Descriptive Essay Italy‚ a gorgeous country shaped like a boot‚ is one of the most beautiful places one can visit. I recently vacationed in Italy‚ and never gave my eyes the chance to take a break from the beautiful scenery: from the ongoing gorgeous landscape to the remarkable architecture. My family and I really enjoyed our little time in Italy‚ between visiting our loud and obnoxious extended family to tasting and smelling amazing Italian cuisine. Vacationing in a different country is a remarkable
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Michelangelo: The Creation of Adam 1512 Michelangelo painted The Creation of Adam in 1512 to be the "centerpiece" for the Sistine Chapel and for Pope Julius II. The focal point of the piece are God and Adam’s fingers‚ which are just a few centimeters apart. The suspense of the creation of mankind with a touch instantly draws the eyes to the area. As you look at the piece‚ your eyes flow from the fingers to the perceived appearance of God and his white cloak‚ which seems to be swirling around. God
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as a tool for society. Artists lived only as servants to their churches‚ their nobles and their kings. As the churches held most of the commissions for art‚ the focus for a long time was religion. And as art kept growing through works like the Sistine Chapel from Michelangelo in 1483‚ we can all see how many humans strive so hard to perfect what they love. After the next brief period in history‚ the term “propaganda” popped up‚ or “social commentary” as many call it. An example for this is the work
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During the renaissance Michelangelo had created many magnificent pieces of art‚ one of which is the most well-known pieces among the world; the sculpture of David. The Michelangelo sculpture of David wasn’t the only one created during its time‚ for Donatello had created one some years before hand. Among the two sculptures‚ Michelangelo’s has a more profound‚ fascinating‚ and exceptional quality to it that contributed greatly to the Renaissance. The High Renaissance was a period denoting
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Donatello and the Lost-Wax Method Donatello is known as one of the most well-known sculptors during the Italian Renaissance. Some art critics say he is the greatest sculptor that lived before Michelangelo. However‚ before Donatello became notable for his many works‚ he was born Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi around the year of 1386 in Florence‚ Italy. It is believed that Donatello received his artistic training from a Florentine goldsmith. In 1403‚ he became an apprentice under artist Lorenzo
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This painting was made by Sandro Botticelli in Florence‚ Italy during the Renaissance. It is still in Florence and is on display at the Galleria Degli Uffizi. Alessandro di Mariano Vanni Filipepi Botticelli also known as Sandro Botticelli was born in Florence‚ Italy on March first (Lightbown). Sandro Botticelli was given his nickname from his elder brother‚ Antonio. Antonio started training his younger brother to be a goldsmith from a young age . This training came to an abrupt end as Botticelli
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The Belvedere of Pope innocent the eighth (1484-92) was begun in 1485 and completed roughly two years later. It was the first villa constructed in Rome since antiquity. At the turn of the 15th century it was a freestanding villa surrounded by gardens and vineyards detached from the Vatican itself. Twenty years after its completion a vast program of decoration began connecting the Belvedere with the Vatican through a courtyard. The Belvedere has two courtyards found at its North and South ends running
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El Greco was born in 1541 in Heraklion‚ Crete‚ Greece. He is one of the most recognized people from the renaissance and he was known to many as an artist but he is also an architect and a sculptor. His original name was Doménikos Theotokópoulos but he is widely and most famously known as El Greco which meant the greek in spanish. He was trained to be a painter when he was very young‚ later he moved to Venice because at that time Crete belonged to Venice. He then decided to move to Rome and lived
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Michelangelo’s process of sculpting was very unique compared to the other artists of the Renaissance era. Some say that his greatest accomplishment was his statue of David which soars an astonishing 17 ft. Michelangelo took on this 4 year project‚ 1500-1504‚ at the age of 26. In the Renaissance time period‚ it was common for sculptors to make their works from many pieces such as carving the body from one piece of stone then the arms‚ legs and head from smaller ones. This was largely due to the veins
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HUM2232 Chapter 15 Study Questions Wallman/2013 The Roman Renaissance 1. Describe Rome in 1402. How did Rome begin to change once the papacy returned to Rome? Why did the papacy rebuild the city? What affect did the papal palaces have on pilgrims according to Paolo Cortesi? When Brunelleschi arrive in Rome in 1402‚ shortly after the competition for the Baptistery door in Florence‚ the city must have seemed a pitiful place. Its population had shrunk from around 1 million in 100 CE to under
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