Northern Renaissance

the nature of human weakness. A manifestation of Machiavelli's radically realpolitik interpretation of Renaissance humanism, The Prince subverts the traditional Christian moral zeitgeist, redefining weakness in instrumental terms - that a leader's results are superior in importance to his means of achieving them. While influenced by the comparable circumstances of the inchoate European Renaissance, Julius Caesar explores in a more nuanced manner the notion that a ruler's weaknesses are not…

faith in the Virgin Mary and their religious convictions were solid. The two artworks were picked because they were both painted in the Renaissance and Baroque times where women were not given any…

knocked it out of the Roman Colosseum (ball park}, my work of art was very successful because it was the first monument that was build with no supports, and has an iron coating to prevent from enemies and a texture to prevent from rain. Since Northern renaissance had fewer innovations, and they were also very religions, the dome for the Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore was a big hit. There will be many more stunning monuments that I will design since I am giving up on being a goldsmith and…

Inside the church of San Marcello al Corso in Rome, there are two frescoes in a series by Francesco Salviati (1510-1563) whose unusual iconography caught my interest during a semester abroad. Though ostensibly depicting scenes from the life of the Virgin Mary, in both cases the titular narrative is rendered obscurely in the far background of the work while the foreground is dominated by the bodies of spectators who watch the scene. My senior thesis project, titled “Shaping Spectatorship in…

Baldisseri Castiglione’s Il Libro del Cortegiano (The Book of the Courtier) was one of the most popular, widely distributed and historically significant books in Renaissance Europe. Written between 1508 and 1528, Castiglione drew upon his years of experience of courts around Italy to imagine a discussion about what constitutes a ‘perfect’ courtly gentleman and lady. Soon after its release it had become a relative success in Italy and continued to grow in popularity, reaching over one hundred…

Madonna is among the greatest piece of art in history, to an extent that Raphael was inspired by earlier pieces of Madonna done Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. Raphael short art career lasted for just 20 years. He who was a long-term admirer of Leonardo’s was inspired by his earlier version of Madonna and Child with Saint Anne piece and Michelangelo. Although his own style can be recognized. For instance, in Madonna of the Meadow by Raphael, he absorbed the pyramidal grouping which was so…

From the premises of the humanism movement, the Italian Renaissance, which 'made the language and art of the ancient past the model for the present”, Leonard de Vinci 's work, composed of paintings as much as scientifical sketches, the Ottoman Court that aimed at reviving the Byzantine Empire 's art and the interiority…

physical work and did not have an excess of food, the average person was much thinner than what artists portray in their pictures. The Baroque style in which Rubens painted was characterized by its blend of representational drawing technique of the Renaissance and the emotional intensity exhibited in Baroque art. 'The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus' is full of emotion, as would be the event it is trying to portray. Through contrasting…

artisan at the Florence Cathedral, then under construction. Donatello’s next major project was a series of statues set to be placed in the campanile, or bell tower, of the Florence Cathedral. Word of Donatello’s achievements soon spread throughout northern Italy, and “he won commissions in other cities”. Scholars believed that Donatello again journeyed to Rome to study classical art around 1431. During his stay in Padua, Donatello also undertook interior renovations for the cities Church of San…

It is never too late to take an adventure and chase your dreams. One talented mid-aged explorer had many contributions to the Renaissance period. Some of them being his map making and navigational skills. Many know his name, but few truly know who he was. He was a “navigator and explorer who played a prominent role in exploring the new world” (Bio. Web.). So little was written on this man, but so much can be found on who inspired him to begin exploring, Christopher Columbus. Amerigo Vespucci is…