Chapter 1 European Renaissance & Reformation Unit 1 – Italy: Birthplace of the Renaissance Revolution – the Italian Renaissance was a rebirth of learning that produced many great works of art & literature. Renaissance art & literature still influence modern thought & modern art. Renaissance – period of European history‚ 1300-1600‚ rebirth‚ a renewed interest in classical culture lead to changes in art‚ learning‚ & views of the world. Humanism – Renaissance intellectual movement
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Madonna in a Church is a small oil panel on oak by Flemish painter Jan van Eyck. Madonna in a church was made between c. 1438-1440. Van Eyck has been traditionally credited with the invention of painting in oils‚ and‚ although this is incorrect‚ there is no doubt that he was the real master of the technique. The use of oil paints is very significant in this artworkʼs luminescent quality and presentation of space. The artist creates a new relationship between the viewer and the picture. There is an
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As I visited the Chrysler Museum of Arts‚ I looked at several different types of artwork. There was one particular painting that really caught my eye‚ and this was the painting of The Vision of Saint Anthony of Padua by Claudio Coello. As I viewed the painting‚ I noticed that the theatrical backdrop was of an Italianate interior. Located against the backdrop was Anthony of Padua‚ a Franciscan monk dressed in dark robes and baring his head according to the dictates of his order‚ falls to his knees
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Shannon Moore Assignment 1: Formal Analysis Flemish painter Rogier van der Weyden’s The Descent from the Cross created in approximately 1435‚ is a very beautiful painting representative of the Northern Renaissance Period in Museo del Prado‚ Madrid. The Descent from the Cross is oil on panel painting which is 7ft 2 5/8inches by 8ft 7/8inches. The Descent from the Cross depicts the crucified Jesus being lowered from the cross. Weyden’s painting‚ The Descent from the Cross seems as if it was painted
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On a warm windy Friday in mid-February‚ I made a trip to the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. I ventured around the museum‚ first finding their featured exhibit. In here I found several interesting pieces of art including a large wooden table with Persian rug‚ and large chunks of some large butter shaped and colored rocks. A few minutes later I strolled into a room full of their permeant collections. There were probably twenty to thirty pieces of art in this midsized well lit room. I observed about
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Changes in The Latin West Reading the title of this essay‚ many may ask‚ what is the Latin West? The Latin West was the Historians’ name for the Territories of Europe that believed in the Latin rite of Christianity and the use of the Latin language for intellectual exchange in 1200 through 1500. In 1454‚ a year after Ottoman Turks seized the city of Constantinople‚ Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini showed doubts as to whether anyone could convince the rulers of Christian Europe to take
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Innovations were brought to the seventeenth-century Dutch art market. Initially‚ artists joined the artists’ guild‚ such as the guild of St. Luke‚ after well trained in the artists’ schools or in apprenticeships. The guild usually restricted the sales of the artists’ works. Therefore‚ artists were not allowed to trade their art pieces freely. However‚ over the course of the seventeenth century‚ commissions decreased‚ and artworks were more affordable for the middle class. Especially after the Eighty
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theology than the one depicted in a 17th century Flemish artist’s painting‚ The Taking of Christ. This chaotic work of art illustrates the instant after Judas exposes Jesus Christ with a kiss‚ enabling the Pharisee soldiers to apprehend him. This act of betrayal leads to the eventual crucifixion of Christ – a crucial moment in Christian theology that simultaneously ends the life of Jesus Christ the savior‚ and redeems mankind for its sins. Although Flemish in origin; The Taking of Christ embodies many
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The renaissance was a very important time period. It was a transitional period between medieval thinking and early modern thinking. The important changes that really got the ball rolling included the shakedown in the Catholic Church‚ the invention of the printing press and the increase of travel and trade. This was the age for arts in all forms From painting‚ to music‚ to acting‚ the renaissance had a major hand in developing the arts to where it is today. Religion was larger than life at that time
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Leonardo Da Vinci called The Mona Lisa and Michelangelo’s David‚ an amazing statue which was based on the ancient Greek and Roman sculpture‚ otherwise known as the classics. Next‚ a secular piece of art was a painting entitled Peasant Wedding by Flemish painter‚ Pieter Bruegel. And lastly‚ the value of humanism is pictured in the painting School of Athens by Raphael. The first major value of the Renaissance was realism‚ which was often portrayed in paintings of an individual person. For example
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