Italian Renaissance

evolved into modern art. Throughout the centuries art has been widely influenced by the trends and events occurring in society. The rediscovery of ancient art and literature, study of anatomy, and the Protestant Reformation, shaped the art of the Renaissance. Romanticism was a reaction to the French aristocracy and their belief in the Age of Enlightenment, and the Industrial Revolution in England artists wanted to focus on nature and emotions due to the oppression people were facing. The world…

Art. As a result, they hold an influential place in Western Art history, commanding great influence on contemporary artists. The ‘Calling of St. Matthew’ is an oil painting set on a 322 × 340 cm canvas. It was painted between 1599 and 1600 by the Italian Baroque master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio who was born in 1571 and lived for 39 years before his demise in 1610. The painting is situated in the Contarelli Chapel, Church of San Luigi dei Francesci in the city of Rome. Caravaggio’s short…

literature? The Renaissance had a big impact on how people viewed the world. Especially for artist and writers. Artists saw the Renaissance as a “rebirth” because they saw the disorder and disagreement between people of the Medieval World. They got inspired to paint the classical realism of Greece and Rome. Writers works were about philosophy and scholarships and some wrote guidebooks to help people become successful. It also helped architects sculpt realistic structures. The Renaissance helped…

Renaissance art was often very realistic. The focus of the art was on the human form, one of the main themes of the Renaissance. Sculptures of the human body were more accurate than ever. Artist Leonardo da Vinci instilled the ideals of the Renaissance in his work. His paintings were well balanced and portrayed the world how it really was. Some of his most famous works, such…

Rivera experienced the work of great masters such as Cézanne, Gauguin, Renoir, and Matisse. Rivera was looking for a contemporary format of painting that could communicate the difficulty of his day and still extend a vast public. He started to learn renaissance frescoes of italy that and establish his method. Using the fresco structure in universities and other general buildings, Rivera established his work into the everyday lives of people. The public available space was the excellent canvas on…

visit to the metropolitan museum two of the painting that grabbed my attention were “The Lamentation” by Scipione Pulzone from 1593 and “The Penitent Magdalen” by Geroge de La Tour from ca. 1640. Scipione Pulzone is a famous painter of the late Italian Renaissance also known as II Gaetano. He was born in Rome, Italy c.1550 and died on February 1, 1598. His work “The lamentation” is a religious painting in nature done of oil in canvas that portrays a detailed scene from the Bible. In his work,…

result of major movements that influenced architecture and fine art as well, example (Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, and Neoclassical), and that paved the way for the appearance of various styles ancient and modern ones , Egyptian Architecture ,Sumerian Architecture , Early Irish Architecture , Minoan Architecture , Greek Architecture , Roman Architecture , Byzantine Architecture , Gothic Architecture , Renaissance-Style Architecture , Baroque Architecture , Rococo Architecture , Neoclassical…

The characters portrayed by Browning in his dramatic monologues are various and often rise from the world of the Italian Renaissance. From the artist Fra Lippo Lippi who has become a monk without his will, to Andrea del Sarto, a great painter who has subordinated his art to the demands of an exploitative wife, Browning manages to reveal the true value of art. The pictures of great artists blended with historical detail are embodied in his poems. Vasari’s Lives of the artistsis the source of the…

April 15 1452, in Vinci, Italy .greatest of the “renaissance man” possessor of the curious mind and keep intellect, he studied law of science nature, which greatly informed his work as a painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, military engineer and draftsman. His ideas and body of work—which includes "Virgin of the Rocks," "The Last Supper" and "Mona Lisa"—have influenced countless artists and made da Vinci a leading light of the Italian Renaissance. Young Leonardo received little formal…

The Renaissance, which began in the 1300’s and lasted up until around the 1600’s, was a movement which sparked an enormous increase in artistic experimentation and emphasis on the human figure. During this time, many paintings contained Christian imagery and connotations, whether outright or implied. Two paintings during this time that illustrate several concepts and depictions are Sacred and Profane Love by Titian (or Tiziano in Italian) and Velazquez’s Venus with Her Mirror. These two…