Tuscan order

In The Divine Comedy: Inferno Dante shows how reading matters in life. There are many reasons of why Dante wrote The Divine Comedy one of them is for literacy purposes. He wrote the comedy in Tuscan Italian instead of Latin; even though, Italian had not been standardized into one language yet. Dante’s Comedy was one of the Italian writing and it became the language that all educated could understand and study. He may have written the comedy for revenge as many think, but in my opinion he wrote…

in the market, which discussed illegal Latino immigration into the United States. However, the book outweighs the other books with its standpoint of faith. The book discusses about the issue of immigration in the Sonoran desert, which lies in the Tuscan sector of the U.S.–Mexico border. Author Rose collects opinions from individuals belonging to Civil Militia groups, left-wing protestors, Catholic nuns, Border Patrol agents and common civilians residing in the southern part of Arizona (Rose).…

1769. Napoleon’s father’s side of the family was of ancient tuscan nobility who had emerged to Corsica in the 16th century. Carlo, a layer, married Napoleon’s mother, Letizia when she was only fourteen. Carlo and Letizia had eight…

institutions” (McHam, 32). According to McHam, this sculpture could have been commissioned by the Medici but, there is not enough evidence to prove this (34). Since the two sculptures were displayed together, I must now speak about Judith and Holofernes in order to continue the…

different movements within each of them. All of these pieces of art connect to two things: A love for the artist’s community and the artist trying to figure out their place in the world. Historians try to classify time periods in order to show particular characteristics in order to study similarities of objects throughout a period. However, periods of time are often difficult to define as there may be objects or events that can be an outlier. This can include styles of art, techniques…

philosophical beliefs, beauty communicates the order of things both visually and intellectually. That through art you can connect the two realms together. It is through the goodness of one’s soul to bring the intellectual principle of form into something visually beautiful to help the human soul connect to the one (God). One such example of this is the baptistery of San Giovanni in Florence, Italy. The structure was rebuilt on top of Roman Ruins in the Tuscan Romanesque style, which was…

It was a warm June day in Rome. Francesco Niccolini, a Tuscan ambassador, and Galileo Galilei, an aging mathematician, sat in the Villa Medici awaiting their call to the Holy Office. It had been months since the beginning of his trial with the Roman Inquisition and Galileo was ready to be finished with the ordeal. He had been ill since the first session of his interrogation back in April and his condition had continued to worsen. Niccolini had already been informed of the old man’s sentence,…

Vicchio di Mugello, near Florence. He worked as a painter since he was young. He and his brother Fra Benedetto joined the Dominican Order around 1420. Traditionally, a religious order is usually called a new name. Guido's religious name was "Fra Giovanni". Since his work in the…

down to Turnus, who’s seated by chance in a hallowed Glen. The messenger with rosy lips bestirred the king:” Turnus, your prayers have been answered at last. Aeneas and some of his men have left the camp to go to Palatine Hill and he’s arming the Tuscan countryside. Quick! Strike the camp while it is weak! Why hold back? Now’s the time for horses and chariots”. With that, she whisked away in a rainbow. Seeing her, he fell on his knees in astonishments raising his hands. “Isis, pride of the sky!…

something of actual monetary value, it would therefore signify that the art depicted shows an interest and strong values in religion itself. The crown on the Virgin Mary itself features glass gems as well. The objects most likely had been designed in order to show the beauty of the Virgin Mary and Baby Jesus. Nothing…