Florence Cathedral

Brunelleschi. Two important pieces of architecture that both show the changing idea of this time are the Dome of the Florence Cathedral and the Pazzi chapel. The dome of the Florence Cathedral, created by Filippo Brunelleschi, was created between the years of 1420 and 1436. Its shape is an octagon, with a herringbone that is 300 ft. high and spans 130 ft. Originally, this Cathedral did not have a dome because architectures of the previous times believed that it was just too vast an opening.…

Art is constantly changing. Styles come in and out of favor, subject matter old and new are painted and explored, and new techniques are developed. One major development and new technique that vastly changed art was the use of linear perspective during 15th Century Italy. As with any new technique, the use of linear perspective took a while to advance and become the mathematically based depth cue that people now know it as. In the beginning, it was simply the slight convergence of lines, not…

create a dome that would be safe, ascetically pleasing and cost efficient, during the 1400’s was one of money and fame. A hole needed to be repaired in a cathedral in Florence. What needed to be done was come up with a plan to build a dome that was “almost 150 feet across and start 180 feet above the ground, on top of existing walls.” Florence wanted a new plan that didn’t copy the architecture of Milan. How much timber was needed as scaffolding? There were so many questions in the beginning…

Michelangelo was a famous Italian sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer that belonged to the High Renaissance who influenced and developed a great part of the Western art. People from that time considered him as one of the best and greatest artist during his lifetime and is currently considered as one of the greatest artists due to his accomplishments. He is often considered, along with Leonardo da Vinci, as a contender of the archetypal Renaissance man. He was so successful with his…

a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause. He was a painter, sculptor, architect, and poet. He had influenced the developed of Western Art. Michelangelo had a hard childhood with his family being in a small-scale bank in Florence, but the bank failed. He had his mother, Francesca di Neri del Miniato di Siena, and his father, Lodovico di Leonardo di Buonarroto Simoni. Living in a village was hard for Michelangelo. Then when Michelangelo was six his mother died.…

Brunelleschi's design of the dome for Florence's cathedral to be a fascinating topic on scientific discovery. I also chose this topic because several years ago I watched a documentary that showed the construction of a one-fifth scale model of Brunelleschi’s dome and the possible construction methods that he may have used. The story begins in Florence, Italy in the year 1296 when the fathers of the city had decided to build a church to “showcase the status of Florence as one of Europe’s…

People say that His painting of Mona Lisa is one of the best known paintings out there. The painting was finished somewhere between 1505 and 1507. The painting was never deliver to its commissioner. His early life is very unique. Leonardo moved to Florence in 1466 and became a part of the workshop of Verrocchio. In the beginning of his apprenticeship…

The spirit of renaissance was embodied by humanism. It involved the devoted and sympathetic study of mankind, thereby contrasting the theological devotion which was an aspect of the Dark Ages. In architecture, renaissance began to take effect in Florence, Italy during the 15th century. The shared attitudes at that particular time was that renaissance embodied a deep respect for local tradition and continuities; the notion that architecture was everyone’s concern, a source of pride and a public…

Renaissance LEQ The fourteenth century saw surprising change from the resurrection of classicalism and its impact on European life, taking after the destruction confronted amid the period of the Black Death. This "Brilliant Age", known as the Renaissance was extraordinarily affected by humanist thoughts, which vigorously focused on independence and the arrival to great thoughts. A lion's share of the traditional writings were translated comparatively and diversely which prompt similarity and…

Medici family out of Florence as a result of a preaching monk,…