Art
William Shakespeare: The Poacher’s Plays
1564-1616 STRATFORD-ON-AVON, ENGLAND William Shakespeare was a great English dramatist and poet, the writer of 36 plays, 154 sonnets, and two narrative poems. Shakespeare’s works of the 16th and 17th centuries include “Antony and Cleopatra,” “Hamlet,” “Henry VI,” “Julius Caesar,” “King Lear,” “Macbeth,” “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” “Othello,” and “Romeo and Juliet.” Like many of [...]
Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Vivaldi was a 17th and 18th century Italian priest who composed in the Baroque style. He was an excellent violinist and was appointed violin master at the Ospedale della Pieta, a home for orphans that had a renowned orchestra and choir. Among other achievements, Vivaldi developed the fast-slow-fast rhythm of the three-movement concerto. His [...]
Antebellum Architecture: Old South Grandeur
Antebellum architecture in America refers to the style of building that existed before the Civil War in the South. Here, wealthy plantation owners built magnificent estates on their land and in towns. During the antebellum years, Natchez, Mississippi, was a center of wealth and culture, where many cotton barons had estates. Today, these homes still [...]