It was a way to show God and his creations, as well as a science, of anatomy and perspective. ... In 1452 AD, a genius named Leonardo da Vinci was born in a small town called Vinci. ... When he was small he loved to draw pictures of plants, insects, flowers, animals, and birds. ... Ghirlandio taught Michelangelo many things, but none more important than the art of fresco. ...
If this had been the will of God, would you say that he could have not performed it? ... For I say to you that to God nothing is impossible. ... He declares: Would to God that everyone had as certain knowledge of his genealogy, from Noah's ark to the present Age! ... And then, "In this way Gargantua was tutored a course of things which, though it seemed difficult at first, became so sweet, easy, and pleasant as it went on that it was more like king's recreation than a student's plan of study" (Cohen, p. 93). On the subject of God, Rabelais says, "And so they prayed to Go...
Trace the consciousness and relationship of man, of his god, and his place in the world through art, architecture, literature, and music. ... The temple was where the particular god who watched over that community resided. ... Probably the most common of all things that someone recognizes as Greek are the Doric and Ionic columns that were built in this time. ... About 3000 years ago in the Middle East a small tribe that later grew to a great society, became the central source for the development of the west civilization. ... They also believed in a religious custom called monotheism, wh...
Urban's request made his listeners very enthusiastic and they joined in one big cry, "God wills it!... In the Middle East the crusaders set up four small states: the County of Edessa, the Principality of Antioch, the County of Tripole, and the Kingdom of Jerusalem. ... However, Europeans learned many things of military importance, such as the crossbow, carrier pigeons and messengers, new siege tactics, and gunpowder. ... Europeans discovered products from the middle East- rice, sugar, lemons, apricots, and melons, among other things "which stimulated trade in such goods. ...
During the Middle Ages, the majority of paintings, if not all, were purely centered around themes relating to God and the Church. ... Painters like Leonardo DaVinci started painting things such as the Mona Lisa (Document A) which focused more intensely on the human form and expression. ... A woman painted with little detail, and a small child that seems to resemble an old man. ...
However, there would be no wine were it not for the "...farmer and artist, drudge and dreamer, hedonist and scientist, alchemist and accountant - the wine maker, who is all these things, and has been since before the Middle Ages" (Johnson 7). ... "A medieval vineyard was wherever possible planted by ploughing into deep furrows, then pushing in simple rootless cuttings (short canes of the last year's growth), with a small "heel" of older wood attached" (Palmer 18). ... Unrooted "cuttings" were the cheapest way of planting, but there was extremely small chance of them all "taking". ...
Much of the literature, sculptures, and paintings were dedicated to things from the Bible. ... He created pamphlets explaining that the Catholic Church was taking advantage of their people and they were basically making things up that were never even mentioned in the Bible. ... It entails new ideas and and gives people a new way of thinking and interpreting things. ...
