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Throughout the course of human civilizations, people have turned to art as a form of expression for emotions, events, and representation of people and places. These works come in different forms such as paintings, theatre, literature and architecture. Many of these great works are preserved for future generations, while others are destroyed over time. Out of all artworks that have been created the best and most deserving of preservation are The Mona Lisa, Everyman, The Epic of Gilgamesh and The…

Throughout time in history, we have had a lot of famous scientists. Leonardo Da Vinci was one of those famous scientists. This biography will tell you about his childhood, education, discoveries, and his impact on modern society. It all started with Leonardo’s childhood. He was born in the town of Tuscan, in the lower valley of Arno River. His birth name was Leonardo Di ser Piero Da Vinci. Leonardo’s birth name means, Leonardo (son) of (mes)ser Piero from Vinci. He was born on April 15, 1452…

Michelangelo Buonarotti, a name that has become almost synonymous with the High Renaissance, is arguably one of the most skilled sculptor and artist of his time. Sculptures such as the Pietá was the reason why Michelangelo became a highly regarded sculptor. Pope Julius II saw that Michelangelo had talent and an aptitude for making captivating religious interpretations in the form of some type of artwork. What Julius II did not see was the prideful side of Michelangelo which made things difficult…

Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo Da Vinci embodied the Renaissance Spirit by displaying humanism, having a passion for learning and had many different talents. The Renaissance was a period of rebirth.It brought back Roman and Greek ideas, and displayed more worldly thoughts. The birthplace of the renaissance was Florence, Italy which is actually where Leonardo Da Vinci lived for most of his life. He was the perfect renaissance man because he took part in so many different things. As you can see, he…

For week 7, I will be explaining how the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel (figure 1) located in Vatican City in Rome, Italy fits in with my theme of beauty that I chose for my final paper. Italian artist, Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, known simply as Michelangelo, was commissioned by Pope Julius II in 1508 to repaint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. At first, Michelangelo refused saying he was a sculptor and had no experience as a fresco painter. However, he quickly changed his…

Leonardo da Vinci is and was a well know Renaissance artist and inventor who was well known for his perspective paintings. While he was not the first to discover this phenomenon, he still adopted and expanded on the idea and asked the question, how can I make a flat surface portrait resemble a realistic picture? Filippo Brunelleschi was the one who had a system of sizing objects on the painting, according to what he wanted the viewer to see or focus on. Leon Battista Alberti wrote a book about…

Leonardo da Vinci was a painter, architect, inventor, and student of all things scientific. He is known as “a Renaissance man”. While he was great at all of these he is possibly the most famous painter of all times. He was born on April 15, 1452 in Italy and died on May 2, 1519 in France. Only 15 of Da Vinci’s painting are known to exist as his own, some of the most famous include: Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, The Baptism of Christ, Adoration of the Magi, and Medusa. Leonardo had 16 step/half…

The project that I wanted to look into a little bit more was the discoveries and innovation of Leonardo Di Vinci. I have studied his work before and I am intrigued by all of his work. Through all the reading I have done and the studying I have done I have realized that he has in fact had a major impact on perspective, light, shadows, and color in painting and influence that it had on other artists. I think it is interesting that this was listed and how exploration and discovery apply to many…

The Birth of Venus is a truly magnificent piece of artwork. It was painted around 1480 with tempera on canvas. This painting was the first large mythological painting since antiquity. Botticelli painted this during the Renaissance era. Here are excerpts from Stanze per la Giostra, by Angelo Poliziano, that are though to be what Botticelli painted his image about. “A young woman with nonhuman countenance, is carried on a conch shell, wafted to shore by playful zephyrs…the Hours (Goddess of the…

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) was a famous sculptor, painter and architect whose work in the Sistine Chapel is widely known to be one of the greatest pieces of fresco work in the Italian Renaissance. Every year millions of people travel to Vatican City to see his impressive artwork. Not only is the Sistine Chapel an attraction for art lovers, but for Christians the Sistine Chapel is considered to be one of the holiest chapels. The Sistine Chapel was built between 1475 and 1483 and named…