Masaccio

Art has a long history, from basically the beginning of time to present day. Through the ages, the 13th to the 16th century stand out the most. This group of years ignited a spark of creativity that helped us obtain the mediums and tools we have today. In this essay, I will discuss four main things. What art mediums were popular, how said mediums were created, which artists were the most prominent in the genre, and how art changed society in general. The 13th to the 16th century introduced a…

sculpture (Ghiberti, Donatello, Quercia, Robbia, Rossellino, Verrocchio and others) it was developed the freestanding statue, the promising scenic terrain, realistic portrait bust, equestrian monument (Cole). The Italian painting of the XV century (Masaccio, Lippi, Castagno, Uchchello, Angelico, Ghirlandaio, Pollaiuolo, Francesca, Signorelli, Bellini) was characterized by a sense of the harmonic ordering of the world, as well as by the appeal to the ethical and civic ideals of humanism, joyful…

commercials sometimes show what smoking can do to someone if they do not stop this is a big technique that was used during the renaissance called a Momento Mori which was a reminder to people that death comes to us all which was used on the Holy Trinity by Masaccio. On many of the Billboards that are on the Highways they use the contrast in colors and different perspectives that catch the attention of drives when they pass by them. These same techniques were used in the renaissance to keep the…

The Basilica of Santa Maria Novella is located in Florence, Italy. It was built in the beginning of 1246 as a Dominican Church. It received its name because the site on which it is located was the church of Santa Maria delle Vigne in the ninth-century. The word Novella Translates to ‘New’ thus translating to ‘The New Santa Maria’ The Church was designed by several friars, the first being Fra Ristoro da Campi and Fra Sisto Fiorentino. Santa Maria Novella is made up of various additions and…

The Medici family ruled the Republic of Florence for a significant portion of the 15th and 16th centuries and they were the most respected of the merchant families of the time. The Medici family were patrons of many famous artists and scholars of Italy and as a result of their patronage the Medici family has become synonymous with the cultural phenomenon of the Italian Renaissance. The Renaissance, beginning in Florence and spreading throughout the rest of Europe, was the rebirth of classical…

Portrait of Queen Elizabeth 1 A1: Queen Elizabeth 1 stands proud on the globe like she has conquered the world. On the background there is sunshine on her right hand, but darkness and lightning on her left. Each side has what appears to be descriptive words for each side, however, I am unable to make out or understand the meaning. I see this as an indication that there are two sides to her personality, a bright side and a dark side. Her dress is fully adorned with what appears to be pearl,…

Raffaello Sanzio was born on April 6th, 1483 in Urbino, Italy. He began painting in 1504 as an apprentice under Perugino. Raphael is best known for his series of “Madonnas” he painted while in Rome and in 1514, Pope Julius II hired him as his chief architect. A Madonna is Christin religious art, especially the depiction of the Virgin Mary. At he time he was hired as the Pope’s chief architect, he had just finished his last work in a famous series of Madonnas, an oil painting by the name of…

Both John Pope-Hennessy's The Portrait in the Renaissance and Patricia Simons's Women in Frames: The Gaze, the Eye, the Profile in Renaissance Portraiture discuss the ways in which portraiture during the Quattrocento was used to inform the public. Portraiture during this time was used to inform and educate the public, establishing both political and social standing. Simons responds to Pope-Hennessy's article with a strong argument: portraits of women had different connotations than those of men.…

enlisted him as an apprentice ("Raphael"). Four years later, with new skills and a style of his own, he moved to Florence, where he first experienced the works of renaissance celebrities such as Fra Bartolommeo, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Masaccio ("Raphael"). Inspired by this new style, Raphael began painting series of Madonnas, intricately assimilating his style with others' ("Raphael" encyclopedia).…

They wanted people to view their piece and see how real the object/event looked. Artists also had a much greater attention to detail than they previously did. The first masterpiece of Early Renaissance art was by Masaccio. His scene of frescoes in the Brancacci Chapel helped to create a new realistic style of painting because of the visual representation of the laws of perspective. Also, the three-dimensional people in his piece made a model for future Florentine…