One Sentence: The Gardens Of Versailles And Point Of View

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Have you ever thought about going on vacation this summer? If you are, you should go to the wonderful Eiffel Tower located in Paris, France. There are many reasons as of two why you should consider going there, but these are the important ones; the life of Gustave Eiffel, description of the Eiffel Tower, and the tourist attraction.

The film A Village called Versailles presents the story of vietnamese Americans after the occurrence of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. The film begins by introducing some of the historical events to which the vietnamese community have experienced. One of the most relevant topics in accordance to the course material, is the meaning of religion for the vietnamese community. In correlation to the natural disaster, the vietnamese community utilized the religious space as a space where they discuss issues like the rebuilt of their structural community. This tight-knit community was determined to rebuild their community through organized activism.

Versailles is a very beautiful room in the Royal Country Club. This room is the biggest and the most beautiful room. It is located between the Bistro room and the main office. It is designed to be a banquet room, and it can hold about two hundred people. The shape of the Versailles is rectangular with a curved ceiling. On the ceiling, there are two long golden chandeliers lights. Those chandelier can give light the whole room. In the Versailles the temperature is always cold, and it is very quiet, but it has slow classic music. When I just stand in this room, first thing I see is a big white couch and long wide fireplace. This fireplace is lights for the whole day, to make the room warm and it is good for guests

Architecture often stands on its own edifying right, but how much more affluent we are to seek an understanding of the cultural diversity and design influence one had on architecture when presented in terms of an historical account. This paper seeks to piece together the formal elements of the villa with dignifying examples of diversity from Hadrian’s travels and abhor of the surroundings of Rome itself.

France is a country that’s culture is world renowned for its cuisine, romantic language, first of its kind art, and also, architecture. The many delicacies of French cuisine appeals to the masses. While the countries romantic language draws tourist in a hypnotic fancy. The art of France with its many works, such as its plays from play writes such as Moliere, give a witty insight into its culture as a whole. French’s astounding architecture ranks high among its countries many accomplishments. The many facets of landscapes’ in France, leave a dazed effect on the beholder of such astounding beautiful work.

I chose to do a virtual tour of the Palace of Versailles. I am fascinated by the royal family so the Palace of Versailles is deemed suitable because it is the home of the monarchy of France. I began my virtual tour of the most famous room known as the Hall of Mirrors. As you walk through the room, you can see chandeliers after chandeliers lined the center of the ceiling and to the sides. The room is structured like a barrel vault with round arch windows symmetric to the mirrors reflecting the garden. Golden sculptures of women are placed in between the mirrors against the marble wall. The vaulted ceilings are covered with illustrations of the success of France painted by Le Brun. He also decorated the rooms so his artistic vision can be seen everywhere. My initial reaction of the room was that it is very elegant and magnificent. I’ve never seen anything so spectacular before. Every aspect of the room is a work of art on its own. The paintings that covered the vaulted ceiling were very

The author presents the driving factor of the Florentine renaissance as “humanism”, defined as the “secular study of science, history, and language” (pg 378). The city of Suzhou developed as an inverse of the capital city of Beijing. This critique of the culture and style of the capital city came in the form of “withdrawal from political life to spend time in one’s garden” (pg 432). In the final part of the reading, the author presented the work of the great architect, Sinan, and the challenges he faced when constructing the

Everyone in the group with the exception of Alicia (she was sick) went to the Palace of Versailles on the last day. I have always wanted to go to the Palace of Versailles because of my slight obsession with Marie Antoinette's story. Marie Antoinette spent her glorious years as the princess and queen of France in the Palace of Versailles. Also, I heard the garden of Versailles was breathtakingly beautiful. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to spend as much time as I would like at the palace. Three hours at the palace is just not enough time to explore.

