shadows‚ along with human anatomy shows the trend towards realism in art. Botticelli was one of the first to paint mythological scenes and was commissioned by the Medici family to create such a work. This refinement of art‚ this intimate analysis of form and thought‚ this love of sensual beauty‚ had appeared at the court of the Medici by the same causes that prompt us to seek them; they are the fruit of a society that has attained the highest degree of well-being‚ wealth and knowledge. In the
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Once hung in a Medici villa‚ Sandro Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus‚ ca. 1485‚ is one of the most treasured artworks of the Renaissance. The composition is opened up more‚ compared to Botticelli’s Primavera‚ a similar styled painting done a few years prior. The central figure in this tempera painting is the goddess Venus (also known as Aphrodite in Greek mythology). She graces us with her presence by floating to the shore‚ pushed from the winds of gods (Zephyr accompanied by Chloris)‚ on a seashell
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Taylor Webb 6/18/13 Document Analysis Alessandra Macinghi Strozzi Letter 5 Alessandra Strozzi wrote many letters to her children which can convey to us the importance of family in Florence during the Renaissance. Alessandra’s husband Matteo died‚ and so these letters are written from the perspective of a widow‚ not a married woman. In Women of the Renaissance by Margaret L. King‚ it states that widows of the Renaissance could dispose of the family wealth themselves and were also able to carry on
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Donatello was born on 1386 in Florence‚Italy. When he was young he received an education from a wealthy family called the Martelli’s. He obtained his first contact with the arts of sculpting in a goldsmith workshop. Later on he apprenticed under Lorenzo where he learned the style of gothic sculpting. After his apprenticeship Donatello took a trip to rome and started to delve into old scripts. This experience gave him the styles of ornamental and classical art forms‚ and changed his artwork techniques
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The literature of Niccolo Machiavelli‚ Giovanni Pico della Mirandola‚ and Baldassare Castiglione’s greatly illustrated the fundamental characteristics of humanism‚ individualism‚ secularism‚ and a fascination with antiquity. Displaying and analyzing their various works of literature can define these characteristics in more detail. Humanism is a group of perspectives centered around humans and their values‚ capabilities‚ and worth. Machiavelli‚ Mirandola‚ and Castiglione were all humanist teachers
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Carole Collier Frick in her 2005 book Dressing Renaissance Florence: Families‚ Fortunes‚ and Fine Clothing‚ Frick examines the ways in which members of Florentine society adorned themes adorned themselves. Despite being time consuming to produce‚ many of the elite families of Florence‚ purchased large amounts of clothing and textiles to maintain their social standing and family honor‚ for their families and households to aid in distinguishing themselves from their counterparts. Notable tailors of
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(Spark). As the text matures‚ the Brodie set become so engrossed in their group mentality that even as they grow old and separate they are all still in each other’s heads leading to the failure of Miss Brodie’s life mission of making the group the “crème de la crème”. Eunice tells tales of Miss Brodie and the set twenty-eight years later in: “A teacher of mine‚ she was full of culture. She was an Edinburgh Festival all on her own. She used to give us teas at her flat and tell us about her prime” (Spark
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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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Philbrook Museum Picturing in my mind what a wealthy oil family might live in‚ I entered the Philbrook museum of Art as I have many times before to be astonished by its beauty and functionality of what it has become today. The day was perfect for a museum visit and to look upon various artworks that would entertain my creative side for the duration of that Saturday afternoon. It is not every day that someone in their city can drive ten minutes to see priceless works of art and that’s what
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Human Potential Christopher Marlowe was one of the most remarkable dramatists of Elizabethan era. From Doctor Faustus to Tamburlaine‚ The Great‚ Marlowe explored the unexplored effects of the renaissance. In Doctor Faustus he explored it through a delirious scientist. In Tamburlaine‚The Great he used a character who is both charismatic and ambitious.When the character of Tamburlaine is considered ‚ it is obvious that Marlowe was greatly troubled by the potential and ambition that being a renaissance
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