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Italian Renaissance Renaissance Period
458 wordsThe ancestors of man were experimenting with art over 12 thousand years ago, paintings as far back as 15, 000 to 10, 000 BC have been found in caves. Our history of painting was slow to mature into the art we know and appreciate today. The most prolific period was the Renaissance period, with some of the best known masters being represented by this period. The Italian Renaissance was as the name implies the rebirth of painting. This does not imply that all the advances of painting came from this...
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Artistic Innovations Of Renaissance Florentine Painters
1,722 wordsArtistic Innovations of Renaissance Florentine Painters During the Renaissance, many new, different styles of painting were developed. Many of these techniques were perfected by Florentine painters. Some of these styles techniques include perspective, life-like human forms, realistic looking objects and chiaroscuro. These developments began to form in the early Quattrocento and were slowly perfected by a long flow of artists. Their influences included new scientific discoveries as well as new ou...
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Masaccio The Holy Trinity
940 wordsThe Holy Trinity by Masaccio was done approximately 1428. It is a superb example of Masaccio's use of space and perspective. It consists of two levels of unequal height. Christ is represented on the top half, in a coffee, barrel-vaulted chapel. On one side of him is the Virgin Mary, and on the other, St. John. Christ himself is supported by God the Father, and the Dove of the Holy Spirit rests on Christ's halo. In front of the pilasters that endgame the chapel kneel the donors (husband and wife)...
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Atmospheric Perspective Linear Perspective
714 wordsMasaccio: Innovator of Perspective and Illusion Considered the greatest Florentine painter of the early 1400 s, Masaccio is one of the most important figures of Western Art. Tommaso di ser Giovanni Casual di Simon Guide was born in 1401 and nicknamed Masaccio Careless Tom because of his attitude. He was apathetic to things like personal appearance and worldly materials, and was thus careless with his possessions. As a child, he concentrated more on his art instead of himself and what others thou...
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Leonardo Da Vinci 16 Th Century
2,013 wordsWorld Civilization I The Renaissance/ Italy's Decline Identification: The Renaissance /Italy's Decline Definition: The period in European civilization immediately following the Middle Ages, conventionally held to have been characterized by a surge of interest in classical learning and values. Set in the city-states of Italy in the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the constant uncertainty, both economic and political, and extreme volatility of the historical situation provided the m...
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Older Brother Medici Family
1,064 wordsSandro Botticelli, (1445 - 1510) was a famous Renaissance ari t. His real name was Alessandro di Mariano Filippo; his nickname came from Botticelli (little barrel), which was either the nickname of his older brother or the name of the goldsmith who first taught him. Botticelli was born in Florence to the tanner Marianne di Van and his wife in a small place called Smeralda which is now Borgo Ognissanti No. 28 in Florence. He was one of eight children born to his parents, Botticelli being the youn...
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