Leonardo's inventions

This machine is the first ever known Helicopter design. It uses a aero-dynamic screw which has only previously been applied to a kids' toy from Asia. This design show how much Leonardo loved the shape of screw and spiral, which has every kind of engineering applications.




This machine looks like the glider we have today. The main reason to create is to achieve flight. This is the first plane design capable to flight. If this design became an established machine in his day, it would have led in the development of aviation in general. He might become weathlier than Michelangelo

Renaissance harmony and beauty

"The Last Judgement"
by Michelangelo Buonarroti
1537-1541
This painting is on the wall of a church. The painting has three parts. The middle is Jesus. And his right hand is the higher of the two hands. It means the people in right can go to heaven. And the left hand is lower. It means the people in the left side are going to go to hell. The painting is about Jesus told his adherents, in future. There will be a judgement. It will separate good and bad people. The good people will be in the heaven. And the bad people will go to hell. Michelangelo painted himself in the Jesus hand.


"The School of Athens"
by Raphael Santi
1509 ~ 1510
In this big painting, he painted many philosophers and thinkers in it. Fifty philosophers, artists, scientists of ancient Greece and Rome are in there. Like Archimedes, Ptolemy, Michelangelo... and he also paint himself in side.

Images of Devotion in Renaissance Art

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http://www.mrdowling.com/704-art.html
I find this site about Renaissance art. I read the paragraph that talk about the Renaissance art and how it comes. In this time, the art is more liflike than before in the Midle Ages. The artists learned the perspective, it makes the difference of looking in different views and distances. Giotto was the first one to painted like that. Even he lived more than a century before the beginning of the Renaissance, he paintings show real life.

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The last supper
by Leonardo da Vinci
1495-1497


This painting, he gets out of old ways that because the Jesus is noble, he painted him with his other twelve adherents. In the nervous atmosphere, Jesus opens his hands and mkes the painting in triangle. He gave every character a different expressions and plentiful moods.

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Mona Lisa
by Leonardo da Vinci
1503-1505


In this painting, it is the first time he use his new way to paint. It called"sfumato" to make the feeling of the space. It just like mixing me the nature.
And also, the month of the woman in the painting is special. Her eyes will always looking at you. Even you walk around. Although the technique is easy, but the person and the background looked very harmonious, let it became a very famous painting in the world.

Apprenticeship and workshops in the Renaissance

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael#Workshop
This site is about a artist called Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino. But we often heard only the name Raphael. He was a Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. He, Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci together form a traditional trinity of great masters of that period. Raphael had a workshop with fifty pupils and assistants. It can arguably the largest workshop team assemble under any single old master painter.
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http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/projects/renaissance/main/bellini.html
This site is about a man called Giovanni Bellini. He was the most important painter active in Venice of the late 15th Century. He also had a sister, and she was a painter, too. When he wasn't a popular painter. He worked in his father's workshop and he was an apprentice. When he was good at painting. He taught Giorgione and Titian, they also outdid their own teacher later. After he died for a while, his greatest works were destroyed in a church fire in the year of 1577.
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They life bertween them and us were very different. They had to leaned by them self if they want to learn some special crafts. And be like a servant under the master. Now, learning crafts are not very difficult. You can pay money for it to learn. And teacher will be kind of you. Our art class system just like cram school, not like being like a servant before. However, they most important things to learn crafts is not these. Most important is to workhard. It is a truth that will never change.

The Brancacci Chapel

http://www.capriweb.com/Firenze/Brancacci
This site is all about the Brancacci chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine. This site doesn't have many words, but pictures. The wall of the Chapel is painted by three artists, Masolino da Panicale, Masaccio and Filippino Lippi. started first at the Gothic style that Masolino did, through the Humanism by Masaccio and up to the Renaissance elegance by Filippino.
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Tribute Money
by Masaccio
at 1420s
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The piant is a fresco. I choose this picture. I think the scenery at back is beautiful. Not like before the painting is not like real. Masaccio's use of light was also very new. While earlier artists like Giotto had theoretical a flat, neutral light from an not identifiable beginning, Masaccio's light show out from a very special location outside the picture, casting the figures at the light and the shadow.
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St. Peter Healing the Sick with His Shadow
by Masaccio
at 1426-27
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This painting painted by Masaccio. I like the wall in the picture. It has a special feel on the wall. Some people says the man at the right might be the painter himself. and the the man with a beard in a red cap in probably Masolino.

