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    Giacomo da Vignola & Giacomo della Porta were both Italian architects who helped create the II Gesù mother church. Giacomo da Vignola‚ also known as Giacomo Barozzi‚ was born on October 1‚1507 in Vignola Italy. He became a major influencer to the Baroque architecture style. From 1541-1543 he worked at the court of Francis I at Fontainebleau in Paris‚ France. He returned to Italy and built the Palazzo Bocchi at Bologna. In 1551-1555 he built the Villa Giulia for Pope Julius III with Vasari and Ammannati;

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    Giovanni Da Verrazzano was an Italian explorer who charted the Atlantic coast of North America between the Carolinas and Newfoundland‚ including New York Harbor in 1524. Giovanni was born around the year of 1485 in Val di Greve‚ 30 miles south of Florence‚ Italy. He began to pursue his maritime career in about 1506 or 1507 and in the 1520’s he was sent by King Francis I of France to explore the East Coast of North America for a route to the Pacific. After returning to Europe from discovered New

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    at Pietro Perugino’s art workshop‚ which inspired him to pursue a career in the arts. When he was twenty he moved to Florence‚ which was where he was exposed to Da Vinci’s and Michelangelo’s work. Although Raphael learned from both men‚ and made use of their exploration of the human anatomy‚ it has been said that unlike Da Vinci and Michelangelo‚ Raphael added sentiment to his paintings. His time in Florence proved to be a very productive period of time in his career. Five years later

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    In Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man‚ he created the art piece to find the geometrical properties to determine the perfect human proportions when it comes to drawing them out. The original piece has a square and a circle inscribed in the ink piece that tells how the human body is able to fit perfectly in a mathematical way. da Vinci never really had the intentions to create such a mathematical art piece‚ but it somehow came along to stay. In this project‚ I re-created the famous piece‚

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    Leonardo da Vinci was naturally curious about how things worked. He examined plants humans and animals he drew them and coupled them with notes of his findings. He created a universal system of proportion in reference to humans. Leonardo da Vinci was one of those special humans that come along once in a lifetime. He was a scientist and an artist. Combining the two talents was a match made in heaven. I responded to the piece because Leonardo da Vinci is such a great icon during

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    Leonardo da Vinci was one of the leading artists in the 16th century. One of his most famous works known as the Mona Lisa‚ was created in a time referred to as the High Renaissance. At this time education was valued‚ and art was advancing with mathematical‚ and liberal techniques that incorporated reality with the complementary‚ or "ideal"(pg.633). Another leading artist of Florence was Raphael‚ who found himself doing newlywed portraits of Agnolo Doni and Maddalena Strozzi. Divinci‚ the first

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    Technology Today‚ although undefined‚ there have been major advancements in technology in recent years regarding software and hardware in the world of business and medicine. These advancements have revolutionized how money changes hands in the world’s financial markets‚ how major surgeries are conducted‚ and how technology is used in the education of today’s youth. Electronic Platforms Today‚ most securities and options traders trade from an electronic platform or even multiple platforms.

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    Quiz 4 -Designed the dome of Florence Cathedral-Brunelleschi -Early Christian pierced with arrows-montagona st sebasstian -False- in Lamentation the angles exhibit cool dignity -False- Michalegelo was a brilliant painter but saw his self as a painter -False- Renaissance was a period of denying the idea. -False- The baptistery doors by Andra show scenes from life of Christ( john the Baptist) -Michelangelo-sculptor not painter -Not high renaissance- el Greco -Sfumato- haze on Mona Lisa -The

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    Giovanni da Verrazzano is a french explorer who was sent to explore the coast of America.He was born in 1485 during the 15th century and he settled down in Dieppe a port in France. He was funded by the french king at the time and was sent with four ships. Giovanni explored the coast in boats and there was 4 boats sent to explore the coast but only two of the 4 ships made it to the coast line‚ the other 2 ships made it but were severely damaged from the storms they encountered. Giovanni set sail

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    Leonardo Da Vinci was a painter‚ an architect and a man of many things. He was considered a genius with a lot of the things he put his mind to. As of today he is best known for his art‚ including his most famous painting in the world is named Mona Lisa it was said that it is a showing of his inner self and how he imagines real beauty. Many of the Mona Lisa researchers believe that “Mona Lisa “is actually representing a person. Ever sense the first time I heard of the painting I have been told that

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