Visiting the museum is a great way to travel and catch a glimpse into the fascinating histories of the past. Additionally, buying art is a way to hold onto these experiences for a long time. Ho...
Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix (Öjen Dölakrua) (26 April 1798 – 13 August 1863) is one of France’s most important Romantic painters. His father is the statesman Charles Delacroix. Howev...
Suleiman the Magnificent Conquer Hungary. Kanuni Sultan Süleyman, like any new sultan, had the idea of strengthening his reign with a significant victory. Therefore, the capture of Belgrade, which his...
The monarchy is a form of government in which a country is ruled by a dynasty or an individual. Throughout history, many principalities, states, and empires have been established under this system. Wh...
Premise So far, humans have exploited as much as they could any possible source to live on earth. The world is changing . Change is inevitable Unfortunately, often just in order to maximise their inte...
When we think of Forensic Science we imagine the people from the TV in white paper suits and masks, dusting the scene for finger marks. Even a brief history of Forensic Science shows this was not alwa...
Welcome back to yet another instalment of Art 101 – this time focusing on Romanesque Art! Background to the Romanesque period The Romanesque era covers the period from around 1000 AD to t...
Aristotle once said that “A man doesn’t become a hero until he can see the root of his own downfall”, and that is a tragic hero. A tragic hero is a literary character who makes a judgment ...
Short summary Returning from a won battle, Macbeth and Banquo met three witches. They announce them the next Macbeth’s coronation as king of Scotland. Shortly after, once told it to her wife, Ma...
Gertrude, or the well-known “Nun of Monza”, is certainly one of the most interesting and mysterious characters of The Betrothed, the most famous novel of Alessandro Manzoni. Italian students usually d...
Language attitudes in sociolinguistics Language attitudes in multilingual settings are significant and say a lot about this language. A language is a powerful tool used for the purpose of communicatio...
Storytelling and Oppression Literature plays a crucial role as a tool to express the injustice embedded in societies. Through a fictional story with characters that are fighting oppression and ...
Lord Byron and his society George Gordon Byron (1788-1824) managed, with no fear, to deal with his being. It’s important to define the society, pre-Victorian age, at the time very conform...
The Trojan war According to the Iliad, Paris was called as right judge to choose which deity had the primate to be the most beautiful; his choice was Aphrodite who in return promised him the love of H...
Greek poet Homer Tradition here comes to tell about an author whose poems have changed the worldwide literature; Poet and orator, Homer from Greece, lived in 8-9 century BCE. About him v...
The first instalment of the Art 101 series The first post of this week will look at Ancient Art – focusing briefly on each of the following: Stone Age, Bronze Age, and Iron Age art.  ...
Civita is a suburb of the comune of Bagnoregio, in the Province of Viterbo. The area this town is in, is on the border between Tuscany and Lazio, la Tuscia. Civita di Bagnoregio is close to Lake Bolse...
It is safe to say that many people worldwide, particularly in the west, have heard of Santa Claus, a legendary figure considered the traditional patron of Christmas in the United States, Canada and ma...
Spirit Photography and Spiritualism in the 1800s. We take horror movies and media meant to scare us for granted these days. We go to the cinema, wanting to be spooked, but never really believing in th...
Bernini and the “Bel Composto” How Gian Lorenzo Bernini created a marriage of art, light and architecture in his works Bernini and his background Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598 – ...
In the previous episode, we’ve seen the status planning If you missed it, you can click here: 2. Corpus planning Quoting Wright (2007): “corpus planning is an attempt to change the forms and st...