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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…

Renaissance Artist Essay I believe that Leonardo Da Vinci was the greatest renaissance artist because he was the leading renaissance artist of the renaissance, he also had many varieties of skills and he was very intelligent. Leonardo was the greatest renaissance artist because he always was focused on his tasks at hand, he worked all of his life all the way until his death.He was always taking notes on his designs or art pieces. Leonardo was so protective over his notes that he wrote from…

Comprehension Notes F. Scott Fitzgerald’s custom of revising and rewriting made the production of the book’s schedule rushed; his spelling was strange; he had difficulty with geography and arithmetic; he depended on Maxwell Perkins to proofread his work; he was also in Italy while the novel was being edited and printed, days before airmail. Fitzgerald had a lot of errors in his book, both external and internal errors. Age of Daisy’s daughter has been corrected from three years to two years.…

Name: Date: Graded Assignment Unit 14 Assessment: Part 2 Subjective Short Answer Complete this teacher-scored portion of the Unit Test and submit it to your teacher by the due date for full credit. Spend about ten minutes on each question. Take time to think about your answer before you begin writing. (3 points) 1. Why was the formal design of Giotto’s Lamentation so successful? Type your answer here: Giotto is universally acknowledged pioneer of the art world, with the first step…

Having established Nicias’ motivation as being that of self-interest, one can begin to investigate how this selfish nature affects his ability to be persuasive. This becomes self-evident when one compares the ethos of Pericles in his second speech and that of Nicias in his first speech regarding the Sicilian Expedition. Both orators draw a connection between the success of the state and the success of the individual. The contrast, however, lies in the directionality in which they argue this…

Diego Rivera was well-known for paintings that portrayed Mexican life, society and the history of Mexican People. No matter what, Rivera did not shift his art and that shaped him to be somewhat controversial artist. Rivera was a communist who fought for communist ideal. He is an ideal of socially dedicated artist. His art describes such issues as Mexican labor, and American worker and Revolutionary figures. Rivera experienced the work of great masters such as Cézanne, Gauguin, Renoir, and…

In the written work “The Prince” by Niccolo Machiavelli the author elaborates on how a prince can only be a strong leader if he engages in duplicity. Machiavelli focused on a more realistic and immoral strategy to keep the people of his time unified, realpolitik a system based on practical rather than moral considerations. The author, Niccolo Machiavelli, goes through great depths to explain why it takes rulers who are “cruel, dishonest, duplicitous, and manipulative.” There are many great…