The Italian Renaissance marked the beginning of a rebirth in culture and ideas. Art was focused around interest in nature, humanism, individualism, and sometimes religion. Even though these new ideas were already present in the late medieval period, they boomed during the Italian Renaissance. During this era, artists determined how to arrange figures realistically in 3D landscapes. Sculptures were often detailed and beautiful figures that were incredibly realistic. Overall, Italian Renaissance
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Twyla Herron When asked to pay a tribute to someone, you think about what stands out about that person. So when we were asked to great a piece of artwork in tribute to our artist, we thought about out artists’ works of art and we decided on the best way to pay a tribute to them. The group that I feel did the best job in paying a tribute was the group that had Gertrude Goldschmidt as an artist. I observed during their presentation that they created one of the best pieces of artwork that resembled
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In his book “The Prince”, Machiavelli was teaching a young ruler how to hold on to his power in a time of political instability. He did not advocate random, self-serving cruelty, such as the acts that Macbeth performs. He instead suggested that one take charge by making an example of a few enemies or rebellious citizens, and then slowly begin to reward those who are loyal: "Injuries must be inflicted all together so that, swallowed less, they injure less, and benefits have to be bestowed little by
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In “The Morals of the Prince”, author Niccolo Machiavelli states what makes a good leader and all the necessary tools that a leader has to have or to not have. In other words “It is a study of leadership and an argument that leaders must do anything necessary to hold onto power” (pg 1). Machiavelli uses historical examples and emotional appeal to explain the process of how princes keep power and remain on top. Machiavelli uses emotional appeal to support what he says most of the time. He states
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book, condemning it and banning it. In 1620, the Church approved Galileo’s book after editing it. Even though they edited Galileo's book and had the final approval, the book was still not actually published in any countries In 1632, the Church in Florence approved of Galileo’s new work. In 1633, Galileo was threatened with torture. He denied that his book was about the Solar System. He was sentenced to life in prison. Later he was let out and put on house arrest, because of how old he was. In countries
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Medici family played a strong and major role in Italian Renaissance, but more specifically in Florentine civilization. All the sources used for this research were carefully selected to get the best and most useful information about the Medici family, Florence, and Italian Renaissance. Most of the sources had more or less the same general information, with some sources giving more detail about certain topics than others. The first book used for this research was Renaissance: Great Ages of Man. This book
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A figure of a great importance in this struggle was the Italian composer of the century, Giuseppe Verdi. In the Italian gallery of great figures occupies an important place next to Dante, Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael. His music and life were part of the Risorgimento, but it would be superficial to say that he gained his fame, because he filled his works with patriotic songs and choruses. Verdi`s name on the birth registry with the local authorities reads Joseph Fortuninus Franciscus. However
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uncle helped raise him. Da Vinci didn’t have much of an education. He just had basic math, reading, and writing skills. His father recognized his talent for art and got his apprenticeship at about age 15 with the artist Andrea del Verrocchio in Florence. He was an apprentice for about a decade. In 1472, da Vinci was offered a
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In this painting by Masaccio, it demonstrates Alberti’s idea ‘La più grassa Minerva’. Masaccio clearly has demonstrated linear perspective with chiaroscuro techniques, we can also see this through his colour choice and depiction of three dimensional characters in three different settings. “The outline and surface, then, give their names to the plane but there are two qualities by which the plane is not altered (although it appears to be). These take their variations from the changing of place and
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Many existing biblical stories became extremely popular during the Italian Renaissance, and would therefore be constantly represented in artists of the time’s work. A memorable one that at the time was seen as a “symbol of a weaker power triumphing over a mighty power”* was that of David and the Goliath. This is the famous tale of a young peasant, David, that courageously and unarmed defeated the terrifying King of Israel Goliath, and immediately became a model figure to the Hebrews.*
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