Michelangelo Antonioni

structures came into use by Francesca and Alberti, paintings were ready to carry better-recognized spiritual concepts as a result of the paintings became more clear and more vivid well. Lastly, artists within the High Renaissance like Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Titian, and Raphael developed paintings within the narrative style that illustrated the body in an exceedingly additional scientific and natural manner, so demonstrating the assorted aspects of each day life. Overall, the…

Leonardo da Vinci’s influence spreads over several hundred years and several continents, not just his renown, like Michelangelo. His ideas and inventions changed the course of science and engineering. Da Vinci studied so many broad fields and still “mastered” most of them with relative ease. “He filled notebooks with data and drawings that also reveal his other scientific…

Michelangelo has been dubbed one of the most brilliant painters in all of history. With his work ranging from paintings to statues, including the statue of David, the last judgement painting, and his amazing works in the Sistine Chapel. His most notable painting is in that very chapel, the Creation of Adam. Many scholars have put Michelangelo’s painting at the same level of importance and value as the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. With the rare and grand display of significance, it is a highly…

One of the most notable and most influential artists that came out of the time of Northern Renaissance art was undoubtedly the artist by the name Albrecht Dürer. Albrecht was born in the city of Nuremberg, Germany in the late fifteenth century. The city of Nuremberg also happened to be one of the biggest artistic hubs in Europe during the time of the Renaissance. Albrecht grew up working as a goldsmith following in the footsteps of his father, but he was said to have had a few local artists that…

Paintings have been used as a representation of people since human race originated. Through time it has become very lifelike and realistic due to the advancement in materials and techniques used by some talented artists. This paper discusses two types of paintings through their similarities and differences, as the first one being David’s Oath of the Horatii, 1784. Oil on canvas, 10’ 10” * 13’ 11”. And, Goya’s The Third of May 1808, 1814. Oil on canvas, 8’ 9” * 13’ 4”. Both paintings were created…

people who designed and supervised the building were Bramante, Michelangelo and Maderno (Watkins 1986). In 1506, Bramante was entrusted by Julius to rebuild Old St. Peter’s (Watkins 1986). Bramante transformed the four corner chapels into Greek crosses, which created a square ambulatory around the dome (Baker 2015). The development of the space helped strengthen the user’s experience (Watkins 1986). After Bramante’s death, Michelangelo was commended to carry the vision of his precessors (n.d.…

"The Divine Comedy, considered by most to be the greatest Italian piece of literature ever written," (Soft Schools). The Inferno is one- third of the Divine Comedy, which was constructed after Dante Alegheri was exiled from Florence. This was the first piece of literature to be written in the common tongue. Lower class civilians were able to read his work, making it a very powerful poem. Many people praised Dante Alegheri and agreed with his opinions and examination of the government. Throughout…

Diego Velásquez Diego Velásquez was an influential artist during the Baroque period. Velásquez was best known for all of his amazing artworks. He was born in Seville, Spain. He was the son of João Rodrigues de Silva and Jerónima Velázquez. He inspired many through all of his artworks and paintings. Diego Velásquez lived in the Baroque era. This was the period from the years 1600 to 1750. It started in Rome, Italy and then ended up spreading to Europe. This was the type of style that used…

The characters portrayed by Browning in his dramatic monologues are various and often rise from the world of the Italian Renaissance. From the artist Fra Lippo Lippi who has become a monk without his will, to Andrea del Sarto, a great painter who has subordinated his art to the demands of an exploitative wife, Browning manages to reveal the true value of art. The pictures of great artists blended with historical detail are embodied in his poems. Vasari’s Lives of the artistsis the source of the…

The Renaissance was an age of learning and revival of classic Roman and Greek art and culture. Paintings of the Renaissance often focused on religion but also focused on creating realistic humans. In 1518 the Renaissance painter Titian completed his masterpiece “The Assumption of the Virgin” for the altar Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari Basilica in Venice. The piece is a depiction of the Virgin Mary rising from Earth into heaven through angels taking her away from the Apostles and towards God.…