Michelangelo was an amazing artist. Working in a range of mediums from sculpting to painting‚ he established himself as a successful artist. When he was around 12-13 years-old he began to assist Domenico Ghirlandaio. Michelangelo studied his paintings and quickly moved towards sculpture. His first work however was a painted copy of an engraving by Martin Schongauer. Michelangelo painted the Torment of Saint Anthony in 1487-88. At a scale of 18 1/2 inches by 13 3/4 inches‚ he used oil and tempera
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Birth of venus Birth of Venus View Full Essay ART 111 Kayce Anderson Writing Assignment #8 The work that I have chosen from Chapter 19 is Thomas Cole’s The Oxbow (Connecticut River near Northampton) (1836) on page 462. Principles of Design: • The focal point of the painting is the sun-drenched valley and river. The emphasis comes from the diagonal of the tree to the left that directs the view of the scene down the valley toward the farmland. • Vertical balance can be seen with the
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Developing destination: Moscow Hotels industry: The Moscow’s Mayor has decided that he wanted to turn the government building into more hotels. The government which is situated in the middle of the city is to be considering into turning it into a hotel as they believe that this will breathe new life to Moscow. By adding more hotels they hope to succeed in investing in the top-end and mid-end hotel and hostels. In Moscow there are already 40‚375 hotel rooms with 27% being international hotel chain;
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greatest most extraordinarily decorated rooms in the Vatican‚ the name of the room was the Stanza della Segnatura.” The school of Athens” was painted by Raphael between 1508 and 1511‚ and it was right around the time Michelangelo was painting the 16th chapel. One of the things that makes this painting so special is that “The School of Athens” represents all the greatest mathematicians‚ philosophers and scientists from classical antiquity gathered together sharing their ideas and learning from each other
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Angels & Demons As a child we paint the world in colors and rainbow though the reality varies quiet afar from that. In our youth we know of only basic traits of happy and sad‚ then we grow and experience the world and evolve to have greed‚ maliciousness‚ and jealousy‚ that is what this world makes us. And no matter how hard we try to conceal the unlikable‚ a peek of it will always show it self through your personality.As someone who keep his evil covered till death there is a clear case made by
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marvelous piece of art his own. For instance the sinner’s faces and the dramatic emotions of both fear and anger they convey to the viewer. 2) What purpose does this image of the Last Judgment serve? This altarpiece was made for a hospital’s chapel in France. It was meant to be seen by the people who were in the hospital‚ since during those times; people basically were never healed or curved when going to a hospital. They all died. The purpose of this painting called the Last Judgment was to
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Selfness is a virtue of humanity and generosity is an offshot of selfness. It is the virtue of bringing a smile onto other peoples faces. For the most part‚ it is good to be generous. In the Prince‚ Machiavelli argues that there are boundaries on when and to what extend a prince should be generous before his people take advantage of him or are no longer satisfied with his generosity and expect more from him. Through his text and my understanding of Machiavelli perspective on generosity you will be
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The Pitea is disputably one of the most distinguished renaissance sculptures. It was in the Italian Renaissance in 14th century that was best known for its achievements in painting‚ architecture‚ and sculpture to name a few. Pietà was created by the artist Michelangelo whose life time was 1475-1564. Michelangelo sculpted the well-known piece of work‚ the Pietà ‚prior to the age of thirty. In 1496 Michelangelo relocates to Rome where he completes one of his well-known pieces. Maybe he had the same
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At the end of the 14th century AD‚ a couple of Italian thinkers declared that they are already entering in a new age and that the unenlightened ‘Middle Ages’ is over. They have called the new age a ‘rinascita’ or rebirth of learning‚ literature‚ art and culture. This period was later called Renaissance. The Renaissance period which served as transition period between the Medieval and Modern Europe ended in the 1600. It is best known for its cultural achievements which include the literary works
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