2/26/04 Art History Fra Carnevale’s Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston contains some of the greatest treasures of the Italian Renaissance‚ and not least among these is Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple‚ painted in 1467 by Bartolomeo d. Giovanni Corradini‚ better known as Fra Carnevale. This Urbinian painter and architect produced some of the greatest architectural paintings of the early Renaissance‚ and his techniques expressed an interest in
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No one wants a stranger in Florence so go away! Is the words that Eleanor of Toledo (1522-1562) might have heard when she arrived in Florence in 1539. The famous image of Eleanor with her son Giovanni is considered a famous portrait today that was created by Bronzino in 1545. Historians debate whether the portrait illustrates her status and the fact she gave birth to many children. Yet‚ Eleanor brought important family connections from the Spanish which expanded the Medici power. She became a patron
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reflective mood later characterized as giorgionesque‚ hence why it is hard to tell the difference between Giorgione’s work and Titian’s early work. In 1516 Titian was commissioned to start the work on his most famous early masterpiece which was an altarpiece called Assumption of the Virgin at the Church of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari in Venice. This painting depicted the Virgin soaring with her arms outstretched to heaven. After the completion of the Assumption of the Virgin in 1518 Titian became
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While his coworkers constructed his designs‚ what hobby did Bernini pursue? Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Writing plays and designing stage sets Writing plays and designing stage sets Question 2 0 out of 2 points What effect does Caravaggio achieve with light in The Calling of Saint Matthew? Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Shows Jesus bringing the light to sinners Transforms the calling into a miracle Question 3 2 out of 2 points What is the canzona’s dominant rhythm? Answer
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What made Constable different from the majority of his contemporaries was his attitude towards the things that he saw. He was not‚ like so many other landscape artists‚ a conscious seeker of the picturesque. As an artist he was virtually self-taught and his periods of formal study amounted to little more than process of directive discipline. His real master was his own sensitive and perceptive eye (Peacock‚ 15). It was through a study of nature rather than by a study of academic principles that his
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Pieter Bruegel the Elder a Hunters in the Snow Peter Soloway ARH 205 6/7/2005 Hunters in the Snow‚ sometimes called The Return of the Hunters[1]‚ is part of a series of landscapes painted on wooden panels and themed around characteristic periods of the year. The series was finished in 1565 by Flemish painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder‚ probably for Antwerp merchant Nicholas Jongelinck‚ who we know entrusted it to the town of Antwerp in February of 1566.[2]
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Throughout Leonardo da Vinci’s life he was known as a unique‚ and a remarkable person. His wide range of interests and accomplishments made him a true Renaissance person. Born in 1452‚ in a village near Florence in Italy‚ by a peasant woman named Caterina‚ Leonardo was born into a family as an illegitimate child. Ser Piero‚ Leonardo’s father‚ found out that Leonardo had a talent for painting and so he sent him to apprentice under the famous painter Andrea del Verrocchio for about 6 to 10 years. This
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Bibliography: Harbison‚ Craig. Sexuality and Social Standing of Jan Van Eyck ’s Arnolfini Double Portrait. Renaissance Quarterly‚ Vol. 43‚ No. 2 (Summer 1990)‚ pgs. 249-291. Phillip‚ Lotte Brand. The Ghent Altarpiece and the Art of Jan Van Eyck. Princeton‚ New Jersey: Princeton University Press‚ 1971.
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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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Matt Russo Humanities 313 Dr. Sattler Art Discovery Art Analysis When analyzing artwork‚ one should not simply look at the picture at face value‚ but rather look in depth at the meaning as to why depict that specific setting‚ colors‚ and scene. The artist‚ Andy Warhol‚ is a unique artist. His artwork is anything but typical; he often uses random objects and arranges them in a specific way to create a symbolic meaning and calls it art. After studying his technique‚ I have found the meaning behind
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