Italian city-states

Throughout the Italian Renaissance numerous, revolutionary masterpieces were created. Jupiter and Io by Antonio Allegri da Correggio, Venus of Urbino by Titian, Mars and Venus United by Love by Paolo Veronese, and Sleeping Venus by Giorgione and Titian (Titian had only aided in completing the painting after his master, Giorgione, had passed away with the painting incomplete) are just a few examples of the mastery crafted by Renaissance artists. All of the pieces listed previously share some…

The High Renaissance, which lasted from the early 1490s to 1527, refers to a short period of extraordinary artistic production in the Italian states, especially Rome. The High Renaissance was a perfection of the Early Renaissance as many of the artistic explorations blossomed in full effect. Artists finally had the tools, skill, confidence, and knowledge to establish an artistic career and create amazing artwork. As a result, High Renaissance art was characterized by both self confidence and…

much of the paintings and sculptures appeared more realistic and in proportion to real life humans. Artists were also inspired by the Greeks and Romans and this is seen throughout the architecture and sculptures. With inspiration from the Greeks, Italian sculptors began to create art pieces that depicted men and biblical figures in a more realistic way. A great example of how humanism impacted the sculptures made during the…

Florence was one of the five major city states that rose as a result of the “Dark Age” and black plague. After this, the guild system was rarely used and wealthy, powerful families began to rule (which in Florence was the Medici family). Florence played a major role in the Renaissance because it encouraged and promoted art and culture; it became the center for literature and art and supported those writers and artists affluently. Patrons were the largest supporters for scholars, writers, and…

1. How does the idealism of the High Renaissance relate to the naturalistic and classical aesthetic of the Early Renaissance? Use specific examples to support your essay. In comparison from the High Renaissance to the Early Renaissance there is many similarities in the aesthetics of the art pieces. Looking at figure 15.44 from Piero della Francesca titled Double Portrait of Battista Sforza and Federico Montefeltro from the Early Renasiisance you can see a difference in the backdrop behind the…

Thesis: Michaelangelo’s The Torment of St. Anthony serves to convey the story of St. Anthony and the demons to the general public and reflects the rediscovery of classical texts and their influence on Renaissance culture. During the Italian Renaissance, much of the artwork focused on figures important to Christianity such as Madonna, Jesus, and David, as well as on mythological figures such as Venus and Mars. The subjects of these artworks reflect the emphasis on classical philosophy and…

Out of all the Italian cuisines nothing is more famous than Tortellini, with the exception of ravioli of course. Tortellini is considered the ambassador of Italian cuisine. The word tortellini comes from the Italian plural of tortellino, diminutive of tortello ‘small cake, fritter. The shape tortellini is often said to come from a legend. Legend has it that, a peeping Italian innkeeper, looking through a keyhole, spied the belly button of a bathing beauty, that inspired him to make tortellini.…

Competent Italian filmmaker, Matteo Garrone, who over the last few years has been giving us memorable films such as “Gomorrah” and “Reality”, hauls us into three Baroque tales from the 17th century, in which the real and unreal go hand in hand. The director, who exquisitely and efficaciously brings in mystical elements and dreamlike sequences, mixing them with the ethereal music by Alexandre Desplat, combines fulgurant medieval settings to host the odd stories, loosely adapted from the…

were neorealism and the new wave. Neorealism was not as original as historians once thought, but it did create a distinct approach to fictional filmmaking that had an enormous influence on cinema in other countries (FH 330). One of the most vivid Italian films to represent postwar suffering was Vittorio De Sica’s Ladri di biciclette (The Bicycle Thief) in 1948. This story is of a worker whose livelihood depends on his bicycle shows the brutality of postwar life (FH 332). This film showed unique…

This inquiry seeks to establish that upon gaining power, Benito Mussolini introduced a Fascist Program. Mussolini’s rise to power marked the introduction of the first fascist program, the Italian Fascisti. A program which would later influence Adolf Hitler and Nazism, as well as Francisco Franco and his Falange Party. However, Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini must be credited with the origins of fascism or fascismo. Though Mussolini defined fascismo as more of a spiritual concept than political,…