Republic of Florence

Essay Question Visuality (Renaissance and Baroque) The design of St Peter’s cathedral in Rome underwent a significant evolution from the time it was begun by Bramante at the beginning of the 16th century to the construction of Bernini’s monumental colonnades and oval piazza in front of the cathedral in the middle of the 17th century. During this time a series of significant architects oversaw the evolution of its design in a changing religious context. Maderno’s façade epitomized a key idea of…

Analytical Essay on the Renaissance Art During the Renaissance period painters had the desire to demonstrate art that showed happiness in the human form that depicted the beauty in life’s pleasures. Renaissance art is very realistic compared to the art of the Middle Ages. Throughout the Middle Ages, art remained more religious. Renaissance artist perceived art in many different ways. For example, they would study how the way things look when they were nearby an object or from at a distance. The…

young Leonardo learned the art of painting. He had soon got to the point where he painted one of the angels in Verrocchio’s religious commissions. By 1472, he completed his training with Verrocchio and went to look for work in Florence. (Plumb 223-225) Leonardo worked in Florence for about 8 to 9 years. During these years, he was far good at other things besides painting. He studied the human anatomy, mathematics, mechanics, and the wonders of nature. The first year of his time in Italy,…

Renaissance Women During the Renaissance (14th-16th c.), Italy flourished in cultural and artistic achievements. However, as culture and education advanced, restrictions on women grew. The status of women in the Renaissance remains a contested topic amongst historians today. Most notably, historians Jacob Burckhardt and Joan Kelly adopt differing views in their works on hwo the Renaissance impacted women. In his 1860 work The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy, Swiss historian Burckhardt…

Leonardo da Vinci was one of the greatest of the Renaissance period. Some may say that he was the epitome of the renaissance. He was famous for being a painter, architect, musician, inventor, sculptor and scientist. Leonardo Da Vinci was mostly known for his paintings and inventions back in the renaissance era and is still very much famous today from the paintings of the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper. Some may also say that Leonardo was a revolutionary of his time. Many people say that because…

According to Uppsala University, Michelangelo’s patron is Arte della Lana; which is a wool guild in Florence during the renaissance. It was very well-known especially since it was one of the seven greater trades in Florence. The guild believed in Michelangelo and saw the statue as a symbol thought to be placed in a high place. It was originally supposed to be “placed high of the façade of Florence Cathedral” (Sayre 228) but was most likely placed in the Piazza della Signoria because it could not…

Giotto, a younger member of the artist guild, was a student of Cimabue. Both Giotto and Cimabue painted Virgin and Child Enthroned altarpieces created from wood panels of tempera and gold. Viewing their renditions of the Virgin and Child Enthroned, Cimabue’s and Giotto’s distinct styles are apparent. By comparing and contrasting Cimabue’s and Giotto’s style of work, the viewer can see the shift from Byzantine to classical style of art. Cimabue’s and Giotto’s Virgin and Child Enthroned…

and the beginning of Humanism (Catling 43). The benefit of their support led to Florence becoming famous for creative master artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Botticelli and writers such as Petrarch and Dante (Italia.it). The Florentine language that dominated these literary works led to it becoming the language used throughout Italy today (Discover Tuscany). As the one time capital of Italy, Florence is now known as the “intellectual and artistic capital of southern Europe”…

Late Renaissance (mid XVI - 90 years of the XVI century) (Brotton). Early Renaissance (XIV-XV centuries) in Italian art is primarily connected with the Florence, where the Medici patronized humanists and all the arts. Artists of Early Renaissance in Italy created a plastic one-piece, having an inner unity concept of the World. Systematically studying the nature, they drew the motifs from the everyday life…

The spirit of renaissance was embodied by humanism. It involved the devoted and sympathetic study of mankind, thereby contrasting the theological devotion which was an aspect of the Dark Ages. In architecture, renaissance began to take effect in Florence, Italy during the 15th century. The shared attitudes at that particular time was that renaissance embodied a deep respect for local tradition and continuities; the notion that architecture was everyone’s concern, a source of pride and a public…