Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni 1475-1564 Copyright 1991‚ revised 2007‚ for Mesa County Valley School District #51‚ Grand Junction‚ CO. This article was written for the express use of the Art Heritage Program. No part may be copied in part or in whole without permission. Certain materials are included under the fair use exemption of the U.S. Copyright Law and have been prepared according to the multimedia fair use guidelines and are restricted from further use. The information contained
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Boboli Gardens As I step into the famous Boboli Gardens‚ an aura of grandness and mother nature surrounds me. The beautiful designing and maneuvering of nature and greens into gorgeous artworks and masterpieces fills my wandering eyes. I have never seen such creativity injected into nature as such. I feel closer connected to nature than ever. However‚ the most eye-catching and interesting area was the Amphitheatre. I personally love spacious and expansive areas with many features of nature filled
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a money economy. There was a need for people to change money and convert one type of currency to another. Thus‚ many merchants‚ crafts people‚ and bankers became important in society. Another example is Medici’s bank. In the 15th century Cosimo de Medici opened a bank‚ and began to open up branches in major cities in Europe. Therefore‚ it shows the economy during the renaissance changed in an uprising way. My last factor of change during the renaissance is the social change. In the middle age‚ they
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the company‚ as well as an important voice; she managed the troupe’s activities and negotiated with potential patrons. Isabella performed her tour de force‚ Pazzia d’Isabella (Isabella’s Madness)‚ in Florence at the royal wedding of Ferdinand de’ Medici and Christine of Lorraine. In Pazzia‚ Isabella was required to feign madness‚ imitate all the other actors in her troupe‚ and speak several languages. She apparently performed this piece so spectacularly that one spectator‚ Giuseppe Pavoni‚ declared
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Mannerist period‚ and of Bronzino’s master Pontormo. The painting may have been commissioned by the Duke of Florence‚ Cosimo de’ Medici or by Francesco Salviati‚ to be presented by him as a gift to Francis I of France. Vasari wrote that it was sent to King Francis‚ though he does not specify by whom. The erotic imagery would have appealed to the tastes prevalent in both the Medici and French courts at this time. The attention to texture and wealth is also consistent with Bronzino’s aristocratic patronage
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were dozens of hand-copied books‚ one manuscript‚ for example‚ was one thousand years old. Her father got to have those books and manuscripts because he worked for the Florentine historian and scholar: Poggio Bracciolini who also worked for Cosimo de Medici. Cosimo wanted his people to know the ancient Greek and Roman writers and documents that were destroyed with the great library in Alexandria (Egypt. Many of these were hidden from the Christian church fathers‚ who thought them heretical. Ernesto
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This strange and erotic painting‚ was painted by‚ Angolo Bronzino somewhere in the mid 1540’s. Its obscure images‚ exaggerated poses‚ and graceful forms are characteristic of the mannerist period. It is said to have been commissioned by Cosimo de Medici the Grand Duke of Tuscany‚ which was then given as a gift to King Francis‚ who was known for his “lusty appetites”. This is a very dynamic and somewhat claustrophobic painting of an immoral‚ and incestuous act between Cupid and his mother Venus.
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There are many famous scientists that exist and have in the past existed. Some may be slightly more important then others‚ but in the end they are all equally important. One scientist is Francesco Redi. Francesco was an Italian physician and poet who was one of the first people to serious attack the idea of spontaneous generation in 1668. Spontaneous generation is simply a supposed process (that never was completely observed) in which a living thing is created from something that is nonliving. He
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Stibbert used his large inheritance to peruse a passion for collecting‚ acquiring a variety of objects such as armor‚ swords and art from across the world including Europe‚ the Middle East‚ and Japan. Following his death in 1906‚ Stibbert bequeathed his house to the municipality of Florence where the collection was made open to the public for future generations. In order to understand the Stibbert Museum‚ it is necessary to understand Stibbert’s life‚ the collection itself‚ and the way in which the objects
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Carole Collier Frick in her 2005 book Dressing Renaissance Florence: Families‚ Fortunes‚ and Fine Clothing‚ Frick examines the ways in which members of Florentine society adorned themes adorned themselves. Despite being time consuming to produce‚ many of the elite families of Florence‚ purchased large amounts of clothing and textiles to maintain their social standing and family honor‚ for their families and households to aid in distinguishing themselves from their counterparts. Notable tailors of
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