Prix de Rome

The first place is the acropolis in Athens Greece. It has been in Athens, Greece for for 2,500 years and has been a major land sight it shows the achievements of the western civilizations and also the failures. There is a great marble temple that shows the Acropolis sight. The Greek term Acropolis means high city. It was built between 461 BC to 429 BC and has been standing ever since. I have not been to the Acropolis but it seems like a really cool place. I would like to go and see the acropolis…

Nevertheless, and despite the differences, his work has unquestionable in common elements of the Baroque, as concern over the dramatic potential of the light. The roots of the Baroque are located in Italian art, especially at the end of the 16th century Rome. Universalist desire inspired several artists in their reaction against the Mannerist Greeks and subjective interest in distortion, asymmetry, odd juxtapositions and intense colours. The two most prominent artists who led this first Baroque…

to learn more about my roots. Italy can be a fantastic place you just have to learn about their facts, culture, and their government and you would understand how they work. Italy has a lot of interesting things about it. Capital of Italy is Rome in fact Rome is Italy's most major city. The area of Italy is 116,348 square miles. Italy's population is 61,680,122. Roman Catholic is the most practiced religion in Italy. Italy's most used language is Italian. The Italy uses the currency called…

The Scrovegni Chapel in Padua, also known as the Arena Chapel, was completed in 1305. The inside of the chapel is decorated with frescoes that were painted by Giotto, an italian painter from Florence. These frescoes illustrate some scenes from the lives of Mary, her parents, Anna and Joaquim, and Christ. Allegorical figures of virtues and their opposing vices and a scene of the final judgement are also portrayed in the frescoes that decorate the chapel. The patron of the chapel, Enrico Scrovegni…

Laura in a church in Avignon. He soon fell in love with her. After she didn’t reciprocate his love, this entire experience inspired his work Il Canzoniere. Later on in September of 1340 he would be recognized for his work by receiving an invite from Rome to the poetic in coronation. In 1330 he was hired as a Chaplain by the family of Cardinal Giovanni Colonna. Here Petrarch enjoyed freedom, and spent this years dedicated to his studies. During this period he also had two kids – Giovanni and…

Italy Italy, also known as The Heart of the Mediterranean, is located in the center of the Mediterranean. Home of many illustrious tourist attractions such as The Colosseum , The Venice Canals, or Lake Como. Italy has it all with beautiful cities and so much things to do. One day you can go from eating pizza in Naples then the other you could be climbing Florence’s Duomo. Italy is an amazing country with alluring scenery and a rich history to go along with it. Physical Geography Like I stated…

Introduction One of my favourite churches – one that I visit almost every time I go to Rome - is Santa Maria sopra Minerva. This church of the Dominican Order of the Roman Catholic Church is located very close to the Pantheon (about 150 metres). It is considered to be the only Gothic church within the walls of ancient Rome (Sokolov, n.d.). I will briefly describe the history of this church before describing relationship between its appearance and layout and its religious uses; and highlighting…

The Spanish, like Jusepe de Ribera, did not find themselves in Italy by accident, rather for design. In the 16th and 17th Century, for example, The Spanish focused on the political realities of Italy and focused on the Spanish imperial domination of Italy’s formal and informal states, but also focused on globalizing the artistic styles that had become so popular during this time. Spanish Baroque artist Jusepe de Ribera is most known for his later works, such as A Greek Sage, ca. 1630, and is…

The Sistine Chapel is the most famous chapel, which is located in the Vatican. The Sistine Chapel is a huge rectangular hall, which has an oval-shaped vaulted sailing, and is divided into two parts with an incredibly beautiful marble wall. Architects invested considerable work in the construction of the building, but the most important value and wealth of the Sistine Chapel is the present of frescoes by Michelangelo and the wall paintings of other masters, which can be called the masterpiece of…

The Baroquen Period of Art As Clogsworth would put it, “If it is not Baroque, don’t fix it!” When the Renaissance came to its cessation art did not cease to become magnificent, but seemed to mature with the sway of new discoveries. The Baroque period expanded from 1600AD to 1750AD, and was like the child born out of the pregnancy of the Renaissance. Italy, Belgium, Holland, England, Spain, and France each experienced their own Baroque period of art. Italy mothered Baroque art. From…