Masaccio

Filippo Brunelleschi is widely known as one of the founding fathers of Renaissance architecture, as well as the first modern engineer. Born in Florence, Italy in 1377 and died in April 14th, 1446, Brunelleschi was the second son to Brunelleschi di Lippo di Tura di Cambio Bacherini a notary and Giuliana di Giovanni Spini. Di Lippo’s family was from Ficarolo on the Po and was of importance and well known, as Di Lippo was also a diplomat. From a very young age Brunelleschi was taught mathematics…

The Renaissance is seen by many people as one of the greatest time periods for the human race. From 1350-1550, people believed that they were witnessing the rebirth of Greco-Roman civilization. It was a new age, and renaissance quite literally translates to “rebirth”. This was clearly in order after the Middle Ages (the time period after the Roman Empire fell), which was a “dark age” in many ways. The place associated most with the Renaissance is Italy. The 14th and 15th century in Italy are…

For my compare and contrast essay, the artworks I picked are “Pieta” by Titian and “Lamentation” by Giotto Di Bondone. Titian was born in Cadore, Italy in 1485 and died in 1576. He was an Italian painter during the Renaissance who painted works for Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, Pope Paul III, and King Philip II of Spain. Titian was a leading Italian painter that everyone admired. Most of Titian’s portraits displayed fresco, equally skillful landscape backgrounds, mythological, and religious…

In response to the Florentine poet Benedetto Varchi’s request for his contribution to the paragone debate being conducted among some of his contemporaries, the celebrated Italian architect, painter, poet, and sculptor Michelangelo Buonarroti writes: Though he ultimately follows up on this assertion by confessing that, in his old age, he has acquiesced to the idea that painting and sculpture are, in fact, ‘one and the same’ in that they both ‘proceed from one and the same faculty of…

Artist Chosen/About Him The artist I chose to research is Raphael Sanzio. He was born on March 28, 1483. In his early life his mother Màgia died (in 1491) and his father died in 1494. Orphaned at the age of 11 he went to live with his Uncle Bartolomeo who was a priest and he engaged quite often in litigation with the boy’s stepmother. Raphael stayed with his stepmother rather than continuing to live with his uncle. From a young age he had shown great skill working with his father before his…

 Venice monopolized 1/8th of all printed books  Illustrations increased book sales  How did printing affect the world?  Governments printed laws, declarations of war, and propaganda  Book banning and illegal book smuggling occurred  Mass publication of the Bible Art and the Artist/Art and Power  The 3 capitals of renaissance art : Florence, Rome, and Venice  During the Middle Ages and 1400s, the main subject of art was religion  Religious art pieces were created to keep people in the…

The period of the Italian Renaissance, immediately following the Middle Ages saw a great rebirth of interest in the classical learning and ancient Greco-Roman values. In a society with strong political stability and growing prosperity, there was a development of new technologies–including the printing press, a new approach to astronomy and the continuous discovery and exploration of new continents–was followed up by a flowering of philosophy, literature and especially art. The new styles of…

Many artists of the Renaissance, were heavily influenced by the art and writings of the classical age {400 B.C.-A.D.400} that proceeded this movement. The word Renaissance which means a time of rebirth, artistic intellectual and spiritual revival. Uncovered knowledge of ancient Greek and Roman civilization was causing people to question the rigid religious attitudes of the mid evil world. The time of the Greek and Roman empire had a massive influence on all aspects of the Renaissance, works…

Renaissance as this period became well-known for its documentation of history and works of art. We can thank Vasari for his biography Lives of the Artists for making a compilation of artists throughout this time frame. He credits Cimabue, Giotto, Masaccio, and Michelangelo with being touchstones of this period, but artists and architects I would include in this narrative would be Cambio, Brunelleschi, Donatello, Botticelli, Da Vinci, and Bramante for their involvement, not only with creating…

Why did the Renaissance begin when and where? The Renaissance began in Florence, Italy because it was a huge trade center at the time. Florence was in a nice geographical location for commerce and trade. This gave a huge amount of wealth to the city which contributed to its economic success. As the main point of exchange, many concepts took off from Florence including new forms of art and politics. Location wasn’t the only contributing factor to the beginning of the Renaissance since The Black…