High Renaissance

mother Sophia, father Filippo, and her brother Paul. Marie started ballet very young and trained long hours every single day. When she got older, she was privately trained by her father, Filippo, who was and still is a famous choreographer of the Renaissance period. Once Marie was 18, she made her debut performance in Vienna in the ballet La Reception d’une jeune nymphe a la tour de Terpsichore. Her success with the ballet brought Marie fame. She then began appearing in more ballets. Marie’s…

This paper will discuss two oil paintings created by Francisco de Zurbarán (Spain, 1650) and Henry Oshawa Tanner (France, 1898) that depict the popular religious scene known as the Annunciation. In the Christian faith, the Annunciation refers to a celebration of when Gabriel appeared before the Virgin Mary to inform her that she would conceive the son of God. Both artists describe the same incident, sharing the same basic subject matter and similar visual arrangement. However, in attempting…

Everything serves a purpose but it is up to man to interpret the meaning of its purpose. The events that happened during the Renaissance are proven through various artifacts and primary accounts but every historian has their own view on what that piece of work means or shows. In Fire In The City, Lauro Martines writes about the events that unfolded in Florence, Italy during the Renaissance. He does so by following a particular character, Girolamo Savonarola. Martines decides to write the book…

Art, is an element which has existed for centuries, dating back to prehistoric times. It allows one to express their feelings, beliefs, and talents onto various forms of mediums. Ranging from sculptures, to paintings, and even writing, art is a powerful tool to showcase one’s thoughts. At the metropolitan museum one of the most noticeable pieces of art work was The Metternich Stela. Dating back to Dynasty 30, 360-342 B.C, this stela belongs to the ancient empire of Egypt. The Metternich Stela…

Throughout history the study of classicism meant a major focus on the cultures of classical Greece and Rome. This was especially true during the Renaissance. In order to understand how aspects of classical societies are preserved and perpetuated throughout history and in the modern world, one must recognize “...globalization and the ever-shrinking world is driving world historical agendas today.” From the yin and yang symbol in Buddhism to democracy in the United States to the Parthenon in…

Crime and Punishments in the Renaissance The Renaissance was a very interesting and unique era in history. It’s known for a plethora of different inventions, arts, and ways of life. For example, in the Renaissance, there were multiple different crimes that caused people to be punished in cruel and unusual ways. Much of this is different from today, but some of it is also very similar. For instance, the multiple convictions that caused people to be punished. There were two main types of…

It is never too late to take an adventure and chase your dreams. One talented mid-aged explorer had many contributions to the Renaissance period. Some of them being his map making and navigational skills. Many know his name, but few truly know who he was. He was a “navigator and explorer who played a prominent role in exploring the new world” (Bio. Web.). So little was written on this man, but so much can be found on who inspired him to begin exploring, Christopher Columbus. Amerigo Vespucci is…

In Timothy McCall’s Brilliant Bodies (a source I use for my research project), he looks at courtly fashion during the Renaissance: “This essay explores and interprets the ways in which lords achieved the brilliant clothing and bodily adornment that confirmed signorial status in the eyes of their peers and subjects. Fifteenth-century courtly values of expenditure and display such as splendore (splendor)—the Latin verb splendere means to ‘shine, be bright; to gleam, glitter, glisten’—betray the…

Charles Simic is widely recognized as one of the most unique poets writing today. Simic's work has won numerous awards, and 1990 Pulitzer Prize, the MacArthur Foundation "genius grant," the Griffin International Poetry Prize, and the Wallace Stevens Award and appointment as US Poet Laureate. Charles Simic was born on May 9, 1938, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, where he had a traumatic childhood during World War II. His family was forced to evacuate their home several times to escape bombing, as…

A number of sources claim that the roots of feminism can be found in early Christian, Medieval, and Renaissance writings (). Indeed, while women had mostly been oppressed up until the mid-nineteenth century, some had managed to become distinguished historical figures. Famed 14th century Italian artist Artemisia Gentileschi, for instance, was a teenage prodigy who was the first female member admitted to the Academia del Disengo; she managed to set up her own atelier, learned to read, and was…