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In 1532, Lucas Cranach crafted a painting entitled Venus. This piece of art represents that of the Northern Renaissance. During the Renaissance, art was still heavily focused on spirituality, including mythology. The painting Venus depicts the Roman Goddess of Love and Beauty. Venus is the Roman equivalent to the Greek goddess Aphrodite. Both goddesses were commonly portrayed in art due to their perceived beauty and appeal. The figure’s beauty is portrayed through the features of her body,…

High Renaissance was the culmination of the artistic developments of the Early Renaissance. The High Renaissance that flourished over 35 years from the late 1490 until the early 1530 (Encyclopædia Britannica ©2016). The Renaissance started at Florence. Florence called the middle age a “congruence of artistic genius” (Kleiner 2007:577), the beginning of Humanism and “economic prosperity” (Kleiner 2007:577) nourished the beginning of the artistic culture, the Renaissance. It was a period where…

Starting in the 14th century, Italy experienced a flourish in all aspects of life- including the arts, philosophy, literature, and many more. This period was known as the Renaissance, meaning “rebirth” in French. This period in time started in Italy and eventually spread all over Europe, the values of the movement spreading with it. The values of the Renaissance included ideals such as Individualism (the social philosophy the moral worth of an individual), Humanism (the study of greek and roman…

Francisco Goya “The object of my work is to report the actuality of events.” —Francisco de Goya One of the reasons that I chose to write about Francisco Goya was that he is from Spain. I have heard my mother tell me many times that our ancestry comes from Spain. She says that our genealogy shows that we are descended from the great military leader from Spain, El Cid. My fascination with Spain does not disappoint as I have been able to learn more about the artist born on March 30, 1746,…

as Michelangelo. He was known as the best artist of the era- some may even say he was one of the greatest artists of all time. Michelangelo was born on March 6, 1475 in the Tuscan town of Caprese which was near Arezzo. His family was natives of Florence, moving back there after only…

There comes a time when people put the pathway of religion on hold and open the door for a new era, an era of creativity and change. That era defines the European Renaissance. From its beginning and purpose, to the taking place of literature, and the great people and legacy it left behind, is the reason the european Renaissance was a time of great change. The European Renaissance was about the change from all about religion to focusing on other values and things. “The Renaissance was a time…

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The Accomplishments of Jean Jacques Rousseau Jean Jacques Rousseau was one of the few people who could be considered as a jack of all trades. He was a philosopher, author, and composer, and he also dabbled in botany and mathematics. He produced many wonderful works in his lifetime and had made several important contributions to music, literature, and political philosophy. His professional success belied the difficult childhood that he had. His mother died a few days after he was born, and his…

and other recent scholarship has found no real proof that the Primavera, The Birth of Venus and Minerva and the Centaur were displayed there. Instead, he claims, that original location of these works was in fact Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco’s house in Florence. In going back to the original sources and analysing further this information, Smith has attempted to provide more accurate information and the ability to create or reaffirm interpretations regarding the allegorical meaning of Botticelli’s…

Francesco del Giocondo or not. The paint is currently at the Louvre Museum in France. It is valued at $100,000,000 and is the highest value of a painting in history. Leonardo had spent his later years working on several different projects in both Florence, Rome, and parts of France. Throughout that time he still kept his notebooks, in his “mirror” writing, which was just handwriting that is reversed to resemble regular handwriting when shown in a mirror. He eventually settled in France and…