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    Sculpture and Donatello

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    	 Donatello (1386-1466) was a master of sculpture in bronze and marble and was considered one of the greatest Italian Renaissance artists of his time. There is much more to know about him, though then the name alone. He has created some of the greatest works of art, not only in the Italian renaissance, but human history as well. A lot is known about his life and career but little is known about his character and personality. Donatello never married and seems to be a man of ‘simple

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    The purpose of this research paper is to inform about Leonardo Da Vinci’s life, his career impact on the world, and his legacy. Leonardo Da Vinci was an Italian painter, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, and scientist. The gifted and the artistic power of Leonardo marked him as a prime example of Renaissance genius. In his drawings he portrayed, mathematical accuracy and impeccable artistry. He was an expert at executing complex anatomical studies of humans, plants, and animals. The abundance

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    Vinci was the most influential artist of all time. He was truly fascinated with his environment and came up with ideas and inventions that were way beyond his era. He was such a strong influence on other artists that we’ve come to know, such as Michelangelo and Raphael. His innovative art, ideas, perspective, and anatomy became known as Renaissance art. Just like the Renaissance itself, Leonardo and his multiple talents began to flourish and give way to construct new perspectives that greatly inspire

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    The Renaissance was a time of rebirth. It introduced to us different ways of thinking and new ways to express ourselves. The Enlightenment was a time of political and social expression. It was a time when people would speak out about how the Government should change or approach problems. The Protestant Reformation was a time period of rebellion and question. It was the age of rebellion against the Catholic Church, back when it was illegal to express your questions and speak up, but people did. What

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    In Anchiano, Italy on April 15, 1452, an artistic child was born in out of wedlock, his name; Leonardo Da Vinci. Because Leonardo was born out of wedlock - parents who are not married before the birth of the child - he was considered an illegitimate, or bastard, child. His father Florentine notary Ser Piero was a well-respected man who owned estate nearby Vinci. The mother of Leonardo was a youthful peasant woman by the name of Caterina Amadori. Young Leo moved into his father’s estate when he was

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    Leonardo Da Vinci, an exceptionally talented artist and scientist, was a supreme mind in the Italian Renaissance. He was a good-natured vegetarian who had an appreciation for animals and despised warfare and hostility, yet produced designs for advanced and deadly weapons as a military engineer. His inventions were far ahead of his time, were highly complex, and proven effective. Leonardo didn’t live a privileged life, being born out of wedlock just outside of Florence, Italy on April 15, 1452. According

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    and self and the disembodied self. The art embodies an inward struggle and the imagined wholeness that the viewer creates. An example of this is in the historical artwork by Michelangelo “The Belvedere Torso” a fragment of a nude male statue which is now located in the Museo Pio-Clementino of the Vatican Museums Michelangelo left the work unfinished leaving the original as an open work (unfinished limbs) a fragment of representation of a body. (Fig.1) The muscular and tormented body is left to the

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    was Niccolo Machiavelli was an Italian writer and humanist. He wrote “The Prince” exposing the political conspiracy of the time. The Italian writer, poet and humanist, Giovanni Boccaccio corresponded with Petrarch and wrote several notable books. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni expressed his poetry in sculptures, paintings and architecture before taking literary form in his later years. Leonardo Da Vinci was a creative force and a polymath. He’s considered one of the greatest minds in the

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    strength, and grandeur of the human being. Michelangelo painted a Holy Family on a round shape panel for the rich Florentine merchant Doni in approximately 1506. This painting is the only panel unanimously attributed to Michelangelo and it is best known as “Doni Tondo”. The traditional Florentine generally celebrated the birth of the child by using round panels. It was painted after the sculpture of “David”. It clearly reflects the experience of Michelangelo as a sculptor in the colors which shaped

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    The creation of Adam is a well-known painting that Michelangelo painted back in the 1500s. The image itself shows what looks like two men. One man is sitting on what looks like a green hill or mountain, while the other man is being carried by other people. The man who is being carried in the sky is supposed to represent God, the Creator. In my interpretations of the painting, God is being carried by those who believe and worship Him and is also placed higher up in the painting than the other man

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