Renaissance composers

Throughout history, society has influenced the way humanity thinks about and understands the world around them. Few people search to find the truth for themselves and merely end up following the way of life seen all around them. A new movement sprung up in the late 1700s called Romanticism, celebrating creativity and imagination over logic, reason, and the limitations society placed on thought. Romanticism began around the end of the Enlightenment period, a time that focused heavily on science…

injured party of colonialism, indicating that he is a victim of the era and does not fully comprehend the western clarification of moral decision making. The Renaissance began with the Romans, who at the time were very influential in the development of western ideologies and cultures. The British followed suit and also coined the term, as Renaissance can be defined as rebirth or renewal, to represent the constant changes occurring…

Greek mythology is an inspiring work of art displayed in the earth’s history. The poetics translation of the greek gods stories have encouraged multiple types of literature, works of art, and early forms of science. The greeks were the first to question how things functioned in everyday life, to help explain these mysteries the people created these myths; in this case, myth, is defined as early science. The gods were also a way for the rural folk of the community to be entertained. They were…

“The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present” -Niccolo Maciavelli Deeply disturbing. Machiavelli and ‘his prince’ are seen as synonym for evil. Machiavelli was a 16th century Italian diplomat, historian, philosopher and play write. His magnum opus “The Prince” created shock among the people. It was something new for them. A man who was giving advices to princes to be cruel, cunning, ruthless and deceitful created a sense of fear among people and…

Dark Beauty in Shakespeare’s Sonnets Sonnet is a poetry form that has lived its golden years in England during the Elizabethan times. Among them, Shakespeare’s 154 have been poetry lovers’ favourite for centuries. What is essentially done in those sonnets is, of course nothing other than praising love, particular lovers to be exact, and their beauty. However, in some particular sonnets, Shakespeare challenges the conventional beauty standards of his time, which was “fair (white) skin, rosy…

Romane Monnet 1S4 Critical appreciation - The P.R.B. from Christina Rossetti’s Selected Poems The P.R.B., or Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, was an artistic fraternity founded in 1848, which aimed to return to pre-Raphael Italian art by reaching back from a stultified present to a more ancient & purer form of life. In 1853, one of the most influential members of the movement, John Everett Millais, left the fraternity to join the A.R.A.. This can be considered a catalyst which lead to…

Rome left a lasting legacy that influenced the world today in many positive ways, such as their system of government, engineering skills, and realistic art. The Romans developed a type of government that many countries live under today. They made innovations to help them with engineering, and many places use their techniques and creations now. Rome had artists who created art whose significant styles carry on today in modern work. Rome created a government that positively impacted societies…

The Renaissance is a phenomenon which is considered to be the beginning of the modern age. The literal meaning of the word is “Re-birth”, which is exactly what it was. It was a period of spiritual and cultural awakening for the whole of Middle East. It stretched over three centuries, from the 14th to the 17th. It is thought to have originated in Florence, Italy at the end of the 13th century but quickly spread to the whole of Europe. What started out as a cultural movement soon transformed into…

The Tuscan Florentine vernacular is a Romance language that arose from Vulgar Latin, between the 6th and 9th century. It belongs to the subgroup called “Italo-Romance”. This descent is due to the decline of the Roman Empire in the 5th century. Despite the many other Romance dialects that arose from Latin, this vernacular became the most dominant and prestigious vernacular for writing and for educated communication in Italy today. The first official document in the vernacular in Italy was the…

3. Musicians and dancers: Fine arts like music and dance have reached glorious heights during the period of the Vijayanagara rulers. The wide spectrum of music and dance in the Vijayanagara period is attested by testimony of sculpture. An attempt has been made to give an account of different aspects of the musicians and dancers in the Vijayanagara temples of Rayalaseema. The temple walls, pillars, adhisthana, gopura and other component parts display different models of musicians and dancers.…