Council of Trent

Examples of Council of Trent in the following topics:

• Mannerism and the Counter-Reformation

  • Church pressure to restrain religious imagery affected art from the 1530s and influenced several decrees from the final session of the Council of Trent in 1563.
  • The reforms that resulted from this council are what set the basis for Counter-Reformation art.
  • Scipione Pulzone's painting of the Lamentation, commissioned for the Gesu Church in 1589, gives a clear demonstration of what the Council of Trent was striving for in the new style of religious art.
  • With the focus of the painting giving direct attention to the crucifixion of Christ, it complies with the religious content of the council and shows the story of the Passion while keeping Christ in the image of the ideal human.
  • On the other hand, in Paolo Veronese's painting The Last Supper (subsequently renamed The Feast in the House of Levi), one can see what the Council regarded as inappropriate.

• Defining the Baroque Period

  • Baroque is a period of artistic style that started around 1600 in Rome, Italy, and spread throughout the majority of Europe.
  • The Baroque is a period of artistic style that started around 1600 in Rome, Italy, and spread throughout the majority of Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries.
  • The popularity of the style was in fact encouraged by the Catholic Church, which had decided at the Council of Trent that the arts should communicate religious themes and direct emotional involvement in response to the Protestant Reformation.
  • The use of the chiaroscuro technique is a well known trait of Baroque art.
  • In music, the Baroque style makes up a large part of the classical canon.

• Michelangelo

  • In the Renaissance, contrapposto poses were thought of as a distinctive feature of antique sculpture.
  • The sculpture was intended to be placed on the exterior of the Duomo, and has become one of the most recognized works of Renaissance sculpture.
  • The work is part of a larger scheme of decoration within the chapel that represents much of the doctrine of the Catholic Church.
  • The ill reception that the work received may be tied to the Counter Reformation and the Council of Trent, which lead to a preference for more conservative religious art devoid of classical references.
  • Michelangelo designed the dome of St.

• Leadership

  • The activities of the court were supported by an extensive system of civil servants, and the court itself usually consisted of numerous relatives or clients of the king.
  • Many African communities were governed and administered by a council of elders.
  • The council would be responsible for mediating conflict, governing the town, and making all important decisions within the community.
  • For many tribes, such as the Balanta people, a person would be initiated into the Council through a ceremony.
  • Elders in Dan society often wore masks that served as agents of social control, enforcing the council's rules and orders.

• Tax-Supported Art

  • In Canada, the Canada Council for the Arts funds the projects of artists in much the same way as the NEA, but allots more funding to the arts based on population.
  • Established in 1957, the Canada Council awards an average of $120.5 million in grants and awards annually.
  • In addition to the Canada Council, the provincial and municipal branches of the Canadian government also award grants to artists and arts organizations for a variety of arts-based projects and activities.
  • Project grants are intended to cover the immediate costs of a project as well as the living expenses of the artist for the duration of the project.
  • Discuss the role of government grants in the support of art-making.

• The Agora

  • One such stoa is the Basileios Stoa, or Royal Stoa, which housed the Areios Pagos council.
  • The Areios Pagos council was in charge of the city's religious affairs and crimes, and the stoa was also used to house copies of the Athenian law.
  • These men were male citizens of Athens over 30 years of age.
  • A new Bouleuterion or meeting chamber for the city's council was also built in the agora during the Classical period.
  • This building replaced the original building used for city council meetings, the Metroon, which was a building dedicated to an earth goddess, either Cybele, Rhea, or Demeter.

• Timeline

  • Much of religious prehistory and the chronology of religious art history is subject to ongoing debates due to the nature of evidence.
  • 70 BCE: Siege of Jerusalem and the Destruction of the Temple.
  • 7 BCE - 36 CE: The approximate time frame for the life of Jesus of Nazareth, the central figure of Christianity.
  • 325 CE: The first Ecumenical Council, the Council of Nicaea, is convened to attain a consensus on doctrine through an assembly representing all of Christendom.
  • 650: The verses of the Qur'an are compliled in the form of a book in the era of Uthman RA, the third Caliph of Islam.

• Pacific Arts Festival

  • The major theme of the festival is traditional song and dance.
  • From May 22 to June 4, 2016, the 12th ever Festival of Pacific Arts was held in Hagåtña, Guam, with the theme of “What We Own, What We Have, What We Share, United Voices of the PACIFIC.”
  • The Pacific Cultural Council selects the host country, recognizing that each participating country desires the opportunity to showcase its unique indigenous culture by hosting the festival.
  • The festival's host country pays participants' costs of local travel, accommodation, meals, and other forms of hospitality.
  • Taiwan was allowed to send a delegation of 80 performers and artists, most of whom were Taiwanese aborigines, to the Festival of Pacific Arts for the first time in 2008.

• Roman Society

  • During the days of the kingdom, it was little more than an advisory council to the king.
  • Over the course of the Republic, the Senate reached the height of its power, with old-age becoming a symbol of prestige, as only elders could serve as senators.
  • Colonies were modeled closely on the Roman constitution, with roles being defined for magistrates, council, and assemblies.
  • Some of the highest religious offices, such as the Pontifex Maximus, was a sought after political position, which eventually became one of the titles of the emperor.
  • A lararium from the House of the Vettii.

• Historical Records

  • The emergence of historical records is, of course, tied to the history of printed text.
  • The bestsellers of the day were repeated in many different block-book versions.
  • Johannes Gutenberg of the German city of Mainz developed European movable type printing technology around 1439.
  • The invention of the printing press revolutionized communication and book production, leading to the spread of knowledge.
  • Rammingen elaborated a registry for the Augsburg city council — but could not be personally present there, and thus had to describe the structure and management of the archives in writing.