Lectures by Combination: Structures and Characteristics of Church Life in 17th-Century Englanddoi:10.1111/j.1468-2281.1975.tb00749.xPatrick CollinsonHistorical ResearchP. Collinson, ‘Lectures by Combination…’, in BIHR , xlviii (1975) 198–9
Ecstasy of Saint Teresa (1647-52) Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria. By Bernini. The greatest sculpture of the Catholic Counter-Reformation. Medieval Byzantine Christian mosaics in St Mark's Cathedral, Venice. Introduction Since its beginnings during the first century of the Roman Empire, Christ...
Pollaiuolo was one of the first artists to dissect human bodies in order to follow exactly the play of bone, muscle and tendon in the living organism, with such dynamic effects as appear in the muscular tensions of struggle in his bronze of Hercules and Antaeus (Florence, Bargello) and the...
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Many individuals had different point of views than others and wanted to create a change for once and speak out. For instance, Anne Hutchinson didn’t believe Massachusetts had done enough to break with the Anglican Church, therefore she had spoke out and became the first ever women preacher. ...
What movement did the Italian Baroque grow out of? The Italian Baroque style took root in the Catholic Church, which struggled to compete with the draw of Protestant churches in the 16th century. Catholic officials brought in architects and artists who increased the public sense of awe and wonde...
The first buildings in the Gothic style were constructed in France. It was an era of flourishing peace and stable commerce, so large amounts of resources were put toward the development of a new style that was supposed to usher in a change. This change was evident in the growth of the ...
The term Romanesque was first used by 19th-century art historians, often translating to "descending from the Romans". Combined with the French suffix esque, meaning "something that resembles something else," the term perfectly describes the style's relationship to and emulation of the Classical ...
Causes And Fall Of The Carolingian Empire The Carolingians extended their rule over most Western and central Europe in much less than one 1/2 of a century and became seemed as the renewers of the Roman Empire after the Imperial coronation of Charlemagne in 800. The Carolingian Empire carried ...
to those of Saint-Benigne at Dijon for which a redating to before 1150 has been suggested, to the south portal of Le Mans Cathedral (a portal possibly antedating Chartres, some now think), and to the column statues in the cloister of Saint-Denis which mark the art of the first two de...