http://totallyhistory.com/arthistory/famousartists/ http://www.learner.org/interactives/renaissance/middleages.html (bubonic plague) http://www.mrdowling.com/704renaissance.html (Renaissance definition) Renaissance topics ~Artists ~Inventions maybs ~Effects of the Renaissance Cover: title “The Renaissance Pg. 1: About the Renaissance Pg. 2 The Impact of Classical Antiquities on Renaissance Art The word “renaissance” (rebirth) refers not only to the sudden and widespread flourishing of literature and
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Michelangelo’s Moses The Michelangelo sculpture that I have chosen to write about is Moses. The immediate thing that struck me about this sculpture that led to me choosing to write about it is due to the intricate details in the muscle tone‚ and hair detail (in particular his beard). After looking at it for a little I came to realize that its not just about the details that attracted me to it but also caught my eye for the incredibly stoic look on Moses’ face and the bizarre element of horns. And
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Ptolemy introduces Geography. He assigned coordinates to all the places and geographic features he knew‚ in a grid that spanned the globe. Latitude was measured from the equator. (1406) John Wycliffe was an English Scholastic philosopher‚ and translator. His English version of the bible was published in 1408. The Bible he created‚ the first literal translation of the Latin Vulgate Bible into English‚ was more a work of his followers than him but tradition still tends to attribute it to Wycliffe
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Federigo’s Falcon is a tale of courtly love by Giovanni Boccaccio that takes place during medieval times. The story is about a man named Federigo who lived in Florence and was in love with a women named Giovanna who never paid him any attention even though he would spend allot of money and time trying to impress her. In the middle of the story Giovanna needs Federigo’s help and is the only time that she actually acknowledges him. The theme of the story is to not just acknowledge people when you need
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Allegory of Fortune For such a beautiful piece with such soft lighting and rich color‚ Salvator Rosa’s Allegory of Fortune hardly seems like something created out of anger. A beautiful woman‚ wrapped in a golden cloth is shown feeding an assortment of animals. There is little in the painting that evokes the sort of emotion in the viewer that Rosa put into the painting; only after applying knowledge of symbolism does the viewer see Rosa’s angry‚ shaking fist. Completed in 1659‚ Allegory of Fortune
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from his youth and is seen in his famous painting that is still talked about today. Born in Vinci‚ Italy on April 15‚ 1452‚ Leonardo da Vinci was an enthusiastic artist in his youth. His father recognized his talents‚ for he sent Leonardo to Florence to become an apprentice for a studio. His father took Leonardo to one of the two most famous workshops in the
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The Italian Renaissance vs. the Renaissance in Northern Europe The Renaissance is a time in history that is often discussed and referenced‚ but rarely defined. Literally meaning “re-birth‚” it started in the late 1300s in Italy‚ particularly in Florence. It encompassed all areas of culture‚ from art to music to literature to medicine. The Renaissance can also be seen not just as a re-birth of culture but as a revival of culture. After the dark ages‚ the arts were finally flourishing again. People
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of his artwork‚ with each painting. Because his artistic career began during the early days of the Renaissance‚ Fra Angelico’s paintings were never completely realistic. “Fra Angelico was born near (the center of a major city in the Renaissance‚) Florence‚ where he (was) trained in the manuscript industry… as an illuminator” (“Fra Angelico.” Encyclopedia of the Renaissance). It was there that Fra Angelico learned to use the detail‚ color‚ and light‚ that was later applied into his paintings as a Dominican
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Eve‚ by Masolino (1424-25) and the Expulsion of Adam and Eve‚ by Masaccio (1425-28) are two of the frescoes in a series commissioned by the wealthy silk merchant‚ Felice Brancacci in the Brancacci Chapel‚ in the church of Santa Maria del Carmine in Florence. The subject matter of the cycle is the life of Saint Peter‚ speculatively as honoring the first Pope‚ Peter and “significantly‚ this family chapel had been founded in the late fourteenth century by Piero Brancacci‚ Piero‚ "Peter" and dedicated
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Giulia Ammannati‚ held me on my first night out of the womb and softened my cries by whispering my name‚ Galileo Galilei‚ over and over again. A few years later‚ when I reached the age of ten‚ my family packed up all of our belongings and moved to Florence‚ Italy. The year of 1574 I began my formal schooling at the nearby Camaldolese monastery in Vallombrosa. After completing my education at the monastery‚ I wished to continue learning. In 1583‚ I began attending the University of Pisa to study medicine
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