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2022 Reading List

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  2022 Reding List Personally,  with the Pandemic on the back end and the ability to leave my home now more and more.  With that I have been reading a lot less than I was the previous year due to being stuck at home.  I still maintain regular reading of all my education text books and books to keep up with school.  I enjoyed each read and each text had something to teach or show about myself or people as a whole. Beaumarchais, Pierre. The  Marriage of Figaro.   Elephant Paperbacks, 1778. The Marriage of Figaro is a romantic comedy at its core.  It is about a common man and his love trying to marry together while they're those above him seek to stop that Through clever the planning of figaro and his hilarious nature/ antics he overcomes his obstacles, gets his love, and outsmarts those who seek to hurt him and his love.  The story is funny romantic and drama all throughout but concludes that through clever wit and smarts one can accomplish what he wants and desires. Holiday, Ryan. 
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Museum Visit

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 Museum Visit May 12, 2022 Portrait of Dr. Haustein Portrait of Dr. Haustein 1928 Oil on Canvas Christian Schad      The work I chose from the Thyssen - Bornemisza Museum was the Portrait of Dr. Haustein  produced 1928 by Christian Schad. The painting is an Oil on canvas depicting the Dermatologist Dr. Haustein with what is believed to be the shadow of his wife in the background.       While living in Berlin during the 1920-1930's Schad would spend a great deal of time engrossing himself in the nightlife of berlin.  This led him to gathering places of the wealthy elite and some of the most prestigious people in Berlin.  One of which was Dr. Haustein's salons.  Christian Schad would describe and remember the salon as "Extreme intellectual and erotic license, typical of 1920's Berlin"(Schad, 1928).  This led to the Portrait being created for the owner Dr. Haustein.     The painting aside from denotations from Rapheal also followed the "New objectivity" and
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Hamlet: A short book review on a Shakespearean play

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  Hamlet  by William Shakespeare      In the play " Hamlet " by William Shakespeare there are many memorable and meaning quotes but my favorite above all else is " There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so."(Act 2, scene 2, line 268-270).  a short and concise quote that reflects one of the themes of Hamlet, question of identity; saying nothing we do is inherently bad or good but only what we make of it decides if it is good or bad.  This quote permeates thought the play based on the choices many of the key characters make throughout the play.  Hamlet Is one of Shakespeare's most notable plays; it's a story that takes place in Denmark and is a story about revenge and manipulation. It begins a few months after the kings passing where a ghost like figure of the king warns his son Hamlet that he was betrayed by his brother and current king on the throne.  Hamlet embarks then on a path of revenge by making the king think about philosophical pro
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Key Causes of the Reformation and its Impact on the Arts

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  The main causes that lead to the protestant reformation were due in part to corruption, incompetence, nationalism and growing cries from humanists.  Due in part to these factors the protestant reformation began.  One of the biggest problems that led to the division within the church was the extreme levels of corruption and incompetence from priests and other high ranking church officials.  Many priests were found to be illiterate when it came to Latin the language printed on the bible and the instalment of papacy where through money and church "donations" one could reach salvation. These were the big reasons as to why Martin Luther and many others were fed up with the church. Another reason was the "rising sense of nationalism in Europe combined with increasing resentment made by papacy, many of which ignored the rights of individual countries"(Chapter 14, 329).  This growing nationalism stroked by the flames of papacy also encouraged the masses and other leaders
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THE HIGH RENAISSANCE AND THE PUSH FOR MANNERISM

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  The Journal article from The Burlington Magazine called "The Concept of Mannerism" is a short article written during the 1960's detailing the concept of mannerism from how it was seen, felt, and used by artists during the renaissance.  The goal of this short editorial is to explain what truly Mannerism is; its usage from the artists, how it should be examined and why it was used.  During the late renaissance when Mannerism was being used the article states "any attempt to define the character of the period surveyed, seems pointless, there are too many exceptions" (The Burlington Magazine, 171).  During the Use of Mannerism, it is indicated that artists employing this could not be defined under one use of art style or medium but instead classified by the usage of many different styles and mediums and the lack of consistency between artists and works during the push for Mannerism.  Laurentian Library Michealangelo 1523           Both chapter 13 and the article
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Machiavelli's The Prince: An analysis and overview of The Prince and its secondary sources

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   "The legation to Cesare Borgia" by Machiavelli is a set of letters sent to The Ten describing and informing his lords of the actions he is taking while on a diplomatic mission for Ceasare Borgia.  In Machiavelli's The Prince In the chapters talking about the character and personality traits of princes it is much derived and even stated to be partially based on Cesare.  The article is made up of letters from Machiavelli's diplomatic mission detailing his experience with Cesare.  The main point of these letters is to outline the source of Machiavelli's source for the prince and how he wrote parts of it.  Because of the many diplomatic missions, he took as secretary to The Ten  he garnered much experience with many lords and princes influencing his book "The Prince" A prime example is when he remarked " I had left my own horses and servants behind, I presented myself immediately, in my Traveling clothes. To his excellency, who greeted me warmly, and
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Renaissance: The Florence Cathedral

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  T he focus of this week's blog post will be covering the text The Early Renaissance.  As stated, the text will be about the renaissance but the blog itself will be focused on Brunelleschi and his work on the Florence cathedral specifically the dome.  The Dome itself is a marvel of architecture from the Renaissance era as he "The technical brilliance of the dome cannot be overpraised, but his real architectural achievements lie in the building design"(Cunnigham,272).  He use of mathematics and artistry combined together to create a marvel of a Dome that sits upon the Florence Cathedral. Filippo Brunelleschi (1337-1446) The cathedral itself was not constructed by Filippo but instead by the architect Arnolfo di Cambio but after its construction the domes design was handed over to Flippo to design a dome that could work for the Cathedral.  He incorporated designs such as "combine the buttressing method of the gothic church and classical vaulting techniques. . .  putti
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