Essays on Family Page 54

A single picture acquired in 191 3 is anterior to the nineteenth century. It is a Madonna attributed to Bartolommeo Suardi, whose intimacy with Bramante and whose care to follow Bramante’s second manner gave him the surname of “ Bramantino,” the ‘‘little Bramante.” The Milanese School developed late, playing but a small part in the early…

The thirteenth century is the golden age of French Gothic sculpture. It is the century of the greatest sculptures of Chartres and Amiens and Paris, and of ill-fated Rheims. It is the century of the unknown sculptor to whose master chisel we owe the statue of the Virgin and Child which has recently come into…

The current conception of Browning’s reputation before his marriage is based to a large extent on that little book of pleasant and readable scholarship by Professor T. R. Lounsbury, The Early Literary Career of Robert Browning. Lounsbury attempted to show that Pauline (1833) and Paracelsus (1835) were surprisingly well received for first poems; that Strafford…

Evaluation ‘Give me a child until he is seven and I will show you the man’ Ignatius Loyola Upon hearing this statement I began to think if and how it was possible. I decided to comprehend it as saying a person possesses the same character traits throughout his or her life. This then triggered my…

At the beginning of this unit we were given 2 poems and a monologue to read and discuss. Our group particularly liked “Adult Child/Dead child” by Claire Dowie, a monologue following the life of a disturbed and abused child. It seemed to be very emotional and one sympathised with the speaker. We then had to…

Seamus Heaney has Vivid Memories of his Childhood. Analyse Two Poems That Reflect Heaney’s Childhood Memories. Refer to the Poems In Detail and Use Quotes to Illustrate Your Points. Seamus Heaney is an established Irish poet who was born on April 13th 1939. He was the oldest of nine children and was brought up on…

I am going to look at Ancient Greek women and their roles at home and in family life. I am also going to look at aspects of Ancient Greek marriages, as shown in Greek vases, and compare them with women’s lifestyles today. “Of all living, thinking beings, we women are the most unlucky…” This source…