Michelangelo: Harmony And Balance In Museums Of The Renaissance

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Michelangelo was born on March 6, 1475. People believed the he was homosexual. He loved someone with the name of Tommaso de’ Cavalieri. Tammaso would later get married and have children. Michelangelo was 57 when Tammaso was in his teens. Michelangelo wrote this to his lover, “If one soul in two bodies is made eternal, raising both to heaven would be with similar wings.” About the age of 16 he was inspired to do sculptures. Soon he went to live with Lorenzo the Magnificent and started to do a tomb for them. While doing this Julius asked him tto do the Sistine chapel and paid him. He a Lorenzo de Vinci could bring freshness and energy to their paintings. Leonardo de Vinci and Michelangelo showed harmony and balance in their painting Leonardo …show more content…
You usually will see them in different rooms or on their own wall. Rosso Florence’s real name was Giovani Battista di Jacopo. This was his nickname because his hair was red. He was supported by François I. He’s best work was the altarpiece in Tribune’s main cathedral. Some of Pontormo master pieces were; Madonna and Child with Saints, Birth of Saint John, and Woman with Spindles. He could not of done this without the support of the Medici family.
According to Colombia Electronic Encyclopedia William Shakespeare was born in 1564 and was the play wright who ever lived. He married a pregnant Anne Hathaway in 1592. In 1593 they had Susanna. Two years later they had twins, Hammet and Judith. In 1594 he became and actor a playwright fort the Lord Chamberlain’s Men. Some of his first poems were Venus Adam and the Rope of Lucerne in 1594. Shakespeare did not usually write about himself and did not have a profound idea. Sometimes HE was criticized because they did not have a religion. Why his plays were so great was because of the stories they had and the characters were mutual. When he died there was no doubt that his work would not be
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It was a movement dance that is done slowly and gracefully. Before or after the dance you take a bow this is usually occupies one of the measure beats. There are four different types of bassadance. The first one in pas simple where there is a ratio of 2 steps and one measure in the rhythm of 6/4. Pas double is where there is a ration of three steps to two measures on a rhythm of 3/2. Demarche where it goes 1 step back and shift 3 motions with a rhythm of 3/2. The last one is branle with four motions with a rhythm of

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