a child I remember looking at the crucifix and always was filled with lots of emotions; from anger to sadness. I believe that was the same emotions the artists who created the famous crucifix at Basilica Santa Croce‚ in Florence and the crucifix at Santa Maria Novella‚ in Florence wanted people to feel. The crucifix at Basilica Santa Croce was made by Cimabue‚ AKA Bencivieni Di Pepo‚ who was a Florentine painter in the Byzantine Style. His devotion to the Byzantine style of his figures of the Christus
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“Period of Eye” Michael Baxandall was a British art historian of the twenth century. In 1972 he published a book called “Painting and Experience in Fifteenth-Century Italy” which established his reputation as one of the best historians of the new art history. The book examined the Italian Renaissance period as social history. Baxandall claimed for a visual anthropology‚ and he explained how the style of painting in any society reflects the visual abilities and habits that developed through their
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sculpture due to his actions‚ character‚ and realistic human expressions. He is famous for including physical distortions‚ making things purposely “ugly”‚ in his work for artistic effect. Donatello was born as Donato di Niccolo Bardi in 1386 in Florence‚ Italy. He was the son Nicolo di Betto Bardi‚ a wool comber. He was educated in the house of the Martelli family. Little is known about his early life‚ but like many of the other artists of his time‚ he was believed to be a homosexual. At the age
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really are; they just see you for what you come into view as. The myth of Niccolo Machiavelli being the Devil has been present for centuries; hence the name Machiavelli has become a synonym for the Devil. Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli‚ born in Florence Italy‚ was a diplomat for 14 years‚ during the Medici family’s expulsion from the throne. Once the Medici family returned to the throne‚ Machiavelli was dismissed and jailed. Soon after he wrote his most famous work entitled The Prince‚ to Machiavelli
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Michelangelo is a amazing artist from the Renaissance in florence italy around the 1500’s.He was a world-renowned sculptor‚ painter‚ architect and….poet? Soon after Michelangelo’s move to Rome in 1498‚ the cardinal Jean Bilhères de Lagraulas‚ a representative of the French King Charles VIII to the pope‚ commissioned "Pieta‚" a sculpture of Mary holding the dead Jesus across her lap[https://www.biography.com/]. Despite being in the employ of the Medici Pope Clement VII‚ Michelangelo backed the republican
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Medici Essay The whole Medici family loved art itself and noticed its values. Michelangelo was one of the greatest artists of the renaissance. The Medici family recognized his work from a young age and later adopted him. The Medici popes had an extraordinary idea of painting a fresco ceiling in the Sistine Chapel. They recognized Michelangelo’s powerful artwork so they asked him to do the painting. Since he was being asked by the Pope‚ he could not resist. Michelangelo thought he would fail since
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GHIBERTI 1378-1455 ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ARTIST Lorenzo Ghiberti was born in 1378 c.‚ in Pelago‚ Italy and died Dec. 1‚ 1455 in Florence. Ghiberti was an important early Italian Renaissance sculptor‚ whose doors (Gates of Paradise 1425-52) for the Baptistery of the cathedral of Florence are considered one of the greatest masterpieces of Italian art in the Quattrocento. Other works include three bronze statues for Or San Michele (1416–25) and the reliefs for Siena cathedral (1417–27). Ghiberti
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Consequently‚ he was known as Lorenzo the Magnificent‚ even during his time in Florence. He ruled Florence‚ by way of the powerful Medici family‚ from 1469 until his death in 1492. During the first twelve years of his rule‚ he worked with his younger brother‚ Giuliano (1453–78)‚ at his side. Lorenzo displayed the desire to run the family early
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probably in Florence. He worked chiefly as an architect and was responsible for restorations of the Church of San Francesco in Assisi and many churches and palaces in Rome‚ Siena‚ Florence‚ and other cities. His most famous work is the tomb (begun 1444) of the Florentine historian Leonardo Bruni in the Church of Santa Croce in Florence. As a young man he was the apprentice and collaborator of Leone Battista Alberti‚ from whose sketches and plans he constructed the Palazzo Rucellai‚ Florence‚ one of the
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Amerigo Vespucci‚ an Italian explorer was born in Florence‚ Italy in the year of 1454. Florence was a good city to grow up in for young Amerigo‚ because of the growing interest in the field of exploration. Some of the adults told young Amerigo about the wonders and riches of the Indies. Like the other Italian boys in his village‚ undoubtedly Amerigo was fascinated with by those tales. Amerigo lived in the Ognissanti section of Florence with a lot of the Vespucci family. The Vespucci family
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