Andrea del Verrocchio

The high Renaissance was a time period filled with art, such as, architecture, painting, and sculpting. It is arguably so that the main men leading the high Renaissance craze were Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo. Two rivals, two artists and two of the most important men in history. Both men had an enormous impact on the world as we know it. In fact Leonardo Da Vinci is also known as the classic Renaissance man, a man who has many trades, talents and skills. Both men can be considered a…

being a brilliant artist. As a young child, he received very little education, but his artistic talents, despite any formal training, were apparent very early on. This is what led him, at the age of fourteen, to begin an apprenticeship with Andrea del Verrocchio, a prominent artist at the time, in Florence. When he was twenty years old, da Vinci moved on from being merely an apprentice and established his own workshop. Da Vinci was keenly interested in the human body, and, thus, his paintings…

The Renaissance Man Leonardo da Vinci is one of the most notorious artists from the High Renaissance period. He was a gifted man with many talents. Although he is well known for his artistic abilities, he was also known to be a great inventor, scientist, and engineer. Leonardo produced amazing artwork with a unique style during his time. His artwork is well recognized and popular by modern artist and historians all around the world. Paintings such as the Mona Lisa is considered to be priceless,…

Art Contraction All throughout history, different art eras have been created. In these eras, typically at least one major piece of artwork has emerged to provide an accurate microcosm Typically, at least one major piece of artwork from each time period has emerged to provide an accurate microcosm of the art movement. Two of the major eras are the renaissance area and the impressionism era. During the renaissance era, one of the most famous painting ever was created, called the Mona Lisa. Over…

did not exceed that of basic reading, writing and mathematics. While his formal education was lacking, Leonardo’s artistic abilities shown through very early in life. Around the age of 14, da Vinci began a long-lasting apprenticeship with Andrea del Verrocchio in Florence. He learned an extensive span of technical skills including metalworking, leather arts, carpentry, drawing, painting and sculpting. His earliest known dated work is a pen-and-ink drawing of a landscape in the Arno valley that…

 Venice monopolized 1/8th of all printed books  Illustrations increased book sales  How did printing affect the world?  Governments printed laws, declarations of war, and propaganda  Book banning and illegal book smuggling occurred  Mass publication of the Bible Art and the Artist/Art and Power  The 3 capitals of renaissance art : Florence, Rome, and Venice  During the Middle Ages and 1400s, the main subject of art was religion  Religious art pieces were created to keep people in the…

Art history Precious akaya 10/11/2015 Early life For my research paper, I've chosen the early life and work of Renaissance artist Michelangelo di Buonarrotto. I choose him because he played such an enormous part in art history in the age of the Renaissance. The Renaissance, (the rebirth), was a time that artists expanded their horizon, studied and invented new ways of painting that brought significant change to the art world. Also, this time period connects the end of the Middle Ages to the…

The Mona Lisa (c.1503 -19) and the Last Supper (1495 -98) are two paintings that are reputed not only for their artistic quality but their iconic status as the symbols of the renaissance. These works, in additions to several others by Leonardo Da Vinci, epitomizes the ideologies of experts that assert the relationship that drives two divergent but eternally connected disciplines: science and art. As the scientist devotes his entire endeavors to investigate the intricacies of nature and its…

Leonardo da Vinci is indefinitely one of the most important artists there is in all history. With his artistic styles, skills and discovery, he impinged the art industry most specifically in his time period the Renaissance, and remained influential even in the contemporary years. His works, which captures nature in the most realistic form of its time, and which emphasizes the importance of aesthetics combined with geometrical composition that purposefully pleases the eye, succeeded to grant da…

The Renaissance is among the most prominent and influential historical time periods in all of art history. Derived the from the French term for “rebirth,” the Renaissance was a renewed interest in the ideas, culture, forms and perspectives of the ancient civilizations of Greek and Rome. As the Renaissance flourished in different regions of Europe, the social, political, and cultural factors of the regions culminated in discrete styles. Although there were similar overarching principles, there…