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Michelangelo Buonarroti, the well known painter, sculptor and architect for his famous Sistine chapel and marble statue of David has a current exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art called the Michelangelo Divine Drafter and Designer. This exhibit has more than 200 pieces of sculptures, paintings, sketches, and even poems that he has done through his life time. Some of these are rare to see on exhibit because they fragile and hard to come by. Three of these pieces are Torment of Saint…

TITLE Enchanting Nighttime Activities At The River Seine, Paris LEAD PARAGRAPH If you take a look at our planet from the universe during the nighttime, you’ll easily distinguish North America and Europe as the shiniest regions. By focusing on Europe, the spot in the northwestern part stands out as one of the most brightest. It is how Paris, among many other epithets, acquired its “The City of Lights” title. Day and night in Paris reveal two opposite faces of the French capital. While the…

Renaissance was from the 14th to the 17th century, it was the bridge between the middle ages and modern history. The word Renaissance literally means “rebirth” in French. The Renaissance's theme was "Man is the measure of all things" A new thinking brought about art, architecture, The Renaissance began about 1350 in Northern Italy. Right after the Black Death The politics, sciences, and literature. With this brought about artist and contributors who shaped and gave life to the whole movement.…

represents the summit of Renaissance art and the culmination of all the exploratory activities. Michelangelo really puts the meaning of Renaissance into all of his work, and it is really easy to understand the meaning of Renaissance when your looking at his work. Michelangelo was known for sculptors and painting. Some of his most famous works of art was the Sistine Chapel ceiling, which he painted for Pope Julius II in 1508. One of his most famous sculptors was the “David,” which was a…

draftsman. He would study nature and sketched a lot of the world around him. He studied rock formations and caves and fossils. This is what led to his scientific career. His paintings consisting of “Virgin of the Rocks,” “The Last Supper” and “Mona Lisa have influenced countless artists.…

The Dome of Florence Cathedral was a problem from the start, causing headaches for former engineers. Brunelleschi took on the challenge in 1419. He was possibly led to his hidden talent in architecture after losing a commision to build a sculpture for a baptistry in Florence. He then shied away from sculpting, although he did not quit and began his career in architecture. Some believe he was inspired by his surroundings in Italy, always visiting the works of art there. When he worked on the…

Legendary Beard Fact: Leonardo Da Vinci is one of the few artists never to leave behind a self portrait, but in every image executed by other, his magnificent flowing beard takes center stage. Leonardo Da Vinci was the bastard son of wealthy and well-respected lawyer Messer Piero Fruosinio de Antonio da Vinci and a peasant woman named Caterina. The birth took place on April 14, 1542 inn the hill town of Vinci in the Republic of Florence. He received virtually no formal education, until he was…

Piero della Francesca Outline Piero della Francesca exemplifies the Renaissance Era by being one of the first artist in the renaissance to capture realistic facial expressions that have emotion in one's artwork. Also he mastered the art of perspective combining it with a blend of colors creating beautiful art. Source 1: “Piero della Francesca.” Britannica School. Encyclopedia Britannica, inc., 2015. Web. 8 Oct. 2015 Piero della Francesca was born around 1416/17, Sansepolcro, Republic of…

Introductions Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452 in Vinci, Italy. He was very brilliant and a leading artist. Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man was inspired by Vitruvius; a Roman engineer and architect during the first century B.C., shows how the proportions of the human body fit perfectly into a circle or a square. The drawing shows a man standing in a square, which is inside a circle and the man has two pair of outstretched arms and to pair of outstretched legs. Vitruvius’ theory was that a…

The 19th century American potter George Ohr (1857-1918) is an important ceramic artist associated with the American Arts and Crafts movement. With an emphasis on emotion, gesture and pure form, Ohr’s idiosyncratic clay vessels forecast Abstract Expressionist sculpture. His passionate personal, individual vision and rebellious, theatrical persona distinguish him as one of America’s most original and eccentric artists. Ohr was born in Biloxi, Mississippi to a blacksmith and learned the potter’s…