aggression. Standing in a relaxed state and‚ he’s naked but Michel depicted David as a hero. These similarities and differences in the sculptures represent the artists themselves‚ the Florentine people‚ as well as the governing body of Florence. The poses‚ stances‚ and features of each piece shows different aspects and characteristics of what the society of the time embodied. Donatello sculpture was commissioned during a time where change was unacceptable‚ and certain guide lines had to
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reading‚ but his artistic talent showed at a very early age. Around the age of fifteen‚ Leonardo began to work with the highly celebrated artist Andrea del Verrocchio of Florence. Da Vinci refined his painting and sculpting techniques while learning a variety of skills in mechanical arts. At the age of twenty‚ the painters’ guild of Florence offered Leonardo membership‚ but da Vinci
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Early Modern Period: Uniform and powerful Church (the Catholic Church) -> rise of heretics (those who believed something other than what the Church believed)‚ and religious fragmentation Feudal society -> states Feudalism= a defficult concept Feodum -> fief Lords have sovereignty over an area Kings still fight to achieve control over land and countries Social upheaval The Early Modern World (500-1300) 1) Crisis of the Western Church also known as the Great Schism 2) Hundred
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out of all the artists to have ever lived‚ Michelangelo Buonarrati is one of the most prominent ever‚ and possibly the best. Although Michelangelo was born March 6 1475 in Caprice‚ Tuscany‚ his dad and himself always considered him a "son of Florence". He was born of Ludovicio Buonarroti‚ his father‚ and Francesca Neri‚ his mother. However‚ Michelangelo never mentioned or credited his mother‚ for she was too sick and frail to nurse him and died when he was only six. As a result he was placed
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late years of the High Renaissance. Mannerism helps show qualities in art when they are unnaturally elegant. Benvenuto Cellini was the second child of his parents born in Florence. As the son of a musician he was pushed to be a musician. When he was older his father let him become a goldsmith. He was later than banished from Florence for a
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and rich colors 13. Reason of State: a country’s goals and ambitions based on national interest 14. Savonarola: A Dominican friar that predicted the French invasion of Florence from the paganism and the moral vice of the city 15. The Medici: aristocratic Italian family of powerful merchants and bankers who ruled Florence in the 15th century
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literary or visual references so knowledgeable viewers had to work hard to decipher the meaning. Benevuto Cellini’s bronze statue of Perseus with the head of Medusa stands on a square base in the Loggia dei Lanzi of the Piazza della Signoria in Florence. The subject of his work is derived from the mythological story of Perseus beheading Medusa. The relations of male and female‚ victorious versus vanquished and oppression versus repression are the fundamental themes of this statue‚ which at the time
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varied from having the utmost control when commissioning art to providing a means of government to personal religious reasons. Patrons of art included the Church‚ government‚ aristocracy‚ guilds and wealthy merchants‚ such as the Medici. In 1445‚ Florence‚ the Palazzo Medici began its construct through the commissioning of Architect Michelezzo by Cosimo de Medici to design not only his personal home for himself and his family‚ but also a place where company headquarters were established and business
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Boccaccio grew up in Florence‚ but it was in Naples that Boccaccio began what he considered his true vocation‚ poetry. Works produced in this period include Filostrato‚ a later source for Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde‚ Filocolo a prose version of an existing French romance‚ and La caccia di Diana a poem in octave rhyme listing Neapolitan women. Boccaccio returned to Florence in early 1341‚ avoiding the plague in that city of 1340. Although discontented with his return to Florence‚ Boccaccio continued
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Linda Yang History 222-02 Midterm To Become A Prestige Prince In 1494‚ Florence‚ Italy was overtaken by France. There the Prince‚ leader of Florence at the time was the third generation Medici. Given to him was a series of chapters of The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli written in 1513. Niccolo Machiavelli was known for his vast knowledge in politics and literature. Thus after being exiled from Florence by the French‚ he wrote from experience and vast knowledge to the current prince so he would
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