Author Archives: Brandon Maldonado

I once read a book that to this day impacts my life in the most subtle of ways. The book was called “Start with Why” by Simon Sinek. In the book, he introduces three levels of releasing a product. Of course, he started with why. Why People are a rare breed of people, as heContinue reading “Im a How Guy, time to own up”

The Akropolis of Athens is one of the most famous ancient archaeological sites in the world. “City on top of a hill” is the translation for good reason, as it stands over four hundred feet above the city of Athens. It was built in honor of the goddess of war, Athena- the overseer of theContinue reading “The Parthenon and The Akropolis”

The Greek city states solidified themselves as a force when they successfully fought back Persia’s massive and pounding waves of attacks in the fifth century BC. The artistic response to this major ego boost was revolutionary; we spot it in architecture with the variety in the Greek orders, or the stonework friezes and caryatids thatContinue reading “Bronzes of Epic (Kanon) Proportions”

The cathedral served to be Man’s way of bringing Heaven to Earth.Cathedrals are shaped in the form of a cross to symbolize the power of The Word. The height of these prominent cathedrals were intentionally made to be 144 roman feet tall to represent the height of heaven as described by the book of Revelations.Continue reading “church architecture in the practice of Christianity”

The art that ultimately benefits from this revival, the Carolingian period from 750 through 900 all trace their creation to the Emperorship of Charlemagne. His deeply religious nature served as a catalyst for this revival of classical learning. He gave a call for rare and important texts, and created systems for these texts to beContinue reading “The legacy of Charlemagne and the Carolingians”