History of Italy

1452-May 2, 1519) was an Italian polymath, having been a scientist, engineer, mathematician, painter, sculptor, architect, writer, etc. Leonard da Vinci was born as the illegitimate son of Piero da Vinci and a peasant girl named Caterina in Vinci, Italy, just outside of Florence. Leonardo was educated by Verrocchio, a Florentine painter. He is often considered to be one of the greatest painters of all-time. Leonardo da Vinci has frequently been described as the model of the “Renaissance man,” a…

Renaissance Artist Essay I believe that Leonardo Da Vinci was the greatest renaissance artist because he was the leading renaissance artist of the renaissance, he also had many varieties of skills and he was very intelligent. Leonardo was the greatest renaissance artist because he always was focused on his tasks at hand, he worked all of his life all the way until his death.He was always taking notes on his designs or art pieces. Leonardo was so protective over his notes that he wrote from…

Rome’s Impact on Western Civilization The Roman society was very advanced and set precedents for other nations to follow. In modern Western civilization the affects Rome has made can be seen. Rome has influenced things that we see in our daily life: The methods used to create roads; The Roman Catholic religion; The modern day law. As a result of Rome influencing the Western civilization, the methods used to create roads come from the Romans. The Romans understood the importance of a good…

textiles to adapt to the design of special material and design patterns. (3 points) 3. Briefly describe humanism. How did the Antique past or the classical past impact the humanists of 14th-century Italy? Type your answer here: Renaissance humanism is the study of the classical era, first in Italy, and then spread to Western Europe in the 14, 15, 16 centuries. Renaissance humanism is the modern times, the word Renaissance means "people-oriented". Essay Spend about thirty minutes on the…

n Florence, Italy, the main body of the Cathedral of Florence was designed and built under the direction of architect Arnolfo DI Cambio.[1] Sadly, once the huge structure had been mostly completed, construction suddenly stopped. No one knew how to create the 8 sided dome—nearly 150 feet across—that would stay up without any columns or supports, and be built 180 feet above the ground on top of the existing walls. They finally announced a contest for the best dome design, with a prize of 200 gold…

Have you ever wondered how people before you created structures without the materials we have today? The Renaissance was the perfect era to prove to the world they could build anything any other society could build and better. Filippo Brunelleschi's duome was created without the materials the Romans had but it is still strong and standing. This was a great achievement for the Renaissance people because it showed that they could be as great as the Roman Empire. The Roman Empire was known…

Isambard Kingdom Brunel is a well know English engineer from the later 1800’s and is more known for what he has done than who he is. Isambard’s father is Sir Marc Isambard Brunel and is a French civil engineer who at the time Isambard was born, he did work in block-making machinery. The ironic thing about Isambard is that he is an English engineer instead of a French engineer like his father. This creates multiple differences between father and son; one being that Marc is a civil engineer that…

Ancient Rome, at its greatest extent, was 2,509,663 square miles. Everything they did helped the city grow. The Romans used art to help build the empire by showing power, advancement, and religion. These influences helped shape Ancient Rome. The Romans used art to represent power. In many pieces, you can see hints of this power. With the column in the middle of the town square, it shows a superior thing looking above everything else. It represents the hierarchy of the government. Also, the…

An artist leaves a legacy behind through the works and impressions they have created to influence the changing definitions of art within itself. During the early modern era, multiple artists have had revolutionary techniques and ideas that changed the way artists thought about perspective and architecture. Artists themselves had looked upon each other for influence to build upon their ideas. The birth of revolutionary concepts were born, when an artist, decided to take a leap of faith into…

When we are we outside our house we pass several establishments that vary from their size, shape, but especially to its architecture. Architecture just like clothes fashion changes from time to time, like from Gothic to Modern Asian architecture. We can say that they are different in almost all things, but they have one thing in common, their foundation which is the Roman architecture. How did it affect the later architecture? And how the Roman architecture did influence the modern day…