By: Ilaria
uomo
The Museum of the Opera del Duomo is located on the Piazza Duomo. Founded in 1891, this museum of Florentine sculptures shows the changes the city went through over the centuries. The museum is the primary place that sculptures are relocated to that need conservation measures.
When a new cathedral was proposed to replace the [...]
By: Ann Coveney
Pantheon
Originally the Pantheon was built around 27 BC under the consulship of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, as a temple to the Gods. The building is still in use today as a Christian church. Its spectacular domed roof is awesome – built probably to represent the arched vault of the heavens. There are many famous [...]
By: amilu stewart
The more I read about Michelangelo and the way that he was able to use his genius to overcome the corrupt influence of his benefactor Pope Julius II in the fresco painting of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, the more humble I become to think that God would produce such a commmanding performance from a [...]
By: Jude Noronha
Whether you are a sales executive, a software professional or an advertising agent, you would definitely have experienced a situation where your mind is completely blank and lacks any creative ideas or concepts. At that time don’t you wish for some source of inspiration? Some thing that would just get you started?
If yes, [...]
By: Marcia YudkinIn looking back on the nearly four dozen aspiring copywriters I’ve trained and mentored over the years and asking which personal qualities posed challenges and roadblocks and which enable beginners to carve out a lasting niche for themselves, I have zeroed in on four key skill areas. To build and sustain a copywriting [...]
By: Anisa Aven
Fulfillment: meaning accomplishment, achievement, realization, or completion. The word implies an ending of sorts, and therefore the implication that one “finds fulfillment” is inaccurate at best.
Fulfillment comes from a sense of “being,” not from an ending. There are 3 important elements (that can be taken in steps) to live a life of fulfillment:
1) [...]
By: Shaun
The Agony and the Ecstasy, by Carol Reed, depicts Michelangelo as being divinely inspired to create the Chapel. This is depicted in the movie in a scene where Michelangelo is running away from Roman soldiers after he had abruptly halted working on the Chapel. In the scene, Michelangelo is hiding in the mountains near [...]
By: NAVAL LANGA
Renaissance artists were not only the painters. They were sculptures; they were poets, they were engineers; they were architects, too. Michelangelo was all of these. Born in Italy and lived almost for 90 years (1447 – 1564), he was contemporary of Leonardo da Vinci.
Renaissance period had a special feature in respect of the development in religious sector, [...]
By: Jessica Nielson
There is no question about the genuineness of Rome’s city for its fascinating beauties which are blessed with the richness of historical picturesque and numerous places of interest. Its civilization in itself is overwhelming. There are lots of major happenings in the past that are depicted by history vividly. The city in itself [...]
By: Mark Brading
Rome style and history:Rome is the bustling heart of Italy. A modern capital in every sense of the word yet steeped in history, with a wealth of art, architecture and religion to suit every holidaymaker, traveler, academic or pilgrim.Over 2,000 years of history have left their mark in all parts of this stylish [...]