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rebuilding. There is currently no record of the original commission, although the painting is first mentioned by Vasari, who had seen it together with the Primavera, at Castello. The painting stayed in Castello until 1815, until it was transported to the Uffizi. Then in 1919 it was again moved and kept in the Galleria dell'Accademia another government museum in Florence. The birth of Venus is a tempera on canvas. During the time of this painting, wood panels were common surfaces for painting,…

Artemisia Gentileschi was an Italian Baroque painter known for her influential and breathtaking artworks. Artemisia artworks had an influence on artists that were women. The art she created was so persuasive and emotional that it inspired other artists to traverse themes that involved female empowerment and toughness. Because of this, it opened the door for future generations of artists to summon traditional standards and convey their distinctive perspectives. Artemisia Gentileschi was born July…

I chose to write a compare and contrast for my final on Titian’s “Venus of Urbino” during the period of Venetian Renaissance and Romantic artist Francisco Goya’s “The Nude Maja”. My major is fashion design, so I was drawn to write about these works of art because these two paintings depicted both females’ sensuality which is probably the most popular subject matter in the western art history for centuries. These two works are particularly important because the “Venus of Urbino” is most often…

is Zephyrus who carries the nymph Chloris. He is using wind to guide Venus to shore (italianrenaissance.org). To the right of Venus on the shore, is Pomona, the goddess of spring (italianrenaissance.org). The Birth of Venus is now featured in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence (Peter Aykroyd et al,…

Santa Trinita Madonna was painted in 1280 to 1290 by the Italian artist, Cimabue, with tempera and gold leaf on a wood panel. It’s said to be commissioned by the Vallumbrosan monks for the main altar of the Santa Trinita church in Florence. (Virtual Uffizi, 2015) This is a standard subject of the Madonna Enthroned. Mary, wearing a dark blue cloak with a red underdress is holding the Christ child (the smallest figure in the painting) on her lap (indicating to him with her hand) and he is wearing…

Elegance, delicacy and exquisiteness are three words which sums up the perspective of the Early Renaissance. During this movement there were many influential painters. Extraordinary works of art were created during tumultuous times. There was an immense amount of outside beliefs from society which had an impact on the art that was created. One artist in particular who dealt with these ideologies was Alessandro Botticelli. Botticelli was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance who worked…

It was made in Galleria Degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy, and it is displayed in Florence. There are no documents that are associated with the Birth of Venus. It has the Roman goddess Venus in the middle of the painting. She is depicted as an adult woman who is emerging from the sea. It…

works. Pietro Perugino was truly a master of the renaissance, his most famous work The Delivery of the Keys currently sits on the walls of the sistine chapel and many of his other famous works sit in some of the most famous art museums such as the Uffizi Gallery in Florence and the Louvre in Paris. In Heinrich Wölfflin’s Classic Art: An…

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Visons of utopia manifest themselves throughout history as universal and shared ideals, yet the struggle for utopia is most poignantly experienced by the underprivileged and the marginalized. The hope and failure inherent in this struggle is a motif that presents itself in both real and fictional worlds. In 1893, black Americans like Ida B.Wells and Frederick Douglass spoke against the implicit racism of the Columbian Exposition. In 1911, an Italian named Vincenzo Peruggia, reacting to the…