sculpture by Michelangelo became the society’s icon‚ a symbol that reminded them that they are independent. Against the wishes of the church‚ the artists ventured into dangerous new grounds. There was another great artist in Florentine time‚ Leonardo Da Vinci. He studied the complexity of the human body by using corpses. He was considered the greatest artist of his time‚ but Michelangelo was also a contender for this spot. For me‚ the artists in the Renaissance period were given
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Christopher Columbus refused to accept that the land he visited and claimed for Spain were not part of Asia. Even with mounting evidence that this wasn’t the case. It was believed in part why the Americas were named after the Amerigo Vespucci‚ the Florentine explorer. On 20 May 1506‚ aged probably 54‚ Columbus died in Valladolid‚ Spain. Christopher Columbus set sail on his first voyage on August 3‚ 1492 with three ships‚ the Pinta‚ the Nina‚ and the Santa Maria. Columbus first sailed to the Canary
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Selena Thompson CIS 114 Maria Uskova 12 December 2012 People Pleasing People…….Monical’s Way In 1959‚ the Monical Family started making pizzas in a small town called Tolono‚ Illinois. Very soon everyone in the town loved their recipe and the “Monical’s Family” became a hit. Thus‚ “Monical’s Pizza” was born. Today there are 66 Monical’s Pizza restaurants located throughout central Illinois‚ with several franchise location in Indiana and Wisconsin. In an intensely competitive business
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and nature‚ which helped him to become a great sculptor‚ painter‚ inventor and draftsman later on in his life. As a child‚ he demonstrated excellent artistic skills. He was demanded by many and eventually worked as an apprentice to the recognized Florentine painter Verrocchio at the age of fourteen. For years that went by‚ Leonardo continued to improve his drawing and sculpting knowledge. When he turned twenty‚ he was qualified as a master artist and attended in the Guild of Saint Luke‚ a painter’s
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David is one of Michelangelo’s most well-known sculpture and has become one of the most known statues in the entire world of art. Michelangelo represented David in courageous typical nudity‚ seizing the tension of Lysippan athletes and the emotionalism of Hellenistic statuary. The statue represents the Biblical hero David‚ a favorite topic in the art of Florence. Standing 17’ high‚ made in 1501-1504 from one block of marble left over from abandoned commission on page 499 in the textbook. When Michelangelo
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published in 1450. He makes great emphasis on the importance of drawing. So that the drawing is Every person who aspires to be the architect must master the most important skills. Alberti was born in Genoa on February 14‚ 1404‚ the son of a Florentine noble. He received the best education available in the 15th century‚ first at the school of Barsizia at Padua (Padova) and then at the University of Bologna. He was proficient in Greek‚ mathematics‚ and the natural sciences. As a poet‚ a philosopher
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would craft jewelry into the shapes of birds‚ reptiles‚ and bells. One kind of jewelry the Aztecs made were earplugs/earspools. There were two Montezumas. Ancient Aztec artifacts included: fired-clay Mictanecuhtl statue‚ Aztec calendar stone‚ the Florentine Codex‚ Aztec feather shield‚ and Montezuma’s throne. There were both men and women in battle. Three major cities were Tenochtitlan‚ Texcoco‚ and Tlacopan. Themes in Aztec art were insects‚ birds‚ fish‚ animals‚ jaguars‚ ducks‚ monkeys‚ snakes‚ deer
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Since our meeting about improving our content for our museum’s website‚ I have given this a lot of thought and decided that our new timeline theme should evolve around sculptures of the High Renaissance in Italy. I chose this period because it was the time where classical art of antiquity was recaptured . I started with a marble sculpture by Tullio Lombardo from 1490 which was the start of the High Renaissance. The artists that I chose are Tullio Lombardo‚ Michelangelo‚ Lorenzetto‚ Bandinelli‚ Cellini
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towards 1440 and which became famous all over Italy. Padua was attractive for artists coming not only from Veneto but also from Tuscany‚ such as Paolo Uccello‚ Filippo Lippi and Donatello. Mantegna ’s early career was shaped indeed by impressions of Florentine works. At the time‚ Mantegna was said to be a favorite pupil; Squarcione taught him the Latin language‚ and instructed him to study fragments of Roman sculpture. The master also preferred forced perspective‚ the lingering results of which may account
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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 Ghiberti‚ and even assisted him in creating the cathedral doors of the Baptistery of the Florence Cathedral. Later in 1409‚ he completed his first commissioned statue David‚ which
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