Northern Renaissance

The Renaissance is known for the festivals of modern day people and even some music but this time period was also a huge turning point for arts and sciences. This time period gave way to “a great revival of interest in the classical learning and values of ancient Greece and Rome” With many new developments of the world and lives of the people living during this time came new influences and even some old ones. Astronomy, exploration, philosophy, literature, and especially the world of art were…

David: Baroque or Renaissance The courageous young David of the Old Testament has been the model for several sculptors in the art world. Michelangelo Buonarroti and Gian Lorenzo Bernini are two of these known sculptors. Michelangelo has been noted as the superior personality of the Florentine and later the High Renaissance era. He reigned the whole sixteenth century to the point others were unable to elude his influence (Hartt, 1987). A century later, Bernini entered the sculpturing world and…

In the book Brunelleschi’s Dome, Ross King refers to Filipo Brunelleschi as a renaissance genius. It’s actually a part of the full title to the book. Many things led King to this conclusion. No precedence was set for what Brunelleschi did. His designs and methods were so incredibly innovative that he reinvented how architecture was done during the Renaissance. Before Brunelleschi there was a profound lack of technical knowledge amongst the architecture community. Much of the building knowledge…

Through Brook’ Vermeer’s Hat: the Seventeenth Century and the Dawn of the Global World, Brook claims that the “dawn of globalization” took place during the 17th century, and was the beginning of the start of the modern world due to the growing alliances, trade and production of goods. Brook backs up his claim by using the several pieces of art included in his book, that were created during the seventeenth century. He focuses on specific parts of each work, and uses it as a door to the past and…

Introduction The term “utopia” is a Greek neologism coined by Thomas More in 1516 for his book Utopia that describes a fictional ideal society, which consequently is referring to the ideal community that possesses perfect qualities and egalitarian principles for citizens. The desire of pursuing such ideal realms has diversely manifested in the history of architectural development while entering the twentieth century when the modern movement has peaked, the popularity of utopian…

April 15 1452, in Vinci, Italy .greatest of the “renaissance man” possessor of the curious mind and keep intellect, he studied law of science nature, which greatly informed his work as a painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, military engineer and draftsman. His ideas and body of work—which includes "Virgin of the Rocks," "The Last Supper" and "Mona Lisa"—have influenced countless artists and made da Vinci a leading light of the Italian Renaissance. Young Leonardo received little formal…

INTRODUCTION – Gucci Gucci is an Italian brand acquired by French company Kering in 1999. It was founded by Guccio Gucci in 1921 in the beautiful city Florence. Guccio Gucci drew inspiration from horse saddle straps and opened his first store dedicated to luxury leather goods for horseback riding. He matched contrasting colours in his collections, giving rise to the iconic green-red-green stripe. In the 1970s, the fashion house entered into the Far East market, opening boutiques in Tokyo and…

Romanesque Architecture How and why did Romanesque Architecture emerge? Why did it evolve in style? Give specific examples (two to three buildings) to illustrate the development of the Romanesque architecture during the Medieval period. Introduction (Central idea, thesis statement) This essay aims to investigate how and why the Romanesque Architecture came about and its transformation in style during the medieval period. By using examples such as the Durham cathedral in Britain, and the The…

Three Italian Renaissance Masterpieces The Renaissance started from the fourteenth century and lasted in 16th century when Michelangelo died. In this era, there where several technical innovations such as the invention of oil painting, the use of Chiaroscuro, and the use of perspectives in paintings. Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael are the so called “the three giants” who were very influential and well known for their works. Some of the well known features of renaissance art was…

Francisco de Goya (1746 – 1828) was one of the famous Spanish court painters. His early artwork belongs to the genre painting, which he mastered through tapestry design for King Charles III. Influenced by the work of Velasquez, Goya developed more spontaneous painting technique. Simultaneously, his portraits became well-known among the Spanish aristocracy facilitating him to become a Court Painter of King Charles IV in the 1789. Goya’s Self-portrait before an Easel (1792-5) depicts him as a…