Henry Moore Aimy Tran Mr. Cox Period 1 Henry Moore was an English sculptor and artist who was known for his abstract bronze sculptures. Moore was born on July 1819 in Castleford‚ Yorkshire. He attended infant and elementary schools in Castleford‚ where he began modeling in clay and carving wood. He decided to become a sculptor after hearing Michelangelo’s achievements. Moore was granted a scholarship to Castleford Secondary School after a teacher had noticed his interest and talent in medieval
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Byzantine Halo’s VS. The Gothic Angels & Saints In the wake of considering the style and impacts of Gothic and Byzantine workmanship on Renaissance craftsmanship‚ I felt as though one had a more prominent effect on Renaissance workmanship. After just looking and considering which one impacted Renaissance craftsmanship‚ I felt that Byzantine workmanship had a more preponderant amount of an impact for three particular reasons: the topic of Renaissance workmanship‚ the humanism part of Renaissance
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Italian painter who call Giotto di Bondone creates the art work call “The Crucifixion” at 1312. He is one of the famous contributor to the art works at the period of Renaissance. The another art works would be discussing in this paper is call “The Yellow Christ” which painted by Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin at 1889. Paul Gauguin is a French artist paint with post-impressionism. To compare with the similarity and differences‚ the major themes of the two works of art by Gauguin and Giotto are similar
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St. Luke Drawing the Virgin and other early Renaissance Flemish and Italian paintings / Eitan Kenner The piece St. Luke Drawing the Virgin‚ c. 1435-40 by Flemish painter Rogier van der Weyden is an oil and tempera painting presented at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Its narrative is a popular theme in art‚ showing St. Luke painting the Virgin Mary with the infant Jesus. Such paintings were often painted for chapels of Saint Luke (saint patron of artists) in European
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The Renaissance The word ‘Renaissance’ means the re-birth or the revival of something. In History‚ the word Renaissance refers to the revival of art‚ literature and architecture. It is known as the bridge between medieval times and modern times. The Renaissance began in the 14th century and lasted for three centuries until the 17th century. Its birthplace was Italy. The Renaissance began in Florence in 1341. At this time in Florence‚ there was a lot of wealth. The people of Florence were
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fifth and sixth centuries featuring the dome carried on pendentives over a square and incrustation with marble veneering and with colored mosaics on grounds of gold. (Merriam-webster‚ 2013‚ para. 2) The Madonna with Child painted by Duccio di. Buoninsegna was considered one of the greatest paintings ever painted‚ and very rare. The painting depicts the Virgin Mary with the child being the baby Jesus. It is considered a work of art and historical because it was an “important landmark in
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What initially caused food shortages and famine in the early 14th century? The changing climate has resulted in poor harvests and famine. The period from 1300 to 1800 is referred to as the “little ice age‚” as it was the period of climate change for the worse; becoming colder and wetter. This ultimately led to the destruction of the crops that were essential to society. What was the name of the plague that devastated Europe in the 14th century? “Black Death” was the name of the plague that devastated
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Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1452 in Vinci‚ Tuscany‚ during a time called the Renaissance. His creations of art and advancements in science not only surpassed those of his time‚ but have contributed to the fundamentals of modern day technology and are arguably the greatest in history. Many of da Vinci’s paintings remain today as proof of his pioneered techniques‚ brilliance‚ and talent. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language defines "renaissance man" as "[a] man who has broad
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Development of Society In the beginning of our course of study‚ around the Iron Age‚ agrarian village societies began to emerge throughout Europe. Although they left few examples of what they looked like‚ they did leave evidence that their culture valued war‚ and was strongly oriented toward horses. Centuries later‚ when Rome had already conquered most of Europe west of the Rhine‚ the Roman Empire absorbed the Iron Age agrarian village cultures and began introducing them to Roman influences: language
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enabled this transformation. Many art historians consider Giotto as the first Renaissance painter. He has abandoned the long-prevailed Byzantine style by pioneering a naturalistic approach of representation based on observation. His methods of pictorial expression based on observation initiated an early scientific age‚ which recognized the fact that the visual world mu st be observed before it can be analyzed and understood (Kleiner 381). Giotto achieved a sense of spatial depth and restored naturalism
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