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Congregation of the Eremetical Order of St. Augustine. He was soon…

The Pietà (sculpted by Michelangelo) is a depiction of the Virgin Mary embracing her son Jesus after he was taken down from the cross and it is presently located in an ornate Baroque chapel in St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican City. It was carved from Carrara marble between 1948 and 1500 and it was the first of the three versions Michelangelo sculpted during his lifetime. According to Unger “the Pietà is a work of silence and of mystery, of contemplation rather than raw feeling.” (68) The…

Perhaps the greatest reminder of Justinian’s power is the Hagia Sophia. Until the creation of St. Peter’s Basilica, Hagia Sophia was the largest domed building ever made. What made this achievement even more significant was that the building had a rectangular base. No one before Justinian had ever made such a large dome; never mind putting it on a quadrilateral…

Michelangelo was a painter, architect, poet and a sculptor of the high renaissances age. His influence had a major impact on the development of western art and he was considered one of the greatest living artists during his lifetime. A number of Michelangelo’s art works and sculptures rank among some of the most famous in existence. He sculpted the Pieta and David and painted the ceiling of the Sistine chapel. Which piece of Michelangelo art was the most significant and why? According to…

Introduction Cluny III is part of a Benedictine commune in Burgundy, France. Cluny is remarkable for several reasons, namely for the sheer size of its church. Its vast size secured it as the largest building in the world until the rebuilding of St. Peter’s, which was constructed to intentionally be a few inches larger than Cluny III. Due to its 1000-foot height, some even considered it to be the “angels’ courtyard” should the inhabitants of heaven “content themselves with our terrestrial…

Apart from the fact that the work was undertaken under Christian papal patronage, the setting of the “school” takes place under the central dome of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, creating a realm in which the humanism of the Greeks and Romans could co-exist with Catholic Church ideology in a display of intellectual ecumenism. The building is in the shape of a Greek cross, further intended to show harmony between…

Peter's Basilica. On 1517 October 31, Luther nailed his ninety five theses on the door of Wittenberg Castle Church. He is a point of discussion, with the intention of giving these, topic of 95 months shall, corruption, was launched a devastating criticism of…

Michelangelo is said to be one of the greatest artists of all times (“Michelangelo”). For about ninety years his work left people in astonishment, from painting the ceiling of the Sistine Capel, to sculpting the statue of David and the Pieta and many more. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was born on March 6th, 1475 in Caprese, Italy. He was an Italian painter, sculptor, poet, and architect of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, he died on February 18th, 1564 in…

-----The summer semester for Humanities is coming to an end and I can personally say on my behalf that this was a learning experience that I will not forget. I know it sounds cheesy but this class was different in comparison to the other classes that I had previously taken before; in this class I was able to learn about several cultures their art, rituals, places of worship and music. I said this class was different because I had never actually spent that much time looking at other cultures nor…

Midterm Mandatory Question I believe that it was highly unethical for Charlemagne to force Christianity upon barbarians upon penalty of death. The religious targeting of a group of people is wrong. It does not matter the motivation, age, or society in which it takes place. Every individual is entitled to at least life, no matter their religious beliefs. Sadly, given the time and place in which he reigned, it is easy how his actions were justified and even considered righteous. A wide variety…