the Medici family. Michelangelo used David as model of "heroic courage" to demonstrate that "spiritual strength can be more effective than arms". Michelangelo insisted that David should stand as a symbol of the republic and act as a warning that Florence shall be governed justly and bravely". This was the first time since antiquity that a large nude statue be exhibited in a public place. Michelangelo’s David is based on the artistic discipline of disegno. It is said that under this discipline
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Leonardo’s Mona Lisa v. Michelangelo’s David The Mona Lisa‚ painted by Leonardo da Vinci around 1503-6‚ is oil on panel. It is a three quarter portrait of a young‚ Florentine woman. She is sitting in a chair with her torso twisting around to face the viewer. Her hands are resting on the arm of the chair. Behind the woman in the background is a landscape very characteristic of many Leonardo paintings. The Mona Lisa was painted toward the end of Leonardo’s career. In contrast‚ the David created by
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Michelangelo’s David The first piece of artwork that I have chosen to work with is the David by Michelangelo. Yes‚ this is one of the‚ if not the most famous sculpture in the world but that is not my reasoning for choosing it. Before seeing the actual David inside of the Galleria dell’Accademia‚ I visited the copy of it outside of the Palazzo Vecchio. After getting my first taste of the fake version‚ I thought it was a cool sculpture but didn’t see what all of the hype about Michelangelo’s could
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Mercury: the Messenger of Gods are coming together for “…Spring closing/The white doors of winter…” (Bolaños‚ Pg 396‚ Line 25-26). The painting is eventually going to be a gift for a bride that is going to become a part of the Medici family residing in Florence‚ Italy. In fact‚ the foundation of marriage and love are Sandro’s main inspiration for Primavera
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Medici family ruled Florence. Most city-states were ruled by families however‚ Rome was ruled by the pope. These are known as papal city-states. In each city-state‚ there was a wealthy merchant class. The merchant class controlled politics. Merchants were intelligent . They also did not inherit their social class‚ so the believed that they deserved wealth and control. An example of this is the Medici family. They held major offices and were very wealthy. They controlled Florence. Their last male heir
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Leonardo da Vinci was an important leader in Renaissance Europe. He influenced both art and science significantly through his amazing intellect. Da Vinci was a painter‚ sculptor‚ artist and an engineer. He had an unlimited desire for knowledge and expanded the fields of science and art greatly. Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15‚ 1452 in Vinci‚ Tuscany. At the age of 14‚ he was apprenticed to Andrea di Cione. He learned not only artistic skills but also technical skills like mechanics and chemistry
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innovative artists of Florentine because of his mastery of the linear perspective. He pushed Italian painting into entirely new standards previously set by another Italian artist‚ Giotto. He was so influential that his practices were quickly taken back to Florence and taught to the other artists who trained there. His work was also put into the Brancacci Chapel as a display for future artists during the Renaissance period.
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entire world of art. Michelangelo represented David in courageous typical nudity‚ seizing the tension of Lysippan athletes and the emotionalism of Hellenistic statuary. The statue represents the Biblical hero David‚ a favorite topic in the art of Florence. Standing 17’ high‚ made in 1501-1504 from one block of marble left over from abandoned commission on page 499 in the textbook. When Michelangelo first started sculpting the David‚ he was given a piece of damaged marble to carry out his work with
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engineer of the high renaissance. It was believed that rivalry between city-states of renaissance Italy and the splendors of Milan provoked the Florentine authorities to commission colossal figures to rein the rooftop of their cathedral. The David for Florence Italy is the symbol of republican liberty‚ a young boy with the help of God overcome his tyrant. For the Florentine’s this David is their symbol‚ a weak city confronting them and overcoming their tyrant. How did Michelangelo made the David? The
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Mannerism appeared in response to the Renaissance style from Florence‚ Rome and Venice in the 1520’s. Unlike Renaissance artists to strove to make their art look as realistic as possible‚ mannerism artists broke away from this convention. Some of these key characteristics include abnormally elongated limbs‚ contorted bodies impossible poses and most importantly‚ artifice. Renaissance artists tried to disguise artifice where mannerism artists reveal imbalanced compositions‚ ambiguous space‚ departures
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