Lawrence of Rome

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,…

For some time the papacy’s home was in France “for nearly seventy years, while still claiming to be bishops of Rome, the popes would generally remain in Avignon”. This contributed to the Great Western Schism, which was a political fight between Italy and France. Both of these countries wanted the pope to live in their own country to skew the power of the papacy in favor of their country and its goals. The election of Urban the VI was the tipping point, he seemed at first a good choice but soon…

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…

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…

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…

Famous paintings such as Paolo de Mattei’s Triumph of the Immaculate and Judith Beheading the Holofernes by Caravaggio are timeless masterpieces that have made their historical impact through the generations by portraying Biblical scenes in a detailed form to show Christianity's influence in the fine arts at the time. These two paintings captured my interest with the artists’ captivating symbolism and brilliant choice of colors. Of course there are countless works from this era with similar…

Question: How did the classical knowledge uncovered in the Renaissance influence it? Connection to Today: How does knowledge connect to today Audience: 4th grade What are we Going to Do: 2D Animation about the Renaissance. Follows the creation of the Florentine dome and how the Renaissance was influenced by the revival of classical knowledge of architecture Sources/Research: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/02/il-duomo/mueller-text “What we know for sure is that another…