The Da Vinci Code

Leonardo da Vinci, Jan Van Eyck, Michelangelo, and Raphael captured in art the translation of the word Renaissance, meaning “rebirth” or “reawakening.” Throughout the period, from the late 14th century to the end of the 16th century, artists discovered new techniques and attributes of artistic design, as well as created many of the most famous and beloved sculptures and paintings of all time. As da Vinci commented, “A beautiful body perishes, but a work of art dies not.” Italy introduced…

The Creation of Adam: the iconography of the Sistine Ceiling. While fascinating, the iconography of the Sistine Ceiling is much too vast a topic address wholesale in one short paper. However, if one breaks it into separate sections it is possible to begin to comprehend. Therefore, this essay will focus on a specific topic, namely the image of the Creation of Adam and how one can infer some very specific influences on Michelangelo by Saint Augustine in his work The City of God1. However, one…

Erin Kelly May 2, 2017 Art of The Renaissance Renaissance Final 1. In class, we have discussed the increasing secularization of the world during this time period. What factors (intellectual, philosophical, social, economic, technological and political) went into this cultural shift? Furthermore, the advent of the academic system placed art, especially painting into distinct categories. Choose three works of art that you think demonstrate secularization and academic hierarchy, and describe…

For our project we will be creating a sculpture of the hand portion of michelangelo's creation of adam out of wax. Michelangelo was an italian artist, his work demonstrated a blend of psychological insight, physical realism and intensity never before seen.Michelangelo learned from and was inspired by the scholars and writers in Lorenzo’s intellectual circle, and his later work would forever be informed by what he learned about philosophy and politics in those years. As his career developed he…

(Renaissance artist) Leonardo da vinci painted the mona lisa and the last supper which are very famous and important masterpieces the last supper is about the very last moments before christ was hung on the cross and killed. Francesco del Giocondo,requested a painting done by leonardo da vinci the painting is of del Giocondo wife,Lisa,. The mona lisa’s smile shows a light smirk when looking at it a certain way…

of the Western art. People from that time considered him as one of the best and greatest artist during his lifetime and is currently considered as one of the greatest artists due to his accomplishments. He is often considered, along with Leonardo da Vinci, as a contender of the archetypal Renaissance man. He was so successful with his work, that he had a biography published while he was alive, being the first Western artist to accomplish this. David was one of his most famous sculptures which he…

The world since the Golden Age of Renaissance has changed drastically in the past five hundred years. However, there are still a myriad of influential modern day Renaissance men (and women) existing in the world. Although the set of criteria that the world uses to define a Renaissance man is different from the past, the definition of humanistic virtues and ideals itself has not changed. Paul Allen, one of our leading businessmen, is a definite apotheosis. His versatility allowed him not only to…

1. The "Raising of Lazarus" was created by Duccio di Buoninsegna in 1308-1311. It is made of tempera and gold on wood and measures 43.5 X 46.4 cm. It is located in the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas. 2. Within the image there are 27 people. Jesus stands at the front center of the crowd. He wears a red and blue robe and His right hand is extended outwards towards Lazarus. There is a golden halo around Jesus's head. To his right is one of Lazarus's sisters, either Mary or Martha. She…

Describe The title of this painting is called the Ship of Fools by Hieronymus Bosch. It was painted around 1490 to 1500. Bosch used oil on wood. This painting is 58 centimeters by 33 centimeters. In this painting, there are about twelve people. They are either naked in the water or wearing pilgrim-like clothing. There is one person, however, who is dressed in all white with pointed ears sitting on a tree branch. The first thing I see is a man in the water. My gaze then moved up through the…

After reviewing Pablo Picasso’s Bull’s Head sculpture, his ability to assemble the bike seat and handlebars and maintain it’s simplicity yet resemble the image of a Bull’s head is astonishing. I believe that if a much more modern seat and handlebar’s were used, then the apparent perspective of the Bull’s head wouldn’t have been as discernible. “The marvelous thing about bronze is that it can give the most heterogeneous objects such unity that it’s sometimes difficult to identify the elements…