Artist Report #1 The painting that I chose was Masaccio's, "The Tribute Money". In this painting, Masaccio displays his mastery of the human form. All of his figures stand in perfect contraposition giving them an easy, natural look. The story told in this painting is done in three parts, in "...
Polykleitos" Doyphoros The Doyphoros is a magnificent sculpture dating back to around the 1st century B.C.E. It is a Roman copy of the original Greek bronze sculpture that was created around 450 B.C.E. The MIA's copy is the finest of all the five known copies. These roman copies are ...
Greek Civilization Influence on Western Culture Although the Greek Civilization came to an end over 2,000 years ago, the Greeks still influence us in many ways, from our language, to our way of thinking and our ways of life. There were many Greek philosophers that created theories and religions ...
The renaissance was a time of improvement where society wanted to move beyond the accomplishments of the past. The people of the time looked at the magnificent works of the Romans. Works that went unsurpassed for centuries included the Roman aqueducts, the intricately designed roads and fortificati...
There was one true Renaissance, and it occurred in Italy. The Renaissance was period from 1350 until 1600 during which western Europeans experienced a profound cultural awakening. This time period began the first city-states in Italy, which had luckily helped Italy avoid economic crisis. The Italian...
In addition, Brunelleschi had an interest in mathematics as well as the study of ancient monuments, thus his work would turn more and more in the direction of architecture, three years of his life were spent in Rome studying sculpture and architecture with his friend, Donatello. ... Brunelleschi was the first architect to employ mathematical perspective to redefine Gothic and Romanesque design and establish proportioning and symmetry methods. ...
The fifteenth and sixteenth centuries are considered a time of transition entering the Middle Ages and the Modern Age. During the Renaissance, education continued with the structure of the medieval teaching, organized according to the needs of the Church to train clerics who had to know Latin. Overa...
Inspired by the works of ancient Greece and Rome, Renaissance artists produced paintings and sculptures based upon the observation of the visible world and practiced according to mathematical principles of balance, harmony, and human perspective. ...
"How Architecture developed during the renaissance."" William Trivett Sunday, September 22, 2002 The renaissance was a time of change and "rebirth."" The renaissance brought into being some of the most significant and admired works ever constructed. The renaissance began in 1400 in ...
Ancient Greek Society Ancient Greece thrived from the third millennium to the first century B.C. The term "ancient Greece" refers culturally to the ways ancient Greeks spoke, worshiped, understood the nature of the physical world, organized their governments, made their livings, entertained th...
The Renaissance's New Innovations The Renaissance was a time all over the world for rebirth. At the end of the Middle Ages, new things were beginning to take place. William Shakespeare began to write new plays that would forever change the world of theater. Leonardo Da Vinci, hailed as one of th...
The people of Europe thought that they were the most advanced in mathematics and medicine however, as Magellan and other explorers began to learn more about their newly discovered land they realized that many other cultures were equal or more advanced in these areas. ...
During the 14th and 15th century, Europe was blessed with some of the greatest minds in history. Original thinkers such as Galileo Galilei, Martin Luther, and Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni lead inspirational paths forever changing humanity. While their crafts were none like the other, t...