Julius Caesar was written in 1599 in England by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare has born in 1564 and died in 1616. Nobody really knows when exactly he was born but for the records it is assumed that he was born in April, creating an interesting coincidence with his death. He is the greatest writer of his century and probably of the modern era. He influenced many contemporary writers and created a new point of view in the poetry.
The play takes us through Henry’s life from his divorce of Katherine of Aragon to his marriage to Anne Boleyn. The play King John written by William Shakespeare is another good example of a history play, dramatizing the reign of the King of England. Mystery Mystery Plays are among the earliest plays within medieval Europe. Medieval mystery plays focused on the depiction of Bible stories. They developed from the 10th to the 16th century, reaching the height of their popularity in the 15th century before being considered obsolete by the rise of professional theatre.
It is especially known for one of its greatest authors, William Shakespeare. Although his poems were good, his plays are what he is mostly remembered for; he wrote forty plays including The Two Noble Kinsmen and the two lost plays attributed to him. His plays are so special because they can be adapted into modern day situations and still make sense, thats why there can be modern versions on Macbeth and Romeo and
A particularly striking example is Shakespeare in Love: The Love Poetry of William Shakespeare, published by Hyperion Press in 1998. The title says it all. The book was published as a tie-in to Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard’s film of the same name, also released in 1998. There on the cover is Joseph Fiennes passionately kissing Gwyneth Paltrow. Other photographs from the film illuminate scenes and speeches from selected plays, along with the texts of sixteen of the 154 sonnets first published as Shakespeare’s in 1609.
Quattrocento also known as the Italian Renaissance was a pivotal time for individuals in the art world. Many artist were discovered and are still considered famous today. These pioneer artist displayed a presence of scientific, cultural and economics through christianity putting forth techniques and ideas that are still used currently.The most renowned 15th century frescoes would be The Sistine Chapel. It is a perfect example of linear perspective in Perugino's Christ Delivering the Keys of the Kingdom to Peter. Some of the most important collection of Renaissance painting would be that of Federico da Montefeltro who helped Urbino flourish in art and culture and commissioned perhaps the largest library in Italy with the paintings in Monefelto's court displaying the first theoretical treatise on perspective.
His father, King Aiden was a great ally of the British. He and his sons, including Arthur, lead the British in wars conducted in the North against the picts and the Saxons. The name of Arthur is also mentioned as a tenant in the Doomsday Book (1086 AD). From the thirteenth century to the sixteenth century the name that is dropped is usually Arturias. After the sixteenth century, the name regularly used it Arthur or Arther.
Many individuals were gifted with artistic skill and creativity. I will talk about how the Mediterranean influenced the Northern Artists such as Albrecht Dürer, Peter Paul Rubens, Simon Vouet and Anthony van Dyck. I will pick one famous piece of each and explain how they used Baroque or Italian features. Albrecht Dürer was born May 21, 1471 in the Franconian city of Nuremberg, one of the artistic and commercial centers in Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries. He was a painter, draftsman and writer but his greatest artistic impact was in the medium of printmaking.
A most notable philosopher Giovanni Pico della Mirandola distinguishes himself of all other renaissance thinkers and scholars with his famous work that describes the supreme statement of the Renaissance idolization of man. Published after his death “Oration on the Dignity of Man” will later come to be known as the "Manifesto of the Renaissance". He was born in Mirandola in the 15th century, to a noble Italian family that was remarkable in the arts and study of the Italian Renaissance. As a young child he received an education in both Latin and Greek and showed an interest in the arts of philosophy as he went on to study at the University of Ferrara and later at the University of Padua, a major center of Aristotelianism. In 1485 he furthered his studies at the most important centre of Scholastic philosophy and theology, the University of Paris, as he astonished fellow scholars with his precocious learning.
Dylan Thomas lived and wrote during the Modernism Era. This era started in the early 20th century until the beginning of World War II. Some believe that is started in the late 19th century and lasted until 1965 but that is questionable. Modernism started in Europe but Americans played an important role in it. This era was built from many cultural influences even thought any people were overwhelmed by the creation of new technology and the mass destruction from the First World War.
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