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Caravaggio's life and his artworks

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I read the journal article " Caravaggio and Vasari's Lives" wrote by Sharon Gregory. IN this article, Gregory first summarized Caravaggio's biography and highlighted why Caravaggio is different compared to the contemporary High Renaissance artists. Then, Gregory discussed Caravaggio’s intense realism and tenebrism artistic style by listing his artworks, lastly, Sharon Gregory expressed her opinion that Caravaggio was, instead, competing on his own terms with artists whose fame was assuredl to this end, he responded to passages in Vasari’s Lives. ( Gregory 172).                                                                                                                          ...

Henry VIII, a machiavellian ruler

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In Martin Conway's article 'A portrait of Henry VIII," it described a portrait of the King of England Henry VIII as: "No other example of this type of portrait of the King is Known, so far as I have been able to discover (Conway 42)." It matched with my semester theme which is art is one of the most important humanity.  Henry VIII (28 June 1491 -28 Jan 1547) was King of England. He reigned 38 years in England from 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry was the son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. He was well educated and had earned a lot of title when he was young. However, he was never expected to become king because his older brother Arthur was the successor of the Henry VII. However, Arthur dead so Henry became the successor of their father, Henry VII. In 1509, Henry VII died and Henry VIII succeeded him as king. During Henry VIII's 38 years reign, people liked him. Per the six wives of Henry VIII wrote by Dr. David Starkey, he stated that Henry VIII was ...

Book review on Shakespeare's Hamlet

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In the book of Hamlet, written by English writer William Shakespeare . It is a story about Hamlet, the prince of Denmark returned back home due to his father, the King of Denmark, was dead. His uncle Claudius became the new King and marry to the old Queen. The old King became a ghost and told Hamlet the truth of his death and wanted Hamlet to take revenge on Claudius.                                  A scene from Hamlet, the ghost is telling Hamlet about his murder (Act I Scene 4) Hamlet started to act crazy and broke up with his girlfriend Ophelia  to confirm that Claudius is the murderer. He confirmed that Claudius is the killer of his father; but he accidentally killed Ophelia's father Polonius. Claudius exiled Hamlet to go to England. At the meanwhile Ophelia suicide because of her father was killed by her lover Hamlet, and Hamlet was exiled.  When Hamlet sneak back to Denmark, he got cha...