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If Michelangelo Buonarroti were to paint a picture of a Renaissance gentleman and painter, it would most likely look like himself. He grew up in a moderately wealthy family with him being an apprentice to a painter for the royal Medici family. His life was full of great artistic accomplishments, such as creating the sculpture David, the interior painting of the Sistine Chapel, and probably his most famous painting, The Last Judgement. The legacy that Michelangelo Buonarroti left behind for…

The Medici were representatives of early Renaissance patronage, however, the only ones. Lorenzo de Medici was a strong ruler of the Florentine Republic, and is known for is patronage of the arts during the early Renaissance. Cosimo de Medici learned how using the arts would help him to influence the people and help him gain power. Because of Cosimo money and power art and architecture in Florence was flourishing during the Florentine Renaissance. The Procession of the Magi is filled with the…

The architect Palladio might have the biggest influence. Known as one the greatest architects of all time (Adams, 2009) Palladio’s influence in seen in buildings today. Not just Villas. He defined a new mould for buildings using key elements of Renaissance architecture along with his need for symmetry to influence European architecture (Anderson, 1994). English architects such as Matthew Brettingham studied Palladio’s work. Brettingham created an English version of the Villa Rotunda in four…

In this paper you will read my thoughts on one painting by Fra Andrea Pozzo. You will also see different points I will bring up explaining why this painting is important and also why it caught my attention. There are multiple main points I will bring up that this piece has, such as, perspective, illusion, chiaroscuro, etc. Fra Andrea Pozzo, Glorification of saint Ignatius (pg.720) The Glorification of Saint Ignatius is a ceiling fresco painted by Fra Andrea Pozzo in the nave of Sant’Ignazio,…

Florence was known to be the greatest center of art and culture during the glorious Renaissance. It is only fit that it also happened to be the birthplace of one of history’s greatest poets, Dante Alighieri. He was born in the May of 1265, the son of Alighiero Di Bellincione and Bella. Unfortunately, Bella passed away when Dante was only five years old. However, life continued on for young Dante and his family. His father soon remarried and Dante began going to school, as was common for boys in…

MICHELANGELO’S FLORENTINE PIETA: A CATALOG ENTRY Name Institution Instructor Course Basic Information Artist: Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (aka Michelangelo) Title: The Florentine Pieta/The Deposition/The Lamentation of the Dead Christ/Bandini Pieta Date: ca. 1547-1555 Material: Marble Size:226 cm or 89in. Current Location: Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Florence. Michelangelo’s Florentine Pieta Michelangelo’s Florentine Pieta (ca.1547-1555) is a 226cm, marble sculpture…

Leonardo Da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452. Leonardo was one of the most talented artist of all time,also a great inventor.Leonardo had a striking figure.He was a son of Ser Piero da Vinci Leonardo was very proud of his looks. He received no formal education beyond basic reading, writing and math, but his father appreciated his artistic talent . He had eleven other siblings.Later on, Leonardo worked in a workshop named Andrea Del Verrocchio as a teenager. He painted , made clay models and was…

Date or birth and death- Michelangelo (Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni) was born in the year 1475 in the town Caprese Michelangelo, Italy. He died in the year 18,1564, in Rome. What country did he reside in- Michelangelo resided in the town Caprese Michelangelo, Italy. That was the town where he was born in. The family moved back to Florence before Michelangelo was one month old. Where do you think he would rank in the hiarchy- What else was happening in the renaissance while he was…

Cesare Beccaria: A Biographical Sketch Cesare Beccaria was born on March 15, 1738 in Milan, Italy to an aristocratic family of the Hapsburgs, but they only earned a ,”..modest income…”, (Biography.com). He was educated at ,”...a Jesuit school in Parma, Italy…”, (Biography.com). That school was said to be extraordinarily unhinged and smothered all emotions. Despite this, Cesare managed to excel in math, and attended the University of Pavia in 1758, acquiring a degree in law. In the early…

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452 in Vinci, Italy. His mother, considered a peasant, and father, an attorney, never married and because of this, he had about 17 half- siblings. Though most see him as just an artist, he was so much more. Despite having only basic knowledge of writing, reading, and math in his earlier years, Leonardo was not just an artist, but he was also an inventor, architect, mathematician, engineer, anatomist, geologist, and a cartographer too. His…