Confucianism Beliefs & Practices
People across the globe are followers of a particular religion or sect. These religions teach the basic principles of fear of God, respect for fellow human beings and a harmonious …
People across the globe are followers of a particular religion or sect. These religions teach the basic principles of fear of God, respect for fellow human beings and a harmonious …
Confucianism is an amalgamation of the thoughts and system of philosophy propounded by Confucius, the Chinese social philosopher and thinker. It is rife with governmental morality, ethics in social relationships, …
Fra Angelico: Fra Angelico, whose real name was Guido di Pietro, was born sometime between 1395 and 1400 in Vicchio, a small town near Florence. For a long time, there …
1. If people knew how hard I worked to achieve my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful after all. 2. I dare affirm that any artist… who has nothing singular, …
Personal Life Born on 8th March 1566 (1560 or 1561, according to some historians), Don Carlo Gesualdo was the second son of the aristocratic Neapolitan couple Fabrizio Gesualdo and Girolama …
The Prince of Venosa: Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613) Read More »
The Renaissance, also known as the Age of Humanism, was one of the most astonishingly productive and creative epochs of European History. For the first time ever, individual artists took …
Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571): Goldsmith & sculptor Read More »
One of the most important Florentine painters before Cimabue and in his own way quite on par with the later Michelangelo, Coppo di Marcovaldo is also one of the earliest …
If you were to read a book on Roman history, you will learn that Roman weaponry and their production was very disciplined in ancient Rome. In fact there was a standard …
“Quandiu stabit coliseus, stabit et Roma;Quando cadit coliseus, cadet et RomaQuando cadet Roma, cadet et mundus.“ In the eighth century, when Saint Bede wrote these famous lines that roughly translate …
The clothes used by Romans although were simple in appearance, they had an elegant look. Stitching was kept to minimum and accessories like buttons were not used at all. Roman …