Week Five Final Week
Irish and Scottish music I find traditional Irish and Scottish music to be appealing however they both are similar. Both musics share the sprightly 6/8 jig, 2/4 hornpipe and stately 4/4 reel, the...
View ArticleMay 28 – June 4
Early Arcitecture A ring fort was a small settlement of some sort surrounded by one or more earthen embankments in a roughly circular shape. The interior diameter can range from 50 to over 200 feet....
View ArticleWEEK FIVE Feb. 10-16
WEEK FIVE Feb. 10-16 Dublin, Ireland: Children of Lir in the Garden of Remembrance This bronze statue’s four children that were turned into swans by their jealous stepmother but retain their ability to...
View ArticleScottish Art: My Analysis of Master Baby
Master Baby http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Sir_William_Quiller_Orchardson_(1832-1910)_-_Master_Baby.jpg In the painting master baby the focal area is the fair skinned infant...
View ArticleCeltic symbols
as found on http://www.celticcolours.com/Celtic-Cross-Meaning.aspx The Trinity Knot The simplest of Celtic Knots symbolizing a triune God. The Celts were very familiar with the idea of the trinity,...
View ArticleTrinity College and the Book of Kells
Trinity College founded by Royal charter in 1592 is one of the ancient universities. Queen Elizabeth the first established it to help proliferate Protestant thinking. The University is located on 47...
View ArticleKevin Abosch/Rory McIlroy Portrait Analysis
Link to Rory McIlroy portrait: http://theaposition.com/tombedell/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2014/07/McIlroy-Faces-of-Ireland-Kevin-Abosch.jpg The picture I chose was of Rory McIlroy. Obviously this is...
View ArticleKevin Abosch and The Art of Opportunism
I believe that when Kevin talks about the art of opportunism he means that every human being is an opportunity to share in the joy of being a human being. The joy of the human experience and that each...
View ArticleMy Analysis of Caravaggio, ‘The Taking of Christ’, 1602
The Taking of Christ, 1602 is an oil on canvas, 133.5 x 169.5 cm. Focal area: When I first look at this painting my eye is drawn to the shining armor of the soldier which then immediately drifts along...
View ArticleIrelands Favorite Painting
Wow I have to say that from the final choices that Ireland absolutely got it right when choosing their favorite painting Frederic William Burton (1816-1900) Hellelil and Hildebrand, The Meeting on the...
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