It is August 1940 and there is war everywhere. Hitler has been attacking neighboring countries like a maniac and I am afraid, soon I will have to enlist and fight for him. My best friend Johannes and I have been arguing for hours about the right decision. We either have to join the army and fight for everything we fin atrocious or join the resistance and potentially go against our own religion. It might be important to emphasize that I am a Lutheran and I will be basing my arguments off On Secular
Albrecht Durer SelfPortrait Artist and Humanist, Albrecht Durer is one of the most significant figures in the history f European art outside Italy during the Renaissance (Gowing 195). Portraying the questioning spirit of the Renaissance, Durer's conviction that he must examine and explore his own situation through capturing the very essence of his role as artist and creator, is reflected in the Self-portrait in a Fur Collared Robe (Strieder 10). With the portrait, Durer's highly self-conscious
George Frideric Handel's Water Music Not only is George Frideric Handel's Water Music extraordinarily beautiful, it also helped to establish the orchestral suite as a legitimate art form. Written to be performed outside instead of in a theater, it remains one of the most outstanding compositions in Handel's catalogue. Even though it is somewhat overplayed, the Water Music continues to be a very popular work of art. By nature of the venue this great work was to be performed in, Handel had
1 Humanism The Renaissance, which began in Italy in 1300s, was one of the largest periods of growth and development in Western Europe. The increase in trade caused an abundance in wealth that resulted in the focusing of the arts. Such things as literature, paintings, sculptures and many more works are known to have blossomed from the period known as the Renaissance. The Renaissance was started by many rich Italian cities, such as Florence, Ferrara, Milan, and Venice (Bram 274). Because these
“From heaven through all the world to hell”-Goethe on the theme of his Faust Goethe Johann Wolfgang Goethe was born in 1749 to the well-to-do Johann Caspar Goethe and his wife Catharina Elizabeth Textor. He studied law in Leipzig from 1765 to 1768 and even briefly practised it, but his true passion was for literature. Coming from an affluent family, Goethe was free to devote himself to his literary pursuits. His interest in literature was kindled by a meeting with the famous German author, Johann
Born May 21, 1471, in the city of Nuremberg (one of the strongest artistic and commercial centers in Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries), Albrecht Durer was an extremely gifted,versatile, influential, and artistically talented German artist of the Renaissance Period. Moreover, Durer was a gifted and skilled painter, draftsman, writer, printmaker, engraver, theorist, and mathematician from the city of Nuremberg. Additionally,Albrecht Durer apprenticed with his father, who was a goldsmith at