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Sistine Chapel Michelangelo Worked
634 wordsWithout question the most recognized work of the Renaissance is Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel. Named for Pope Sixtus IV della River (1471 - 1484), the chapel is simple in shape. Its measurements repeat those given in the Bible for the temple of Solomon. But, despite the Sistine Chapel's structural simplicity, its ceiling is one of the pinnacle achievements in art history. After more than four years, Michelangelo completed his masterpiece ceiling in October of 1512. On it he portrayed the nine st...
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Altar Wall Saint Peter
2,005 words... ed to Clement VII by the traumatic events that were undermining the unity of Christians at the time. After the pope's death, on September 25, 1534, and only two days after Michelangelo's arrival in Rome, his successor, Paul III Farnese confirmed the commission to Michelangelo, and in April 1535 scaffolding was put up in front of the altar wall. All that had happened in the church in the years that preceded the Judgment, including the Reformation and the Sack of Rome, had a direct influence o...
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Creation Of Adam Art And Architecture
1,071 wordsThere was a time period from 1400 C. E. to 1600 C. E. , referred to as the Renaissance. The Renaissance was an age of discovery shown through, architecture, poetry, art, sculpture, and theater based on a Greco-Roman culture. Among the many Renaissance thinkers there was a man named Michelangelo Buonarroti. Michelangelo was an architect, sculptor, painter, poet, and an engineer. He preferred sculpting because he felt he was shaping mankind, which reflected the Renaissance era. The Renaissance enc...
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Young Boy Great Physical
936 wordsDavid, who was destined to be the second king of Israel, destroyed the Philistine giant Goliath with stone and a sling. Donatello, Verrocchio, Michelangelo, and Bernini each designed a sculpture of David. However, the sculptures are drastically different from one another. Each one is unique in its own certain way. Donatello, whose David was the first life-size nude statue since Classical times, struck a balance between Classicism and the realism by presenting a very real image of an Italian peas...
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School Of Athens Italian Renaissance
472 wordsThe humanist and secularist beliefs of religion, individuality, and antiquity were evident in the style and illustration of Italian paintings and sculptures in the High Renaissance era. A deep sense of piety, Greek and Roman philosophy, and secularism, can be found in nearly all Renaissance paintings and sculptures, and the school of thought in Renaissance society that regarded the artist as genius contributed to all of these items. Historically, religion is the defining factor of nearly all pai...
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Michelangelo Creation Of The Heavens
396 wordsMichelangelo was explained to be somewhat of an idealist in his vision of religion. He saw God as loving and compassionate, and man as he was first created; pure, noble, and innocent. From the Sistine Chapel, The Creation of the Heavens, as it is titled, shows his view of God perfectly and clearly. In fact, the image shows the way others viewed God, as cruel and angry, as well. Many people in Michelangelo's time felt God was cruel and angry; that he was without mercy for man. They had seen many ...
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Michelangelo Buonarroti Life And Attitude
1,145 words... of the despair of his soul through the statues which he named Dawn, Dusk, Day, and Night. He used these to symbolize the suffering of mankind. He says, It is because they are crying that they are alive; their suffering gives them all their beauty (Mid Years 5). In a famous verse regarding his work, Michelangelo refers to the despair of his soul: It is my pleasure to sleep and even more to be stone: As long as shame and dishonor may last, My sole desire if to see and to feel no more. Speak so...
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Concentrate On His Work Plato Academy Michelangelo
866 wordsShortly afterwards, Lorenzo invites him to attend the meeting of the Plato Academy comprising of scholars from various fields of learning. Marsilio Facing had started the academy years ago. A well-read man, he had translated the works of great masters and introduced printing of books in Florence. Christoforo Landing, Angelo Poliziano and Pico are some of the esteemed members of the academy. They query Michelangelo about his knowledge of Greek art and volunteer to teach him the ancient language. ...
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Creation Of Adam Italian Renaissance
719 wordsThe Italian Renaissance was one of the most productive periods in the history of art, with large numbers of outstanding masters to be found in many centers and in all the major fields painting, sculpture, and architecture. Most artists created their masterpieces under the influence of the wealthiest institution and people of their time. But the artists would have made great work no matter what the patrons wished them to create. Italian renaissance started to develop in the Late Middle Ages. Brin...
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German Version Italian Art Body
565 wordsThe Two Pietas It is doubtful that there could be two sculptures on the exact same subject with the same figures in much the same pose that would be in more contrast to each other. Michelangelo's Pieta in the Florentine style is very realistic and quite beautiful. It is carved in marble and the pale stone lends an air of serenity to the scene. The Rottgen Pieta has no mood of serenity, but, instead, it invokes horror. It is carved in wood and painted in various shades of brown. The color, alone,...
