Italian painters

The Renaissance was a period which marked the rebirth of classical antiquity with the transition in the Italian world from Scholasticism to Humanism. After the Great Schism which lasted from 1378-1417, and the Bubonic plague in 1438, the European feudal system collapsed. Not only, but also, the reputation of the Church was put under considerable scrutiny, weakening the influence of the Papal states of Christendom. Furthermore, the omnipresence of death brought by the plague in 1438 caused high…

than not, highly skilled in many different fields (italian-renaissance-art). Leonardo da Vinci was a guru when it came to sciences and Michelangelo was an immaculately gifted poet, painter and sculptor. The third member of the trio who is considered to have a great contribution to the magnificent examples of High Renaissance art is none other than the talented artist Raphael, an architect and gifted painter (italian-renaissance-art). The painters of this new century reflected the new sense of…

The Renaissance era lasted from the early 1300s to the mid-1600s and was coined the period of rebirth or classical revival of the classical past. During this time, God became less of the focal point and humanism (man was at the measure of all things) took root. Italy was perhaps one of the most important regions of the time due to its beauty and grandeur. The top city-states during the Renaissance included Florence, Milan, and Venice. In an effort to understand how the Renaissance period…

A NUMBER OF SOCIOLOGISTS HAVE RECENTLY Stated THAT the High Renaissance was the culmination of the artistic developments of the Early Renaissance. The High Renaissance that flourished over 35 years from the late 1490 until the early 1530 (Encyclopædia Britannica ©2016). The Renaissance started at Florence. Florence called the middle age a “congruence of artistic genius” (Kleiner 2007:577), the beginning of Humanism and “economic prosperity” (Kleiner 2007:577) nourished the beginning of the…

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…

period. “Italian Renaissance painter and architect Raphael was born Raffaello Sanzio on April 6, 1483, in Urbino, Italy”. At a young age, his father, Giovanni Santi taught him basic painting skills, which he would successfully use to become the finest painter in town after his dad’s death. He had begun his career as an artist in his hometown, and after sharing a partnership in central Italy, Raphael moved to Florence “where he was heavily influenced by the works of the Italian painters Fra…

Examples of these prevailing narrative themes are evident in two works by earlier Italian Renaissance artists, the Self-Portrait in a Studio of Lavinia Fontana, and the Self-Portrait While Painting the Madonna and Child of Sofonisba Anguissola1. Both pieces show the artists in their place of work, Fontana in a studio showcasing her ability…

Futurism was the most important and influential Italian avant-garde art movement that took speed, technology and modernity as its inspiration which emerged from the 20h century (The Art Story, 2016). The group of the Futurists loved speed, noise, machines, pollution, and urban landscapes; they were committed to change in Italy as the country was behind in comparison to the rest of Europe. Futurism was not about visual or traditional art, they were fascinated by new visual technology and used it…

Over time, however, the ideas and influence of the Italian Renaissance spread to other areas of Europe. The "Northern" Renaissance refers to Renaissance art, architecture, and philosophy that took place outside of Italy. French Kings and nobles began to build bright pleasure palaces called chateaus instead of the dark fortress castles of the Middle Ages. Many chateaus had large landscaped gardens filled with statues and fountains. Dutch Dutch painters brought a new approach to detail, realism,…

Linear Perspective was first introduced to the art world in the Italian Renaissance. Khan Academy perfectly defined linear perspective as “what renaissance artists had clearly achieved through the careful observation of nature, including studies of anatomical dissections, was the means to recreate the 3-dimensional physical reality of the human form on two-dimensional surfaces”. Linear perspective first started with the human body and then shortly after was used to represent space in paintings…