History of Rome

fresh Italian air, boy was it hot! After taking in the Italian air we loaded the tour bus and did a little driving tour. The drivers in Italy are nuts, the bus driver parked the bus and we started on our first little walking tour just in the heart of Rome. We saw our first big monument the Pantheon in Piazza Novaro. Then we were off on our own for a while and had to be back by five o’clock to go back to the hotel and eat. While I wandered I had four friends I traveled with because you’re not…

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’…

Benvenuto Cellini, born in Florence, Italy, was a man that lived a perilous and unusual life. When he moved to Rome, his rise to success had stalled when he apparently murdered a man and stole gems from the Pope. He then moved to France, but eventually found conflict and was on the brink of getting imprisoned. Because of this dilemma, he decided to return to Florence where he created the prominent statue of Perseus in the mid sixteenth century. The statue was placed close to Michelangelo’s David…

visitors per year. To walk to it, it has a rather steep slope to get to it but once you get there it is a very beautiful place. It is split up into 3 sections of the place and it has so much history there. That is why so many people go there each year just because it is a nice place and because of all of its history. I have not been there but it seems pretty cool. I didn’t even know about it until this assignment but I would like to visit it sometime.…

Charlemagne’s legacy is one that has well exceeded his life. He gained enormous respect with his military victories and eventually deemed the Emperor of the Romans. Although he is known as “Charles the Great” for his military successes, there is evidence of the type of person and character he was well. Charlemagne also known as Karl was very interested in learning and education. He wanted to spread education throughout his empire. In addition to his love for education and learning, he also had a…

Maison Carrée in Nimes was built in around 20 or 19 BCE, during the Roman urbanization of the Celtic’s land in southern France (Gaul). Maison Carrée was one of several temples built under the rule of Augustus Caesar. It is 82 feet long and 40 feet wide and 40 feet tall. The name Maison Carrée is derived from archaic French carré long, meaning ‘long square’ for the obvious reason that it is rectangular in shape. It was originally commissioned by Augustus Caesar’s son-in-law Marcus Agrippa, but…

Step 1 This investigation attempts to answer ‘How effective was Charlemagne as a leader?’ The question is relevant and important because it’s important in understanding French and European history. The issues that will be addressed is basic background of him as a leader, his religious impacts, his political structure, his battles, and how he expanded his empire. This investigation will focus on Charlemagne’s rule from 768–814 CE and the places focused on in this investigation is the Kingdom of…

For as long as the Roman Catholic Church has been around, it has tried to solidify its control by strengthening its orthodoxy. One way the Church did this was through persecuting the populace for heresy. It is then ironic to find out that one of the churches most influential organizations, the Jesuits, were disbanded by the pope on rumors of heresy. The pope, Clement XIV, did not suppress the Jesuits for heresy but for more political reasons. After losing the support of Portugal, he dispersed…

Essay Question Visuality (Renaissance and Baroque) The design of St Peter’s cathedral in Rome underwent a significant evolution from the time it was begun by Bramante at the beginning of the 16th century to the construction of Bernini’s monumental colonnades and oval piazza in front of the cathedral in the middle of the 17th century. During this time a series of significant architects oversaw the evolution of its design in a changing religious context. Maderno’s façade epitomized a key idea of…

express a group of people who share certain values and/or behaviors. Over the years many cultures have developed and adapted to others values. In art, for example, “The human form has always been one of the most important factors in art throughout history” (Rybicki). Two great artists, Michelangelo and Bernini, both sculpted a human form known as David, from the Bible story David and Goliath. Their two David’s are considered two of the greatest works of sculpture known today, and studying them…