La Primavera Essay

     Francisco Pizarro was a conquistador born in Trujillo, Spain in about 1471. His father, Gonzalo Pizarro, was an infantry captain and he taught Francisco how to fight at an early age. Francisco Pizarro never learned to read and write but he was full of adventure.

On Sunday October 2nd at 7:00pm in Weill Hall, I watched Omara Portuondo with special guests Roberto Fonseca, Anat Cohen, and Regina Carter. Omara Portuondo was the only female in the Buena Vista Social Club. The Buena Vista Social Club consisted of the most famous Cuban musicians at that time. The Club hosted dances and musical events. Omara’s special guest Roberto Fonsea is known for being a multi-instrumentalist. While Anat Cohen is known for unique playing of the clarinet because she fuses Latin jazz styles together. Regina Carter is known for being a talented jazz violinist. All the music that was song that night was in Spanish.

I was born in Honduras, a small, developing nation, known for the high levels of poverty, and delinquency. I grew up in a small city in Honduras, and lived there for fifteen years. The city is called “La Esperanza”, which translates to “The Hope”. In this city I learned how to speak Spanish, English, and French. It is in this city that I also discovered my passion. It all started the day that I volunteered in a medical brigade, as a translator.

Nation's history and culture have definitely a great effect in the art conception in every country. The same way it has a bigger meaning and influence in people that share their traditions. I found really interesting how this empathy multiplies when people happen to be far from their homeland. This is why I chose “Jose Marti” by Roberto Fabelo for this report. “Fabelo”, as he is best known, is a painter, sculptor and illustrator, he was born in Cuba in 1951.

In conclusion The Birth of Venus, is one of the most beautiful and greatest pieces of European art, and it is for this reason that Sandro Botticelli is considered the greatest painter of the early Renaissance. The elegant piece of art is displayed in a room in the Uffizi Gallery. Because of the different type of texture, color, style, and figures in the Birth of Venus means a lot to the art world and to history. The Birth of Venus still influence all types of people today through children pictures, cell phone covers, clothes, perfume ads, and artist such as Lady Gaga album

Francisco J. Garcia Cabeza de Vaca, the new governor of Tamaulipas as of approximately eight months ago, has been fighting crime even before he was elected. First as Mexico’s senator for the state Tamaulipas and then as a candidate for governor.

Sandro Botticelli and Angelo Poliziano were both working in the Medici court in Florence when the Medici commissioned the Bith of Venus for

In the novel Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, characters are characterized thoroughly throughout the novel. Two main characters that are discussed , Santiago Nascar and Bayardo San Roman, have various similarities and differences amongst them. They are associated with one another due to Angela Vicario’s faulty claims.

The Birth of Venus, is just one of the many mesmerizing works of art by Sandro Botticelli. Painted in 1486, the work of art currently resides at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy where it is appreciated for its beauty and contribution to fifteenth century Italian artistry. This beautiful work of art stands at approximately 172.5 x 278.5 centimeters, it is considered to be the first large-scale canvas created in the early Renaissance. What makes The

Sandro Botticelli was an apprentice under a Medici artist, Filippo Lippi. Botticelli’s studio was actually inside the Medici palace. Due to his workspace within the Medici palace he eventually became friends with Lorenzo de’ Medici. The piece, The Birth of Venus definitely fit into the new liberal ideas of the Renaissance, as the piece was noted as “controversial”. His painting style changed over time, but The Birth of Venus remains a piece to be analyzed to this day. The Renaissance was a time for new ideas, and the artwork remains in Florence to this day.

Some contributions that Sandro Botticelli had were the frescoes in the Sistine Chapel and the painting the immortal The Birth of Venus. He also inspired many other painters, many people today even duplicate his paintings, and work on color coordination, brush strokes, texture, and many other techniques that he used at the time. The church also kept his frescos in the Sistine Chapel where they were upstaged by those of Michelangelo. Many of his pieces were bought and sold by collectors, put up in art museums where over a million people viewed his work, or sold at the National Gallery. A man by the name of Walter Pater created a literary picture of Botticelli, who was then taken up by the Aesthetic movement, other people just like Walter Pater

Wholesome and graceful are words that I seem to ponder over and over again when I look at Botticelli's Birth of Venus. The color is the first thing that really appeals to me upon viewing the painting. Everything is created in a color scheme that is inviting and refreshing. The wonderful color of Venus's hair, the calming color of the roses, and the deep blue of the sea all seem to refresh my spirits. Once I can look beyond the colors I see so many things. The Nymph welcoming Venus reminds me of a mother holding her child for the first time it is very pure. The wind-gods are also very pure. The main thing that really draws me to this picture though is Venus.

Sandro Botticelli, of the renaissance period, was best known for his painting “The Birth of Venus”. Lorenezo the great was the one who set the theme. Lorenzo had poet Angelo Poliziano to do the verses of the Birth of Venus. Once this was set this was how Botticelli was able to paint the painting; he translated the words of Poliziano into the painting. A myth of the Renaissance was that if a man painted Greeks and Romans they were to be superior. That was formed by truth and wisdom. In 1486, Botticelli was commissioned to paint this painting by a member of the powerful Medici. In the painting, the Goddess Venus is seen rising nude from the shore floating on a shell surrounded by others. Venus was the Roman goddess of sex, love, fertility and

One of the great architects in time was Andrea Palladio, who was made famous for his magnificent Villas built in Italy in the fifteen hundreds. To do so he drew from the Greek and Roman’s architecture, studying many of their finest works, to create his masterful villas. This process would develop into a style of architecture, which became known as Palladianism. This style has inspired buildings which have dominated the landscape for the last four hundred years. These buildings include: English castles, American public buildings, Swiss railroad stations, Spanish libraries, Tuscan villas and Canadian hotels. Many of these buildings are considered to be the great buildings of the world.

Agile techniques should be used to solve the current issues faced by the company as agile techniques normally being used by the software industry help the business to act in response under the unpredictable situations faced. In Agile methodologies opportunities are been provided to evaluate whether the project is under the direction all through its development cycle. All this is being accomplished with the help of regular tempo kept in work, and the teams must show a product which is having the desired potential.