High Renaissance

The Renaissance period known as “Rebirth” was a period of time in which literature and art were highly valuable, some of today's most valuable art pieces were created during this era. Before the Italian Renaissance it was the Gothic age, art during the Gothic age if very different from that of the art of the Renaissance. The Gothic age began during the Middle Ages, when religion was very important and daily life was revolved around God. The style of Gothic was mainly seen in architecture, many…

According to Dr. E.L.Knox, a former history professor at Boise State University, neither the Catholics nor the Huguenots were prepared for war, so peace from the war was settled a year later in March of 1668. However, little time had passed before another conflict arose. The Cardinal of Lorraine attempted to kidnap two allies of the Huguenots, The Prince of Condé and Odet de Coligny, a French aristocrat, and this action started the Third War of Religion.The Huguenots lost the two major battles…

According to Kircher, (2015), the Renaissance period represented a time when beliefs and thoughts were revived, with a main objective of redefining human form in art as a realistic and natural form. The form is in three dimensions and has no obligation of symbolizing religious beliefs and ideas. In reality, Renaissance humanism represents emotions, elegance and strength of human beings. Humanism started during the Italian renaissance, with most people seeking their help rather than going for…

The Renaissance is a phenomenon which is considered to be the beginning of the modern age. The literal meaning of the word is “Re-birth”, which is exactly what it was. It was a period of spiritual and cultural awakening for the whole of Middle East. It stretched over three centuries, from the 14th to the 17th. It is thought to have originated in Florence, Italy at the end of the 13th century but quickly spread to the whole of Europe. What started out as a cultural movement soon transformed into…

with the basic knowledge of two important pieces of European Renaissance artwork, including a formal analysis on both pieces, the sculpture and the painting’s separate but largely cohesive meanings as well as their original intent, and finally their provenances. Research into Giorgione’s Col Tempo (or La Vecchia) and Gregor Erhart’s Vanitas served as a beneficial jumping off point into the portrayal of older women during the Renaissance period in Europe, but further investigation of the two…

David: Baroque or Renaissance The courageous young David of the Old Testament has been the model for several sculptors in the art world. Michelangelo Buonarroti and Gian Lorenzo Bernini are two of these known sculptors. Michelangelo has been noted as the superior personality of the Florentine and later the High Renaissance era. He reigned the whole sixteenth century to the point others were unable to elude his influence (Hartt, 1987). A century later, Bernini entered the sculpturing world and…

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 Renaissance was a very significant era to art. This was a period of innovations, new inventions, religion, and most importantly it was a period of prosperity and art. Art was important all over Europe but mainly in Italy. Europe saw a rebirth of interest in the “old-fashioned” learning and values of ancient Greece and Rome. The Renaissance art began in the early 14th Century in Italy. Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael were the most well-known artists at the time; and to this day,…

The Renaissance era and the Middle Ages are two periods in time that are extremely vital to European history. Contrary to popular belief, these periods are remarkably unalike in comparison. The Middle Ages, sometimes known as the medieval period, was a time in European history that began in the fifth century and lasted until the fifteenth century. The Renaissance era was a period that expanded from the fourteenth to the seventeenth century. This era originated in Italy at the end of the Middle…

the ceiling of the chapel. 2. How do you define “spirit of the artist”? I define the “spirit of the artist” as nature. Artist draw their inspiration from it, and in a way they draw their will to create from it. In the movie, as Michelangelo stood high on the mountains and stares out into the sky as the sun rises and the clouds part, an idea came to him. He was inspired by what he saw and then translated it onto the painting on the chapel. 3. How do you explain the…