really perceive how much the styles has changed. As part of my investigation for my two choices The Roman Renaissance (21-11) pg. 645 - Interior‚ Sistine Chapel Vatican‚ by Michelangelo‚Rome. Constructed 1475 - 1481; ceiling painted 1508 - 1521; end wall‚ 1536 - 1541. the ceiling measurement are large and The Italian Baroque (23-10) pg. 724 - Contarelli Chapel‚ San Luigi Dei Francesi‚ Rome. Painting by Caravaggio 1599-1602. The Renaissance artists style from the late thirteen hundreds to the early fifteen
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He created many many different structures that are still standing today. Some of the structures he designed are Medici Chapel‚ Saint Peter’s Basilica‚ and the Laurentian Library. In 1524 Michelangelo was told by the Medici Pope to design a library. He wanted him to design it for the St. Lorenzo’s Church in his hometown Florence‚ Italy. Michelangelo designed the interior
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artistry and beliefs. Humanism in the Renaissance was seen all over Europe beginning in Italy in the 14th Century showing a revival of the cultural arts. A few of the greatest influences are seen of The School of Athens‚ the paintings in the Sistine Chapel‚ and the statue of David. Humanism in the Renaissance cultivated great intellectual movement. It paved the way for countless educated and artistic endeavors that hadn’t been seen since the fall of Rome in the fifth century. The movement towards
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Michelangelo traveled throughout Italy‚ mostly between Rome and Florence. During this time‚ he created masterpieces like the Madonna della Scala‚ Doni Tondo‚ and David. In 1508‚ Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo to fresco the ceiling of the Sistine
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show the beauty their religion. The Medici found and sponsored an architect named Brunelleschi to successfully complete the a dome for the Sistine Chapel. The building of the dome was an on-going problem and embarrassment for the church for many years‚ and the Medici had solved it. The Sistine Chapel was now a pride for the people of Florence. The Sistine Chapel was also flooded with famous paintings from Medici artists such as Michelangelo and Botticelli. These painting connected the church with modern
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Event: The Italian Renaissance begins Cause People like Petrarch who were obsessed with ancient Greece and ancient Rome; felt that the middle age was a “Dark age”‚ so they recovered the Latin text such as some of Cicero’s work. Fall of Constantinople‚ which Greeks scholars fled to Italy with Ancients texts. Plato’s work was translated in Latin. Another cause is humanism which is the prominent works of Greek‚ Roman‚ and biblical literature. Petrarch is called “The father of humanism”. The Printing
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Throughout this course‚ we have gained knowledge of many intriguing topics such as the Bayeux Tapestry‚ the Sistine Chapel‚ Black Death‚ and the Martin Luther King’s Ninety-Five Theses. The two topics that stood out to me were the Bayeux Tapestry and Black Death. The Bayeux Tapestry is one of most famous historical documents ever to exist! It was discovered in France and was believed to be created by a woman. The tapestry illustrates the events leading up to the conquest of Normandy and provides
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Michelangelo’s paintings and sculptures improved dramatically due to his knowledge of anatomy. In sculptures such as David‚ his mastery of the human body became incredibly apparent to anyone who saw his works. The Last Judgement‚ a painting on the Sistine Chapel‚ also showed the fruits of his studies. In the fresco‚ dozens of humans were shown from scores of angles and poses. No known artist before Michelangelo had so accurately depicted humans in such a multitude of unique positions. His studies of human
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However‚ the Renaissance only affected the rich who were patrons of the arts allowing them to get a first hand look at the art being made. A piece that stood out to me was The Creation of Adam‚ in particular the hands of God and Adam painted in the Sistine Chapel. The hands in the
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1505 the Pope Julius II recalled Michelangelo to Rome for two commissions. The most important one was for the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel ceiling. He worked high above the chapel floor‚ lying on his back on scaffolding painting for 5 years. Michelangelo painted some of the finest pictorial images of all time between "1508-1512." On the vault of the of the papal chapel‚ he devised an intricate system of decoration that included nine scenes from the book of Genesis‚ beginning with the God Separating
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