Once, in a very famous karaoke bar, every stateroom had its own lavatory and two doors. A door to go out of and another, the door to the lavatory. The lavatory was located in the corner, which was opposite to the door to go out. The wall in the room were red.
The lighting was not very bright. It didn't have alot of furnitue, very spacious. It was dim in the corner with no light. There were five sofas. There were two doors beside the television. The event happened in one of the stateroom. ON that night, a group of young people came. There were twelve of them. They were dressed in T-dhirts. They were about twenty. There were classmates in junior high school, and they were having a reunionin the karaoke bar. The grounp of young people were singing songs very happily.
A waiter came into the stateroom. The waiter looked very young and had a smile. He asked"Did any one call for service?". And the grounp of people looked ate each other and said no. About thirty miuntes passed and the waiter came in with a straight faces again, but this time is a different waiter. He asked"Did anyone call for service?" the grounp of people stopped for a few seconds and looked at the waiter, because this time the waiter had came out of the lavatory door, not the exit. The grounp of people ran out from the bar very fast.

Renaissance Florence: LEONARDO

http://www.eyeconart.net/history/Renaissance/leo_paintings.htm
This sites have a very substantial information. At first I wanted to find the pictures of architecture because I like the splendid architecture. Different kinds of architectures will make the different emotions when you are looking at the architecture out side or inside , but I can't find the site of pictures. All are the information of the architecture, so I changed the idea and find the paintings.
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The Last Supper
by LEONARDO di Vinci


The painting I choose call "The Last Supper". Leonardo painted this in 15th century
. Leonardo was stand on the road and looked at the facial expression of all the people, . In the painting, every one has a facial expression. The man who betray Jesus has his special. Leonardo deliberately paint the Judas different with the other followers, in light and others features.
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Mona Lisa
by LEONARDO di Vinci


Leonardo painted it at 1503~1506. The scienctist Vasari wrote that the woman in the painting is Francesco del Gioconda's wife, Madonna Elisabetta. But it made many questions. Some one says maybe the painting is his self! The special is the woman doesn't have the brows. Many people think there is a secret under the smile. This painting is collect in the Musee du Louvre.

siena

http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/gg3/gg3-main1.html
This website has many pictures. And some sculptures pictures with a lot of in formation, but some information is difficult to read, so I didn't read a lot. I just look the painting and read some short information.
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This painting called "Joachim and the Beggars", it painted by Andrea di Bartolo. I choose it because it seems happyness. Even though the things in the painting's scale aren't correct, the house looks like a paper, but I still likes it. He painted it about in 1400.






I choose this painting called "Madonna and Child Enthroned", painted by Gentile da Fabriano. The Virgin Mary holding the jesus. Its colors are rich. looks very shine
and have gold surfaces are typical of International style's decorative.

Giotto

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/art/giotto.htm
This is a site about Giotto. Giotto is an Italian painter. The picture I choose its name's "Madonna In Glory". I choose it because the pattern is special. It's very very painstaking.I think they use a lot of time to paint these patterns.








http://www.giottodibondone.org/
This site has a lot of Giotto's painting. And they also give them the score. The painting I choose in the site is called "Crucifixion". It's about the Jesus is nail on the cross. You can see the people arunod him are worship to him. Everyone has their own emotion and show on their faces.

Renaissance

This pieces is "St. George Fighting the Dragon", by Raffaello Sanzio. I choose it because Raffaello painted it ilke a real fighting. George loose the halter and raise his sword want to give the dragon last attack. Raffaello Sanzio shows the fighting and the monement reality, amply. Raffaello Sanzio also has painted another "George Fighting the Dragon".





This pieces is "Pieta", by Michelangelo. I choose it because it has the human's lines and blood vessel on this pieces. The female deity is holding the Jesus. Michelangelo when he was sculpture person, he was look at the point of view of a person. And the point of view often has some meaning. He thinks to sculpture is to liberate the people that imprisonin the stones.

Gods and Godsses

http://www.kidsgen.com/fables_and_fairytales/indian_mythology_stories/ganesh.htm
Ganesh
This site is about Ganesh. This site is good. It is not difficult to read. I read about two paragraph.
Ganesh is one of the known and most worshipped deities at Hinduism. He is Shiva and Parvathi's child. And he has a brother, too. Called Karthik. They were powerful and intelligent.

http://www.lotussculpture.com/lakshmi1.htm
lakshmi
This site is about lakshmi. It is a little difficult to read it. I just read a little.
lakshmi also called Laxmi. He is the goddess of wealth, fortune, power, luxury, beauty, fertility, and auspiciousness. She holds the promise of earthly contentment.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI9zIpFKNBM&feature=PlayList&p=DD180A493BFFE7A3&index=0&playnext=1
Mahadevi
This flim is about Mahadevi. The muisc is great. It just has her pictures. There is always a lion or tiger with her. She is the mother godsses.


