Essays Tagged: "Ravenna"
Christian Art
f mosaics still around today can be found at Mount Athos, near Constantonople, and most importantly Ravenna, in Sicily, Rome. The reason why it is so easy to see such mosaics in Ravenna is due to the ... it is so easy to see such mosaics in Ravenna is due to the out of the way location is possesses.In Ravenna, there are many works that still exist today and are in their original condition. The most o ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
Dante Alighieri
DANTE ALIGHIERI (1265 Firenze - 1321 sepolto nella chiesa di San Pier Maggiore a Ravenna)1)Vita.La sua attivita' poetica comincia dopo il 1290, mentre la sua attivita' pubblica dopo ... te insieme ai suoi figli. Di nuovo oa Verona, presso Can Grande della Scala a Verona, poi a lungo a Ravenna, a Bologna - dove gli fu offerto l'alloro poetico che Dante rifiuto' sognando l'alloro a Fir ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Attila the Hun.
Rugila sent him as a child hostage to the court of Honorius, Emperor of the Western Roman Empire at Ravenna. Attila's experience at the court of Honorius gave him experience with the Huns, which influ ... h influenced the way he would lead his respective nation as an adult. After Attila's departure from Ravenna, he traveled among the tribes of Huns for 20 years, persuading fiercely independent chieftai ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History
An Analysis of "Sailing to Byzantium."
ntium. Yeats recalls golden mosaics he saw in the church of Saint Apollinaire Nuova when he visited Ravenna, Italy in 1907 (Pethica 80) of the "sages standing in God's holy fire, as in the gold mosaic ... d to take the form of a bird, a bird made "of hammered gold and gold enameling" like the mosaics in Ravenna, so that he would never age and would always be permanent. However, as the last stanza conti ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
Early Christian Art
f mosaics still around today can be found at Mount Athos, near Constantinople, and most importantly Ravenna, in Sicily, Rome. In Ravenna, there are many works that still exist today and are in their o ... he baptistery has been completely untouched and is in the original condition from when it was made. Ravenna is also home of another part of early Christian art, the ivory chair of St. Maximianus. This ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Works of Art