Michelangelo

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…

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…

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…

When most people think of Leonardo Da Vinci they generally connect him to painting or the arts, but Da Vinci was much more than just an artist, in his life time he only created twenty paintings. It’s said that Da Vinci filled his notebooks with almost every conceivable topic, as British art historian Kenneth Clark said he was “the most relentlessly curious man in history.” Leonardo Da Vinci was a painter, an inventor, an architect, an astronomer, an anatomist and so much more. Leonardo Da…

Interesting facts about Crown Moulding Installation A beautiful decorative form that is attached to the ceiling of a room is known as crown moulding. In order to bring more elegance to the beauty of the room, crown moulding installation is one of the most wonderful things added to make a home look amazing and beautiful. In the earlier times, it was generally made out from wood but now fiber, plaster, polyurethane, as well as other synthetic materials, are used for the process. Amazing facts…

Before I start, I am going to tell you a little bit about the artist I have chosen to present on. Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519) was an Italian artist as well as a scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, architect, botanist, musician, and writer. Leonardo Da Vinci is considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and, to some people, the most variously talented person to have lived. His most famous paintings, Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, are still admired today on…

Mantegna was an important artist during the Renaissance. Mantegna first started his art career in 1448 in Padua, but then left at an early age and went to Verona, then Rome. Mantegna’s most known artwork include The Adoration of the Magi, The Death of the Virgin, The Presentation at the Temple. Mantegna is best known for perspective. This essay will discuss his greatest works. Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian was one of Mantegna’s pieces of work. The subject of this piece of artwork was Saint…