the window * Unsettling (Arm fades from hot pink to pale white) * Skin tight clothing * Missing cross (Deposition)‚ but has a weird fluffy cloud * Emulated source: Pieta by Michelangelo (Pontormo greatly admired Michelangelo) * Painting is supposed to depict the moment after the Pieta * Artist painted himself in the top left corner‚ staring directly at the audience * Patron had to have requested the confusion of the painting Bronzino – Portrait of a Young Man
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The Aeneid is mostly set after the fall of Troy‚ occasionally going back to the day her walls were corrupted in flashbacks. The main featuring character Aeneas is a Trojan prince who had managed to flee and is trying to fulfil his destiny. Making the journey from Troy to the coasts of Italy‚ he would found the future Rome. Aeneas is a hard working character who strives to follow his beliefs and prophesied destiny‚ all the while looking after the welfare of any who choose to follow his guidance. He
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With reference to sources‚ assess the different interpretations of Agrippina the Younger Sources from ancient historians tend to be more hostile towards Agrippina because she was a woman and she stepped outside the expected role of a Roman matron. In contrast to this‚ modern historians consider the context of her time and approach her with a neutral attitude. However‚ most of the historians present her according to three main stereotypes- the seducer and murderer of Claudius‚ the scheming and
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12 male and female prophets. He created three Noah scenes and for 4 years he worked through three Adam stories to three Creation stories on the other end of the ceiling. Then he paused for a few months halfway along. This was when Michelangelo did Pieta and David. His style then started to change‚ which was visible in those sculptures. Finally‚ the Pope threatened that if Michelangelo did not finish the ceiling quickly he would have him thrown down from the scaffolding. Then Michelangelo‚ who had
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went to Bologna‚ then to Rome‚ where he saw the impressive marble statues which he would later echo in his own works. Upon his return‚ he set out to create his first complete sculpture‚ as statue of Mary holding Jesus’ lifeless body‚ known as La Pietà. His first large scale commissioned work was the statue of Bacchus for a sculpture garden. Shortly thereafter‚ he created one of his most important works‚ the statue of David‚ a commissioned piece symbolizing the liberation of the republic of Florence
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STUDY GUIDE FOR FINALS . BYZANTINE ART AND ARCHITECTURE 1. Why called byzantine? The art and architecture of Constantinople before Constantine renamed the city after himself was Byzantium . 2. Who was Justinian ‚ Theodora ? Justinian was the emperor in the early byzantine period who ruled from 527 to 565 and Theodora was the wife to him 3. Hagia Sophia built for Justinian . Innovations 4. What are penditives and sqinches ? Penditives are spherical triangle surrounded by arches . squinches
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The Northridge earthquake of 1994 was a devastating event to the Cathedral of Saint Vibiana. After the devastating event‚ The Archdiocese of Los Angeles purchased a nearby site and they reconstructed a new cathedral called “Our Lady of the Angels.” Our Lady of the Angeles as well as The Gates of Paradise‚ both have doors that have significant importance behind the art work on them‚ leading to a warm welcome. Both the doors of Our Lady of the Angeles and The Gates of Paradise do not have many things
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The Renaissance was "A revival or rebirth of cultural awareness and learning that took place during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries‚ particularly in Italy‚" according to Art In Focus. It followed the Middle Ages‚ and was basically a time of the revival of learning after the Middle Ages‚ or Dark Ages‚ a time with little increase of ideas‚ inventions or developments. During the Renaissance‚ art was a branch of knowledge. It was a way to show God and his creations‚ as well as a science‚ of anatomy
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Renee Cox‚ age 51‚ is a Jamaican-American artist‚ photographer‚ political activist‚ curator and mother. She was born in October 16‚ 1960 in Colgate‚ Jamaica. Her family was middle class. At three months old her family moved to Queens‚ New York. She attended catholic school and was the first girl to play on the boys’ basketball team. Her family later moved to Scarsdale‚ New York. Cox attended Syracuse University majoring in the study of Films. Her first aspiration was to become a filmmaker. Cox stated
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Earth’s peoples-for your arts are to be these: to pacify‚ to impose the rule of law‚ to spare the conquered‚ battle down the proud.” (VI. 1151-4) However Aeneas is a Roman Hero and by accepting these roles he must sacrifice and embrace the sense of pietas to fulfill the duties are owed especially the gods. Virgil shows us through the Aeneid‚ the establishment of their world wide empire through there military power by becoming victorious in many battles but also seeing all the bloody chaos this has
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