Marino Faliero

In Marino Faliero, Lioni’s soliloquy describing Venice at nightfall illustrates the intangibility and ephemerality of Venice through emphasising the stillness of its waters. His speech functions dramatically on two levels which might seem in opposition: it humanises the previously anonymous patricians whilst simultaneously demonstrating Lioni’s (and thus the aristocracy’s) innate inability to understand Venice. Whilst Lioni is prompted by a quiet and directionless unease to leave the party early

James Turrell is a sculptor and designer born on the 6th of may 1943. He was born in Los Angeles, America to Quaker parents. When Turrell turned 16, he obtained a pilot license, for years, he restored antique airplanes to sustain his love for art. He obtained his bachelor degree from Ponoma college in perceptual psychology, he also studied math, geology and astronomy there. He enrolled in the university of California in 1966 and got into the graduate art studio program. After graduating, he obtained

George Gordon Byron was born on January 22, 1788, London, England died April 19, 1824, Missolonghi. He was British Romantic poet whose poetry and personality “captured the imagination of Europe” (britannica.com). Byron was known to have influencing the gothic period and many popular american authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Oscar Wilde,and Mary Shelley. Byron was the son of Captain John Byron nicknamed “ Mad Jack” and his second wife a scots heiress, Catherine Gordon. Byron did not have

Caroline Lamb, and the scandal of an elopement was barely prevented by his friend Hobhouse. Some of Byron’s works include poems such as Don Juan, Walk in Beauty, and Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. Some of his famous plays are Manfred, Sardanapalus and Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice. Childe Harold’s

Music 360 Fall 2012 History paper Lucia di Lammermoor- Mad scene Lucia di Lammermoor, written in 1835, is an opera by Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) based on the novel The Bride of Lammermoor by Sir Walter Scott. The opera is often called a masterpiece and has, thus far, stood the test of time. It was not only popular in its day, but remains popular repertory today and performed by companies around the world every year. The “Mad Scene” has been remarked as a reason to go to the opera