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Leonardo Da Vinci – The Architect
The text below is the excerpt of the book Leonardo Da Vinci, written by Eugène Müntz, published by Parkstone International. Taking into account the scope and variety of his knowledge in the exact sciences, it was natural that the artist should have burned to try his hand at architecture. And, as a fact, problems of construction occupied him as much as problems of aesthetics; hence we find him searching into the causes that produce fissures in walls and niches, inquiring into the nature of arches and so on. The acoustics of church buildings also occupied him a good deal; he tried to discover an architectural combination that would enable the preacher’s…
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L’ENFANCE DE LÉONARD DE VINCI ET SES PREMIÈRES OEUVRES
Savant et créateur incomparable, Leonardo était le seul artiste de l'histoire de l'humanité à avoir plongé dans la plus radieuse beauté et à unir la science d'Aristote à l'art de Phidias.
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Leonardo Da Vinci – The Master of Science
The text below is the excerpt of the book Leonardo Da Vinci, written by Eugène Müntz, published by Parkstone International. An alliance between art and science was no new thing in Italy. Minds trained in the incomparable gymnasium of classic education could attack the most various tasks without danger of a check. In such an enterprise the painter of the Last Supper and the sculptor of the Sforza statue could justify himself by the example of many a famous Italian. Brunellesco had been an ardent student of mathematics; Piero della Francesca of geometry; Alberti had composed the Ludi Matematici and invented a way of measuring the depth of the sea…
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Shelleys Kunstskandal – Andres Serrano Religiöse Erlösung
Es ist seltsam, nicht wahr, wir alle genießen die Meinungsfreiheit, wahrscheinlich ohne wirklich zu registrieren, dass wir daran teilnehmen. Die Tatsache, dass wir unsere Ansichten frei äußern können, ist wahrscheinlich eines der am häufigsten gewährten Rechte, die wir haben. Aber es scheint mir, dass wir regelmäßig Anstoß an den Dingen nehmen, ohne zu denken, dass wir damit wiederum einem anderen das Recht auf freie Meinungsäußerung nehmen. Ich spreche nicht wirklich davon, mit den Dingen auf logische und abgerundete Weise nicht einverstanden zu sein, denn das ist gesund, ich denke eher an die mutwillige Zerstörung der Kunst oder an destruktive Proteste, um zu versuchen, einen Standpunkt zu vertreten. Diese Handlungen untergraben…
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Scandale de l’art de Shelley – Andres Serrano Rédemption religieuse
C’est étrange, n’est-ce pas, nous jouissons tous de la liberté d’expression, probablement sans vraiment dire que nous en faisons partie. Le fait que nous puissions exprimer librement nos opinions est probablement l’un des droits les plus tenus pour acquis que nous ayons, mais je vois qu’il se peut que nous nous offusquions régulièrement de certaines choses, sans penser qu’en le faisant, elles enlèvent à leur tour le droit d’autrui à avoir leur propre liberté de parole. Je ne parle pas vraiment de désapprouver les choses d’une manière logique et argumentée, car c’est sain, je pense plutôt à la destruction gratuite de l’art ou à des protestations destructrices pour essayer de…
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Leonardo: “The laws of the Italian Renaissance, and the geometry of universal beauty”.
A profound savant and an incomparable creator, Leonardo was the only artist in the history of mankind who has delved into the most radiant beauty and who has united the science of Aristotle with the art of Phidias.
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Shelley’s Art Scandal – Andres Serrano Religious Redemption
It’s odd isn’t it, we all enjoy freedom of speech, probably without really registering that we are partaking of it. The fact that we can freely express our views is probably one of the most taken for granted rights we have, yet, I see maybe taking offence to things on a regular basis, without thinking by doing it they are in turn taking away another’s right to have their own freedom of speech. I am not really talking about disagreeing with things in a logical and well-rounded argument type of way, as that is healthy, I am more thinking about the wanton destruction of art or destructive protests to try…
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Wassily Kandinsky
Wassily Kandinsky was a Russian painter credited as being among the first to truly venture into abstract art.
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Le Bauhaus
Le mouvement de Bauhaus est l’une des émergences culturelles les plus importantes et conséquentes du 20e siècle. Fondé par Walter Gropius en 1919 à Weimar, il fête cette année son 100e anniversaire.
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Top Easter ebooks for you to own
Easter is coming and it seems like a great time for us to look for resources that will help us meditate on the cross and that will help prepare our hearts.




























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