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Botticelli? He was a famous Italian Painter on the early renaissance. Renaissance is the art that influence by classical models in the 14th to 16th centuries. His actual name is “Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi”. Botticelli was born in 1445 in the city of Florence. He went to the Florentine school to learn painting. His master was Fra Filippo Lippi, who was influenced…

Gabriel Toja Mr. Davalos English II 12/08/2015 Dante Alighieri’s Impact Impact, as defined by Merrian…….., is A great deal of historians would most likely agree the Renaissance marked an immense progress on society itself. These historians would also second that the Renaissance marked the rebirth of society. As a matter of fact, ‘’Renaissance’’ means rebirth in French. The Italian Renaissance began in 1330 and ended in 1550. It is credited the author ‘’Dante Alighieri’’ was one of the leading…

minds of the Italian Renaissance, and his influence on the painting of the following generations was enormous. Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452, near the village of Vinci about 25 miles west of Florence. He was the illegitimate son of Ser Piero da Vinci, a prominent notary of Florence, who had no other children until much later.…

The painting is a intricate portrait of a woman by Renaissance artist Rafael Sanzio. The woman shares many similarities to the woman in many of Raphael’s other paintings and almost seem to be the same person. The painting has a lifelike feel not only because of her warm, yet, captivating eyes, but, because of the intricate detail in her attire. His way of accentuating each and every detailed crease, the perfect contrast of light which not only shows the detail of her dress, but, adds the…

Italy is home to some of the world’s most prestigious and successful men. One man in particular paved the way for other people to follow. He is none other than Leonardo da Vinci. Da Vinci was not only a painter, he was also a sculptor, architect, musician, inventor and scientist. There are not many that were gifted in multiple aspects like him. His actions alone coined him the name "The Renaissance Man." On April 15, 1452, Leonardo da Vinci was born in wedlock in a farmhouse on the outside the…

Florence, to this day, holds some of the most remarkable sculptors from the 13th to the 16th centuries. Sculpting seemed to be first recognized when Lorenzo Ghiberti’s Gates Of Paradise was made. The Gates of Paradise was a bronze door that depicted scenes from the Bible’s Old Testament. Lorenzo spent twenty-seven years on this massive piece of art that, still currently, stands in Florence, Italy. Some of the many artists and their pieces who…

Italian polymath, having been a scientist, engineer, mathematician, painter, sculptor, architect, writer, etc. Leonard da Vinci was born as the illegitimate son of Piero da Vinci and a peasant girl named Caterina in Vinci, Italy, just outside of Florence. Leonardo was educated by Verrocchio, a Florentine painter. He is often considered to be one of the greatest painters of all-time. Leonardo da Vinci has frequently been described as the model of the “Renaissance man,” a man whose curiosity was…

Albrecht Durer was a creative genius that had skillfulness which was nearly unparalleled in his time, and that still holds true some five hundred years later. While the image produced by Albrecht Durer, St. Eustace is small in size it is huge in skill. The image has such realistic texture and detail that it is almost hard to look away from the skill exhibited and needed to create such a complicated and beautiful image. Not only do I want to talk about Durer himself, I want to talk about what the…

Renaissance was well-known for its brutal politics in multiple countries across Europe including both Italy and England as well as a few others. In a multitude of cases people were tortured, banished, or even put to death in certain cities in Italy such as Florence. You see, in these city-states certain families became more powerful during the Renaissance because Italy was an enormous center of trade at the time and still is today. These families, such as the Borgia’s in Rome, often had…

During the years 1907-1908, “The Kiss” by Gustav Klimt was painted on canvas using oil and gold leaf. The current locate of the painting is Österreichische Galerie Belvedere in Vienna, Austria. In the painting a man and woman are embracing one another in an amorous way. The man seems to be initiating a kiss with the woman on the flowery cliff-like hill setting. My impression of the painting is romantic and intimate feeling when looking at the couple, and how they are exact opposite from one…