St Mark's Basilica

The Pieta and St. Peter’s Piazza Michelangelo’s, Pieta, and Bernini’s, St. Peter’s Piazza, are all commonly associated with the charm and mystique of Rome. One is a sculpture while the other is an architectural building, making them unique in their own way. Not only are they unique, but they also have several similar aspects. The Pieta and St. Peter’s Piazza are both admiral art pieces. Due to amazing art forms like these, millions of people are drawn to Rome yearly. It is truly like an outdoor…

contained major innovations and were massive in size. The architects created influential designs due to the influence of the church. With the Schism and new rules being created architects had to follow this and incorporate into their designs. Every basilica or church had an…

In the early 15th Century Florence, there were an array of young artists that experimented discuss the context of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Filippo Brunelleschi was an important innovator during the Renaissance period as an architect and an inventor. Leon Battirta Alberti was also an important engineer during this time. Also discussed, are few works done by Donato Bramante (1444-1514) and Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564). This essay will briefly discuss the importance of art…

Design St. Peter’s in Rome was rebuilt in the 16th century, and it replaced a very old basilican structure. St. Peters was built under the supervision of two different Popes, Nicholas V and Julius II. Very little was accomplished under Nicholas’s reign, but the work was completed under Julius’ reign. The work began on Aril, 18, 1506 and the work continued through a succession of architects: Bramante, Raphael, Peruzzi, and Sangallo which all made huge changes to the design. Then the dome of St.…

Essay Question Visuality (Renaissance and Baroque) The design of St Peter’s cathedral in Rome underwent a significant evolution from the time it was begun by Bramante at the beginning of the 16th century to the construction of Bernini’s monumental colonnades and oval piazza in front of the cathedral in the middle of the 17th century. During this time a series of significant architects oversaw the evolution of its design in a changing religious context. Maderno’s façade epitomized a key idea of…

5 in × 76.8 in). This sculpture was one of his most renowned pieces of work and it became the strongest launch of his career unlike any of his previous work. The orginal intended use of this sculpture was to go inside of the chapel at Old St. Peter's Basilica in Rome and is still housed there to this day. Though intially set as a religious piece in the late 1400's early 1500's, it is now a symbolic testament of the creations from Michelangelo. After leaving Florence where he had worked for…

Chapter 12 Assignment #5 12.6, 12.7 (Ryan Cho, Period Three APEC) Terms: John Wycliff, John Hus, Nepotism, Leo X, St. Peter’s Basilica. 1. John Wycliff was an English philosopher, reformer, and professor at Oxford University. He was born in 1331 and died in 1384. One of the reasons why Wycliffe became a big name in European countries because he opposed the clergy, which was central to a powerful role in England. He then went on and then attacked the luxury and pomp of local parishes and their…

in Majesty and it is located in the National Basilica of the Immaculate Conception. This cathedral began when its construction plans were approved on August 15, 1913 by Pope Pius X. They promptly started construction seven years later in 1920 in Washington D.C.. Fr. Thomas J. Shahan led most of the project. It was completed in 1959. Overall, it took 39 years…

The clash between Pope Boniface VIII and King Philip IV of France began in the year 1296 over taxation of the French Clergy. Specifically, King Philip IV implemented taxes over the clergy and all other laymen of the French kingdom with a motive to fuel a war with King Edward I of England. Refuting this, Boniface asserted that no cleric was to pay taxes to a king without proper papal consent. If the clergy went against his commands, Boniface threatened excommunication to all who ignored him.…

It is not uncommon for cathedrals in the Byzantine Empire to be used as status of prosperity and power, rather than being solely places of worship. San Vitale is known for the incredible mosaics that create a focus on Justinian, Theodora, and other political figures which make it more of a glorification of the emperor than a religious building. How much decadence and lavishness is acceptable before the focus of this church becomes more about paying respects to the people in power in the time it…