... defined as skilled imitation of nature, style, and grace. Therefore, the great artist is operationalized as the one who transfers his ideas to the work and animates it by avoiding copy-paste and by making use of his quality of genius. Hence, Vasari recognizes the Classical Antiqity with a high level of perfection, whereas the Middle Ages are defined as a decline period for art. Renaissance is considered by ... him as the revival of true art by artists such as ... Giotto and Cimabue. After the progressive improvements of artists such as Ghilberti, Bruneleschi, and Donatello, art reaches ...

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... and emotion. Giotto di Bondone and Tommaso Guidi, or Masaccio, the founder of Renaissance painting, were some of the first artists to paint this way, as they portrayed art that contrasted the Middle Ages, showing emotions, feelings, reality, perspective and vivid colors, thus signifying the deep interest for naturalism in the society. Other artists, such as Giovanni Bellini, would start ... to convey their art through earthly themes and ideas that were displayed through landscapes and portraits. Artists in the high Renaissance like Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo ... , Titian, and Raphae...

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... on geometric relationships, and classical style are shown in Sant'Andrea, Mantua (Spivey 44, 45). During the High Renaissance, Rome succeeded Florence as the center for architectural and artistic talent. The patronage of Michelangelo, Raphael, and Paladino 4 Bramante by popes Julius II and Leo C helped create one of the most brilliant and influential periods of all time (Wolff 17, 18, 22). Bramante and Michelangelo conceived ... in Italy, with intelligent people, creative talents, and a complete rebirth (Hoyt 45). Many of the original structures from Italian architecture during the midd...

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... was much more beautiful then anything that had been constructed in the middle ages. The book by Vitruvius "Book de Architectura-, which contained many of the simple design elements had used in the classical ages. The Book de Architectura was the single most important thing rediscovered. Patrons of the renaissance time tried to make themselves look better in the eyes of the people by identifying themselves using great roman architecture that could ... Parthenon in Rome. Filippo Brunelleschi studied structural solutions of the Romans from the "Book de Architectura- and had submitted the p...

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... intensified concern with secular life, and interest in humanism and assertion of the importance of the individual began. Thus, artists such as Mosaccio and Giotto depicted art that unlike the Middle Ages, showed emotions, feelings, and bright colors, thus demonstrating the deep concern for naturalism in the society. Other artists during the Italian Renaissance period such as Giovanni Bellini began to express their art ... several ideas about life and ascertained its achievement in the high Italian Renaissance. He also drew many famous nude paintings such as the Venus of Urbino that demo...

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... the heels of the Middle Ages, and was spawned by the birth of the philosophy of humanism, which emphasized the importance of individual achievement in a wide range of fields. The early humanists, such as writer Francesco Petrarch, studied the works of the ancient Greeks and Romans for inspiration and ideology, mixing the philosophies of Plato and other ancient thinkers with the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. Under the influence of the humanists, literature and the ... of artistic talent and production came later, during what is known as the High Renaissance, in the form of Leon...

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