Saint Catherine of Bologna, born Catrina de Virgi, entered this world on September 8, 1413. Her religious feast day is March 9th. St. Catherine of Bologna was born in Bologna, Italy and is the Patron Saint of Artists. Catherine went to a small school in her hometown. She excelled in reading, painting, and Latin. In 1426, at the age of thirteen, she became a Franciscan Tertiary. Then, In 1432, she went back to her town of Bologna and joined the Order of Poor Clares. She took over the more of the humble
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When taking about painting, the works during Renaissance cannot be ignored. At that period, humanism was advocated, variety of painting whose themes were generally concerned with religion, especially Christianity had been created. The first painting I want to critique is Lamentation with Saint and a Donor. The composer did not use much contour which made the edge of the figures and objects clearly. Compared with the background plants, the colors using of figures are more brightly, which draws the
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From 1500-1800, arts and science were extremely influential in society. Numerous amounts of movements based around the innovations of arts and sciences occurred during that time period. Eventually, arts and sciences had become so important in the lives of Europeans during that time that monarchs began using them to enhance the power of states. Monarchs began to use the arts and science as a way to challenge the power and the authority of the Church to enhance the power of their states. Up until
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Throughout ancient Greek history, great strides were taken in the medical, biological, and anatomical fields. Physicians experimented to reach new conclusions and further their general understanding of the human body. One way that physicians did so was through human dissection. This field has an interesting history, however it was practiced sparingly in ancient Greece. Animal dissection was common throughout the time period although, there were many cultural, religious, and moral taboos against human
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1466 was the year Desiderius Erasmus was born in Rotterdam, Holland during the Northern Renaissance. Later in Erasmus’ life he wrote a book entitled The Praise of Folly, where four contradicting characters gruesomely illustrate the reality of life during the Northern Renaissance. The invention of the Printing Press, created in 1440 by Johannes Gutenberg, brought a rise of education and literacy rates, and the spread of Erasmus’ book. The people began to question and challenge a great deal of beliefs
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Buonarroti Simoni was alive during the Renaissance and during that time he accomplished several paintings, sculptures, poems, and drawings. During his lifetime he created the sculpture David which is widely known. He also painted a chapel and that is what most books focus on because it is done so well. The Renaissance was a time of new ideas and the rebirth about art. While there were other artists during the Renaissance that had an influence during the Renaissance, Michelangelo was one of the greatest
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During the Renaissance Period, religion was one of the most important topics to depict in art. Although there are no singular style characteristics the High Renaissance, the art of those most closely associated with, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo and Titan. High Renaissance artists exhibit great mastery on technical and aesthetic; they also created works of such authority that generations of later artists relied on these artworks for instruction. Raphael, born in April 6, 1483 when he
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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 art was
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The scientific revolution and the enlightenment were two very important events that happened and influenced the development of Europe. The scientific revolution is essentially a period of time between Nicholas Copernicus and Isaac Newton. The actual revolution that occurred is based on belief in a core transformation in cosmology, astronomy and physics as well as advancements in chemistry, medicine, machinery, and mathematics. It changed people's ways of thinking of the world and how it was run.
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The project that I feel was the most effective tribute was the one dedicated to Leopoldo Flores. I feel that this piece of artwork represent Leopoldo Flores better than all of the others because when I look at the piece I see several things that remind me of Flores original works. The first thing that popped to me was the textural elements of their art work, the fact that Leopoldo Flores used was glass in his artwork is tremendous and to give a similar feeling as the glass the group chose to use
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