Milan Cathedral

All over the world, people still come to admire the beauty of European cathedrals. Many of the cathedrals are fragile due to age, neglect, pollution, and insufficient funds available to restore these historical and magnificent buildings. Nevertheless, visitors to these architectural masterpieces are fascinated by the design and structure of these churches. The cathedral builders using their own ingenuity, expertise, and limited resources were able to defy the laws of gravity and time. (Icher 30)

All over the world people still come to admire the beauty of European cathedrals. Many of the cathedrals are fragile due to age, neglect, pollution, and insufficient funds available to restore these historical and beautiful buildings. Nevertheless, visitors to these architectural masterpieces are fascinated by the design and structure of these churches. The cathedral builders using their own ingenuity, expertise, and limited resources were able to defy the laws of gravity and time. (Icher 30) There

Cathedral is a central Catholic church. Differences between cathedrals and churches are that cathedrals are the seat of the bishop and a centre of worship and mission. (The Association of English Cathedrals) Because it 's a central of Catholic churches, all the Catholic churches around a cathedral receives order and worship services from it. Cathedrals are known for central position in Catholic, but what we have to focus is beauty of their art of structures and art of symbolism. There are many Catholic

was made with tempera and oil. Da Vinci popularized a new method of painting frescoes by letting the plaster and then painting it with oil and varnish. The mural depicts the famous image of Jesus and his disciples at his last supper (“The Museums of Milan”). Da Vinci’s painting surrounding the persecution of Christians and many other artworks and sculptures are results of the artistic revolution in Italy in the 1400’s. The term renaissance is a French word that translates to rebirth. It represented

again, he did not finish his work. From 1495 to 1497, he worked very hard on his masterpiece, The Last Supper. While Leonardo stayed in Milan, he made many more paintings, theater designs, and even a model for the dome of the Milan Cathedral. His largest piece of work was the bronze monument to Francesco Sforza. However, when the Sforza family was chased out of Milan by French forces, the statue was left unfinished and ended up being destroyed by French archers who used it for target practice. In 1503

on his masterpiece, The Last Supper, a mural in the refectory of the Monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan. During his long stay in Milan, Leonardo also produced other paintings and drawings (most of which have been lost), theater designs, architectural drawings, and models for the dome of Milan Cathedral. In December 1499, however, the Sforza family was driven from Milan by French forces; Leonardo left the statue unfinished and he returned to Florence in 1500 (http://www.geocities

Sunday was often the only day that enslaved blacks did not have to work. The Sabbath became a full day of preaching, community building and socializing. The African American church still maintains this practice of an extended worship day with longer services and sermons than most other religious. The average time for blacks’ churches services is about ninety minutes, with the sermons lasting more than thirty minutes long. This is the etiquette article of African American churches. The Methodist

Olga Castillo Professor Zink ENC 1102 - 01084 October 25, 2017 Literary Analysis of the “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver Carver is well known for his short stories and poetries. Among his works, “Cathedral” is considered one of the best, favorite, and most optimistic and the most developed. Carver’s story revolves around the theme of seeing and looking. Most people believed they could not live without cathedrals which brought them closer to their God. Similarly, people place so much importance to the

The act of looking corresponds to physical vision, but in Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral”, the act of seeing involves a much deeper level of engagement. The narrator is fully capable of looking. He looks at his house and wife, and he looks at Robert. The narrator is not blind and therefore assumes that he is superior to Robert. Robert’s blindness, the narrator believes, makes him unable to have any kind of normal life. The narrator is certain that the ability to see is everything and puts no effort

Paul Kiraly MUS-Z 320 4/22/18 Word Count: 453 Assignment Three – More Italian Destinations In my Assignment Two paper, I explored Milan, Venice, Florence, and Rome. In Assignment Three, I will travel to several more destinations in Italy: Sanremo, Sicily, and Verona. Sanremo: Known as the city of flowers, Sanremo sits on the Ligurian coastline of Italy. Sanremo is home to the world renowned Sanremo Music Festival. This annual music festival became the platform for many famous artists to