Madonna

religious center peace of the art. Oddly enough the Catholic Church was a huge patron of the arts during the Renaissance Period. According to History “Many works of Renaissance art depicted religious images, including subjects such as the Virgin Mary, or Madonna, and were encountered by contemporary audiences of the period in the context of religious rituals. Today, they are viewed as great works of art, but at the time they were seen and used mostly…

web page states, “Hermes is a fashion house steeped in history and tradition” (Hermes Web), which states that Hermes is a legacy that had leave a mark along its course in the marketing world; which can also be proven by famous clients that include Madonna, Elle MacPherson, Kim Kardashian, Victoria Beckham, Nicole Kidman, and Julianne…

The role of women in European society was they were to be the household doing women like things, bear children and many would say that women were the opposite of men in every way and were not to have men like qualities and should to be very matronly and do things they believe a woman should do. There are many different types of views of women and some humanist views were from people such as Baldassare Castiglione and Raphael who was a painter. Castiglione was a humanist scholar and diplomat…

subject to a variety of Italian influences (Pritchard). The first of which being the richness of color in the painting (Pritchard). The dark blues and reds in Ruben’s painting are similar to the artistic style used by Titian as seen in his Pesaro Madonna from 1526. Clearly, a characteristic Ruben could have emulated from Titian who painted during the Venetian era (Pritchard). Through Caravaggio’s Crucifixion of St. Peter in 1600, it is evident this work influenced Ruben heavily through elements…

Quentin Tarantino’s work of director as a DJ Reservoir Dogs is Quentin Tarantino’s first film as a director and it became really huge. The film was made partly by reappropriating Ringo Lam’s film City on Fire, but it was better than City on Fire and became a classical one. While Ringo Lam’s film City on Fire was a typical Hong Kong feature film which included gangster loyalty, cops’ infighting and beauties, Reservoir Dogs was more like an artwork, a masterpiece. It jumped out of the threadbare…

Lenssen 1 Lavinia Lenssen Mr. Silvers Art: 6th Period 26 September 2015 Leonardo Da Vinci: Research Paper Leonardo Da Vinci was a true genius, who many claim that he was the the smartest and most talented man to ever live. Not only was he far ahead of his time, he was an artist, scientist, mathematician, engineer, architect, and inventor. Unfortunately, his inventions were only theories and were never actually built during his lifetime. Also, nobody else had ever even known about his…

Discovering yoga It was only a matter of time before overworked, overstressed, and overextended Westerners discovered the power of yoga. As we endured the running craze of the 70s, sweated through the aerobic classes of the 80s, many have embraced yoga during the 90s. If the thought of twisting your body into a pretzel shape is what's holding you back, don't despair. You set your own goals and develop at your own pace. Sound intriguing? Yoga can increase your concentration and flexibility,…

Cathleen ni Houlihan is a mythological female figure who represents Irish nationalism in literature and art. In the play Cathleen ni Houlihan written by William Butler Yeats and Lady August Gregory, she is personified as an old, suffering woman, representing Ireland’s oppression by the English. Cathleen and the martyred Saint Joan of Arc, as represented in George Bernard Shaw’s play Saint Joan, share strong similarities. Significantly, Maud Gonne, the original Irish actress chosen to portray…

Spain vs. Italy: Renaissance and Baroque Art Both Spain and Italy have a very interesting history of art. Each has their own time in which they start an art movement. Both countries had the Renaissance and both had the Baroque Art, but each country had a different time in which it happened. In Italy, there were different techniques used in art than in Spain. Both may have the same impact on people but there is always something distinct that catches the viewer’s eye. These two countries have…

It was a snowy day on February 7, 1964 as the plane touched down at JFK airport in New York City. The Beatles had arrived in America to perform on the Ed Sullivan Show. More than one third of United States population had gathered round their black and white television sets to see this band from England. Unfortunately, two University of Mississippi students heading back to campus, one Cecil Brown, and his roommate came to the sudden realization that they would miss the show. The pair, both…