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The Renaissance was a new beginning from the Middle Ages and a reformation in the way art was perceived. There were many prominent artists during the Renaissance that changed the era of art, commonly known as High Renaissance. These artists painted the streets of Europe, “patronized artists and mean of letters, and expended enormous enthusiasm and huge sums of money” (Aboukhadijeh, “European Society in the Age of the Renaissance”). The characteristics of High Renaissance art encompassed…

The Renaissance, which means rebirth and it, paved the foundations of early modern Europe. It began in Italy during the crusades Italian cities such as Venice, Milan, and Genoa prospered from trade with the crusaders and the Muslim world. The fall of the Byzantine empire of 1453 opened more doors of opportunity for Italian merchants. Florence became the banking capital to fund trade and keep the finances of the Roman Catholic Church in order. Double entry book keeping, which is debits and…

The artist that was once forgotten after his death for many years, Piero Della Francesca, is now considered one of the key Early Renaissance artists. Piero Della Francesca had a big impact on the development of the Italian Renaissance because of the use of a variety of techniques that enabled him to produce realistic looking paintings. In 1416, Piero Della Francesca was born in a small town, Sansepolcro in Italy. Piero was the son of Benedetto de' Franceschi and Romana di Perino da Monterchi.…

Michelangelo was one of the leading figures of the Renaissance during the late 15th and the first half of the 16th century. He was primarily a sculptor, but he was very talented in paintings and poetry. His talents were so apparent, that he earned the attention and patronage of Lorenzo de Medici, the leader of the Florentine Republic. The background of Michelangelo’s early life would play a large role in his rise to becoming a famous Renaissance artist. A. Michelangelo a. Born to middle class…

Michelangelo’s David is one of the most-recognizable work in art history. This work does not only represents the High Renaissance period, it’s also one of the best during that time. Why is Michelangelo’s David culturally significant? What does its subject matter, theme or style tell us about the High Renaissance culture that produced it? The term Renaissance, literally means "rebirth" and is the period in European civilization immediately following the Middle Ages, conventionally held to have…

Artists in Italy started the rebirth of the art movement in the late 13th century. The name renaissance was specified for paintings, sculptures and decorative arts that were created during the European history. The renaissance movement was active through 1300-1600. During this time, artist such as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo were known for popular art. These artists inspired the renaissance. Humanism was one of the important themes during this movement. It was created to revitalize the…

Honor means in the dictionary high respect; esteem. My definition of honor is a role model of some kind that you have high respect for. Leonardo Pisano, better known as Fibonacci, was born in 1170 in Pisa which is a city of Italy. He was the son of Guilielmo and Alessandra. One of his accomplishments was the Fibonacci Sequence. The Fibonacci Sequence is a series of numbers where the last two numbers equal the next number. Like 1,1,2,3,5,8,13 and so on. You can calculate it by this formula, F(n)…

As art commissions shifted from exclusively being issued by the church, to private families, governments and wealthy patrons, this provided ample opportunity in regards to the spiritual narrative. Whether it was modified, amended, or enhanced this was one outcome of the art that was now being made during the Renaissance. No family exemplifies this better than the Medici's of Florence. Essentially a wealthy Florentine banking family, their house and family contributed greatly to this Age of…

The Renaissance saw a great shift back towards the scientific period that the Greek and Romans had explored, this re-birth heralded in a great era of discovery and looking at the world with a fresh perspective. Humanism and linear perspective were used to in art to create more realistic proportions and define spaces to achieve depth. Moreover, there was a new passion to make faces and bodies as realistic as possible with unprecedented details. Renaissance: Michelangelo was hailed as one of the…

Fencing During the Renaissance Fencing - to fence, derived from fence, originally meaning, ”the act of defending”. During the Renaissance, the sport of fencing began to rise in popularity. Fencing was originally introduced as a form of swordsmanship practice. It helped train people for duels and at the time for self defence. When fencing became popular in Italy, art was applied to the sport, making it more appealing to the Renaissance mindset. Fencing was very popular and was seen as a…