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    Michelangelo’s Early Life What was Michelangelo’s artwork like in the Renaissance? Michelangelo’s artwork made a big influence on the Renaissance movement. This is largely because Michelangelo’s artwork never lacked details. For example: The Sistine Chapel contains multiple colors and when the observer looks at the painting they cannot take their eyes off of it. This is significant because during the Renaissance there were no machines to aid in the process of finishing a project which made it harder

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    The Villa Farnesina is a Renaissance villa in Rome‚ in the Trastevere neighbourhood. Other than the palazzo’s in the center of the city that usually faced the road and didn’t have a big garden‚ the villa’s were usually outside of the city center and had an open loggia that faced a garden. Rich families often had parties and banquets in these villas. This villa is decorated with many frescoes of high quality‚ painted by amongst others Raphael. The frescoes inside it depict mostly mythological scenes

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    Angolo Bronzino: An Allegory with Venus and Cupid 1540-1550 57 ½ x 46” This strange and erotic painting‚ was painted by‚ Angolo Bronzino somewhere in the mid 1540’s. Its obscure images‚ exaggerated poses‚ and graceful forms are characteristic of the mannerist period. It is said to have been commissioned by Cosimo de Medici the Grand Duke of Tuscany‚ which was then given as a gift to King Francis‚ who was known for his “lusty appetites”. This is a very dynamic

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    Francesco Galeoto. While there‚ he studied Latin principles and made friends with Francesco Granacci‚ who convinced him to follow his own artistic vocation. He then apprenticed under Domencio Ghirlandaio at the age of thirteen after learning the art of fresco. A year later he at the sculpture school in the Medici gardens and soon after was invited to the household of Lorenzo de’ Medici‚ the "Magnificent". There he met two younger Medici who would later become Pope Leo X and Pope Clement VII(www.Michelangelo

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    parts parenthesis is used. Parenthesis is marked out with the help of dashes and bracets. Italics are used throughout the text: in the names of TV programms and newspapers (Mastermind‚ Inspector Morse)‚ quotations from songs‚ in foreign words (al fresco)‚ and what is more important‚ in very important words and expressions _(Problem _)‚ in onomatopeia (yeehaa). The author uses capitalization to draw the reader’s attention to the importance of these words in the text. Compositional division.

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    A Grodno is one of the oldest cities in Belarus. It was founded in the 11-th century on the picturesque hilly banks of the Neman River. The city takes the first place among Belarusian towns in perseverance of its monuments. Unique relics and monuments of almost all periods of the human history (beginning from the 12-th century)‚ evidencing the Belarusian people’s high culture and great skill‚ survived in Grodno: the Church of St. Boris and Gleb (It’s only one church in Belarus‚ kept from the 12-th

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    Throughout history there have been many influences that played part in the world of art‚ however‚ many of those influences originated from the ancient Greek and Roman world. In this essay I will examine the effect that the classical tradition of Greek and Roman art had on the 1700s as well as contrast the ways artist strayed away from the traditions of Greek and Roman classical traditions. As the 1700’s approached the classical ideals of Greek and Roman art were admired and reiterated in a new style

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    The High Renaissance paintings are a style of italain paintings that represent the summit of Renaissance art and the culmination of all the activities of the quattrocento. It is characterized by the qualities of harmony as well as balance. Movement is usually calm and dignified gving the viewer’s eye a point of focus. The artwork is balanced. The film talks about the three most influential artists during the High Renaissance. Its greats exponents were Leonardo da Vinci‚ Michelangelo‚ and Raphael

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    November 19‚ 2011 Intro to Hum Artist‚ Writers‚ and Composer Goya was most important Spanish artist of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. His full name was Francisco José de Goya‚ Born in Fuendetodos‚ he later moved with his parents to Saragossa and‚ at the age of fourteen‚ began studying with the painter José Luzán Martínez who live from 1710 to 1785. Goya came to artistic maturity during this age of enlightenment. The painter brothers Francisco and Ramón Bayeu y Subías

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    Humanism

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    The problems of defining humanism in relation to art are compounded by the notion of‘renaissance’ art. Some scholars unhesitatingly speak of ‘the arts in the age of humanism’ and even ‘the art of humanism’; others resolve to treat the arts in terms independent of any such associations. This division reflects a healthy suspicion about relying on broad categories such as ‘humanism’ and ‘renaissance’ in historical inquiry generally and in art history and criticism in particular. There is an increasing

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