Italy is often known as the birthplace of the Renaissance, a time of great achievement in all aspects of the Modern Age. Specifically the art during this time uniquely represented this era. In fact, Renaissance is majorly represented through its magnificent art. Architecture, sculpture and painting were the leading categories for all the Renaissance artists. The art during this time shared some similar qualities.…
Dino Compagni believed greatly in the potential of Florence and spoke passionately about the great divide within it. When speaking of the city, Compagni used words like “noble,” “ample,” “fecund,” “temperate,” and “regal.” These descriptors introduce two ideas that Compagni held about the city. The first is that Florence was noble, possessing a long history of influence and deserving of respect. Compagni also described the city using words that suggest it was well-located and capable of economic viability.…
Before the rediscovery many locals told the story of the city buried by ash but, it was just an old wives tale until it was rediscovered making the story now a documentation of the events that took places over a thousand years ago. Archeologists found out many things about Roman culture and lifestyle through the remains of Pompeii. One thing found out by archeologist was that using bronze was more common in Roman art than they had previously thought when they found many bronze statues5. Many things were found in the city of Pompeii, especially body casts. When the ash covered the city it covered every body within the city, this allowed archeologists to get a glimpse at what exactly the people of Pompeii looked like, how old they were, and sometime even who they were.…
Pompeii Essay Three main actions that went on in the town of Pompeii are Gadgets, Dr.Mom, and Fast Food. Pompeii residents didn’t have multiple types of gadgets. They instead had just a few gadgets that were used for several things. They used the same gadgets for big and small jobs. For example, they might have used pots that could also be used for wine dippers and spindle whorls that were used as furniture ornamentation.…
The discovery of Troy by archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann was crucial to the understanding of the books written by Homer called the Iliad and the Odyssey explaining the events of the Trojan War, without the use of technology Schliemann has been credited for most of the discoveries of Troy, but the means of ways he went and discovered Troy is highly controversial. Destruction of most of what he was trying to find, the recording methods Schliemann used, and his ethics and the ways he destroyed, “salting” and stole evidence. Despite the controversies of the reliability of his own research, Schliemann was the pioneer and the starting point in the modern development of the science of archaeology and cannot be judged harshly. This essay will examine…
Heinrich Schliemann discovered Mycenae on the Greek mainland, and with the assistance of the knowledge benefactor, he and Frank Calvert uncovered the ruins at Hisarlik of the historical Troy from Homer’s Iliad. The three sites differ in many different qualities, but are also comparable in other ways. (P2) After 30 years of excavation, Sir Arthur Evans revealed most of the palace and then restored some of the architecture in Knossos.…
As you walk the streets of pompeii, there are hundreds of people that surround you screaming, pushing, falling, panicking, all trying to escape the volcanic ash as Mount Vesuvius erupts completely burying the city of pompeii. From every direction as you listen, you can hear the sounds of terror, buildings collapsing, the ground rumbling, and the overturning of all the markets, but through it all, your hand is raised to your ear in search of the one who’s voice you fell in love with, Glaucus. As the commotion scares you as well as others and as your heart is blinder than your eyes,, you cannot see the chaos as it falls because your eyes see nothing but darkness and for that you are Nydia the blind flower girl of pompeii. Randolph Rogers’s sculptor of Nydia was inspired by the novel called The Last Days of Pompeii by Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1834.…
Pompeii is considered “the most important arcgaeological site in the Roman world” because of all the significant information it holds. Under the Digging Up the Dead section of “Pompeii’s Secrets”, it cites, “Its houses, shops, temples and thousands of frescoes-paintings on plaster walls- formed the most detailed picture of an ancient Roman city ever found.” Archaeologists uncovered the remains of this city, and therefore revealed the answers to the questions the world has had after all these years. Ever since Pompeii was discovered, more and more facts about ancient Roman culture have been shared with the world. Even now, there are many, many things left to be unearthed.…
Jami Norton January 5th, 2014 Longley Archaeological Project Mount Vesuvius: Pompeii On August 24, in the year 79 A.D., the Vesuvius volcano erupted suddenly in southern Italy. Rock and ash covered the urbanized city of 25,000: Pompeii. The Roman colony was just recovering from a bad earthquake in 62 A.D. Mount Vesuvius had erupted more than 50 times before. 25 hours of pumice, rock, and ash being pumped out of the volcano and onto the vulnerable, unknowing town of Pompeii.…
The sculpture produced in ancient Greece is naturalistic compared to artworks and sculptures from previous times and cultures. The form of body is not stylized, nor does the bends in its arms and legs have sharp edges, the body is actually smooth and natural looking. The figure also has normal sized eyes and not enlarged eyes and male breast. The figure is in contrapposto pose like many of the other figures from this ancient Greek period.…
Over the centuries, the city was abandoned and forgotten as the memory of Pompeii became nothing but a legend passed throughout generations by word of mouth. Despite the fact that the ancient objects from Pompeii were discovered sporadically, the city itself was not found until the 18th century. Ever since, excavations have gone deeper into the city’s mysterious secrets. Archaeological finds reveal how people lived during that time, as well as how they died during the…
Millions of Catholics every year go to worship the Shroud of Turin in Turin, Italy. These Catholics believe that this cloth was in the tomb with Jesus Christ of Nazareth. But, there is no evidence that this cloth is actually what it claims to be. “The linen cloth, believed by some to have wrapped the body of Jesus Christ... It shows the back and front of a bearded man, his arms crossed on his chest.…
Pompeii was an ancient Roman city, located in what is know today as southern Italy, that remained lost to the world for over sixteen hundred years after a volcanic eruption of nearby Mount Vesuvius left it blanketed in ash. As the city was unearthed a clearer picture of Roman life began to emerge. Though several Roman cities were merely left to disrepair after the empire fell and not impacted by a volcanic eruption, they were affected by the elements that fell upon them in the nearly two thousand years that Pompeii was covered. The city of Pompeii became one of the most valuable sources of information regarding ancient Roman civilization. Through the use of information and artifacts gathered, after the excavation of Pompeii, religious beliefs,…
MacKenzie Merrick Professor Elliott AH 2110 October 16th, 2015 Rome and Us: Our Similarities and Differences The society and culture of Rome have a variety of things in common with and opposite of that of the world today. Examples of this can relate to Rome and modern societies worldwide in several ways. Relations between the United States and Rome include political structure, religious activity, innovation or technology, artistic and architectural qualities, social and economic division, and everyday activities. Methods by which politicians gain notoriety was very similar in Rome to how it is in the United States.…
The Mayan Pompeii Specific Purpose To inform my audience about the discovery of the well preserved Mayan village Caren in the volcanic ash, and the history of it. Central Idea Ceren the frozen in time village was preserved and the history of its people. Introduction We know or at least heard of Pompeii, the Italian city that was buried under the volcanic ash for many centuries until it was discovered. …