Biography of Jonathan Swift
1667~1745
Born and Brought up in Dublin, Parents-> English
Best Education in Ireland
Anglo-Irish Ruling Class
Political ambition and failure
Never forgot he is English
In 1720s, engaged in Irish Politics -> Reaction to the English commercial and political injustices
Gulliver’s Travels
Part 1 :
Voyage
to lilliput
Part 2:
Voyage
to Brob
of the word transcendental. Transcendentalism began as a protest against the general state of culture and society, and in particular, the state of intellectualism at Harvard and the doctrine of the Unitarian church taught at Harvard Divinity School. Among transcendentalists' core beliefs was an ideal spiritual state that "transcends" the physical and empirical and is realized only through the ind
Religious NGO
Protestantism NGO - Food For the Hungry
Who are they?
Food for the Hungry is a Christian Non-Government Organization
Food for the Hungry reflect the love of Christ in short-term Emergency relief and long-term work to end world hunger.
They walk with churches, leaders and families in overcoming all forms of human poverty by living in healthy relationship with God
1)Vision
of the
modern world & revival of antiquity”
After 19th century,
term Renaissance
“a cultural movement of 14th~17th century
beginning in Italy, spreading to the rest Europe”
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The Duchy of Milan
Francesco Sforza, a condottieri, drove Visconti out and became its new duke
Highly centralized territorial state
System
The Gates of Hell
By hearing the word “gate” you may remind yourselves of Lorenzo Ghiberti’s Gates of Paradise. It is known that Rodin benchmarked the Gate of Paradise in his earlier concepts. Later he was inspired and influenced by the composition and the layout of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, a masterpiece by Michelangelo. There are the hints of influence from both masters as Rodi