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    High Renaissance

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    High Renaissance   Introduction * the art of high renaissance‚ sought a general ‚unified effect in terms of pictorial representation and architectural composition. * a controlled equilibrium was observed from the increase in the dramatic force & physical presence of work of art. * Because the essential characteristic of renaissance art was its unity-a balance was achieved as a matter of intuition. * As a result‚ the style was destined to break up if the emphasis was shifted

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    Pieta

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    Running head: MICHELANGELO’S PIETA VATICAN AND PALESTRINA Michelangelo’s Pieta: Vatican and Palestrina LAKITA S CORLEY Averett University Art 103 Michelangelo was born in Italy in the village of Caprese in 1475. When Michelangelo was young‚ his family moved to Florence‚ a rich and powerful city in Italy. At the age of twelve‚ his father sent him to study with the most famous painter in the city. He became an apprentice to a famous painter in Florence named Domenico Ghirlandaio

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    The Creation of Adam

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    The Creation of Adam is a painting of Michelangelo’s fresco Sistine Chapel ceiling 1511 years. It is take to illustrates from the Binlical story from the Book of Genesis in which God the Father breathes life into Adam‚ the first man come to the new world. In the painting‚ the man who is the Adam is painted at the right side of the painting‚ he is naked‚ body shows more muscular‚ looks feel relax‚ laening against rock‚ and giving his to old man. Next‚ the old man in the painting who is the

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    bitches Creation of Adam V The Crucifiction MWF 10-11 The Creation of Adam is basically the embodiment of High Renaissance done by arguably the most talented artist the Western World has ever seen. The creation of Adam is high atop the Sistine Chapel ceiling and is the center panel of a massive undertaking. The painting has a central theme of God and Adam coming together to produce life. The Nude Adam‚ with a perfectly sculpted body‚ looks at God and tries to reach out. While some say Adam

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    There are over 1‚000 different paintings in the Sistine Chapel. All four walls are painted and so is the ceiling. All the paintings on the ceiling are based off of the book of Genesis. But one of the most prevalent paintings in the chapel would be the one that’s straight ahead of you when you walk in. It’s the Last Judgement. The Last Judgement is a fresco that was painted in 1508 and wasn’t finished until 1512 by an Italian Renaissance artist‚ Michelangelo. Michelangelo included many different

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    arts and how we view the world. One aspect that has been heavily influenced by religion is Art. The paintings that are based around religion are some of the most recognised and inspiring pieces of art in history. For example‚ paintings in the Sistine Chapel such as ‘The Creation of Eve’ and ‘The Creation of Adam’ by Michelangelo are among the most famous paintings in the world‚ which are influenced by religion. Religion discusses the ‘meaning of life’‚ including questions such as ‘Who am I?’‚ ‘Is

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    his life and death. Peter Bruegel‚ an ambitious young artist‚ sells his first piece of art in the French-Italian Alps‚ marking the beginning of his career. Once he became a master himself Bruegel traveled Italy and was amazed by Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel. Returning to Belgium‚ he began to receive commissions for his paintings‚ using risky perspectives and even more audacious interpretations of religious themes. For a while‚ he lived in a room provided by the man who printed his art. His closest

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    stern watchfulness before the battle By the placement of Judas on the same side as Christ and the other Disciples the Parthenon He grouped the figures in threes and they all expressed the same emotion. In the scene‚ Creation of Adam‚ from the Sistine Chapel ceiling God and Adam confront each other in the primordial void. Adam is part of the earth while the Lord transcends the earth. Which of the following interpretations best describes this depiction? Increasingly artists of the High Renaissance

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    Canadian Stereotypes

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    started as a misconception of the Canadian way of life‚ and spread though media such as magazine‚ celebrities‚ and the internet. As stated in the ‘Huffington Post’ article about Justin Bieber‚ Bieber was quoted mistaking the Sixteenth Chapel for the Sistine Chapel and saying that in Canada we eat Spaghetti and Milk. This gives people ideas of how all Canadians are just because Justin Bieber‚ a supposed representation of Canada‚ said it. If people were able to see through just one’s person’s thoughts

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    honoring the Virgin Mary‚ and even look for bombs on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Although the sikh does not share these people’s faith‚ he does everything he can to protect it. Hana and Caravaggio talk. She tells him that she was pregnant and used to talk to the baby all the time‚ but lost the baby in an abortion when she got to Sicily‚ as the baby’s father was dead anyway. Hana tells Caravaggio all she has learned about death in her work as a nurse. She tells him that‚ after a while‚ she

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