In the sixteenth century‚ the high renaissance is a period that focused on the visual arts in the Italian Renaissance. The high renaissance was known for a short period of exceptional artistic production in the Italian states‚ particularly Rome‚ capital of the Papal States‚ under Pope Julius ll. Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15‚ 1452‚ in Vinci‚ Italy. Leonardo was an Italian polymath who was well known as an artist who painted over 280 paintings. He was also known as a natural genius crossing
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The Prospective of David The re-creation of David‚ a biblical hero‚ comes from three very notable works of art from history. The free 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
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His full birth name was "Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci"‚ meaning "Leonardo‚ of ser Piero from Vinci.” His natural genius crossed so many disciplines that he epitomized the term “Renaissance man.” Today he remains best known for his art‚ including two paintings that remain among the world’s most famous and admired‚ Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. Art‚ da Vinci believed‚ was indisputably connected with science and nature. Biography Da Vinci had numerous skills that had given him the name of renaissance
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went to Bologna‚ then to Rome‚ where he saw the impressive marble statues which he would later echo in his own works. Upon his return‚ he set out to create his first complete sculpture‚ as statue of Mary holding Jesus’ lifeless body‚ known as La Pietà. His first large scale commissioned work was the statue of Bacchus for a sculpture garden. Shortly thereafter‚ he created one of his most important works‚ the statue of David‚ a commissioned piece symbolizing the liberation of the republic of Florence
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STUDY GUIDE FOR FINALS . BYZANTINE ART AND ARCHITECTURE 1. Why called byzantine? The art and architecture of Constantinople before Constantine renamed the city after himself was Byzantium . 2. Who was Justinian ‚ Theodora ? Justinian was the emperor in the early byzantine period who ruled from 527 to 565 and Theodora was the wife to him 3. Hagia Sophia built for Justinian . Innovations 4. What are penditives and sqinches ? Penditives are spherical triangle surrounded by arches . squinches
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historically speaking‚ it has been a successful method in cultivating unity and balance. Namely Cesare Borgia‚ whose “cruelty had brought order to Romagna‚ united it‚ restored it to peace and obedience.” Whereas the benevolence of the people of Florentine ultimately led to the demise of Pistoia and similarly‚ the armies of Scipio rebelled a reluctance to mandate strong retribution. In other words‚ excessively merciful regimes provoke chaos‚ resulting in disarray and inevitably collapsing the system
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The Northridge earthquake of 1994 was a devastating event to the Cathedral of Saint Vibiana. After the devastating event‚ The Archdiocese of Los Angeles purchased a nearby site and they reconstructed a new cathedral called “Our Lady of the Angels.” Our Lady of the Angeles as well as The Gates of Paradise‚ both have doors that have significant importance behind the art work on them‚ leading to a warm welcome. Both the doors of Our Lady of the Angeles and The Gates of Paradise do not have many things
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The Woods Dante’s Inferno opens in the setting on Good Friday in the year 1300. The voyager-narrator‚ Dante Alghieri‚ is lost in a dark forest in the middle of the night. Dante doesn’t recall how he came into the woods and blames it on how he was so full of sleep at the point where he abandoned the right path. Right as he is about to lose hope‚ he sees the sun rising over the mountainside and as he attempts to reach it‚ Dante is stopped by three beasts; a leopard‚ a lion‚ and a she-wolf. Dante
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The Renaissance was "A revival or rebirth of cultural awareness and learning that took place during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries‚ particularly in Italy‚" according to Art In Focus. It followed the Middle Ages‚ and was basically a time of the revival of learning after the Middle Ages‚ or Dark Ages‚ a time with little increase of ideas‚ inventions or developments. During the Renaissance‚ art was a branch of knowledge. It was a way to show God and his creations‚ as well as a science‚ of anatomy
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He was born to Ser Piero‚ a respected Florentine notary‚ and Caterina‚ a young peasant woman (Bortolon‚ 1967). Having been born out of wedlock‚ Leonardo was raised by his father along with his stepmothers. At five‚ he relocated to his father’s family land that was close to Vinci‚ the Tuscan town
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