In Barnaby Nygren’s article, Fra Angelico 's San Marco Altarpiece and the Metaphors of Perspective, the rediscovery of linear perspectives and how it altered the planar space for those artist who worked in two-dimensions was methodically analyzed. Reviewing historical data and art works, Nygren revealed that artwork created prior to the 15th century was typically a religious endeavor designed to prompt devout worship through visual recollection of spiritual events. In essence, it was religious short-hand designed to trigger public recognition from mostly illiterate, but devote, religious viewers. Religious paintings were more symbolic. As such, these renditions were generally flat and unrealistic. This is due, largely in part, to the era in which the paintings were produced. Because the traditional style that had been used since the Egyptian and Byzantine periods lacked realism, not much thought was given to the use of linear perspective to create more realistic works. In fact, it wasn’t until the 15th century that realism even became valued.

Francesco Borromini is the most quintessential Baroque architect of all time. Though he was born in Canton Ticino in the Alps, he came to Rome early and remained for the rest of his life. He was suspicious and dedicated, evident in that he carefully supervised his designs from models, to drawings, and even to the completed structure. His works, such as the church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane and the church of Sant’Agnese in Agone, still stand today and continue to show his amazing skill and expertise, and they still show his unrelenting pursuit of perfection.

Completed in 1660, eighteen years after the initial planning stages, Francesco Borromini’s Saint Ivo alla Sapienza came to be known as an archetypal example of High Roman Baroque architecture. Its idiosyncratic floor plan and spiraling tower that sits atop the church’s dome became a topic of much speculation and debate but also an iconic fixture in Rome’s skyline. The controversy over S. Ivo usually ranged over interpretations of Borromini’s intentions in the planning of the church all the way to the minute details on ornamentations and the mantic or spiritual or theoretical meanings they might have had, if any. But to understand the Saint Ivo Alla Sapienza, one needs to understand the political and economic and en vogue culture and climate of 17th century Rome and the fact that the construction took places over three papal reigns, that of Urban VIII Barberini, Innocent X, and Alexander VII. The S. Ivo was actually an addition to a centuries old school of learning, the Archiginnasio - later known as the University of Rome or Sapienza [wisdom,] founded by Boniface VIII in the late 13th century but had remained without a proper chapel or library since. Borromini, was then still an apprentice to Bernini but through papal connections became the appointed architect charged with

Palazzo della Signoria (fig.13.15) and Doges Palace (fig.13.32) clearly differ in appearance, however also in purpose. In this essay project I will attempt to describe these differences, explain how artists, social economics and political factors might be used to account for these differences as well.

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett and Deborah Hautzig was first published in 1911. It takes place in Yorkshire, England at Misselthwaite manor. It is a story about a ten year old Anglo-Indian girl named Mary Lennox. Mary lives with her parents who neglect her, leaving her in the care of servants. An outbreak of cholera, an infectious disease that causes severe watery diarrhea, which can lead to dehydration and even death if untreated, caused her parents and watchers to die. This led her to be left in her home alone. After she was found, Mary, briefly lived with an English clergyman before being sent to Yorkshire with her uncle Archibald Craven, where she grew up. With this background knowledge in mind, I will proceed to go into greater detail on how British culture influenced the writing of this book, and how this book influenced British culture, but first you need to know what character deveopments occur within The Secret Garden.

It began with all the characters feeling broken and unwanted. Lord Craven, Mary, Colin, and Mrs.Medlock had never experienced love. In the end, all of them received and were filled with all the joy of each other. They all have one piece of their life in common and it is that all of them just want to belong and feel fervor. Before Mary comes along love does not exist, Colin is stranded in his room, all Mrs. Medlock knows how to do is working to take care of Colin that is not physically sick, and Lord Craven can’t find the courage to open the garden or talk to his own son that thinks he could die any day at any time. The movie Secret Garden, based on the book by Frances Hodgson Burnett the theme that Lord Craven, Mary, Colin, and Mrs. Medlock cannot figure out till the end is that none of the characters could open their hearts to each other until they experience love.