Tiyam Arshad Bakhtiari Teacher: Mr. Kelly TOK class 30 October 2012 What does Byzantine style influence on Santa Maria Assunta Church in Venice? Byzantine architecture is the Later Roman architecture Empire. The mosaic form date back to the 11th century with their strong Byzantine influence that is one of the best mosaics in the Northern Italy -a building with a basilica design divided by Greek marble columns-. Mosaics
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mid 20th century. Each artist’s aesthetic‚ although significantly different; equally allow us to understand a certain time and place Juan Bautista de Espinosa was born in 1590c. into a heavily Catholic family and country. Originally a gilder of altarpieces‚ Espinosa mastered the technique of still-life in the nearby Holland‚ where the style originated. He would later infuse this popular subject with the extravagant Baroque movement‚ which was already dominating the Spanish Empire. This marriage
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Chapter 5 – Space VOCABULARY | DEFINITION ACCORDING TO CHAPTER FIVE | EXAMPLE : WORK OF ART THAT EXEMPLIFIES VOCABULARY WORD AND EXPLANATION OF HOW IT IS USED | OVERLAP | Overlapping images also create the illusion that one object is in front of the other in space. | Donald Sultan’s “Lemons” An image of three lemons overlapping in space‚ but it consists of a flat yellow shape on a black ground 8 feet square | NEGATIVE SPACE | Empty space‚ surrounded and shaped so that it acquires a sense
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Death of the Virgin Caravaggio 1605-1606. 12’ 1 ½” x 8’. Oil on canvas For Sanata Maria della Scala‚ Trastevere‚ Rome. Now in Louvre‚ Paris In 1605‚ Laerzio Cherubini commissioned Caravaggio to paint an altarpiece for his family’s chapel in the church of Santa Maria della Scala in Trastevere‚ Rome. The chapel was dedicated to the Transit of the Virgin. There was a particular decorum for the depiction of such a scene: the Virgin giving a pious gesture‚ some sort of ascension of Her soul‚ and
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Chapter 22 Beauty‚ Science‚ and Spirit in Italian Art: The High Renaissance and Mannerism - Notes The 15th century artistic developments in Italy matured during the 16th century. The 15th century is thus designated the “Early Renaissance” and the 16th century the “High Renaissance”. Although there is no single style that defines the period‚ there is a distinct level of technical and artistic mastery that does. This is the age of Leonardo da Vinci‚ Raphael‚ Michelangelo‚ and Titian‚ artists whose
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_Excellent paper‚ one of my best‚ I spent several hours researching Albrecht Durer This is the best paper in the class._ Albrecht Dürer Leonardo of the North Michael Wise Art 5 Frank Turduci Impressive though others may be‚ the great German artist of the Northern Renaissance is Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528). We know his life better than the lives of other artists of his time. Dürer traveled‚ and found‚ he says‚ more appreciation abroad than at home. The Italian influence on his art was of a
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The Gothic Style spread rapidly among other countries‚ and Spain‚ was not an exception. During the Romanesque period‚ Spanish artists adopted the French style of building and decorating in order to differ and stand out from the Muslims‚ with whom they shared the Iberian peninsula. During the thirteenth century‚ the identification of French style with Christian conquest encouraged the appearance of the Gothic style in Spain. The Cathedral of Santa Maria in León‚ also known as León Cathedral‚ was
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The Italian Renaissance lasted from 1400 BC to 1600 BC. During this time Italy was made up of a number of city-states that were ruled by Princes. The population was divided into aristocracy‚ the merchant class‚ artisans‚ town laborers and peasants of the countryside. The rulers set the standards for fashion and wore lavish garments that were depicted in artwork‚ but merchant classes would imitate these styles. From 1494 to 1549 the countryside was an area of war and Italy lost many of these areas
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Richard II‚ known as Richard of Bordeaux from his birthplace‚ was born on Jan. 6‚ 1367‚ the younger son of Edward‚ Prince of Wales (the Black Prince)‚ and Joan‚ daughter of Edmund‚ Earl of Kent. After his father’s death‚ Richard became the heir apparent‚ was created Prince of Wales in the later part of 1376‚ and on June 22‚ 1377‚ succeeded Edward III‚ his grandfather‚ as king of England. While he was underage‚ the control of the government had been left to a government that came increasingly under
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At the turn of the 1400’s a large event was taking place. This event was the Renaissance. “The Renaissance” was the cultural rebirth that occurred in Europe‚ from roughly the fourteenth through the middle of the seventeenth centuries‚ based on the rediscovery of Ancient Greece and Rome advancements. In the Middle-Ages‚ art and architecture were mostly centered on religion. Because the church had all the money and power at that time so they could dictate what was appropriate and what was not. It
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