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 "...
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...
As an accomplished mathematician and geometrician, Alberti was also able to understand every aspect of the developing theory and therefore wrote a book in which the first section is "entirely mathematical," and "shows how this noble and beautiful art arises from roots within Nature herself,"(Alberti, 35). ... Brunelleschi's design for San Lorenzo was revolutionary because of its use of Augustinian symmetry, mathematical proportions, and rhythmic organization. ... The arcade of arches and columns remain full of detail but mathematically simple. ...
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. ...
Before the invention of a theory of mathematical perspective, artists of the middle ages were more interested in depicting religious, spiritual truths rather than the real, physical world. ... This book 'Della Pittura' presented the use of perspective in a mathematical sense and laid the foundation for further developments of both the theoretical and the practical aspects of perspective. ...
Brunelleschi Filippo Brunelleschi was considered as the father of Renaissance architecture and the most famous architect in Italy during his lifetime. Brunelleschi, the son of a notary named, Brunellesco Di Lippo, was born in Florence, Italy in 1377. He began his career working for a goldsmith a...
Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452 in Anchiano, Italy outside of Florence. He was the son of a Florentine notary, Piero da Vinci and a peasant woman named Caterina. Leonardo's parents were never married and only his father raised him. His father taught Leonardo's ed...
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 ...
Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci is one of the greatest men that history has produced. His contributions in the areas of art, inventing, and science are still among the most important that a single man has put forth, definitely making his a life worth knowing. Leonardo, born on April 15, 14...
Europe went through vast changes between 1300 and 1600 with astounding inventions in the disciplines of science, astronomy, exploration and art (painting, sculpture, architecture, and literature). This time period, known as the Renaissance, was seen as a new age of learning and thinking with a cult...
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...
My artist I will be talking about in this report is Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519). He was a great manwith many accomplishments. Literally the term Renaissance Man was used to describe the absolute genius of Leonardo Da Vinci. He accomplished so much in his life in all forms of science, art, you...
Leonardo da Vinci is one of history's most brilliant minds. He's an artist known for his paintings, drawings of the human body, and as an inventor well ahead of his time. Some of his more famous works of art are "The Last Supper" and "The Vitruvian Man." But perhaps, his most famous and controversia...
It is suggested in Andrew Graham Dixon, "Renaissance, The Pure Radiance of the Past" documentary series, that "those who have studied the mathematics of Trinity suggest you stand six point two meters from the image to appreciate the perspective" (Graham Dixon Andrew, 1999). ...
On May 12th,1820 one of the most influential women in the history of Mathematics was born, Florence Nightingale. The uncommon name, Florence, was given to her due to the fact that she was in fact, born in the beautiful city of Florence, Italy. Nightingale came from a family of young, ambitious, and ...
Renaissance Assignment A few definitions: Humanism - http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=humanism "A cultural and intellectual movement of the Renaissance that emphasized secular concerns as a result of the rediscovery and study of the literature, art, and civilization of ancient Greece and Ro...
If one were to gaze upon the statue of "David" by Michelangelo (1475-1564), they would notice the high esteem in which the human body was portrayed. The sculpture almost appears to be a person itself, so real, proportionate, and beautiful that it is uncanny to fathom that it is an interpretation by an artist. The pride and appreciation exhibited in the work of art for the human physique demonstrated the humanistic ideas of the Renaissance. Humanism was not only a "respect for the individual, independent thought ", and the human body, but was an intellectual movement of the Renaissance based on...