was originally born as Rafaello Sanzio, he is an Italian Renaissance painter and architect. Raphael’s father, Giovanni Santi was painter at the court of Urbino. In 1499, Raphael decided to go to Perugia, to work with another famous artist Perugino. His “elegant and graceful style” was attracted by Raphael, he used this inspiration towards Marriage of the Virgin. When Raphael was eight years old, his mother had passed away, and a few years…

mid-1930s. The authors began by mentioning the closed system that the Chinese used to follow, then went on by describing how the decline of Qing Dynasty impacted the Chinese revivalism, in which the Chinese architects started to incorporate Western Classicism in their style of building. Numerous examples of buildings, associations and social events that witnessed the development of modernism in China have listed…

The 1800s, an era full of ungodliness, debauchery, and inequality. Humans conformed to unethical activities day in and day out without realization of its consequences. The poor ate from the hands of pigs as the rich grew crops on the dead. Granted, from disease outbursts to the Napoleonic wars, this time span of life was one for the books. For this reason, it is inevitable that there was a dominant race involved in the works of this era series of unfortunate events. The White men and their wives…

By the Baroque we refer either to the historical period 1600 - 1750 that followed the Renaissance. The style of Baroque was a new way of expression that was born in Rome, Italy, from where it spread almost across Europe. It was characterized by a strong dramatic and emotional element, while it was mainly applied to architecture, sculpture and music, but is also found in literature or painting. The purpose of the Baroque is primarily to impress as well as exalt the person through his passions and…

Foundations of mainstream knowledge of crime have been characterised from classicism and neo classism philosophy. Current knowledge has become criticised gradually in particular in the 20th century. In 1992 Malcolm M Feeley and Jonathan Simon developed this emergence of "The New Penology: Notes on the emerging strategy for corrections". Punishing certain populations who are categorised as the ‘Underclass’. Such groups were specified as dangerous and crucially encouraged cost effective penal…

1. In what ways did the buildings of the Italian Cistercians contrast with French Gothic cathedrals such as Reims? In the previous chapter we learned about the Gothic style, so to combine chapter twelve and thirteen together we are going to see the difference in Italian Cistercians with French Gothic cathedrals. For the main difference between the two styles is that Italian Cistercians typically had a single long nave and small windows which lead to a large amount of wall space which can be…

Peter the Great, Czar of Russia, was in the process of modernizing and reforming Russia. So, to encourage development and education, he desired a faster method of transit to the West. He achieved this by war with Sweden for twenty-one years to get a seaport next to the Baltic Sea. To be more precise, Peter had already obtained the port before Sweden had formally yielded it and began to build on it. Although the marshy location was detrimental, Peter considered it perfect because ships could…

Introduction When people think about Matisse's Bonheur de Vivre (Joy of Life) or Picasso's Les Desmoiselles d'Avignon you can see how influential Paul Cézanne was in their work. The similarities between Cézanne's Large Bathers and those paintings is undeniable. However, both Picasso and Matisse had a unique style all their own showing that they were both inspired by Cézanne and also breaking free. Cézanne, Matisse, and Picasso When Cézanne first appeared on the art scene at the end of the 19th…