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John The Evangelist John The Baptist
1,442 wordsDonatello (1386 - 1466) was a master of sculpture in bronze and marble and was considered one of the greatest Italian Renaissance artists of his time. There is much more to know about him, though then the name alone. He has created some of the greatest works of art, not only in the Italian renaissance, but human history as well. A lot is known about his life and career but little is known about his character and personality. Donatello never married and seems to be a man of simple tastes. Patrons...
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Century B C Fourth Century
1,568 words"Why me? Why did I have to go so soon? I could have done more with my life. Who is going to take care of the children?" These are thoughts that could have poured through the mind of the woman in the marble stele. The chosen piece is a marble grave marker from the mid-fourth century B. C. It depicts a woman sitting to the right side, with her left side facing the world, in a chair with her head half covered by a shawl of some sort. The stele, which is made of marble, is forty-eight and one eighth...
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John The Evangelist John The Baptist
1,476 words&# 9; Donatello (1386 - 1466) was a master of sculpture in bronze and marble and was considered one of the greatest Italian Renaissance artists of his time. There is much more to know about him, though then the name alone. He has created some of the greatest works of art, not only in the Italian renaissance, but human history as well. A lot is known about his life and career but little is known about his character and personality. Donatello never married and seems to be a man of? simple tastes? ...
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Wanted To Show Roman Architecture
1,489 wordsPeople often try to imitate a finished product if it has become popular. When this is done after several years it is considered a revival. Usually the artist or patron has a purpose such as modeling after a powerful culture or religious significance. They may slightly change or mix other styles to make the best of past and present. In Florence Italy there stands a baptistery. It resides west of the Florence Cathedral, which was modeled after the baptistery. The Cathedral began in 1296 by Arnold ...
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Quot Quot Song Quot
4,685 wordsMark Scroggins " To my wash-stand" begins with a close physical examination of the poets bathroom sink, in which the poet acknowledges that the " song / of water" he hears " is a song / entirely in my head, " and he moves from there into an imaginative re-creation of the morning ablutions of the poor, carefully attentive to what they have and to what they do not have The " flow of water" from the stands two faucets " occasions invertible counterpoints...
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Sun And Moon Taj Mahal
1,450 wordsThe Taj Mahal Love at first sight. Such a sensation does exist as one approaches the purely, white, marble Taj Mahal and is overtaken by its immense size and beauty [Fig. 1 ]. The Taj Mahal can be referred to as a symbol of eternal love since Shah Jahan built it for his princess upon her death in 1631 A. D. Located in Agra, India, and considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World; the Taj Mahal was built by Prince Shah Jahan as a mausoleum for his wife Empress Mumtaz Mahal. The funerary compl...
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