Lorenzo Lotto

Within about 40 years the Medici Bank was able to procure so much wealth and profit that it was economically equal with the Florentine treasury. Risks were taken to obtain as much profit as possible. Loans were given out to princes, kings, and even the hard working merchant. Everything was done for the money. The Medici Bank and family were the icons of Florence and the model standard when it came to wealth and power, they became the silent rulers of their hometown after the realization that…

As an adult Michelangelo was very arrogant and never satisfied with himself; he may have had the right to be arrogant. He was skilled in most forms of art, although he always thought of himself as a sculptor. For two years Michelangelo lived in the Medici household while working on the sculptural relief The Battle of the Centaurs (“Michelangelo Buonarti Biography”). Michelangelo also made many statues in the Medici household garden (“Michelangelo Buonarti Biography”). He was commissioned by…

‘Traditional art is culturally significant. Fine art references to European traditions are in oil paintings, sculpture or architecture.’ (eHow, Undated). For hundreds of years women have had very few rights and were expected to be submissive to male figures. They were confined to their ‘traditional gender roles’. Art is an expression of someone’s point of view or beliefs. It has been said that western/traditional European art in particular is an expression of the values and beliefs of the upper…

Afsheen Hussain GNHU 285 Mythology Dr. Bakalian Type of Artifact: Lorenzo Lotto (Venus and Cupid) Material: Oil on Canvas Date of Artifact: CA. 1480-1556 Artist Name: Loreto The Providence: Italian, Venice This painting may have been a gift for a wedding; it shows that the painter had true passion and a true desire to honor the bride and the marriage. Venus was painted with features of the bride; it shows that the bride is like a goddess and deserves all the love and happiness she gets.…