Italian Renaissance

The Last Supper was created by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci during 1495 to 1498, which is within the Renaissance period. I was attracted by its context, so I decide to do some reasearch about it. It is regarded as one of the most famous paintings in the world. It is a mural painted on a wall of The Santa Maria Thanksgiving Church in Milan, Italy. Since it was painted on a wall, it cannot be moved, so it is still remained on the wall so far. It is in size of 4.2 meters high and 9.1 meters…

Italian culture is steeped in to the arts, family, architecture, music and food, home of the Roman Empire and a major center of the renaissance; culture in the Italian peninsula has flourished for centuries. Here is an overview of “Italian customs” and traditions about 96% percent of the population of Italy is Italian though there are many other ethnicities that live in this country. North African, Arab, Albanian, German, Austrian and some other European groups fill out with a remainder of the…

During the Renaissance, there were hundreds of thousands of people who could be labeled as artists; there are also quite a few of those people who could be labeled as successful and especially talented artists. There are only a handful, however of artists who could be labeled “super artists” by Martin Kemp, or individuals who could be labeled as “creative genius”. In his book titled Life of Raphael, Giorgio Vasari wrote that, “Nature created [Raphael] as a gift to the world.” As time looks back…

At the beginning of the 14th century, Italian cities were lands of first and foremost importance in the way of economic and political organization. Italy is the richest merchant country in both Europe and the East. In addition, Italy was fortunate to have a huge repository of classical monuments and artifacts. For examples, Roman architectures and Sculpture were found in most towns and cities, including copies of lost sculptures from ancient Greece, which were familiar for centuries. These are…

by the Medici. Until 1461, Donatello remained in Siena, where he created a St. John the Baptist, also for the Duomo, and models for its gates, now lost.This work is characterized by an intense, free, indeed sketchy and suggestively unfinished in Italian a non-finito technique that heightens the dramatic effect of the scenes and emphasizes their spiritual…

is magnificent. You can tell how much Waite Philips loved architecture not only in his wonderful home he built for him and his family but also Philips Tower is just as amazing. The Philbrook was built in 1972 with the architecture of the Italian Renaissance revival style. The Philbrook as 72 rooms with beautiful formal gardens that can be admired from the terrace on each floor of the house, however the best view in my opinion is off the second floor terrace. The Philbrook was donated to Tulsa…

Defying prejudices, Leonardo da Vinci became one of the most well-known Renaissance artists of his time. Social prejudice was a big factor in the life of Leonardo. He was born an illegitimate child, and was also deemed to be gay. At the time though, his society forbade such a sexuality, so he endured many hardships. Leonardo da Vinci was said to be one of the greatest medical artists in history. He conducted numerous amounts of human anatomy studies. In doing so, he confessed to dissecting over…

wide range of differing artists and mediums. The two pieces that have intrigued me most are both created by Michelangelo Bounarroti and include La Pietà (426, Figure 13.9) and The Last Judgement (431, Figure 13.15). Both pieces are from the Italian Renaissance, which lasted from roughly the 14th century to the 17th century. I chose these two pieces of art because of the attention to detail Michelangelo gives to his work. Michelangelo claimed to be a sculptor at heart, but no matter what his mode…

The Italian High Renaissance, when you say that people think of the three great painters. They were the best are their times. Each and every single one was famous for their own painting and artworks. Some may say that they are similar in their artwork, while others try to figure out what differences do they have. Each of these great painters are different in their own type of work and have chose different paths, while learning different things along their way to become a famous painter. Each of…

ideas that Michelangelo had recently expressed in his Battle of Cascina. Raphael moved to Rome in 1508 to paint in the Vatican "Stanze" ("Room"), under Pope Julius II’s patronage. From 1509 to 1511, Raphael toiled over what was to become one of the Italian High Renaissance’s most highly regarded fresco cycles, those located in the Vatican's Stanza della Segnatura ("Room of the Signatura"). The Stanza della Segnatura series of frescos include The Triumph of Religion and The School of Athens. In…