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    1. In what ways was Leonardo da Vinci experimental with his artwork? He was experimental in that he used many different styles and techniques in his works. The last supper he established a balance between intense human emotion and symbolic importance of Jesus. It represented his soon to be death and the institution of the rituals of the Mass. He was experiemtnal in the fact that he had the skill of great proportions through his use of geometry.. Leonardo’s creation of the Vitruvian man is a great

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    greatest living artist in his lifetime‚ and ever since then he was been held to be one of the greatest artist of all time”. There are 2 sculptures that stands out in Michelangelo’s work; which are the David and Pieta sculptures; as well as the Sistine Chapel ceiling painting. In class we discussed the Renaissance period of different artists such as: Leonardo …………………………

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    High Renaissance

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    High Renaissance   Introduction * the art of high renaissance‚ sought a general ‚unified effect in terms of pictorial representation and architectural composition. * a controlled equilibrium was observed from the increase in the dramatic force & physical presence of work of art. * Because the essential characteristic of renaissance art was its unity-a balance was achieved as a matter of intuition. * As a result‚ the style was destined to break up if the emphasis was shifted

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    The Creation of Adam

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    The Creation of Adam is a painting of Michelangelo’s fresco Sistine Chapel ceiling 1511 years. It is take to illustrates from the Binlical story from the Book of Genesis in which God the Father breathes life into Adam‚ the first man come to the new world. In the painting‚ the man who is the Adam is painted at the right side of the painting‚ he is naked‚ body shows more muscular‚ looks feel relax‚ laening against rock‚ and giving his to old man. Next‚ the old man in the painting who is the

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    bitches Creation of Adam V The Crucifiction MWF 10-11 The Creation of Adam is basically the embodiment of High Renaissance done by arguably the most talented artist the Western World has ever seen. The creation of Adam is high atop the Sistine Chapel ceiling and is the center panel of a massive undertaking. The painting has a central theme of God and Adam coming together to produce life. The Nude Adam‚ with a perfectly sculpted body‚ looks at God and tries to reach out. While some say Adam

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    watchfulness before the battle By the placement of Judas on the same side as Christ and the other Disciples the Parthenon He grouped the figures in threes and they all expressed the same emotion. In the scene‚ Creation of Adam‚ from the Sistine Chapel ceiling God and Adam confront each other in the primordial void. Adam is part of the earth while the Lord transcends the earth. Which of the following interpretations best describes this depiction? Increasingly artists of the High Renaissance paid

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    Running head: MICHELANGELO’S PIETA VATICAN AND PALESTRINA Michelangelo’s Pieta: Vatican and Palestrina LAKITA S CORLEY Averett University Art 103 Michelangelo was born in Italy in the village of Caprese in 1475. When Michelangelo was young‚ his family moved to Florence‚ a rich and powerful city in Italy. At the age of twelve‚ his father sent him to study with the most famous painter in the city. He became an apprentice to a famous painter in Florence named Domenico Ghirlandaio

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    served to bring “the ignorant mob” into submission to the Church’s authority and might. The fresco of Sixtus IV illustrates these aspirations. The room in which he and his retinue gather is richly appointed. Column capitals are trimmed in gold‚ the ceiling is coffered‚ marble covers almost every surface‚ and an elaborate Corinthian capital supporting a large‚ arched space in the background sits at the vanishing point of the painting’s carefully conceived perspective. 2. We will spend some time

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    chimpanzees and humans on (pg 114). This picture resembles the picture that Michelangelo had drawn in the Sistine Chapel called “The creation of Adam”. The meaning in the Sistine Chapel is not of God giving Adam intelligence but rather God showing that one can lead without necessity to church (Blogs.scientificamerican.com). This picture is similar to the picture painted in the Sistine Chapel because God is the superior power which is like humans‚ and Adam is the chimpanzee. As a Superior power it

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    honoring the Virgin Mary‚ and even look for bombs on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Although the sikh does not share these people’s faith‚ he does everything he can to protect it. Hana and Caravaggio talk. She tells him that she was pregnant and used to talk to the baby all the time‚ but lost the baby in an abortion when she got to Sicily‚ as the baby’s father was dead anyway. Hana tells Caravaggio all she has learned about death in her work as a nurse. She tells him that‚ after a while‚ she

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