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Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was first and foremost an Italian sculptor, as well as, a painter during the High Renaissance. His piece entitled Pietà was created between the years of 1498–1499 in St. Peter’s Basilica (Kleiner). Gian Lorenzo Bernini was also an Italian sculptor and architect, but during the Baroque period. The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa was finished in 1652 for the Cornaro family chapel in Santa Maria della Vittoria (Kleiner). Though there is complexity in the…

The Virgin Holding the Sleeping Child with Saint John and Two Angels was created by Italian artist, Bernardino Luini in the second half of the sixteenth century during the High Renaissance. The piece was created to be displayed privately and depict the main event the teachings of the Catholic church revolve around. The piece foreshadows the murder of Jesus Christ on the cross through different elements in the piece used as symbols. The crucifixion is illustrated by Jesus in a deep sleep…

temple has 3 million tons of rock material and was built without being built of metal tools the use of animals or the wheel invention The temple was built with stone block and held together with lime mortar and covered with plaster then painted like a fresco secco the Pyramid of the Sun is 41 million cubic feet of rock. It is a big pile of rocks, and mud brick the temple also has for staircases allowing access to the top of the temple. While the Romans used three different columns in the temples…

to paint on the monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie. The use of realism in this painting brought the figures of Jesus and his Twelve Apostles to life. Unfortunately, due to Leonardo’s decision to use oil and tempera on dry plaster as opposed to fresco on fresh plaster, the painting soon began to deteriorate. However, modern conservation techniques have been used to restore it. Leonardo returned to Florence in 1502 and began working on the “Mona Lisa” in 1503. “The privately commissioned work…

“The models from which medieval Northern Europe in particular formed its idea of “Roman” style are nearly all portable Late Antique works, and the Late Antique carved sarcophagi found all over the former Roman Empire; the determination to find earlier “purer” classical models, was a key element in the art all’antica of the Renaissance.” (Henderson 1977) Byzantine art is the Greek-speaking Byzantine Empire art that had been created after the Roman Empire division of the Eastern and Western sides…

The Sin of Adam and Eve In the passage titled Of the Equal or Unequal Sin of Adam and Eve, two authors; Isotta Nogarola and Ludovico Foscarini, argue about the original sin committed by Adam and Eve. Nogarola starts her claim by stating that Eve lacked a sense and constancy and that she therefore sinned less than Adam did. In her case the serpent thought of Adam as invulnerable because of his constancy. Adam was unable to be persuaded by the serpent because he was created so that he would not…

The reading over these past few weeks covered a pretty expansive timeline. Starting in 1534 with the founding of the Society of Jesus, the Jesuits, on to The Council of Trent in 1545, and through the issuance of both The Doctrine of Papal Infallibility, 1870, and The Doctrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary,1950, our readings covered a span of more than four hundred years of Church history. During this era, of which we now identify as the period of Counter-Reform of the Catholic…

HIGH RENAISSANCE AND CLASSICISM According to the Oxford dictionary of Art, the art historical category of Renaissance embodies the concept of rebirth applied to an intellectual and artistic movement that begun in Italy in the 14th century and culminated there in the 16th century influencing meanwhile other parts of Europe in various ways. The term High Renaissance is instead applied to the brief period between 1500 and 1520 in which we can see the fulfillment of all the ideals the painters had…

1. How did Masaccio impact 15th century Florence? ANSWER: Masaccio became known as the best painter of his time. He was known for his ability to depicting nature in a realistic manner and recreating lifelike figures. He was also able to depict movement in his art as seen in his piece, The Tribute Money. Masaccio was also well known for his ability to create three dimensional figures by casting shadows and other various art techniques that reflected three dimensionality. Masaccio was also…

literati from around the world. Undoubtedly, Giovanni, being a painter, received many of them, giving the young artist chance to interact with brilliant minds of the time (Morris). Influences of this town prevail not only in Raphael's philosophical fresco cycles, but also his paintings. In fact, the scenery of The Small Cowper Madonna depicts Urbino countryside, with the local church, San Bernardino on the lower left hand side…