Leonardo da Vinci paintings

parts of Italy (Venice and Rome), but both paintings use similar technique to convey depth in efforts to replicate and service the human gaze on a two dimensional surface. Both paintings demonstrate use of linear perspective to achieve this. There is a horizon line with a vanishing point in both pieces, Perugino’s painting employs a horizon line which cuts the painting all the way across to delineate where Earth ends and the sky begins, Bellini’s painting is a bit different in that the horizon…

widely considered a pioneer in his adherence to naturalism, choosing to move away from traditional Byzantine stylizations, he took his cue from other Italian painters of the school of the Marmoraria”, (in Giotto di Bondone). Florentine Giotto enjoyed painting his projects the most…

The Renaissance through the Baroque, Chapter 19 In the early Italian Renaissance what major family influenced artists and give three examples? The Medici family was very influential in the art world due to their creation of the Platonic Academy of philosophy. Many artists such as Botticelli and Michelangelo, were apart of the Platonic Academy of philosophy. This academy not only funded many artists, but it also gave birth to the beliefs of Neoplatonists. Neoplatonists believed that in the…

naturalistic rendering of each item portrayed. The proportions are natural which creates balance when viewing the piece and moving across the painting. The proportions are all realistic so no item looks abnormally large or small, the details such as the windows reflecting in the wineglass support these natural proportions. The colors used in this painting are beautiful and rich. Various shades of brown, yellow, white, and orange emphasized with shades of grey and stark black. Each color…

Brunelleschi’s Dome The discovery I decided to research was about Filippo Brunelleschi and his famous dome. His discovery began in the early 1400’s, when the leaders of the town—Florence—decided that it was time to replace the roof on the cathedral. For centuries, the hole had been there, and bad weather was beginning to ruin parts of the exposed cathedral. So, they decided to hold a bit of a competition among all the artisans of Florence, offering a prize of 200 gold florins, for the best…

Michelangelo was an artisan born in Caprese, Italy on March 6, 1475. He became an apprentice in painting and eventually became a sculptor and created a lot of his art in Italy. There three major projects he has completed that he is famous that are the Statue of David, and Pieta; he also created the ceiling painting for the Sistine Chapel of Rome. There aren’t many things that inspired Michelangelo to create his art, but there are some factors like some versions of stories of his life that he…

In 1938 he created his first oil paintings. His first painting known as “Crucifixion” is one his his most well known works which is said to personify Jesus and Mary.. This was the first in a series of many paintings entitled “Psychological Morphologies”. Matta thought of this set of paintings as springing from his subconscious through abstract forms that were able to transcend time and space. Matta also believed…

Michelangelo is said to be one of the greatest artists of all times (“Michelangelo”). For about ninety years his work left people in astonishment, from painting the ceiling of the Sistine Capel, to sculpting the statue of David and the Pieta and many more. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was born on March 6th, 1475 in Caprese, Italy. He was an Italian painter, sculptor, poet, and architect of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, he died on February 18th, 1564 in…

was apprenticed by an artist named Fra Filippo Lippi. Most of his working’s have been attributed to his master. Lippi greatly influenced Botticelli in his workings. Botticelli learned a lot from his master Lippy. Lippy taught Botticelli about panel painting and fresco. He also learned about control of linear perspective. Botticelli created his own strong color scheme. After Lippy taught Botticelli all of his techniques, he left Florence to go to Spoleto. While Lippy was…

It is through the processes of time that brings about many changes in society; whether good or bad, nothing stays the same forever. The fall of the Roman Empire marked the ending of the Classical Period and the beginning of the Middle Ages. During this time, up until the 15th century, the circle of economic and political power drew not from Western Europe, for the region entailed backward kingdoms, each vying for power against one another. Nonetheless, medieval vitality, the source of dynamism…