The fathers of Florence wanted their Cathedral to be finished with the dome they desired. That way they could finally shun the gothic influence they felt (Tom Mueller February 2014). Along came one Filippo Brunelleschi to solve their problems. He was the man with a plan, one which he held close for fear of being ripped off by others. To build a dome 180 feet off the ground was something few could comprehend. The first challenge that was faced was that of lifting such heavy loads
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The Medici Bank During the time of the Renaissance there were many advances and going on in Florence and at the center of one of the industrial movements was banking. This movement was spurred on and enhanced by one of the most powerful families during that time. The Medici family. The Medici family was responsible for supplying the world with four popes, two queens of France, and they controlled Florence, with a few interruptions, for almost 400 years. One of the more famous things the Medici
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Altarpiece (triptych of the Annunciation) 1425-1430, oil on wood panel. 19-10 * Jan and Hubert Van Eych, Ghent Altarpeice, (open), 1432, oil on panel. 19-15 * Brunelleschi, Dome of the Florence Cathedral, 1420-36, Florence. 20-2 * Brunelleschi, Ospedale Degli Innocenti (Foundling Hospital), 1491, Florence. 20-5 * Donatello, St. George, 1417-1420, marble. 20-13 * Donatello, David, 1446-1460, bronze. 20-14 * Perugino, Christ Giving the Keys to St. Peter, fresco. 1481. 20-18
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Leonardo da Vinci - The Man Who Wanted To Know Everything Leonardo da Vinci was one of the greatest genius’s that’s ever lived, also known as the first modern mind. He was a painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer. Leonardo has often been described as the archetype of the Renaissance man, a man of "unquenchable curiosity" and "feverishly inventive imagination". He is widely considered to be one of the
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Filippo Brunelleschi was born 1377 from his mother and father, Giuliana Spini and Brunellesco di lippo in florence italy. Filippo was the middle of their three children. Filippo was given a literary and mathematical education intended to enable him to follow in the footsteps of his father, a civil servant. Brunelleschi started to train as a goldsmith and sculptor and went to the Arte della Seta which also included, metalworkers and bronze workers. Around the turn of the century, he was designated
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chest. It is the only work of Michelangelo to bear his name. Michelangelo grew into an art star if you will. He returned to Florence to take over the statue of “David”. This sculpture had been taken on and abandoned by two previous sculptors. Michelangelo turned the sculpture, a 17-foot tall piece of marble into a prized possession and almost mascot of the city of Florence. After the completion of “David”, Michelangelo was presented with many other projects including decorating the tomb of Pope Julius
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Leonardo was born on April 15, 1452, "at the third hour of the night" in the Tuscan hill town of Vinci, in the lower valley of the Arno River in the territory of Florence. He was the illegitimate son of Messer Piero Fruosino di Antonio da Vinci, a Florentine notary, and Caterina, a peasant who may have been a slave from the Middle East. Leonardo had no surname in the modern sense, "da Vinci" simply meaning "of Vinci": his full birth name was "Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci", meaning "Leonardo, son
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The Evolution and Historical Significance of the Renaissance Where do we owe our modern approach to thought, identity, religion and science? One could explain it through evolution of thought process and knowledge, but then again, when were people inspired to think in that type of manner? It can be traced back to an age of enlightenment we know as the Renaissance. Although this period in our history is generally thought of as a reformation in how we as people look at the world around us, it was
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What Were the Characteristics of the Renaissance? In very simple terms, the Italian Renaissance re-established Western art according to the principles of classical Greek art, especially Greek sculpture and painting, which provided much of the basis for the Grand Tour, and which remained unchallenged until Pablo Picasso and Cubism. From the early 14th century, in their search for a new set of artistic values and a response to the courtly International Gothic style, Italian artists and thinkers became
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The Art of War From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search For other uses, see The Art of War (disambiguation))_._ The Art of War (Chinese: 孫子兵法; pinyin: *Sūn *Z*ǐ* *Bīng* *F*ǎ) is a Chinese military treatise that was written by Sun Tzu in the 6th century BC, during the Spring and Autumn period. Composed of 13 chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare, it is said to be the definitive work on military strategies and tactics of its time, and still
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