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    standing sculptures are made by Donatello‚ Michelangelo and Bernini. Donatello is an artist and sculptor known for his exploration of human emotion and expression. He also known to use difficult mediums and make masterpieces. In Donatello’s depiction of David comes a bronze work of art from the Italian Renaissance period. This is a life sized sculpture of David in the nude. Its dimensions are 5’2 ¼ in. (as tall as me!) and possibly created 1446 thru 1460. Michelangelo was a poet and an artist‚ he studied

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    among those who were able to find his message rather than just copying his works. What is the most amazing is he influenced two of the greatest artists‚ Raphael and Michelangelo. At the age of 21‚ Raphael came to Florence and quickly revealed that Da Vinci was the one who had influenced him in his portraits and Madonnas. Michelangelo changed from a grand scale sculptor to one whose statues are charged with energy which can be seen in the contrast between his David and St. Matthew. Even today‚ Da

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    Mannerism: The anti-High Renaissance The height of Italian Renaissance art had reached its summit in the late 15th century with the advent of the three masters of the High Renaissance: Leonardo‚ Michelangelo‚ and Raphael. Their works of art exhibited the pinnacle of man’s aesthetic ability in creating realistic depiction of the world through anatomically detailed human bodies‚ harmonious perspectival space‚ and emphasis on uniformity derived from nature. However this astounding progress in artistic

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    •use of classical columns and pilasters  • triangular pediments  •square lintel  •arches  •domes  •niches with sculptures Great Renaissance Architects •Giacomo da Vignola  •Andrea Palladio •Fillipo Brunelleschi  •Michelangelo Buonarroti Examples Of Renaissance Buildings The San Gio Rigo Maggiore in Venice is an example for an renaissance building. •the Redentore in Venice •the basilica in Vicenza  •the rotunda near Vicenza •the Louvre in Paris The

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    Renaissance 14th-17th Century -means “revival”‚ also‚ ’rebirth’ revival of interest in ancient Greek‚ Roman culture‚ humanist scholars attempted to rid feudal Europe of Church domination and conservatism -old sciences revived‚ new science emerged -national languages and cultures took shape‚ free from Roman Church authority---art and literature flourished -began in Florence Italy‚ spread to all of Europe Due to its geographic position‚ foreign trade and commerce developed in Italy. ---accumulation

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    made his canvas painting have the freshness of frescoes. The proportions of the figures show exaggeration which makes the painting look mythical (“Birth of Venus”) Sandro Botticelli could not keep up with Renaissance artists such as Raphael and Michelangelo. His work‚ including The Birth of Venus‚ went in the shadows of other paintings for many centuries and gained popularity again in the nineteenth century (“Birth of Venus”

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    will be judged accordingly. Michelangelo seems to have painted this according to more of the Catholic belief system and what they think the Last Judgement will look like. He also seems to add some of the mythological aspects that are in the passages in some of the characters that are in the painting. He could have wanted to paint the people naked to convey how before God everything was laid out before him and that they had no more secrets. Within this painting Michelangelo crams many things

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    At a time of unprecedented artistic progression‚ powerful patrons of the Renaissance commissioned elaborate works to demonstrate their prestige to the public. Two groups that sponsored a majority of the best know works of the period were the Papacy in Rome‚ and the Medici family in Florence. While both employed the best artists‚ sometimes even the same artists to create their magnificent works‚ their values within each piece differed to appeal to the values each group and cultural center held.

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    effortless work of balance and harmony. It seems that while he was painting that image‚ he was trying to develop a new method for wall painting but it turned out in a negative way since it began to decay as soon as it was finished. In contrast‚ Michelangelo‚ who was known as the man of his time. Two of his best-known works are the “David” and the “Pieta.” David is a statue of a biblical for an

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    Raphael and the Alba Madonna Arts 230 University of Phoenix Rafaello Sanzio da Urbino was born in 1483 in Urbino‚ Italy. Throughout most of his early life he studied as an apprentice under Pietro Perugino‚ a high renaissance artist that studied alongside Leonardo da Vinci‚ in 1501 Raphael finished his apprenticeship and began to paint commissioned works

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