King of Rome

The prior rule of Constantine brought about the constructs of a New Rome and the usage of mosaics as a primary medium for church decoration. As we have seen before, emperors erected statues, monuments and various other symbols of themselves in order to solidify their rule over the people of their empire and prove their divine right to rule. Justinian’s rule started in 527 and this is where you will see him use the mosaics, the new found medium, to draw a connection between himself as emperor…

Anthony Van Dyke was one of the most famous and exquisite artists of the Baroque Period. Being Raised in a home of art and drawing, Van Dyke was exposed to becoming an artist at a very young age. By becoming a amateur artist at a early time in Anthony’s life, he had the opportunity to work with some of the most exemplary artists of all time. Anthony Van Dyke was one of the leading lights of the Baroque Period. Being Born at Antwerp in the year 1599, Anthony would start his life learning about…

Lazio is also known as Latium. It is located in center of Italy and it is home to the capital city of Rome. Lazio is the third most populated region in Italy it has 5,732,212 population in 2011 estimation. The region total area is 6,655 sq mi. Shares it's bounded by the Apennine Mountains to the east and the Tyrrhenian coast to the west, Lazio is occupied with woods and pastures, hills and valleys, rivers and lakes, and as many as twenty-five nature parks and reserves. Lazio experienced a rush…

The Durham Cathedral stands out as one of the most elaborate and beautifully constructed cathedrals in England. This very distinct Norman architecture has made many of the English cathedrals very iconic in design dated around this same period. This cathedral, constructed between 1093 and 1133, uses very large columnar piers to support the entire structure from the nave arcades, to the grand central openings, to the large ceiling vaults. From the pictures I can conjure up, the building is…

Walking by a water spigot surrounded by people, I want to stop by and take a refreshing drink because I know the water in my bag is already warm from the oven that is now my purse. But I am on a mission now, and that is to get to the Great Synagogue of Rome. Moving forward, I glue myself to the walls that provide a morsel of shade, and I notice that in this shade…

Endangered Language Ladin Danter nos baiunse ladin, deache chësc é nosc lingaz dla uma. Mo val’ iade ti dunse inće a nüsc ghesć le bëgnodü por ladin." This sentence, written in the Ladin language, literally means “We speak Ladin among ourselves because Ladin is our mother tongue.” 1dolomites. I have been lucky enough to visit Northern Italy several times in the last few years. I speak some Italian, and while visiting Lake Garda, I heard people speaking a different language then standard…

“The Trumpeter” The Dying Gaul, an ancient Roman copy of a lost bronze statue from the Hellenistic Period, is found today in the Capitoline Museum. The Dying Gaul, a statue made out of marble, measuring three feet and six inches high and approximately six feet and seven inches in length, lies on an oval shield with a trumpet near his right hand. Portraying a realism form of art, the off-white statue portrays the man in different axis points. The legs are at a profile with the upper body at a…

Palladio and educated him. His architectural career began with earlier independent works such as Villa Godi (1538-1542) and continued with multiple villas including the more celebrated Rotonda. In addition, he visited Rome several times and wrote “Le antichità di Roma” a guidebook to Rome in 1554 (Andrea Palladio,…

At some given point in history politics, religion and art inter-collide and create new vision for society to engage in. Artist Gianlorenzo Bernini created St. Teresa of Avila in Ecstasy during the Baroque ca. 1600-1700 CE. The sculpture, made with white marble, has gilded bronze rays with illuminating light that descends and brightens the figure from a hidden window above. It depicts a playful with smirky smile angel whom opens Teresa’s robe and aims with an arrow at her breast. It represents…

The Baptistery of Battistero di San Giovanni is situated before Firenze's (Florence's) Cathedral or Duomo, the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore. The building has a Romanesque octagonal structure with three sets of double bronze doors. Pisano was awarded with the first set of doors in 1330 and they were finnished in 1336. Initially the Pisano doors were situated on the east side of the baptistery but in 1452, the doors were moved to their present area on the south side. In 1401 the cloth guild…