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1.Ganesh
2.lakshmi

Avatar

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/india/religion/krishna.htm
This site is about Krishna. Iread all. He is a Hindu God. He is one of Vishnu form.
krishna appears in many stories. Somtimes he is a child, and sometimes was a flute player who calls people's souls. One time, he is in Bhagavad Gita. And tells a prince how to act.


http://www.answers.com/topic/rama
This site is about Rama. Ididn't read alot.
first I learn Rama is the seventh avatar of Vishnu. He is a very popular God. Many information of him are all on a book call"Ramayana".
In the temple his picture is often attend by the figures of his wife.

http://www.mythfolklore.net/india/encyclopedia/rama.htm
I only read the first part of this site. This site is about Rama.He is the seventh avatar of Vishnu, and he appear in the world when it is end of second age. His story is almost has tell in the Mahabharata, but there were more his story in Ramayana.
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1.Krishna
2.Rama
2.Rama

Th Trimurti

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/india/religion/shiva.htm
Shiva
I read the first paragraph. And look at the picture.
Shiva is a fertility God. He wasn't mentioned in the Rig Veda. People thought Shiva spent most of his time and sitting and thinking on the top Mount Kailas. Sometimes, people made Shiva's status. Most time, they showed him the form like a lingam.




http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/india/religion/vishnu.htm
Vishnu
Iread the first and second paragraph. Vishnu was mentioned in the Rig Veda. First people worship him as a very important God. People thought he reincarnated to many form. People was often worshiped him that the form of Krishna. Another reincarnation was Rama.




http://www.sanatansociety.org/hindu_gods_and_goddesses/brahma.htm
Brahma
This site is about Brahma.
I read the first paragraph. And look at the pictures.
Brahma was born in the navel of the sleeping Vishnu. IN order create the world and produce a human race. He made a Goddess. One half is woman and the other half is man. He called her "Gayatri".

Hinduism

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/india/religion/hinduism.htm
This site is about Hinduism.
The word "Hindu" come from the river Indus. It just mean the people live near the river.
The Harappa people that live near thiof Harappans river at 2500 BC carve images of many gods. No one knows the writing , so we don't know what they called their gods.



http://hinduism.iskcon.com/concepts/106.htm
This site is about moksha. I read the first paragraph. Mokasha means liberation. It means that soul get destroy, pr means the last goal of life. The differences of opinion center on the accurate nature of moksha.



http://www.religionfacts.com/hinduism/index.htm
This site is mpre easy, is about HInduism. Hiduism is an ancient religion that don't have founder. And we don't know what data of origin. Almost all of Hindus worship a God or many Gods. They believe rebirth a lot, and value the practice that of meditation.And their festive holidays like Diwali and Holi.


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Picture(1)Shiva
Picture(2)Hinduism's temple
Picture(3)The HInduism holiday, Diwali.

Native American Religion

http://www.medicinewheel.com/
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicine_wheel
I look at the picture in secend site, it is magnificent.

Medicine wheel is built by natives of North America they use stone. They made it for spiritual and ritual purposes. They often appear in Alberta, Canada. Some of them are large. can big to 75 feet. Some of the Medicine wheel are still there.
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1.Aztec warrior
http://www.solarnavigator.net/history/aztecs.htm
I didn't read a lot. Almost read in the Religion.
They believe sun GOd and war god, Huitzilopochtl. He make them to found the site has an eagle.
Another very important god of the Aztec was Tlaloc, the god of rain. This God is coequal with Huitzilopochtl. And they have another God, mother goddess Tonantzin, but this paragraph I don't understand what it means.

SHamanism

Link:
http://www.indians.org/articles/crazy-horse.html
http://nativeamericans.mrdonn.org/greencorn.html
http://www.crystalinks.com/shamanism.html
Myth:There is a very famus leader call "Crazy HOuse". He was the leader of Sioux. He never wears any face paints in battle. 1866 he took 1000 warriors fight U.S.

Ritual:
They think nature is very important. They seldom killed the thing alive. They never use things on the little things.



Holiday:
They thanks the god give them food. They think gather is important, so they will have Green Corn Festival.




Link:
http://world-of-wolfspirit.freeservers.com/page5c.html

I read the first paragraph. We call Shamanism because the meaning of them "crazy man" or "one who affects the soul". They don't have founder. They go through many years than became this religion. There are different form every country of Shamanism.

