Heart of the Andes‚ Frederic Edwin Church‚ 1859 ROMANTIC PERIOD Abbey in an Oak Forest‚ by Caspar David Friedrich‚ 1810. NEOCLASSICAL PERIOD Anna and Varvara Gagarin 1802 by Vladimir Lukich Borovikovskii (1757-1825) MODERN PERIOD Adoration-of-the-Magi-by-Sandro-Botticelli1 BAROQUE PERIOD "A Fantastic Cave Landscape with Odysseus and Calypso‚" 1568 - 1625‚ by Jan Brueghel the Elder and Hendrick de Clerck. Neoclassical period the intervention of the sabine women romantic period
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Fresco Fresco which means fresh in Italian‚ is a form of painting murals in earth tones are directly applied to wet plaster. The first fresco paintings have been dated as far back as 30‚000 years ago. The earliest discoveries being of paintings done in the Chauvet cave located in France. More than 15‚000 years ago frescoes were created in other caves in Lascaux‚ France and Altamira‚ Spain. These examples of early fresco paintings are brilliant testimony of the long history of this form of art
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In the Thirteenth Century‚ Italy was beginning to flourish with art preceding the Renaissance. Gothic styled cathedrals dominated the Italian City-states‚ and more and more artists were being commissioned to fill the cathedrals with their works. One of the most influential sculptors of this time was Nicola Pisano and his most famous work; the Pulpit of the Pisa Baptistery. It was Nicola Pisano’s innovative style that began a unique style that was to become well known throughout the rest of Italy
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Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci was born on the fifteenth of April‚ 1452‚ near the town of Vinci‚ not far from Florence. He was the son of a Florentine notary‚ Piero da Vinci‚ and a young woman named Caterina. Leonardo spent most of his life in Florence and Milan. In 1469 he was apprenticed to Andrea Verrocchio‚ a leading Renaissance master. Leonardo acquired a variety of skills while he remained at the workshop until 1476. He left Florence for Milan in about 1482 to work for Duke Lodovico
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special day in Mexico‚ because it is the three wise men day‚ this holiday represents the height of the Christmas season. Three Kings Day is a Christian holiday also known as Día De Los Reyes Magos and Epiphany. It revolves around the adoration of the three wise men‚ or magi‚ who visited the infant Jesus after his birth. The history of this tradition is that the three wise men‚ whose names were Gaspar‚ Melchior and Balthasar‚ traveled a far distance by horse‚ camel and elephant to pay homage
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painter‚ sculptor‚ architect‚ engineer‚ and scientist. Considered an important aspect of the renaissance his most famous works included the Mona Lisa‚ Last Supper‚ Annunciation‚ Lady with an Ermine‚ The Baptism of Christ‚ Saint John the Baptist‚ Adoration of the Magi‚ and Portrait of a Musician. He also envisioned many inventions that inspired contemporary technology. The family of Leonardo Da Vinci wishes to thank King Louis XII of France for his support. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
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Leonardo Da Vinci is one of the greatest and most ingenious men that history has produced. His contributions in the areas of art‚ science‚ and humanity are still among the most important that a single man has put forth‚ definitely making his a life worth knowing. Da Vinci‚ born on April 15‚ 1452‚ is credited with being a master painter‚ sculptor‚ architect‚ musician‚ engineer‚ and scientist. He was born an illegitimate child to Catherina‚ a peasant girl. His father was Ser Piero da Vinci‚ a public
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1467 at the age of 15 Leonardo was sent to Florence to work as and apprentice for Andrea De Verrocchio. In 1472 at the age of 20 years old Leonardo was accepted into the painters guild of Florence.9 years later Leonardo begins painting the Adoration of the Magi‚ an altarpiece for the Monastery of San Dontao at Scopeto. In 1495 Leonardo begins painting The Last Supper in the refectory of the convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan.3 years later Leonardo finishes The Last Supper. This extremely
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the stories underlying these holidays so as to reinforce their religious connotation and to better communicate the stories to an illiterate congregation. At first the parts played in these simple religious re-enactments of the nativity and adoration of the Magi were played by priests in the sanctuary of the church. However‚ as the repertoire of the Church grew to include the passion and crucifixion of Christ‚ the Church was confronted with the dilemma of how a priest should portray Herod. While division
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Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan (1629) The Surrender of Breda (1634–35) Mars Resting (1640) Rokeby Venus (c. 1647-51) Female Figure (1648) Las Hilanderas (c. 1657) Biblical Christ in the House of Martha and Mary (1618) San Pablo (1618-20) Adoration of the Magi (1619) Joseph’s Tunic (1630) Temptation of St. Thomas (1632) Christ Crucified (1632) Coronation of the Virgin (c. 1641-44) Portraits Jerónima de la Asunción (1620) Don Luis de Góngora (1622) Philip IV in Armour (after 1623) Count-Duke of
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