Francesco

shaped beautiful and modern nature of seventeenth century Baroque Rome. The story of Bernini and Borromini, and their impacts on Baroque architecture, is one of the most dominant periods of time in the history of Rome. Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini spent their professional lives locked in a complex rivalry that spans the duration of the seventeenth century. The profound differences between the lives and personalities of these two, reflected in work still evident in Rome today, have

Francesco Petrarca was born on July 20th, 1304 in Arezzo, Italy, to Ser and Eletta Petracco, and died July 19th, 1374. Not only is Petrarch referred to as the “Father of Humanism, but also as the “Father of the Renaissance”. To be the greatest humanitarian holds much meaning, but most of all it means to create needed change in the most dire of situations when others will not. Without a doubt, Petrarch was the greatest humanitarian of all European history, because he had struggled to become the person

Throughout history mankind has transformed into a highly developed and cultured society, driven on the foundations of one vital key factor in our evolution that set humans apart from other species entirely, the ability to think. If humans did not possess the ability to think, there would be no change or development of our species as a whole and individually. By challenging the natural process of evolution and defying the odds, humans carved their way into this world to leave their mark. A time period

talented. He is known for many of his works and is involved in many different artistic periods. His paintings are beautiful and inspiring. Mantegna was born in Italy in 1431 to a woodworker named Biagio Mantegna. He started his mentorship with Francesco Squarcione at age eleven and showed miraculous promise. At age 17 Mantegna left Squarcione because of unfair profiting done by Squarcione on Mantegna’s art. Mantegna died on December 13, 1506 at around the age of 75, but not before marriage, children

St. Francesco of Assisi was an ordinary man who did incredible things. Francesco gave up his wealth and comfort along with everything he owned to live in poverty. He worked through adversity to do great things including founding a religious order, the Franciscans. He traveled many places, including Rome and Syria, touching many people’s lives as he went about. Overall, St. Francesco is a great example to anyone who wants to be more like Christ and spread the faith. Francesco embodies the life of

If you are from Gejeret then you might just as well remember where Gejretians found refuge in 1975. I was one of those who took refuge at San Francesco or Collegio La Salle, which was administered by the Kerenite Fratelli, Fr. Michael, Fr. Kahsay, and Fr. Demsas. Later on, I heard Fr. Demsas joined the struggle but I 've no information if he made it to Independence Day. Also, rumor had it that afterwards, Fr. Misghina quit the La Salle seminary, got married and left for Sweden. And there is more

El arte barroco se desarrolla entre los siglos XVII y XVIII. El arte será el vehículo de propaganda tanto de la Iglesia de la Contrarreforma, como de los Estados absolutistas o de la burguesía protestante. En el barroco la figura humana se alza como objeto decisivo del arte, pero no en su forma idealizada, sino en cualquier aspecto, ya sea este bello o feo, sublime o cotidiano. En el barroco podemos distinguir tres períodos: temprano o primitivo, de 1580 a 1630, pleno, de 1630 a 1680, y tardío

On November 4th, 1575, Guido Reni was born in Bologna to Daniele Reni and Ginevra de’ Pozzi. At the age of twenty, Reni began attending the Accademia degli Incamminati, and later went on to join the Bolognese School created by Annibale Carracci and his family members. The Bolognese School, also known as “The Academy of those on the Path” aimed to revise the artificiality of the artwork of the time in order to create a new style. This new style focused on trying to communicate with the viewer and

The artwork I have chosen is ‘Samson Captured by the Philistines” by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, better known as Guercino. The painting is an oil on canvas and was painted in 1619 in Venice. The dimensions of the painting are 75 ¼ x 93 ¼ inches (191.1x236.9cm). Guercino is an Italian-born painter and mostly associated with Baroque style art. He got the name Guercino from Guercio, which means cross-eyed in Italian. I am going to give a detailed formal and content analysis of the artwork. The formal

Francesco Zizola lives in Roma, Italy, he is known for his work in documentary and social photographer since the ’80 although his main focus is social journalism. Fransesco is one of the founders and co-woners of the establishment NOOR which opened during 2007. Mostly his assignments and the focus of each member at NOOR are personal projects and this assign them with great opportunities to travel around the world, his main focus is to portray forgotten crises that were not covered by the mainstream