Early modern period

Prior to the 20th century the world lived a transcendentalist time period, a idyllic place and paintings would include the aesthetic grasp of nature, and a painting emanating a positive vibe, then an abrupt turn to chaos came upon Americans and paintings went from nature to humans in agony , poisonous orange backgrounds and negative vibes, this period is known as Modernism. Scientific innovation, industrialization, and world war I are all factors that which led to the dismantling of…

Amongst the most significant artists in history, Paul Cézanne inspired generations of modern artists and became the first of his generation to successfully secede from the Impressionist style. By emphasising arrangements of colour, and perceiving paintings in extreme abstract and geometric senses, Cezanne established the bridge between Impressionism and art of the twentieth century’s new inquest, Cubism. Cezanne directly inspired Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque in their Cubist experiments, the…

Sometimes performance can be purely spontaneous or scripted, it can involve other pieces of work, sound, music and sculpture. Performance art has origins in the early 20th century and has links in the progress of the avant-garde, futurism, dada, surrealism. Before the movement was called ‘Performance art’ it was known as ‘Happenings’, this term came from artist Allan Kaprow who in 1959 coined the term Happenings…

and Antipas and Luke will slowly convert Antipas into a Christian. Antipas being a smart man and is also a curios one who would want to grow on his knowledge about Christ. At the time that Antipas and Luke are writing each other is the time of the early church when Christian faced much persecution. As Antipas grew closer to Luke he learned more about Jesus Christ and the gospel. He also slowing became more e humble and filled himself with humility (157). In this story Antipas is the only dynamic…

This source is Acts of the Apostles (21:31- 28:31), from the New Testament. It is a religious work that is a written account of what occurred in the decades after the emergence of Jesus as a player in history. It appears to be a work produced around the late first century, (Richard Pervo, 14) in the years after jesus’s death. The source discusses events that occurred to Paul after Jesus had died. It seems to be written by Luke (Richard Pervo, 13-14), this source is a compilation of Paul’s…

The book of Acts has always been a favourite to read. It gives a detailed picture of the origin of the early church, the spread of the gospel into the world which in turn was the beginning of the Christian faith. The authorship of the book of Acts has always been debated and tested, but it is generally agreed that the author of Acts is the same person who wrote the third gospel. It is commonly known that Acts is a sequel to the third gospel, referred to as the ‘first book’. The author is…

For example, why do we believe in the trinity the way that we do. The early Christian leaders formed most of our traditions and beliefs. Also, how can we defend our belief if we do not understand the history of our faith? For example, a non-believer may ask why did the early Christian forced and killed those who would not convert. If we do not know the history, then we would not be able to answer the question. Also, we…

History and Thought. In this particular work, Wilken set out to narrate the development of early Christian thought in the first centuries of the church with specific intentions to show how the Christian intellectual tradition came about, or as the author puts it, “how Christians thought about the things they believed (xiv).” At the outset, the author established a framework in which his work, The Spirit of Early Christian Thought, should be understood. He gave a few preliminary comments to…

1090-1100 After the death of Jesus, early christians had difficulty spreading there teachings to the Hebrews of Israel. Frustrated by the lack of growth the Apostle Paul decided to expand Christianity beyond the borders of Israel. Paul decided to focus his attention to spreading christianity to the Roman empire. This fateful decision was arguably one of the most influential choice’s ever made. Before the legalization of christianity by Constantine, the early christians were often viewed…

Women’s roles in Christianity are an excellent example of the unevenness of women’s contributions to history. Women were the last disciples at the cross and the first at the empty tomb. They remained integral to the work of the church in its early centuries. Traditional Christianity believed that the statements attributed to St. Paul in I Timothy 2 that women were created second, sinned first, and should keep silence. Women traditionalists believed and accepted these teachings as true. Jesus’…