basilica, continued learning

The Carnegie Mellon School of Drama has a long-standing reputation of talented alumni, four of whom found their paths converging on Broadway as part of the musical "Sweeney Todd."

Patricia Phillips, a 1985 graduate in vocal performance from the Carnegie Mellon University School of Music, now appears in the Broadway revival of the same show, alongside fellow CMU alumni Josh Groban, Nathan Salstone, and newest ensemble cast member Danny Rothman, a 2001 drama grad.

Last month the group could be seen performing nationwide during “The 76th Annual Tony Awards” telecast.

Now, six years out of CMU, Salstone reflects on his transformational experience leaning the theater craft at a collegiate level. He advises current students and recent alumni to embrace continued learning. "When you’re working, that education continues."

// Pietà di Michelangelo//

The Pietà  (1498–1499) is a work of Renaissance sculpture by Michelangelo Buonarroti, housed in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. It is the first of a number of works of the same theme by the artist. The statue was commissioned for the French Cardinal Jean de Bilhères, who was a representative in Rome. The sculpture, in Carrara marble, was made for the cardinal's funeral monument, but was moved to its current location, the first chapel on the right as one enters the basilica, in the 18th century. It is the only piece Michelangelo ever signed.

The concept of the Pieta was, in itself, not unique as there were many pietas in both German and French art. However, Michelangelo’s conceptualisation of the Pieta was unique for a number of reasons. He mixed Renaissance ideologies of classical beauty with naturalism but what set Michelangelo’s Pieta apart from all the others was that his was a multi-figured sculpture, considered a rarity in its day. When we look at the extraordinary representation of the human body here we remember that Michelangelo, like Leonardo before him, had dissected cadavers to understand how the body worked

In 1497, the young Michelangelo was commissioned by French Cardinal Jean de Bilheres Lagraulas to create “the most beautiful work of marble in Rome, one that no living artist could better.

Throughout his rule, Constantine supported the Church financially, built various basilicas, granted privileges (e.g. exemption from certain taxes) to clergy, promoted Christians to high ranking offices, and returned property confiscated during the Great Persecution of Diocletian.^[26] His most famous building projects include the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and Old Saint Peter's Basilica.

The Age of Constantine the Great: Jacob Burckhardt

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noun [C]
a public building in ancient Rome which was round at one end and had two rows of columns supporting the roof, or a church with a similar design

basilica：聖殿；大殿；大教堂：教宗對特定教堂所賜的榮銜，主要有四「特級聖殿 basilica major」，均位於羅馬，即： 聖伯鐸（伯多祿）大殿 St. Peter。②聖若望拉特朗大殿 St. John Lateran。③聖母大殿 St. Mary Major。④城外聖保祿大殿 St. Paul outside the Walls。此外，尚有許多「次級聖殿 basilica minor」；在中國有上海佘山聖殿、高雄萬金聖殿、高雄玫瑰聖母聖殿。