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Renaissance was from the 14th to the 17th century, it was the bridge between the middle ages and modern history. The word Renaissance literally means “rebirth” in French. The Renaissance's theme was "Man is the measure of all things" A new thinking brought about art, architecture, The Renaissance began about 1350 in Northern Italy. Right after the Black Death The politics, sciences, and literature. With this brought about artist and contributors who shaped and gave life to the whole movement.…

Facts about Donatello Have you ever wondered how life would be if there would be no art, well, here’s some fun facts I bet you didn’t know about Donatello. He was a sculptor from Florence and he studied classical sculpture he inspired a lot of other artists such as Michelangelo and he also had several assistants, his best known works were mostly statues in a circle. But he developed a new, shallow type of work that had a large architectural relief. Also “Donatello was the son of Niccolo DI…

The Basilica of Santa Maria Novella is located in Florence, Italy. It was built in the beginning of 1246 as a Dominican Church. It received its name because the site on which it is located was the church of Santa Maria delle Vigne in the ninth-century. The word Novella Translates to ‘New’ thus translating to ‘The New Santa Maria’ The Church was designed by several friars, the first being Fra Ristoro da Campi and Fra Sisto Fiorentino. Santa Maria Novella is made up of various additions and…

The High Renaissance, which lasted from the early 1490s to 1527, refers to a short period of extraordinary artistic production in the Italian states, especially Rome. The High Renaissance was a perfection of the Early Renaissance as many of the artistic explorations blossomed in full effect. Artists finally had the tools, skill, confidence, and knowledge to establish an artistic career and create amazing artwork. As a result, High Renaissance art was characterized by both self confidence and…

Florence was one of the five major city states that rose as a result of the “Dark Age” and black plague. After this, the guild system was rarely used and wealthy, powerful families began to rule (which in Florence was the Medici family). Florence played a major role in the Renaissance because it encouraged and promoted art and culture; it became the center for literature and art and supported those writers and artists affluently. Patrons were the largest supporters for scholars, writers, and…

Among the various pieces of artwork representing the Italian Renaissance housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Giovanni di Ser Giovanni Guidi’s 1449 piece, The Triumph of Fame (Desco Da Parto di Lorenzo De’ Medici) stands out as a key work of the time period. Foremost, the subject matter seems to call to attention both a mythologized scene recalling characters of antiquity presiding over the representations of persons who were presumably alive at the time of the commission, all gathered for…

Raphaello Sanzio, mainly know as Raphael was born 1483, Urbino, Italy. And died 1520, Rome, Italy. He was one of the three greatest painters of the renaissance including Michael Angelo, and Leonardo da Vinci. He impacted the renaissance in ways such as his influence of Florence, his architecture, and Although Raphael lived a peripatetic life, he spent four years of his life studying in Florence. He left his apprenticeship with Perugino. He became very influenced with the art of other Italian…

“Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish” – Michelangelo ("Michelangelo, his Paintings, and Sculptures"). This brief phrase from Michelangelo speaks volumes to his ambition and dedication, to which he attributes his success. “Michelangelo was considered the greatest living artists in his lifetime, and ever since then he has been held to one of the greatest artists of all time” (Gilbert). Though known for his poetry and architecture as well, Michelangelo’s renowned…

Mantegna was an important artist during the Renaissance. Mantegna first started his art career in 1448 in Padua, but then left at an early age and went to Verona, then Rome. Mantegna’s most known artwork include The Adoration of the Magi, The Death of the Virgin, The Presentation at the Temple. Mantegna is best known for perspective. This essay will discuss his greatest works. Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian was one of Mantegna’s pieces of work. The subject of this piece of artwork was Saint…

Leonardo da Vinci was born on the 15th of April, 1452, in the town of Vinci, Italy. He was both an artist and an intellectual of the Renaissance period. For Leonardo, there was no great boundary on the subjects of Science and Art just like any Renaissance humanist leaders would believe. Over the years, he went on to study and observe various things such as plants, human anatomy, and machinery for war. Most of these were theoretical explanations. The documentation of his works consisted 13,000…