By: Nistha Pithava Nistha Pithava Art History 1 December 12‚ 2012 Take Home Final: Part 1 Section I: Ancient Near East The works of the art that is related to the Near Eastern time period incorporates the arts of Mesopotamia‚ which is ancient Iran‚ Syria‚ and Turkey between the periods of 3500 through 399 B.C. The dates of begin in the Neolithic prehistoric times and end in the historic or dynastic periods‚ which for the most part is prior to the Christian era. Near East
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was in Naples that Boccaccio began what he considered his true vocation‚ poetry. Works produced in this period include Filostrato‚ a later source for Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde‚ Filocolo a prose version of an existing French romance‚ and La caccia di Diana a poem in octave rhyme listing Neapolitan women. Boccaccio returned to Florence in early 1341‚ avoiding the plague in that city of 1340. Although discontented with his return to Florence‚ Boccaccio continued to work‚ producing Comedia delle
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| An Analysis of Iconography and its Importance in Italian Renaissance Art Mariah Garlitos Art 323 Margaret Goehring November 30‚ 2012 Upon first glance at a work of art we are tempted to distinguish recognizable figures and apply a deeper meaning to them. It becomes a sort of challenge to figure out what the artist intended for their audience to get out of their work. As we examine particular pieces of art‚ focusing on art of fifteenth century Italy‚ we come to realize Italian artists
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representation of an even more adult face but still with a little body and being gently held by the mother. In The Ognissanti Madonna we can see Giotto`s attempt for a three-dimensional drawing of the figures and the throne. He tried to represent the depth of the throne where The Virgin is sitting and he tried to create the steps like if they were real. Giotto also tried to create the idea of space by painting the saints and angels around the Madonna and Jesus. Two angels are kneeling on the step so
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Giotto‚ Cimabue‚ Donatello‚ Mossaccio .these are a few artists of the Renaissance that impacted the era. With these artists a cult of genius began in the Renaissance. There was the Age of Exploration when Columbus "discovered" America in 1492‚ as well as Magellan’s and other Europeans’ discoveries around areas of Africa. The African slave trade fueled European Renaissance. There were several works that helped establish the era such as the "Arenal Chapels at Pagua" which was a dramatization
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of space. 5. How does Giotto create a sense of movement in Kiss of Judas? The fresco is devoid of landscape forms that might distract the viewer. Nor do any of Giotto’s figures face the picture plane. Most focus on the dramatic confrontation between Christ and Judas. Judas and Christ turn and lock each other’s gaze. They are surrounded ominously by the helmets framing their heads. Over Christ’s head‚ there are two stakes that emphasize the rage of the mob against him. Giotto signals the violence of
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Three years(1547) later he got married and had three boys. In 1551‚ the bishop of the cathedral St Agapito became Pope Julius III. Pope Julius III admired Palestrina’ music so much that when he became Pope he took him to Rome where he made him maestro di cappella at the Julian Chapel. Before he was 30 years old Palestrina published his first book of masses in 1554‚ dedicated to Julius III. This was the first collection of masses ever published in Rome by and Italian composer. SLIDE #3: (Play Missa Gabriel
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A pigment is a natural coloring matter that usually comes from a plant or animal. Today‚ there are synthetic pigments with the advancement of technology‚ but during the Italian Renaissance they did not have these luxuries. They had to obtain their pigment naturally. There were different classifications of pigment‚ each producing a different desired color. The material that contained the desired pigment had to be grinded very finely‚ and then the pigment would need to be added to a base to create
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Cimabue’s work‚ it is debatable whether his apprentice Giottos surpassed the man. In manners of skill‚ Giotto’s more classical and naturalist style took on other stylistic components that very well exhibited a 3-dimensional space upon a 2-dimensional plane. In personal opinion‚ if the goal was to surpass Cimabue‚ then Giotto definitely showed prowess by giving his figure of the virgin a more assertive and realistic presence. Both Cimabue and Giotto use the ever-common gold background to unify their pieces
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Periods and their Artists * Chapter 3 Egypt * Old Kingdom (2700-2190 BCE) * Imhotep – Stepped Pyramid of Djoser * Chapter 5 Ancient Greece * Archaic (600-480 BCE) * Andokides Painter –Achilles and Ajax * Ergotimos –[and Kleitius] Fracois Vase * Euphronios –Death of Sarpedon * Exekias –Achilles and Ajax; Suicide of Ajax; Dionysis in a Boat * Polykleitos –Doryphoros * Classical (480-320 BCE) * Kalikrates
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