High Renaissance

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti, along with Leonardo da Vinci, is considered to be the foundation of the Renaissance Florentine art (“Michelangelo.org). He has such an amazing artistic ability and eye for detail. The detail he put in to the Sistine Chapel is incredible. It is a flawless remarkable work of art. He labored hard exhausting years into painting the chapel. The Sistine Chapel is one of the most famous and inspiring works of art in the fifteenth century. Before Michelangelo…

the painting was very innovative. It was when portraiture emerged in Italy as its own type of painting. Before that, it used to be a part of greater compositions and most of them used to be only of a biblical matter. It was very typical in the renaissance portrait to see the subject from the profile because it was a part of the revival of interest in the classical learning and values of ancient times. Many coins from Greece and Rome had survived, and they showed people in profile. Since the face…

akaya 10/11/2015 Early life The early life and work of Renaissance artist, Renaissance, means rebirth. It was a time that artists expanded their horizons, studied and invented new ways of painting that brought significant change to the art world. Michelangelo played such an enormous part in the evolution of art in the Renaissance. His art inspired people, artists, and it held great religious meanings. Michelangelo is the greatest Renaissance artists that ever lived. He was a master of art,…

Giorgio Vasari wrote the book, The Lives of the Artists is an expressive, yet biased manner. Throughout his biographies of the artists, Vasari is critical of each artist’s work; especially when it does not reflect what he looks for in a work. Even though, Vasari is a prejudiced writer, one learns several things about each artists’ style, thought process, and background which influence later artists to produce masterpieces. Within the biographies of Cimabue and Duccio, Vasari makes it obvious…

During the Renaissance, the importance of education was realized as more and more children were enrolled in school in order to develop more well-rounded youths, including girls as the roots of gender equality grew, but the rising importance of school wouldn 't go without criticism. Because of the changes in the typical family life from the Black Death, families started to push for their children to become better educated. A normal Renaissance education was based off a humanist curriculum,…

From studying anatomy to discovering new techniques for painting, Renaissance artwork stemmed from creating masterpieces that encompassed a wide range of topics. The Renaissance paved the way for artists to find new methods which lead to an abundant number of influential pieces. Not solely in one area, but spanning the entire region of Europe, it is obvious that the sculptures were a significant facet of this time period, in particular, depicting historical figures and then displaying them in…

Art history Precious akaya 10/11/2015 Early life For my research paper, I've chosen the early life and work of Renaissance artist Michelangelo di Buonarrotto. I choose him because he played such an enormous part in art history in the age of the Renaissance. The Renaissance, (the rebirth), was a time that artists expanded their horizon, studied and invented new ways of painting that brought significant change to the art world. Also, this time period connects the end of the Middle Ages to the…

artist Leonardo da Vinci during 1495 to 1498, which is within the Renaissance period. I was attracted by its context, so I decide to do some reasearch about it. It is regarded as one of the most famous paintings in the world. It is a mural painted on a wall of The Santa Maria Thanksgiving Church in Milan, Italy. Since it was painted on a wall, it cannot be moved, so it is still remained on the wall so far. It is in size of 4.2 meters high and 9.1 meters long. And, it is a religious painting…

Universities and scholasticism had been existing at the High Middle Ages, but at that time education was a different concept. Although those first-born academic institutions in medieval time share some similarities with modern ones, such as division of faculties and exercise of examinations and awards, the fundamental purposes of two educational systems at different times differ. In Renaissance, theology, still being a major part of study, was no longer dominant. (Document 7, at least twice a…

In the “Two Memoirs of Renaissance Florence” one of the memoirs was written by Buonaccorso Pitti about some of his life experiences and connections. He states different reasons for writing a diary and some reasons can be inferred. Through reading his diary a historical analysis and an educated speculation can be made about the reasons he wrote a diary that keeps track of many of his life events. At the beginning of Buonaccorso Pitti’s diary he reasons that he wants to be able to keep track of…