Milan Kundera

Duccio and Giotto paint, arguably, their most influential pieces during the first decade of the twelfth century . Giotto is commissioned by Enrico Scrovegni in Padua to fresco the Arena Chapel to reconcile himself with God over the sins of his father’s usury. In contrast, Duccio is commissioned by the Church fathers of Sienna to paint a panel altarpiece for the Duomo . Giotto utilizes his private patronage to develop new principles of dramatic narrative while Duccio sticks to the Bible stories…

Day #3: SFU Fashion Week Females and fashion were terms that practically go hand in hand. The practice of clothing consumption was typically regarded to being a female issue however in modern society, men in the fashion industry have become more widely accepted. Historically, men were known to be the producers to motivate women to consume (Blakewell, Mitchell, & Rothwell, 2006). At season three of SFU Fashion Week, while a majority of the guests attending were female, there were an ample…

Leonardo da Vinci was born April 15, 1452 in Anchiano, Italy and he died May 2, 1519 in Clos Luce, Amboise, France. He was 67 when he passed away. Leonardo was buried at Chapel of Saint-Huburt, in Amboise, France. Leonardo da Vinci name translates into Leonard from the town of Vinci. Leonardo was raised by his parents Caterina da Vinci & Piero Fruosino di Antonio da Vinci he was born to unmarried parents. His dad was a prominent notary, he was a public official that certified legal documents of…

Leonardo da Vinci Da Vinci was born April 15, 1452, in the hills of Tuscany outside the village of Anchiano. Da Vinci received a small amount of formal education beyond basic reading, writhing. and mathematics instructions when he was young. He learned metalworking, leather arts, carpentry, drawing, painting and sculpting outside his school or even from himself! Parents: Mom; Caterina (Da Vinchi I assume) Dad; Ser Piero Da Vinchi Step Mom; ????????…

ABOUT Rachel Ritfeld is born in Suriname, South America and is of mixed Indian and Black Caribbean heritage. She moved to Belgium at age 10 with her mother who worked for the Surinamese Embassy in Brussels. It was here, that Rachel was scouted on the streets of Brussels by a model scout who signed her at age 15. Rachel was instantly in love with the catwalk. Keen to get an education, she moved to Brighton in England at age 17 to go to University where she majored in Social Anthropology at the…

Artists of the Renaissance era were revered for their sacred mastery of art, which caused them to be as equally high in the social structure as those of royalty. The general public of the time viewed artists as nothing short of gifted geniuses in their respective craft. The masterminds of the period, lasting roughly from 14th - 16th century AD, climbed the social ladder through their recreation of Latin Literature and of the figurative arts.¹ Each initially had no reputation or fame to any…

When you hear the name Leonardo da Vinci, you immediately think of a fascinating Renaissance artist, but before he emerged as a successful artist, he was just a man looking for someone to pay him to paint. Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1452 near Vinci, Italy. He was a much loved child and his father’s only son. Leonardo was a brilliant child, so brilliant that, “he used to baffle his master with the questions and problems he raised.” Pg.22. Since he had such an astute mind, he ended up being…

Yesterday when I was researching the major Renaissance artists da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael,and Brunelleschi I looked at their artwork and I was most impressed with leonardo’s. Leonardo da vinci was simply a genius in general and poetic sense . His painting, anatomy studying, and many sketches inventions. He lives up to his title of being the Renaissance man. By far in my opinion the coolest invention by da Vinci was his machine gun. The 33-barrelled organ was never built but it would have…

Brunelleschi’s Dome The discovery I decided to research was about Filippo Brunelleschi and his famous dome. His discovery began in the early 1400’s, when the leaders of the town—Florence—decided that it was time to replace the roof on the cathedral. For centuries, the hole had been there, and bad weather was beginning to ruin parts of the exposed cathedral. So, they decided to hold a bit of a competition among all the artisans of Florence, offering a prize of 200 gold florins, for the best…

This man would grow up to be one of the greatest artist in the Renaissance. Sandro Botticelli was born on the 17 of May in 1446. When young, Botticelli was trained to become a goldsmith by his brother Antonio. He later then decided to become an artist. At the age of fourteen he became an apprentice. He was apprenticed by an artist named Fra Filippo Lippi. Most of his working’s have been attributed to his master. Lippi greatly influenced Botticelli in his workings. Botticelli learned a lot from…