TIME CAPSULE

Time Capsule

Time Capsule

As a young eager fictional cultural anthropologist, the author is on a quest to find a missing time capsule. The contents supposedly include articles that come from the age of Renaissance as well as the Age of Baroque. The renaissance period is broken into two periods; the Early Renaissance from roughly 1400 to 1490, as well as the High Renaissance, from approximately 1490 to 1530. The Age of Baroque covers two centuries, from 1600 through 1800, as well as is known as the “Age of Contradictions”. Both periods experienced growth through expression that affected the religious, societal, as well as politic climates ofir respective time periods, which continue to echo through time. The impact ofse dramatic periods continue to morph our present day society through the continued evolution of expression that affects the core institutions as humans strive in new directions. The discovery of a time capsule may shed a little light on how key examples impacted the world in their time, both culturally as well as socially.

Does anybody have a crow bar? Though a little dusty, the first item appears to be from the Early Renaissance period. How can the writer inform at first momentary look? A huge quantity of art shaped throughout this period was religious. Our first specimen appears to a depiction of “The Crucifixion”. According to previous facts, this effort of art was formed in either 1404 or 1414. The early renaissance was also a time when the Church of Rome as well as the Catholic religion dominated the lands. Affecting every aspect of life from political motivation, the social hierarchy, as well as of course, the stamping out of some ideas that went against the man made religion. Surprisingly, renaissance period also showed an explosion of portrait as well as self portrait. A true gem to some collection this art form typically depicts people in wealthy circles in their time as well as a glimpse how life was lived. The next opportunity the reader has to view a portrait, take a moment to explore the surroundings of person depicted. Illustrated in these works of art are several clues as to living conditions, material wealth, as well as attitude that can be determined. Artists were also notorious for including items that were symbolic of aspirations, life, as well as blessings with the subject person in portrait.

The next part of our time capsule is an explanation from the Age of Baroque. The amazing part is “An Angel Frees the Souls of Purgatory”. The artist, Lodovico Carracci, who painted this piece in 1610, is a depiction of an Angel sent from Heaven to rescue the lost souls in Purgatory. This is an example of a large volume of work done in this period representing the proliferation of sciences as well as other discoveries that were bringing to world new ideologies that were in direct conflict with the church. The Age of Baroque represents a slow departure of people to embrace empirical data, as well as slowly ...