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    Leonardo’s ’Annunciation’ For the young Florentine painter‚ Leonardo de Vinci was quite emphatic with portraying things as they were seen. This naturalism was quite apparent in many of his early works and carried out throughout his entire ensemble of pieces that are attributed to his name. Leonardo was fascinated with nature. Many of his earliest sketches are of plants‚ flowers‚ and botanicals which are represented with great detail and labor‚ striving to give them the beauty that he experienced

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    Leonardo de Vinci‚ perhaps one of the most scientifically thinking artist‚ spent much of his life studying‚ developing‚ and recording the application of light sources and shadows. This is something he practiced and implemented as he continued to learn more about it. De Vinci is well known for composing paintings that convey incredibly realistic views and images. He was able to achieve this because of his understanding of optical theory on light and shadows. I believe Leonardo de Vinci sought out

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    depicts Christ surrounded by his twelve disciples‚ seated at a long dining table. Leonardo da Vinci‚ the great‚ ambitious‚ pioneer of painting during the High Renaissance‚ illustrated consistency and symmetry in his version‚ while Jacopo Robusti‚ known as Tintoretto‚ painted his Last Supper with dramatic power‚ depth of spiritual vision‚ and glowing color: common characteristics of Mannerist paintings. Leonardo da Vinci exhibited astounding mastery of painting in his Last Supper. Christ and his apostles

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    Numerous artists stand out in history for their famous portraiture. Forever immortalized is Leonardo da Vinci for his painting of a young smiling woman. For their contributions to new and innovative styles and techniques in the field‚ we remember Claude Monet and Pablo Picasso. However‚ for all that Rembrandt van Rijn contributed to the art world that now defines the baroque era‚ American artist Albert Bierstadt’s work defines the majesty and splendor of the natural American west. Born in Germany

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    has been portrayed through out our world’s history. The most famous piece of artwork about this event in time is Leonardo de Vinci’s version called The Last Supper. Another work of art that was created around this event and contains the same name was painted by Tintoretto in 1594. These two paintings are based on the same event but contain two very different perspectives. Leonardo de Vinci’s version of The Last Supper is one of the most valuable and well known paintings in the world. This artwork

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    Michelangelo Buonarroti‚ the greatest of the Italian Renaissance artists‚ was born on March 6‚ 1475‚ in the small village of Caprese (Today‚ Caprese is known as Caprese Michelangelo or Tuscany‚ Italy). Michelangelo grew up in Florence‚ Italy. His Father was a government administrator and his Mother died when he was only six years old. After the death of his mother Michelangelo lived with a stone cutter and his family in the town of Settignano‚ where his father owned a marble quarry and small farm

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    Jennifer Walsh Block 2 12/21/11 Michelangelo [pic] One spring day in 1475‚ a baby boy named Michelangelo di Ludovico Buonarotti Simoni was born to Ludovico Buonarotti‚ a governor of a village in Italy‚ in Caprese‚ which was part of Florentine territory. His mother died when he was young‚ and he spent his early adolescence with his father and brothers. At age thirteen‚ he spent a year of his life with Domenico Ghirlandaio in Florence‚ painting‚ sketching‚ and studying art

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    of art each by a different artist. The two works of art I am going to focus on are both sculptures that depict the biblical figure of David. One of them is by Donatello and the other by Michelangelo. Donatello’s “David” is an Italian early renaissance sculpture that was commissioned in the 1440’s and stands 158cm high which is life sized. It depicts a young David after he has slain Goliath this can be seen by the fact that buy his feet is Goliaths head. He is a modest youthful nude (except

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    The oil on canvas painting The Conversion of St Paul by Michelangelo da Caravaggio was made circa 1601‚ showing the biblical story of St Paul‚ formerly Saul. The painting depicts St Paul lying on the ground‚ blinded. He is beside a horse who seems confused and a servant‚ who also seems confused. The servant is shown in drab clothing and no shoes‚ while St Paul is shown in a rich man’s red and orange outfit‚ looking bright‚ and in his best clothing. His helmet is beside him on the ground‚ seeming

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    On March 6‚ Michelangelo was brought into this world by his mother‚ Francesca di Neri del Miniato di Siena‚ and his father‚ Ludovico di Leonardo Buonarroti Simoni‚ in Caprese‚ Italy in 1475. His mother pasted away in 1481‚ when he was just six years old; during that time‚ he was placed with a family of stonecutters. At the age of 13‚ he engaged to the Florentine painter’s workshop because he had no interest in what his family’s business was. There he was introduced to the painter Domenico Ghirlandaio

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