Mona Van Duyn

Michelangelo is said to be one of the greatest artists of all times (“Michelangelo”). For about ninety years his work left people in astonishment, from painting the ceiling of the Sistine Capel, to sculpting the statue of David and the Pieta and many more. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was born on March 6th, 1475 in Caprese, Italy. He was an Italian painter, sculptor, poet, and architect of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, he died on February 18th, 1564 in…

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…

Giorgio Moroder is a famous musician who produces electronic dance music. He was born in Ortisei, Italy, on April 26th 1940. He has been one of my most influential producers ever since I heard him on Daft Punk’s album, Random Access Memories. He tells us a story of what life was like for him when he first started making music and how he worked hard to make it where he is now. The story he told was just a summary of all that he has done. In order to understand how influential Giorgio was, one…

Located in Paris, France, the Louvre houses some of the most treasured pieces of art ever created. From Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa to the famous Glass Pyramids by I.M. Pei, the Louvre is the world’s largest museum (at 652,300 square feet), with more than 35,000 pieces of art stored within its walls. However, the Louvre is much more than a museum. The Louvre itself is a piece of art. Built in the year 1190, the Louvre was designed to protect Paris from raids by other armies. The Louvre was…

has been depicted in paintings many times throughout history. For example, the idea of the turban may have been inspired by the Man in a Turban by Jan van Eyck which was painted in the fifteenth century. Also, the pearl earring and the emphasis on jewelry may have sprouted from paintings such as the Portrait of Maria Louisa de Tassis by Anthony van Dyck. In this painting, the talent of Vermeer as a painter is quite evident. The elaborate folds of the turban show his skill as well as the…

Lost In The Forms, Forever In The Intelligence During the Renaissance period in life, a man by the name of Leonardo Da Vinci was doing many things that helped change the views of man. Leonardo was born out of wedlock between a respected notary and a peasant woman in 1452. During his child and teen years, Leonardo was under the care of a sculptor by the name of Andrea Del Verrocchio, who helped him kick off his art career. Like all people, Leonard had his fair share of thoughts and opinions, he…

many know, is the Mona Lisa. It is a portrait of a captivating young woman named Lisa Gherardini. Her husband, Francesco Del Giocondo, had requested for da Vinci to paint his wife in celebration of both their new home and the birth of their second son. Interestingly enough, however, Giocondo never actually received the painting he had commissioned da Vinci to do; da Vinci was a rigorous when it came to his artwork, and he was always seeking perfection. When it came to the Mona Lisa, and…

Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) is a standout amongst the most interesting identities ever. Prepared in Florence as a painter and stone carver in the workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio (1435–1488), Leonardo is additionally celebrated for his experimental commitments. Leonardo 's interest and unquenchable yearn for learning never left him. He was continually watching, testing, and designing, and drawing was, for him, an apparatus for recording his examination of nature. Albeit finished works by…

It has Leonardo traits, but it doesn 't carry his metaphysical individuality. La Bella is the only painting of Leonardo 's to have an object sitting in front of the subject and the viewer. La Belle also most closely resembles the Mona Lisa, who wasn 't painted until 15 years after Belle. The paintings that Leonardo was making at the time period of La Belle were still rather stylized, and all beared some sort of resemblance, La Belle being the odd one out. This method could be useful…

Following an event of such magnitude it shock the contemporary foundation of human society, an event that cut the human population nearly in half,1* it followed reason that many peoples faith would be put into question. This questioning of religious faith following The Back Death, led to a Renaissance. No longer did peoples lives revolve solely around religious faith, after what many felt was god abandoning them in there most dire needs, why would it? During a time that saw a complete breakdown…