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He is kind of Shaman.

These links are about Christianity.
Link(s):http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/religion/christian.htm
http://www.more4kids.info/628/helping-kids-celebrate-easter/
http://www.kidsgen.com/events/christmas/

Myths:
One of the Myth that Jesus saved the others, the troops want to catch him. One time when they are in party. Jesus says one of his religious believer will betray him. Then one people really betray him.
Ritual:
The Sacred Building is Church. They sometimes go to church and prayed.
holiday:
There holidays that we konw are Easter and Christmas. Easter often paints eggs. They hunt Easter bunny when Easter. They Easter"Easter Sunday". Christmas is the birth of Jesus.
Ethic:
They will pray begining of eating, sleeping.
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Islam:
Links:
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/religion/Islam.htm
http://www.indialife.com/Religions/islam1.htm
Myths:
Muhammad when he was a trade caravan under the Cardicha. Cardicha is rich. Muhammad became the greatest man in that trade caravan. He married with Cardicha. When she was dead. He married with many unders women.


Ritual:
When the boy is 9 or 10. They do "circumcision"

Holidays:
Ramadan is one of the holidays of Islam. That month, they won't eat on morning.

Ethic:
They don't eat pork. They use right hand to shake. Use left hand is impolite.
Islam people call Moslem. When they go into Mosque. They need to wash.

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/romans/people/slaves.htm
This site is about slavery. I read first paragarph. Slaves like a "thing". They are under the pepople, or goverment. Men and women slaves that Rome is not their own land than they often be a slaves. Many this kind of work in farms.

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/roman_houses.htm
This site is about poor people house.If you are poor in Rome, you lived in normal flats or apartments.



http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/roman_slaves.htm
This site is about Slaves. They were the people lost in war or battle. And Roman catch some of them to be a slave. IN Rome, Their father can seel their older child if they were in need of money.
They bought slave in market. Young males can sell alot of money. If you were a slave. You will be slave for ever.


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1.Slave.
2.hallway of Rome house.
3.Slaves tend the hair of their mistress.

Rich and Nobles of ancient Rome

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/romans/food/richfood.htm
This site is about rich people in Rome their food and how they eat. I read the first paragraph. THere isn't many rich Romans. Some of them were very rich. They want to show how rich are they. They have many slave cooks make very fancy dinner. They invite their friends to eat together in their fancy diningroom.


http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/roman_houses.htm
This site is about houses in Rome between rich and poor. If you were rich, that many examples of Roman houses exist throughout the Roman Empire now. THe poor people in Rome, lived in simple flats or apartments the inside of places showed your of wealth.






http://rome.mrdonn.org/entertainment.html
This site is about Roman's entertainment. I read all site. All the Romans in Rome are lively. THey often watch the plays. There are theater everywhere in Rome. The small theater even can contain 7,000 of people. IN the evening, rich Romans light oil lamps and enjoyed evening or they invite friend have dinner party together.
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1.Rome temple
2.Rich Roman's house hallway
3.Rome theater

The begining of Rome

http://rome.mrdonn.org/romulusandremus.html
I read all of them.
This site is about two men who made the Rome. We don't it is real or not. The ancient Romans likes to listen their stories. Rhea was married with Mars, that who was Roman war god. Rhea has two sons, but there were plots afoot by other gods and goddesses to hurt her father, herself, her husband, and her children. She puts her sons adrift on the river. A wolf find them and fed them. Then a shepherd and his wife
find them and take them when the wolf out side. They grow up, they want to be kings. They build a city. They want to be the only king and they wanted the country's name is their own name. So they fight. Romulus picked up a rock, and killed his brother.




http://rome.mrdonn.org/houses.html
I read two paragarph of first three line.
This site is about Their houses. The lower Romans lived in apartment houses, call flats. They often build close to their shops. In the apartment houses an entire family often all live in one room.
The upper Romans lived very differently. Their homes were single family homes. Their house is made very different. Bick madewith red tile roofs. rich Romans often has office, kitchen, dining room, garden, toilet, and private bath. They have toilet was amzaed.




http://rome.mrdonn.org/pompeii.html
Pompeii was an ancient Roman city, buried by volcanic eruption. 2000 years later, archaeologists uncovered the city. The people in ancient Pompeii didn't have chance to run. We find out their city. Their fountain can use when we find out. It is amzed.
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1.Romulus and Remus when the wolf fed them.
2.Rome's building.
3.Pompeii.