The Renaissance was a period of "rebirth" in arts, science and European society. It was a time of transition from the ancient world to the modern.
Larry Alexander
James Weldon Johnson, at the beginning of the Harlem Renaissance, tried to chart a course for African American literature to steer between the “stereotype” of dialect and what he viewed as the uninteresting and culturally inappropriate use of conventional English. With regard to the cultural ...
but unwilling to abandon the great humanistic hope to eliminate all transcendence by harmonizing reason and political life, were compelled to engage in ever more extreme efforts to reinterpret and tame reason, to force it into the service of practical life. Thus...
Description:This remarkable work about women writers in the English Renaissance explodes our notion of the Shakespearean period by drawing us into the lives of four women who were committed to their craft long before there was any possibility of “a room
Thomas Seymour nevertheless continued scheming to control the royal family and tried to have himself appointed the governor of the King's person.[26][27] When Parr died after childbirth on 5 September 1548, he renewed his attentions towards Elizabeth, intent on marrying her.[28] Her governess ...
Human nature is good, just like nature itself. This is the biggest of all magician lies. It is this royal parasite-created artificial reality which shields evil behind mesmerizing pomp and circumstance which must be shouted down, mocked and completely rejected if we are to revive paradise under...
At the end of the Middle Ages, the background was as such that it gave birth to Machiavelli's The Prince and Jean Bodin’s ‘theory of sovereignty’. The concept of regime in the era of capitalism. The period of Renaissance sought to revive Cicero's republicanism and Aristotle’s ...
“We are certainly experiencing a Gregorian chant renaissance in our day, and we are very blessed to see a flowering of new musical resources that find their inspiration in the inestimable treasures of sacred music which the Second Vatican Council spoke of and exalted,” says Bartlett, director ...
Ten years ago, I wrote a post on10 design booksthat I thought everyone should have. Looking at that list now, I think I need to expand on it by adding a few more to the list. Here is my must-have list with sources: 1. Architectural Graphic Standards – 5th Edition – ...