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Lyndsay Larson Mrs. Belcher CNA Program 24 August 2017 Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance Polymath with a lot of different interests. Some of these interests included: invention, painting, architecture, science, mathematics, music, engineering, anatomy, history, and botany. Leonardo da Vinci is primarily known as a painter, and some of his most famous paintings included the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. He was born on April 15, 1452 in Anchiano. Anchiano is…

St Benedict of Italy was born in 480, a twin to his sister, Scholastica. He was born into a wealthy family, he lived the good life. St benedict wanted to get a deeper understanding of God instead of living as a nobleman like his father. He chose to leave his good life to be in service of the Lord. St. Benedict had died on the 21st March, 547. He was canonised by Pope Honorius III. His feast day is July the 11th and he is the Patron Saint of Europe. St Benedict had a wealthy family with many…

His discussions of this set us up for the events following later in the book. Philbrick also talks about the relationship between the colonists in Nantucket. They are very close, drawn together by their Quaker religion, similar experiences, and their interests in whaling. In the town, there is a hierarchy within the people. Where a person lived in the town was based on what rank they are in their society. The captain’s home would usually have the best view of the harbor. The seven black crewmen…

The Renaissance is known for the festivals of modern day people and even some music but this time period was also a huge turning point for arts and sciences. This time period gave way to “a great revival of interest in the classical learning and values of ancient Greece and Rome” With many new developments of the world and lives of the people living during this time came new influences and even some old ones. Astronomy, exploration, philosophy, literature, and especially the world of art were…

The term Renaissance literally means “rebirth” or “renewal” and that’s exactly what took place during the Renaissance period. The Renaissance period was a rebirth of the classical period (Greek and Roman culture) that placed human beings in the center of life’s stage and infused humanistic values. The Renaissance has been considered to begin in Italy in the fourteenth century, with master artist such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael. Renaissance art sought to capture the…

Duccio and Giotto paint, arguably, their most influential pieces during the first decade of the twelfth century . Giotto is commissioned by Enrico Scrovegni in Padua to fresco the Arena Chapel to reconcile himself with God over the sins of his father’s usury. In contrast, Duccio is commissioned by the Church fathers of Sienna to paint a panel altarpiece for the Duomo . Giotto utilizes his private patronage to develop new principles of dramatic narrative while Duccio sticks to the Bible stories…

Day #3: SFU Fashion Week Females and fashion were terms that practically go hand in hand. The practice of clothing consumption was typically regarded to being a female issue however in modern society, men in the fashion industry have become more widely accepted. Historically, men were known to be the producers to motivate women to consume (Blakewell, Mitchell, & Rothwell, 2006). At season three of SFU Fashion Week, while a majority of the guests attending were female, there were an ample…

ABOUT Rachel Ritfeld is born in Suriname, South America and is of mixed Indian and Black Caribbean heritage. She moved to Belgium at age 10 with her mother who worked for the Surinamese Embassy in Brussels. It was here, that Rachel was scouted on the streets of Brussels by a model scout who signed her at age 15. Rachel was instantly in love with the catwalk. Keen to get an education, she moved to Brighton in England at age 17 to go to University where she majored in Social Anthropology at the…

Artists of the Renaissance era were revered for their sacred mastery of art, which caused them to be as equally high in the social structure as those of royalty. The general public of the time viewed artists as nothing short of gifted geniuses in their respective craft. The masterminds of the period, lasting roughly from 14th - 16th century AD, climbed the social ladder through their recreation of Latin Literature and of the figurative arts.¹ Each initially had no reputation or fame to any…

When you hear the name Leonardo da Vinci, you immediately think of a fascinating Renaissance artist, but before he emerged as a successful artist, he was just a man looking for someone to pay him to paint. Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1452 near Vinci, Italy. He was a much loved child and his father’s only son. Leonardo was a brilliant child, so brilliant that, “he used to baffle his master with the questions and problems he raised.” Pg.22. Since he had such an astute mind, he ended up being…