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Creation Of Adam Clement Vii
1,341 wordsKnown as famous painter, sculptor, architect, and poet Michelangelo made a tremendous influence on his contemporaries and on subsequent European art. Michelangelo is considered to be an ultimate humanist, since a figure of man and his nature has always being the foremost subject in his art. Even door, window, or support in his architectural art were referred to face and body, creating a certain image of muscular tension (). In his life and work Michelangelo was continually confronting physical, ...
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Leonardo Da Vinci Peters Basilica
860 wordsThe high renaissance of the 1500 s was a time of scientific, philosophic, and artistic awe and inspiration. Many new discoveries were being made in the field of science, and philosophers expressed their assumptions on the world and universe around them. In addition, many individuals were gifted with artistic dexterity and skill. The amazing achievements of Michelangelo, Raphael, and Leonardo da Vinci are considered significant to the Renaissance period. In this paper, the endeavors and achieveme...
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Oil On Canvas 16 Th Century
915 wordsMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ASSIGNMENT I. Jan van Eyck's Last Judgment Jan van Eyck was active since 1422 and died in 1441. He was the most celebrated painter of the fifteen-century in Europe. One of his famous works is The Last Judgment. At first sight this work immediately attracted my attention. The paintings stunning colors and the fact that it reminded me of a previous similar work I have seen, triggered in my mind. The material that is used is oil on canvas, transferred from wood. The size ...
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Ways Of Thinking Michelangelo Buonarroti
1,418 wordsMichelangelo and Renaissance Religion Michelangelo Buonarroti lived in a time when the medieval aspects of Christianity were overwhelmed by the upheaval of the Reformation. His art portrays this change in religious philosophy by discerning the major trends and objectives of the Renaissance. His works show use changing world around him (Richmond 4). In addition, Michelangelo seriously impacted generations of artists to come. The Renaissance was a rebirth that led to new ways of thinking in the sc...
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Piece Of Art Due To The Fact
1,290 wordsIs Michelangelo's Pieta A Better Work Of Is Michelangelo's Pieta A Better Work Of Art Than Duchamp's Fountain Would Kant And Hume Agree? ? ? When one looks at two very different works of art like Michelangelo? s Pieta and Duchamp? s Fountain the question is often posed as to which is the better piece of art. The question is also asked at times, what verdict would two different philosophers give to the works? Would Kant and Hume for example agree on whether or not the two pieces were both good wo...
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Pope Julius Ii Lorenzo De Medici
899 wordsMichelangelo Michelangelo Buonarroti born March 6, 1475 in the small village of Caprese Italy. A sculptor, architect, painter, and poet in the Italian high renaissance. Michelangelo's father Ludovico Buonarroti had connections to the raining Medici family, Michelangelo studied at the gardens when he was 15 years old, shortly after he was invited into the household of Lorenzo de Medici, the magnificent. Michelangelo's future was shaped to a large degree by his life in lorenzo's household. Lorenzo...
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Michelangelo Buonarroti March 6
529 wordsMichelangelo Buonarroti, the artist. Arguably one of the most inspired creators in the history of art and, with Leonardo da Vinci, the most potent force in the Italian High Renaissance. As a sculptor, architect, painter, and poet, he exerted a tremendous influence on his contemporaries and on subsequent Western art in general. I choose this man because he is one of the more talents and known artists in the cultural family. Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 1564) Michelangelo, the second of five brot...
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Pope Julius Ii Died At The Age
774 wordsMichelangelo Buonarroti was born March 6, 1475 in the small village of Caprese, Italy. A sculptor, architect, painter, and poet that did his work in the Italian high renaissance. Michelangelo's father, Ludovico Buonarroti had connection to the prominent Medici family. He studies at the gardens when he was 15 years old and was invited into the household of Lorenzo de Medici, the magnificent. Michelangelo's future was shaped to a large degree by his life in Lorenzo's household. When Lorenzo died i...
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Dead Christ Virgin Mary
417 wordsMichelangelo is considered one of the greatest artists in history and was a great leader during the Italian Renaissance. Not only was he a great painter, but a sculptor as well. His most famous sculptures all depict variations of the same scene: the Virgin Mary and the body of the dead Christ after his calcification. These four sculptures, collectively called the Pietas, are all very unique. Pieta 1 was sculpted in 1499, when Michelangelo was only 23 years old. It is the most intricate and beaut...
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Patron Saint Biblical Story
1,298 wordsAwe inspiring is the only way to describe Michelangelo's statue of David. Probably the most recognized sculpture in the world, it was created during the three year period between the years 1501 and 1504. During this period in time Europe was going through the Renaissance. The word Renaissance literally means rebirth. During this period in history new interest was sparked in the classical forms of Greek and Roman sculpture. David, from the biblical story of the Old Testament David and Goliath, wa...
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