The School of Athens

Ocotber 22nd 2010

The painting that I chose was The School of Athens by Raphael. It was painted between 1510 and 1511 and it was a fresco. This means that the painting was painted on a wall. This piece of art shows education, aswell as anatomical accuracy. The painting shows many people opening manuscripts and reading them, with people crowded around them as if they were trying to listen or read along with the person holding the manuscript. These people were probably being taught what was written inside the manuscript. This piece of art also shows anatomical accuracy. You can tell which people are older, or younger, instead of everyone looking the same. There are also facial expressions shown in this painting. This painting shows that many people in the Renaissance were starting to re-educate themselves and teach thmselves new ideas. Instead of listning to what the Church said without considering anything else, people started to question the Church and find answers for themselves. People started to study nature and their surroundings. They also started to study themselves and the human body.m Which leads to why the painting has anatomical accuracy. Because people started to research and examine the human body, painters were able to represent people more realistically in their paintings. Everyone in the painting The School of Athens looks real. This painting really shows the lifestyle of people in the Renaissance and the new ideas that were brought up.

Driving Force

I believe that the rediscovery of ancient knowledge was the most important driving force because they rediscovered the study of science and nature, and basically their surroundings. With this ancient knowledge, the Italians were able to retrieve older thoughts and continued adding onto those thoughts.

Battle Of Hastings 1066 Game

In the Battle Of Hastings 1066 game, you control either the English or the French. You need to control different kinds of armies to beat the opposing team. You can taunt the other army to make their morales go down. Once you kill all of their army, you win the battle. What I enjoyed the most about this game was being able to learn about the Battle of Hastings while playing a game. It gets me more interested into the topic I am learning. I mostly learned the type of infantry each army had, and in between battles, their was a narrator explaining what was happening after each battle. I mostly learned that Harold had to move around a very tired army between each battle. Every battle was crucial to the destiny of England. This game had you think about what each battle was like and when it took place in history.

Matilda Bone Paragraph

Matilda Bone, by Karen Cushman is a historical fiction novel taking place in the medieval ages. This book demonstrates the lack of hygiene, basic medical knowledge, and religious influences on the people of Blood and Bone Alley. In Matilda Bone, the lack of hygiene really bothers Matilda in the beginning of this novel. She used to live in a clean manor where she was taken care of. Now she is abandoned in a Bone Setter's house, which was "one of the filthiest places Matilda had ever seen" according to Matilda's observations. In the medieval ages, because of the lack of hygiene, many people died early and got sick easily. This is clearly shown in the book. The basic medical knowledge of Red Peg are very different from the medical knowledge we have now. Her ideas are very strange compared to what we are used to. When a limb is broken she cracks it back into it's original position and tells her patient to rest. In the medieval times, religion was very important in people's lives. But not so much in Red Peg's life, because she didn't see the point in it. Matilda found this outrageous, being raised by a priest and being raised in a very religious place. When anything went wrong, Matilda would turn to the saints and god to seek for help. Over time Matilda realized that the saints and gods wouldn't help, she just needed to believe in her self and others, instead of praying all the time. This novel really displays the topics of hygiene, medical knowledge, and religious faith back in the medieval times.