Florence Cathedral

hesitant, one would assume he's thinking if he could defeat the great giant. Michelangelo's David was from a political point of view. David stood as a symbol of Florence's supremacy The statue was also an art symbol that impaired teenage kids in Florence to confront the obstacles in their lives. When you look at the sculpture of David you’re looking at a Renaissance masterpiece. Michelangelo started using realism in his sculptures to convey his messages. He did this by introducing the art of…

When comparing Donatello’s David to Michelangelo’s David, one can see that both of the statues depict the same figure. Donatello’s figure was created 1420s-60s, and Michelangelo’s figure in 1501-04. Observing the material used, there are some similarities, but mostly differences. Donatello used bronze, an expensive material, meaning a patron with wealth must have commissioned him for this. Michelangelo also used bronze for a circlet of leaves on David’s hips, as well as a gilt wreath atop his…

The Pieta is also the only work to display his name (“Mid Years”). While in Florence, Michelangelo also completed the David (1503) and Hercules (1506). The Hercules mysteriously disappeared in the 1700s. In 1505, Michelangelo went to Rome. The Pope commissioned him to build in the course of five years a tomb for Pope Julius II. There…

(The Prince). The paintings of the era were influenced by Western painting, with artists such as Michelangelo, Raphael, and Leonardo da Vinci. The architecture got their inspiration from Greek and Roman architecture, with works such as, the Florence Cathedral and St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. (About Education) Northern Universities and the printing press helped spread the word of religious protest and reform. Writers and humanists such as Rabelais and Desiderius Erasmus were greatly influenced…

The Renaissance took place from the 14th century through the 16th century. It was known as a “rebirth”. European society was changed by the influences and many advancements that took place in arts, religion, trade, science and technology during this time period. The economy improved immensely during this time and the new middle class created a need for growth in many areas. The middle class people also had extra time to spend on educating themselves, exploring the arts and culture. As a result…

Illuminated manuscripts are pieces of art, usually with hints of gold and silver and other bright colors to make the new look illuminated and beautiful. There are many ways that illuminated manuscripts were found in the Middle Ages. For example manuscripts could be found in something as simple as borders on pages and a picture in an article. They also could be found in very large and detailed art such as a historical initial or even wall sized art. All of these ways and more were used during the…

Renaissance Patronage: A Study of Motivations in Artwork Commissioning Gombrich says in his famous book The Story of Art that art is not a work of artists but that of patrons. This statement emphasizes the significant role that patrons played in the fifteen- century arts. Patronage was not simply the case of the patrons’ paying on their orders. The commercial relationship between artists and their clients in Renaissance was different from that in contemporary art market, where artists paint…

In spite of only being twenty-six years old, he was chosen to sculpt a large-scale version of David with the intention of the city giving it to the Cathedral. Other artists had attempted to sculpt it for the past thirty years, but none could undertake the great challenge that this thirteen and a half foot marble sculpture encompassed. The sculpture displays David prior to the battle, a different approach…

Lorenzo the Magnificent ("La Primavera 1"). The painting is also called the Primavera which means "spring" in Italian (renaissanceart.org 1). It is believed to have been painted between 1477-1482, and it is currently displayed at the Uffizi Museum in Florence, Italy ("La Primavera"…

his whereabouts. In 1478 he left Verrocchio's studio and was no longer resident at his father's house. One writer, the "Anonimo" Gaddiano claims that in 1480 Leonardo was living with the Medici and working in the Garden of the Piazza San Marco in Florence, a Neo-Platonic academy of artists, poets and philosophers which the Medici had established. In January 1478, he received his first of two independent commissions: to paint an altarpiece for the Chapel of St. Bernard in the Palazzo Vecchio and,…