uncertain. A number of sources state that he was born in Paris‚ but others denounce this as romanticism by the earliest biographers. In this case his birthplace was possibly in Tuscany‚ perhaps in Certaldo‚ the town of his father. He was the son of a Florentine merchant and an unknown woman‚ and almost certainly born illegitimate. Boccaccio grew up in Florence. His father was working for the Compagnia dei Bardi and in the 1320s married Margherita dei Mardoli‚ of an illustrious family. It is believed
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because he was born a bastard. Leonardo showed as a young man‚ talent for many aesthetic areas‚ for example. Sing‚ read poetry and play the lute. But he showed an even greater talent for painting and was hence in 1470 apprenticed to the leading Florentine painter‚ Andrea del Verocchio. Doctrine lasted two years and after that he chose to work as an apprentice to Andrea in a decade. After his time as apprentice to Andrea‚ he was given the chance to move to Milan to work for the Duke of Milan‚ Ludovico
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information for the sub-topic 1. The artist 2. influence of the ‘contrapposto’ style B. The symbol of Renaissance sculptures 1. "Great and Heroic" 2. Michelangelo saw himself as a master III. Timeless Art A. Michelangelo’s work of art 1. Florentine humanists 2. Medieval supernaturalism B. Predominant social philosophy 1. The practical measure of all things 2. The worship of beauty THESIS Michelangelo’s David‚ is the most timeless and famous work of art of the renaissance period
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Alejandro De Renzis HUM1020 Professor Krista Miranda Review 1 Ghismonda With The Heart Of Guiscardo The “Ghismonda with the Heart of Guiscardo” was painted by Francesco Ubertini Bacchiacca in the 1520’s‚ and it is an oil on wood painting that hangs at the Lowe Museum at the University of Miami. The painting displays Ghismonda holding a chalice with the heart of her lover‚ in the center of the room on a bed. A few women surround her‚ and a man sits in what appears to be distress directly
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mysterious‚ and that the empirical methods he employed were unusual for his time. Born out of wedlock to a notary‚ Piero da Vinci‚ and a peasant woman‚ Caterina‚ in Vinci in the region of Florence‚ Leonardo was educated in the studio of the renowned Florentine painter Verrocchio. Much of his earlier working life was spent in the service of Ludovico il Moro in Milan. He later worked in Rome‚ Bologna and Venice‚ and he spent his last years in France at the home awarded him by Francis I. Leonardo was
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Donatello’s David has long flowing hair and has one of his legs placed firmly on top of the head of Goliath‚ representing his victory over the behemoth. He portrayed David as the slayer of Goliath and as a symbol of the independent republic of Florentine. Verrocchio’s David has a more classical look. It has similar features as that of Donatello’s. In addition‚ it is different from the narrative form that Bernini created. Verrocchio shows David standing over the giant’s head with pride. This bears
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brave Iago‚ honest and just. That hast such noble sense of thy friends wrong!” | Irony is used as Iago is depicted as‚ ‘honest’ by all the characters‚ but is actually dishonest and is betraying them all | | Cassio about Iago | I never knew a Florentine more kind and honest. | Cassio is saying that Iago is a honest man in his soliloquy. His creates dramatic irony because Cassio thinks that
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one’s sense of smell and finally “ Here at the writing table‚ I am confronted by a phalanx of metal objects - a pair of candlesticks shaped like entwined serpents‚ an ashtray from which emerges the head of a crocodile‚ a paper knife copied from a Florentine dagger‚ a brass dolphin holding on the end of its tail a small broken clock.” The use of the literary devices throughout the previous quotes draws the reader to gather together the physical surroundings as components of the overriding metaphor of
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The “Mona Lisa” painting is a good example of his work which contributed to the development of art in the Renaissance. The Mona Lisa is a portrait of a wife of a Florentine noble. She refused to smile; Leonardo even tried hiring musicians but that didn’t change her mind. At last‚ just for a second she smiled faintly and Leonardo was able to capture it. In his drawing Leonardo masters the techniques of Sfumato and Chiaroscuro
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Great Impact of a King on music and theatre Sinan Erk Mutafoğlu 11149 HUM 204 Prof. Filiz Ali December 2nd‚ 2011 In the 17th century‚ France witnessed political‚ social and artistic facts which were triggered by the relationships between Louis the Fourteenth‚ Jean-Baptiste Lully and Moliere. This relationship between these important
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