Michelangelo Antonioni

Throughout the Italian Renaissance numerous, revolutionary masterpieces were created. Jupiter and Io by Antonio Allegri da Correggio, Venus of Urbino by Titian, Mars and Venus United by Love by Paolo Veronese, and Sleeping Venus by Giorgione and Titian (Titian had only aided in completing the painting after his master, Giorgione, had passed away with the painting incomplete) are just a few examples of the mastery crafted by Renaissance artists. All of the pieces listed previously share some…

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…

The High Renaissance, which lasted from the early 1490s to 1527, refers to a short period of extraordinary artistic production in the Italian states, especially Rome. The High Renaissance was a perfection of the Early Renaissance as many of the artistic explorations blossomed in full effect. Artists finally had the tools, skill, confidence, and knowledge to establish an artistic career and create amazing artwork. As a result, High Renaissance art was characterized by both self confidence and…

Leonardo da Vinci was motivated by a determination to express reality, in his life doing all that he could discover and create it. He had manuscript notebooks which contained notes, doodles, lists, and sketches of many accurate studies of the human body such as a fetus and a human skeleton. Da Vinci was an incredible Renaissance man who became a member of the Guild of Saint Luke, he was interested in carpentry, leather arts, metalworking, sculpting, and drawing with many diverse interests. He…

Tiziano Vecellio, also known as Titian, was a versatile Italian painter. And was one of the artists that dominated the Italian Renaissance. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, a small town located at the foot of the Venetian side of the Alps during the year of 1490. But, he died in 1576 at the age of 86. Titian, who was born in Pieve di Cadore moved to Venice at the age of 10. During his lifetime, many political and social events occurred. There were 3 main wars that happened in Italy during…

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…

Michelangelo Buonarroti was born on March 6, 1475 in Caprese, a little village in Tuscany, Italy. His father, Lodovico Buonarroti, was working briefly in the small village where his second out five sons was born with his wife, Francesca Neri and shortly after Michelangelo's birth, his family moved back to Florence because his father went back to working for the Florentine government. Michelangelo was placed with a family of stonecutters. He considered Florence to be his true home until the day…

This allowed the paintings to appear three-dimensional when in reality it was a painting on a two-dimensional surface which allowed more depth to be perceived. Some of the many artist that used this technique were Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo amongst others. Another artist who used this technique was Perugino. This is shown on his fresco Christ Giving the Key to St. Peter which shows a horizontal line with the vanishing point being in the center of the fresco which also create the…

Michaelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was born on March 6th, 1475 in Caprese. Now referred to just as Michaelangelo, he is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance and possibly of all time. Although he started an apprenticeship relatively late -usually, training started when someone was around ten years old, while Michaelangelo attended school until he was thirteen- his incredible gifts became apparent immediately. Despite plans for a three-year term, Michaelangelo…

Among the various pieces of artwork representing the Italian Renaissance housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Giovanni di Ser Giovanni Guidi’s 1449 piece, The Triumph of Fame (Desco Da Parto di Lorenzo De’ Medici) stands out as a key work of the time period. Foremost, the subject matter seems to call to attention both a mythologized scene recalling characters of antiquity presiding over the representations of persons who were presumably alive at the time of the commission, all gathered for…