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humans are saved not through their good works, but through faith in the promises of God, made possible by the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross. In 1517, Pope Leo X had issued a special jubilee indulgence to finance the ongoing construction of Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Johann Tetzel, a rambunctious Dominican, hawked the indulgences in Germany with the slogan, “As soon as the coin in the coffer rings the soul from purgatory springs.” In Oct. 31, 1517, Martin Luther a German priest and…

The purpose of the Counter-Reformation was for the Catholic Church to revive itself after the Protestant Reformation where the Church was threatened with the conversions to Protestantism. While this was a very dramatic and life changing time for religion and people, art went through a complete transition in terms of its style. Post-reform, art was very much absent in churches, and non-religious art was humanist, consisting of genre and landscape paintings. When the Catholic Church fought back…

As an adult Michelangelo was very arrogant and never satisfied with himself; he may have had the right to be arrogant. He was skilled in most forms of art, although he always thought of himself as a sculptor. For two years Michelangelo lived in the Medici household while working on the sculptural relief The Battle of the Centaurs (“Michelangelo Buonarti Biography”). Michelangelo also made many statues in the Medici household garden (“Michelangelo Buonarti Biography”). He was commissioned by…

my saint. His name is St. Jude Thaddeus. He is the patron saint of the impossible and hope. There is not much known on St. Jude’s life. We know he is the Patron saint of hope and impossible causes. He was also one of Jesus’ 12 original apostles. He was known to preach with great passion of the gospel, even under harsh conditions. Through the power of the holy spirit was he able to make a difference in peoples lives with the Word of God. After Jesus’ death and resurrection, St. Jude journeyed…

This article considers religious philosophies depicted in Counter-Reformation art. The author’s main claim is that art during the Counter-Reformation period shows direct influence of theological concepts. The author then makes a sub-claim that Peter Paul Rubens is the epitome of Catholic painting transforming Tridentine doctrine into art because of the topics and style in which he painted. Next, the author sets up historical background of the Council of Trent’s influence and the origins and…

1. The classical and the renaissance era have more in common. They both focus on the human male form and provide more detail in the muscular tones of the abs, chest, ribs, and arms and have more detail in the facial features. However, the renaissance sculptures have far more detail in the lines and obviously expose more of the human form in all its glory. The Medieval sculptures are expressionless and the bodies are fully clothed. They are set in a more spiritual and religious part of a…

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was first and foremost an Italian sculptor, as well as, a painter during the High Renaissance. His piece entitled Pietà was created between the years of 1498–1499 in St. Peter’s Basilica (Kleiner). Gian Lorenzo Bernini was also an Italian sculptor and architect, but during the Baroque period. The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa was finished in 1652 for the Cornaro family chapel in Santa Maria della Vittoria (Kleiner). Though there is complexity in the…

The reading over these past few weeks covered a pretty expansive timeline. Starting in 1534 with the founding of the Society of Jesus, the Jesuits, on to The Council of Trent in 1545, and through the issuance of both The Doctrine of Papal Infallibility, 1870, and The Doctrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary,1950, our readings covered a span of more than four hundred years of Church history. During this era, of which we now identify as the period of Counter-Reform of the Catholic…

Good Friday. Clearly Christianity eventually won over the city of Rome. Old basilica were converted to Christian places of worship because people took care of them by giving the church money to do so. Buildings that were not turned into churches were ruined by people, natural disasters or other enemies that tried to occupy…

The beginning of a legend Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simomi was born on March 6, 1475, and Caprice Italy, we know him as Michelangelo’s father was a magistrate, was an infant’s family moved to Florence. When Michelangelo’s mother passed away this father is no longer it will take care of him and he went to live with stonecutter and he joked, “With my wet-nurse’s milk, I sucked in the hammer and chisels I use for my statues” (Bio.com ) Michelangelo didn’t care much for school it was…