Florence Kelley

Born: • Michelangelo di Lodovico Buenarroti Simoni. • 6 March 1474. • Capresse near Arezzo, Republic of Florence, Tuscany. Died: • 18th of February 1564 (Aged 64) • Rome, Papal States Known for: • Sculpture • Painting • Architecture • Poetry Notable Work • David • Pieta • The last judgement • Sistine Chapel ceiling Studies: • In 1488-92 Michelangelo was sent to Florence to study grammar under the humanist Francesco da Urbino. • Michelangelo didn’t care about his studies so he copied…

The Charioteer The themes present in Oryx and Crake can be found in numerous theories by great thinkers from the ancient and modern times. One example is Plato’s theory of the tripartite psyche, which appears in his famous books Republic and Phaedrus and his illustrious chariot allegory. It depicts humans as a chariot pulled by two winged horses: the body and the soul. The chariot is…

Tiziano Vecellio, better known as Titian, painted Venus and Adonis in about 1554; during a period known as the High Renaissance. Venus and Adonis is a workshop copy of one of Titian’s earlier paintings of the same name, created as a part of a six-piece series commissioned by King Phillip II of Spain. Titian called the paintings in this series ‘poesie’, or poems, because each illustrates a mythological story inspired by ‘Metamorphoses’ by the Roman poet Ovid. Titian’s other works in this series…

The renaissance is the re-birth of classical ideas. Many artists of this period were influenced by the Roman and Greek culture and wanted to re-create their works by adding their own touch and thoughts. Also, at this time, art began to flourish and patrons commissioned many artists. Artists like Michelangelo Buonarroti and Hieronymus Bosch were and still are very famous for their works. In this essay, I will discuss “The Last Judgment” done by both Michelangelo and Bosch. Michelangelo was from…

Fascism and Nazism are two political ideologies that gained a wide support in the first part of the 20th century. The chronology is as follows: fascism was introduced to the Italians by Benito Mussolini in the period between 1919 and 1945 while Nazism appeared in 1933 and faced a rapid decay with the end of the WW2 in 1945. Ideologically, Nazism and fascism diverged to a big extent and were promoted under different slogans. The founder of the fascist ideology—the Italian dictator Benito…

Humanism came as a revolution breaking out through a pattern of social change, the concept came into being after the rational upbringing within the mindset of the society. The inception was witnessed in the Renaissance age that rooted into the European trends, this initiation was associated from a simple attitude of redefying the existing dominance of the prevalent believes; Humanism brings up the power of authority from such believes into the perception of an individual. Renaissance witnessed…

In this essay I will discuss how the power of drama and theatre affected the Renaissance. I intend to go through the changes of the theatre at this time, and how these changes came about. I will examine whether the power structure shifted during the Renaissance and I question as to who held the power to make changes in theatre. I will use the examples of Sir Thomas More and Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe to illustrate the changes that occurred in theatre during the Renaissance period.…

before 1500s. It was actually the land where European called ‘New World’- it was until letter of Amerigo Vespucci has been published in Florence during 1505-1506. Vespucci himself as an Italian explorer, born in the city of Florence and is known to have been through number of voyages. Vespucci letter, was written to Pier Soderini; the Gonfalonier of Republic of Florence during the time; the letter consisted of mainly his experience, in storytelling style- about his first voyage to the New World…

a royal person. Machiavelli's treatise, written in 1517, was on the proper style of leadership by individuals, and was dedicated to Lorenzo de Medici, whom Machiavelli held in contempt after being kicked out of his position as military advisor in Florence. Washington’s set of rules was written when he was only sixteen,…

Lorenzo the Magnificent ("La Primavera 1"). The painting is also called the Primavera which means "spring" in Italian (renaissanceart.org 1). It is believed to have been painted between 1477-1482, and it is currently displayed at the Uffizi Museum in Florence, Italy ("La Primavera"…