Giorgio Vasari

interest, first of all, to the man and his activities). It was also blooming the interest towards the ancient culture, it was as the ‘rebirth’ of the culture (Brotton). The term ‘Renaissance’ has found among the Italian humanists, for example, by Giorgio Vasari. In the modern sense the term was put into use by Jules Michelet, the French historian of XIX century. Currently, the term ‘Renaissance’ has become a metaphor for the cultural prosperity. Renaissance is divided into…

Welcome ladies and gentlemen! This is the Leonardo da Vinci art tour, but you already knew that since you had to pay and go through security and-- anyways, let’s move onto the tour! As we walk down to the Da Vinci area, I will first give basic background information about Leonardo da Vinci and then be taking questions. To get started, Leonardo is a Renaissance painter that painted some of the most famous works of art that the world ever saw. Not only that, but he was also an architect, engineer,…

The Dome Florence’s old cathedral, was crumbling so they built a new one over the old one. They began construction in 1296. The cathedral was meant to show Florence's position as one of the greatest cities in the world. Many years later it was finished, all except for the dome. They had intended the dome to be the glory of the cathedral. In 1418 the Florentine fathers decide to finish the cathedral by putting a dome on but they did not want to use the Gothic style then favoured by rival…

Michelangelo Buonarotti is enormously viewed as a standout amongst the most compelling craftsmen of the Renaissance. He is optically peddled as an indistinguishably equivalent to Leonardo da Vinci and Rafael. He was a genuinely a Renaissance man, an artist, a craftsman, a stone carver and an engineer. A renaissance man is a man who is learned or capable in a mixed bag of fields. Indeed past his sublime painted creations and models, Michelangelo was kenned for his verse, his building design…

His mother is unknown, and his father was a wealthy Florentine. Alberti’s life was described in Giorgio Vasari’s Vite. Alberti is often seen as a model of the Renaissance “universal man”. He was born in Genoa, because the Albertis had been expelled from their native city, Florence. When he was a child the family moved to Venice. In 1428 Leon visited…

What makes Mona Lisa smile famous and what are the hidden secret behind its smile? Leonardo Da Vinci was born in April 15 1452, in Vinci, Italy .greatest of the “renaissance man” possessor of the curious mind and keep intellect, he studied law of science nature, which greatly informed his work as a painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, military engineer and draftsman. His ideas and body of work—which includes "Virgin of the Rocks," "The Last Supper" and "Mona Lisa"—have influenced countless…

Gioconda, the wife of a Florence merchant. “In all likelihood it was started in 1503. We do not know when it was finished, but, as with many of his commissions, Leonardo never handed it over to Mrs. Gioconda or to her husband.” It is mentioned by Vasari who states that after Leonardo was “working on it for four years, he left it unfinished.” Another account by “Cassianno dal Pozzo, who in 1625 saw a portrait of a women at Fontainebleau and identified her as ‘a certain Gioconda’.” The painting is…

that can be an outlier. This can include styles of art, techniques used, and the content within the art. This is not true for the Italian Renaissance as this period became well-known for its documentation of history and works of art. We can thank Vasari for his biography Lives of the Artists for making a compilation of artists throughout this time frame. He credits Cimabue, Giotto, Masaccio, and Michelangelo with being touchstones of this period, but artists and architects I would include…

He was taught by the sculptor and painter Andrea Del Verrocchio in Florence but it wasn’t until 1478 that he became an independent master. In about 1483 he moved to Milan and start working as an engineer, sculptor, painter, and architect for the Sforza family which was the leading family of Milan. From 1495 to 1497 he produced a mural of the ‘The Last Supper’ in the refectory of the monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan. Young Leonardo Young Leonardo received little formal…

Michelangelo was born on March 6, 1475, in Caprese, Italy. Born to a family in the banking business, Michelangelo became an apprentice to a painter before studying in the sculpture gardens of the powerful and royal Medici family. What followed was a remarkable career as an artist in the Italian Renaissance, noticed in his own time for his artistic outlook on everything. His works include the David and Pieta statues and the ceiling paintings of Rome's Sistine Chapel, the Last Judgment. He liked…