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give it many shapes and different sizes, the way he added detail to every aspect of the sculpture’s faces and body parts still amazes and inspires many people on today’s society including me. Many of these works are still around in the world like Florence, Italy, Rome where people can see for themselves the true pieces of…

Artists of the Renaissance era were revered for their sacred mastery of art, which caused them to be as equally high in the social structure as those of royalty. The general public of the time viewed artists as nothing short of gifted geniuses in their respective craft. The masterminds of the period, lasting roughly from 14th - 16th century AD, climbed the social ladder through their recreation of Latin Literature and of the figurative arts.¹ Each initially had no reputation or fame to any…

When you hear the name Leonardo da Vinci, you immediately think of a fascinating Renaissance artist, but before he emerged as a successful artist, he was just a man looking for someone to pay him to paint. Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1452 near Vinci, Italy. He was a much loved child and his father’s only son. Leonardo was a brilliant child, so brilliant that, “he used to baffle his master with the questions and problems he raised.” Pg.22. Since he had such an astute mind, he ended up being…

The Baroque period was a magnificent era. Filled with new ideas and simply extravagant art. From the alluring paintings drawing you into their beauty to the sculptures that appear as real people. The Baroque period was sincerely a grandiose time. A honorable representation of this time would be Bernini’s David and Pozzo’s Apotheosis of Saint Ignatius. These two works of art are similar in only trivial ways such as they both have a religious background. Bernini’s David is the representation of…

Sir Peter Paul Rubens was born on June 28th 1577 in the town of Siegen in Westphalia (now Germany). “He is one of seven children of a wealthy lawyer. Juan Rubens and while his mother Maria Pypelincks was cultured and educated & . Rubens father was a legal adviser and lover to Anna of Saxony who was the wife of William I of Orange. William I was the main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish. Peter Paul Rubens father was imprisoned for the affair in 1570 however, he was released…

The artist constructs a model from cardboard, referring to a real or imaginary image, then he make a photograph of the model, which is to be destroyed afterwards. Thomas Demand, born in 1964 in Munich, is among the most outstanding artists of our times, primarily a sculptor-slash-photographer, active also as a curator. Demand began his art education at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich (1987-90), but it was at the Academy of Art in Düsseldorf (1990-2) and Goldsmith's College in London (1993-4),…

16. 1924, Man Ray, Rayograph, American, gelatin silver print. TXT- These cameraless images called rayographs show the enigmatic quality of the white shadows of the partially revealed objects in everyday life to show the love for belief in ordinary things. It created dynamic images that seem to be playing shadows and light to have sort of a repetition. Page 182 CLS- He worked with airbrushes to create white figures on colored ground that was similar to a photogram, which was the beginning…

The Battle of San Romano was created by Paolo Uccello in c. 1438-40. It is currently at the National Gallery in London. This artwork’s medium is egg tempera with walnut oil and linseed oil on poplar panel. The painting depicts part of the the Battle of San Romano where the Florentines fight against the Sienese, specifically when Florentine’s ally, Micheletto da Cotignola counterattacks the enemy. This painting was one of the three panels of the Battle of San Romano. We can see the main figure,…

For my Experience paper I choose to go to the Art Institute of Chicago. Our adventure began when my family and I got in the car and drove to the Art Institute of Chicago. When, we got there we saw the amazing building and the big Lion statue. When I got there I saw the things that were around the building. I was so impress that the building had a lot of details around it. It had images and writing in the top of the like “Anno Domini” which means The year of the lord. That, name just gives us…

Caravaggio and Vermeer One of the most influential painters during the sixteenth century, Michelangelo Merisi, mastered his view of light and dark to build on his artistic ability. Michelangelo Merisi, otherwise known as Caravaggio, was an artist based off of revolutionary paintings and public scandal, started his career in Rome in 1593 (Sayre 701). Equivalent to most musical composers during the Baroque era, Caravaggio was supported by a patron. To start his career as an artist, Caravaggio…