of art is prevalent during the Gothic age‚ transitioning to the Renaissance period. Artist across Europe were influenced by the distinct styles of the two time periods‚ and it is apparent in many sculptures and paintings by famous artists such as Giotto and Michelangelo. The two consecutive art eras‚ are based around religion and the church; many of the paintings and sculptures that are staple pieces of the Gothic age and Renaissance period are either architecture‚ paintings‚ or sculptures used for
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During the two hundred years between 1400 and 1600‚ Europe witnessed an astonishing revival of drawing‚ fine art painting‚ sculpture and architecture centred in Italy‚ where artists began to look back to the way in which Greek and Roman artists had worked. Not many classical paintings had survived‚ but there were descriptions from which artists tried to copy them. Those two centuries which we now refer to as the Renaissance (Rinascimento) was given this name (French for ’rebirth’) as a result of
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Middle Ages were the Hundred Years War and the War of the Roses‚ which brought about the climax of this era. As Europe became devastated by war‚ art still stood. A renowned artist of that time was Giotto‚ who painted the fresco"Noli Me Tangere"‚ using the technique of water color on wet plaster. Giotto also introduced weight and roundness of people in art. The Middle Ages ended in war‚ but the future would bring a peace to the past storms. The Middle Ages was an era that truly did not hold importance
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to be Roman‚ so they followed the ideas that had been previously used in ancient times. By the 13th century‚ an artist named Giotto began painting frescoes‚ (paintings on top of wet plaster) and created one of the first actual pictures of Christ and his followers (Guisepi). This type of art was previously unseen‚ and in some cases forbidden‚ during the Middle Ages. Giotto focused on painting the beauty and majesty of people‚ which differed from the work of the previous artists (Buchel). At this
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Beginning in the early 14th century‚ the Renaissance period gave way to the birth of humanism which encouraged individual expression and creativity. People had become weary after a prolonged period of plague‚ corruption and war that followed the fall of Rome. They were becoming increasingly frustrated with the power of the church and the level of corruption within it. Instead‚ there was a growing desire to return to the prosperous times of early Greece and Rome. Individualism was the central theme
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Masaccio’s Holy Trinity HUM – 104 Linda Igielski Frank Demos January 26‚2014 Painter Tommaso de Ser Giovanni‚ born in 1401 and soon died at the age of 26 years old with the nickname of Masaccio‚ was commissioned to work on the Brancacci Chapel in Florence‚ Italy in 1425. One his famous works was “The Holy Trinity.” Masaccio painted this extraordinary fresco right before he left for Rome in 1426. The painted fresco reached 22 feet high and depicts a classical Roman architectural setting
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Cited: Giotto. "Bronze Age Civilizations- The Mycenaean’s." Mr. Giotto ’s Site. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 19 Oct. 2014. Homer‚ and Robert Fitzgerald. The Odyssey. New York: Farrar‚ Straus‚ and Giroux‚ 1998. Print. "Mycenaean Age (600-1100 BC)." Ancient Greece. N.p.‚ 2003. Web. 19 Oct. 2014. Riordan
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Italian painter who call Giotto di Bondone creates the art work call “The Crucifixion” at 1312. He is one of the famous contributor to the art works at the period of Renaissance. The another art works would be discussing in this paper is call “The Yellow Christ” which painted by Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin at 1889. Paul Gauguin is a French artist paint with post-impressionism. To compare with the similarity and differences‚ the major themes of the two works of art by Gauguin and Giotto are similar
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Medieval vs. Renaissance Art Art during the Italian Renaissance differed from art during the Middle Ages. The two have contrasting characteristics and concepts. To the people in the medieval world‚ religion was their life. Everything in daily life focused around the church and God (Modern World 164). Medieval culture influenced the arts; this was evident in the religious themes. During the Italian Renaissance‚ painters and other artists focused on the portrayal of a more humanistic way of
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The church has a gifted Renaissance architect designed dome‚ created by Filippo Brunelleschi. The inside of the cathedral is designed with multiple famous frescoes such as Giovanni Acuto by Paolo Uccello‚ Niccolo da Tolentino‚ and Campanile di Giotto by Giotto. Unlike Florence‚ Dublin’s buildings in the area of the Fitzwilliam Square‚ Merrion Square‚ and Stephens Green are examples of the great British architects during the Georgian period. The Custom House was designed by William Gandon‚ who is a
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