Renaissance composers

The project of the dome began as many human endeavors begin: someone wanted to do something to show that they were the best. In typical human fashion, the fathers of Florence, Italy had decided that Florence would be the best and most advanced city around. They wanted to beat out their rivals in Milan to be the best that Europe had to offer. How would they do this? By building a cathedral with a stunning dome; something that had never been done before. But, they soon ran into a problem: they had…

Why was it important? During the early Renaissance, the use of portraits wasn’t used to depict people of their own right but to show peoples devotion to Christ. As portraiture evolved through time and new styles were discovered the idea of portraits became more personal. Portraits gave a more humanistic approach to Christianity, with paintings depicting patrons and saints worshipping and being Christ like it could give this idea of being religious and faithful to God a more personal approach.…

Canova’s seminal Theseus and the Minotaur broke the boundary between Baroque and Neoclassical, presenting a classical subject matter in a calm setting with attention to detail. Often hailed as one of the best examples of the classical style, Canova’s sculpture helped pave the way for Neoclassical sculpture as a whole. Influenced by his hometown of Venice and the public negative sentiment towards the Ottoman Empire, the choice of the Greek myth was deliberate, displaying both the social trends of…

Medicine During the Renaissance The term Renaissance is translated to “Rebirth” in the english language and this was a period of time in the european civilization which came directly after the Middle Ages. This stage in time lasted approximately 300 years, from 1400 - 1700 and was a very important time in terms of revolution. The europeans created a cultural movement in Italy and this marked the beginning of the Early Modern Age. The Renaissance was the first time in history that physicians,…

how the merchant doing there business. When the black plague came around to some region it was a moment that boosted economic growth. A city state who start to dominate after the black plague was Florence which is known as the home of the Renaissance. The Renaissance time period was a moment of rebirth of learning and culture. An important part about Florence art was the frescoes that were painted in side of the chapels. The frescoes would show many different scenes and images. Some artist like…

very first painting that did this was Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints Leonard, Jerome, John the Baptist, and Francis. This painting is by Nicolo di Maestro Antonio d’Ancona. It caught my eye because even though it was created in during the Renaissance; it still has a lot of details, beautiful colors, and meaning. The throne that Madonna is sitting on, and the entire wall behind her is beautiful. The top part of the wall immediately caught my eye because it looks very royal. It is a…

Pope Julius II goal was to extend the authority of the papal and to make the papacy have true power over the military force and political authority in Italy. Julius hired Michelangelo to decorate the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, a very important place that held the place of the new popes that are eventually elected. This reflects upon Julius because he wanted to spread the papacy out into the country. Therefore it was the purpose of building the Sistine Chapel. Julius wanted to continue…

Coronation of the Virgin, we will star on how this artist came to be. Taddeo di Bartolo was conceived in Siena in 1362, raised by his dad, Bartolo di Mino. Whit has been discovered, Taddeo was an Italian painter of the Sienese School amid the early Renaissance. He was dynamic in Pisa, Perugia, San Gimignano, and Volterra, his local city. He is among the specialists profiled in Vasari's Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori , or as interpreted, "Existences of the Most…

The oldest piece of Roman literature was written by Cato the Elder, however, Plautus, a plebeian wrote 130 plays, all of what was written in the Latin language (Matthews, Noble, & Platt, 2014). He relied on previous New Comedy playwrights, but he improvised into the current time period. Another playwright, Terence, was a slave but he was educated and eventually set free (Matthews et al, 2014). Unlike Plautus, he only created six plays. Plautus and Terence did not have any success, but two poets…

prime his canvas with dark colors and then start to sketch and finally paint. This method would result in much of his paintings to be very dark and shadowy with flashes of light. Tintoretto’s “Last Supper” is a perfect example of Late Renaissance Mannerism combined with his style. Tintoretto was commissioned by the church of San Giorgio Maggiore to paint the Last Supper for the Benedictine monastery. It is not the typical scene we see in other paintings where the apostles have just…