Month September 2018

O CE to 1450 BCE – The Rise of Gothic Architecture

Oohoo! One of my favorite architectural styles of all time! Working from the 12th century through to the 16th, we see the dawn of a brand new style of architecture. Coming hot off the tail of the Romanesque style with… Continue Reading →

High Renaissance and Mannerism – Hans Holbein the Younger (1497 – 1543)

Oh MAN was I ever excited for this one!   I couldn’t resist going with Hans Holbein the Younger for this week. His engraving and woodcut pieces are enormous favorites of mine, particularly from his Danse Macabre series. In this… Continue Reading →

Late Gothic and Early Renaissance – Andrea Mantegna (1431 – 1506)

I was doing a bit of reading on the artists we hadn’t covered in lecture and found some pretty interesting works by Andrea Mantegna that stuck out for me.   Andrea was born in Padua, the son-in-law to the famous… Continue Reading →

35,000 – 0CE Research Notes [Science and Technology] The Dawn of Papermaking

The Dawn of the Written Word! Weekly Summary and Research Notes.   Lecture Summary   Today we mainly focused on exploring the evolution of human visual communication, and in turn, how it acted as a catalyst for almost all growth… Continue Reading →

Yearbook Spread Rationale and Reflection

I thought I’d outline a bit of the rationale in this post that went into putting my yearbook spread together! Looking through some of the older spreads on the server, I was noticing a lot of folks doing something of… Continue Reading →

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