St Mark's Basilica

St. Peter’s Basilica and La Sagrada Familia are structures with amazing architecture, but they are much more than just a structure. Both basilicas tell a story about not just the architects and their interests of certain architectural styles, but also about the history and story of Catholicism. La Sagrada Familia and St. Peter’s Basilica are not often compared due to the time in which they were built, as well as due to their different styles of art and architecture. However, despite their very

new style. In In 1512, he painted the Sistine Madonna which was part of his series of Madonna paintings. A big high point in his career was when painted the frescoes on the vatican wall. Pope Julius II, hired Raphael as a chief architect for St. Peter's Basilica. Raphael sadly died from an unknown cause at age 37 on April 6,

time I am going to choose “Saint Peters Basilica” at the Vatican. The construction of the Basilica started in April 18 1506 by architect Donato Bramante and was completed in November 18 1626 by architect Carl Maderno. During the ruling of the emperor Nero, Christians were persecuted and killed in front of everyone and according to history Saint Peter was one of those Christians who later was buried where the Basilica stands today. The design of the Basilica changed multiple times base on popes and

Ilium is where Felix Hoenikker lived for most of his life and where his children grew up. San Lorenzo is where Jonah’s journey of writing the book leads to as he is going to where the children are with the ice- nine. San Lorenzo, the country itself, symbolizes all the horrible things that could happen to a country or have already happened to other countries. The population of San Lorenzo is denser than most in the world despite it not having many re. The people are all very poor, gaining absolutely

To understand the importance of perspective in art during the Renaissance era, one must understand the importance of art during the Renaissance era. Art was closely associated with religion, but was also a way to depict what is and what was. Perspective came to rise during the Italian Renaissance for a myriad of reasons, but mainly in creating a sense of realism and allowing on to manipulate space. The utilization of perspective allowed the viewers to have a more intimate relationship with items

demolition during the basilica rebuilding (William, 1995). The piece of art is a statue that portrays Jesus’ body laying on his mother Mary’s laps at the time after the crucifixion having been removed from the cross (Lewis & Lewis, 2008) which is evidenced by the marks of small nails and the indication of the wound located in Jesus’ side. It revolves around the major theme of Northern origin which during that time was present in France but not in Italy. According to (St. Peters Basilica, 2009) Michelangelo

VATICAN CITY The Sistine Chapel … St. Peter’s Square … Saint Peter’s Basilica … The home of Pope Francis., What do all these famous places have in common? They are all in The Vatican City. Vatican City, an independent state within the city of Rome, is ruled by the Pope and is the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church. (Ruhl 1) (Blake 2) Vatican city, the smallest country, has the smallest population in the world. The Vatican stamps their own coins (Ruhl 3). The full name of

The Sistine Chapel … St. Peter’s Square … Saint Peter’s Basilica … The home of Pope Francis., What do all these famous places have in common? They are all in The Vatican City. Vatican City, an independent state within the city of Rome, is ruled by the Pope and is the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church. (Ruhl 1) (Blake 2) Vatican city, the smallest country, has the smallest population in the world. The Vatican stamps their own coins (Ruhl 3). The full name of the country is the State

While Michelangelo, Caravaggio, and Bernini were all artists during the Renaissance and Baroque time periods, they are different from each other. Both Caravaggio and Bernini studied Michelangelo and incorporated pieces of his style into their own. Michelangelo created a 17 foot statue, David (1504) that Bernini studied to make his own depiction of the scene. The most noticeable difference between the two is that Michelangelo’s sculpture is nude while Bernini’s is clothed to an extent. Bernini utilizes

St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome along with the churches of San Lorenzo and Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, all have their own stories that tell much about political power, artistic taste, and sources of patronage in Renaissance Italy. They all share some similarities but there are also quite a few differences that affected the construction of these three well-known churches. St. Peter’s Basilica was a lengthy project that underwent many changes including who commissioned it, the architect, and