Hammurabi Code

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May 11th - Queen Elizabeth

• Elizabeth was not afraid of becoming the queen
• She had a quick temper and would read to calm herself
• Dancing always cheered her up and she would have parties to do just that
• Elizabeth was urged to find an heir
• Mary was found guilty of a plot to assassinate Elizabeth and was beheaded
• Elizabeth was afraid of having portraits done because she did not want to appear to be aging.
• The Elizabethan Age was one of culture, change, and new exploration
• Elizabeth said she could not forgive what the Earle of Essex did to England, only what he did to her as a woman
• Elizabeth had decided she did not want to live anymore and appointed James V of Scotland
• Elizabeth's life represented the heart of her country

England: 15th and 16th Centuries

• Elizabeth I became queen of England when she was 25
• This time became the Elizabethan age
• She was the daughter of King Henry VIII
• Elizabeth had a full staff to attend to her as a child
• Mary refused to take second place to Elizabet, her sister
• Detail was extremely important as it was a symbol of status
• Elizabeth was declared illegitimate
• She became very secretive, proud, and intelligent
• Elizabeth, 10, had a better home with a new stepmother - she became very intelligent
• She knew how to behave well and could do many things like a much older and more mature woman
• Her future became very uncertain when her father died.
• Her brother was only 10 and could not take the throne
• Elizabeth's future seemed very problematic
• Thomas wanted power and tried to seduce Elizabeth, when that failed he advanced towards and married Catherine Parr, Henry's widow
• Catherine died soon after in childbirth
• Elizabeth hated Thomas for there was a rumor that he had gotten her pregnant
• She attracted attention at her brother's palace since her sister, Mary, would not come because they weren't catholic
• Edwards death was kept secret for several days to get everything in order
• Mary became queen much to the approval of the citizens
• Elizabeth watched he steps and waited for her turn at the throne
• by 1550, Elizabeth ran her own household - she lived a frugal life, but would occasionally splurge
• Her experiences during her brothers reign taught her to be cautious
• She knew she was next in line for the throne and knew this was a dangerous and fought-over spot
• Elizabeth was sent away to keep her from London
• Mary and Elizabeth met and reconciled - Elizabeth oved back to her home
• Mary lost her campaign and was deserted by her husband
• She sent word that Elizabeth could become queen
• After six days, she moved to England to take the throne at only 25
• She

The Medici's

1. Men were scouring Europe in search of treasure
2. In the deepest part of the church were lost secrets from the ancient world
3. The past was dangerous
4. In 1400, Florence was a major trading center, a republic, with powerful families - it was thriving like more modern cities such as New York and Paris
5. An ambitious family, the Medici's were trying to become the big-shots of Florence
6. In 1410, a man who had taken a loan from the Medici bank became Pope
• This amplified their social standing
7. Felipo Bruneleske
• He was a genius
• Had a very unorthodox style
• This gave him few friends
• Was brought out forcefully from the …
• In 1419, an orphanage became a showcase for his ideas
• His style of architecture was bringing back classical styles
• People were amazed at this "new" idea
• Classical simplicity
• Sparked an arch9itectural revolution across Europe
8. The Medici family tried to promote their family name through art, and so forth
9. Bruneleske set to work on fixing the unfinished dome
10. Casimo Medici supported him
11. B had to rewrite the rules of architecture and there was no guarantee of success
12. In ancient Rome, buildings were amazing and could be looked at for inspiration
13. B wanted to study the Pantheon
14. Casimo became wealthy and people were starting to go against him
• He transferred large sums of money out of Florence to protect his family
15. The Medici were back in business
1. Casimo knew that treating people nice would get better work from them

