Florence Ballard

The Sistine Chapel is one of the most famous painted interior spaces in the world, and one of the most famous works of Michelangelo which depicts key scenes from the book of genesis. This breathtaking painting came into world fame in about 1508-1512. This The chapel, situated in Vatican city of Italy, was built in 1479 under the direction of Pope Sixtus IV, and is renowned for its Renaissance art, especially the ceiling painted by Michelangelo. In 1508, Michelangelo was asked by Pope Julius…

William Harvey was and still is a very important individual in the advancements of science in the renaissance period, who is credited today as being on of the most influential English physicians in history. He is mostly known for his research into the circulatory system and the first person to correctly describe how blood was transported throughout the body by the heart. Harvey was one of the few physicians who was never afraid to go beyond what science had expected at his time for pushing…

A visionary choreographer named Merce Cunningham broke the laws of dance and created avant-garde pieces that inspired modern dance today. Cunningham’s love for birds reflects on his piece “Beach Birds”, premiered on June 20, 1991 at Theater 11. Using the technique of “choreography by chance” and distant ocean waves, Cunningham creates a simplistic piece that gives the audience a chance to give their own interpretation. As it is titled, the dance is solely based on existing beach birds living of…

therefore means that Humanism did not come about, because of the existence of new books in the form of renaissance humanism. Humanism began when few thinkers broke away from Christian and classical learning to develop the concept. Machiavelli from Florence represents one of the radical thinkers, and was credited for…

The renaissance was a time of over 300 years which changed European history forever. The renaissance started in Italy and worked its way all throughout Europe. It was a time where arts and literature blossomed, advances in technology were evolutionary, and intellectual excitement flourished. The word renaissance means precisely this, rebirth. Prior to the renaissance was the middle ages. The middle ages was a time where most people were not educated and the only book they would own was the…

for that particular painting. A likely purpose for the painting would have been as a spalliera placed above a cassone (i.e. a wall panel placed at shoulder height above a wedding chest) in a wedding chamber, possibly commissioned by the Medici in Florence. Such a painting would be erotic in nature, representing the consummation of the marriage and serving as inspiration for the virgin bride. In this case, Venus simultaneously represents empowerment and subservience. On the one hand, she…

Assignment 9 Science leaves people with many questions. There are so many unexplained things that happen around the world. Many scientists and people have a different answer about things. Also, people question what is true and is not true because they may only have a theory on things they believe. Many people through history knew about things such as devices, airplanes, spaceships, and many other things. In this research paper, I am going to research what scientists have found about people who…

Science leaves people with many questions. There so many unexplained things that happen around the world. Many scientists and people have a different answer about things. Also, people question what true and not true because only have a theory on things. Also, many people through history knew about things device, airplanes, spaceships, and many other things. In this research paper, I am going research what scientists or people research about devices years before it was made. How I feel about…

The Renaissance It is incredibly hard to wrap my head around how a time period, so long ago, can have such a substantial impact on humanity today. The impact of historical events has forever stamped their significance in everyday life in the present. With all of the technology and devices we use in this ever-changing society today, some things, however, manage to remain the same. Renaissance, meaning “rebirth” or “revival”, describes exactly what happened in Italy during the 14th century and…

The Renaissance was a period of revolutionary change, therefore literature, art, and architecture all flourished. When the medieval era shifted into early modernity, this new era adopted new political and social reforms, and these new ideals ran through Renaissance writings. There are notable examples that affected this transition to modernity such as Baldassare Castiglione’s The Book of the Courtier and Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Prince. These pieces of revolutionary writings are prominently…