May 10th - The Medici's

• The Patsy family had a much more noble lineage than the Medici
• They were knights and noblemen, but the Medici were never any of that
• Then, Lorenzo Medici took over power in Florence
• The Patsy decided to take out the Medici brothers
• Sunday, April 26, 1478 - Easter. The Medici and many others are honoring it in church.
• The Patsy planned to kill the Medici's during mass.
• Guliano was stabbed and died instantly, but Lorenzo could not be found
• He had survived, but was wounded - he showed himself to the crowd to show that the Medici's were still in power
• The Patsy were not supported and were killed
• The pope had ordered troops to go out and end the Medici power
• Lorenzo left alone to seek his enemies
• He traveled for nearly a month and docked at Naples just before Christmas
• He cut a deal with his enemies which angered the Pope
• The enemy troops were called off and because of his money, charm, and skill saved Florence
• He adopted the illegitimate son of his dead brother to continue the Medici dynasty
• Leonardo DaVinci was a growing apprentice for a wealthy painter in Florence.
• His work was so good, the man gave up
• Leonardo was competing with Bonicelli for Lorenzo's employment
• Florence's freedom was in threat
• A Dominican monk believed Lorenzo was leading Florence to destruction
• July 29, 1487 - Lorenzo's wife suddenly died of tuberculosis
• Lorenzo found solace in art
• In 1488, he established the first art school using classical sculptures from his own collection to study
• One student there, Michaelangelo, was the first to start working with marble
• Lorenzo brought Michaelangelo into his family and gave him room in the Medici palace
• Michaelangelo worked very hard for Lorenzo's approval
• Michaelangelo was drawn toward the classical legends he heard at the Medici dinner table from other nobleman
• Florence was split between the peole that thought the monk was right and society had gone off the track, while the others wanted a more classical time
• Lorenzo was losing his grip on the family business
• The banks were starting to close and the family network was falling apart
• Lorenzo fell ill in 1492, he turned towards the church
• Lorenzo knew he was dying and needed to repent
• At 43, he died still fearing hell
• The monk, Savonarola seized the chance
• He came up with new rules which were enforced by gangs of militant youth
• Wigs, cosmetics, jewelry, and other things of Lorenzo's renaissance were burned, even Bonicelli joined them in burning things
• This fire became known as the Bonfire of the Vanities

Aliens?!?

After reading the NPR blog post considering the existence of aliens and the proper way to go about contact with them, I would have to agree with Stephen Hawking. He makes a very valid point that we don't know what they would be like - THEY'RE ALIENS!!. Some may want to think that they will be nice and friendly, but the reality could very well be that they are cruel creatures that have no feelings for our lives. They could just want the resources held on Earth and we cannot take the risk that of that not being the case. Inviting strange creatures that we do not know a thing about is just pleading for an international catastrophe. Has anybody else thought that if these creatures were separated from us, there is probably a very good reason for it. Even though contacting such organisms, if they exist, seems like another leap for mankind, the end result could be the end of mankind. We cannot go about investigating something that is unknown - aren't most people afraid of the unknown anyway? I am.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/04/aliens_stephen_hawking.html

The Renaissance

1. Monsters and demons were incorporated into the architecture
2. Modern art was born at the end of the Northern Renaissance
3. In the early Italian renaissance there were religious paintings and art, but things became less 2-D than in the middle ages
4. da Vinci wants to experiment with images
• Wanted to go against the traditional styles and come up with his own ideas
• He looked at people and real life and not into the history in the bible
• Portraits became big in this time period - portraits of all kinds of people not just people of high social standing
5. Artists are exploring new ideas
• They follow new ideas and mythologies outside of the bible
• Paintings and sculptures were modeled after more classical things that had been recently discovered
6. The church was concerned because Europe was brought into religious confusion due to the protestant reformation
• Luther posted the 95 theses - they made his disagreement with the roman catholic church public
• In England, Henry VIII is angered by the pope who will not consent to his divorce
7. Hieronymous Bosch
8. Spain was set to become the new center of Europe
9. Philip collected paintings by Bosch - Bosch was an eccentric unorthodox artist
10. The point of medieval art was not meant to be complicated, it was meant to warn you; Renaissance art makes people really look at the art piece. It challenged you to understand and comprehend the story behind the art.

Gothic Architecture

The new Gothic style architecture reflected a change in both church theology and design. The old Romanesque style focused on the judgement day, which means death. The design was similar to that of a fortress. There were very little windows and large, rounded archways. Above the doors would be a large depiction of judgement day. The new Gothic style churches reflected the total opposite. There were large, stained-glass windows and elegant pointed arches. It was full of light and openness. The old judgement day paintings were replaced with paintings of the Annunciation. This suggests that there was a change in church theology. They started focusing on the beginning instead of the end. Each of these portrayals go directly with the design of the church they were on. One gloomy design had a picture of the end, a not so happy time. One bright, and cheerful design had a picture of happiness and hope for the future.