and architect‚ Giotto was recognized as the first genius of art in the Italian Renaissance. Giotto di Bondone was born about 1266 in the village of Vespignano‚ near Florence. His father was a small landed farmer (Marx). Cimabue‚ a well-known Florentine painter‚ discovered Giotto ’s talents. Cimabue saw the 12 year old boy sketching one of his father ’s sheep on a flat rock and was so impressed with his talent that he persuaded the father to let Giotto become his pupil (Barter26). Modern critics
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to Africa for large profits (dangerous‚ but worth it) * Florence was the first artistic and literary manifestation of the Italian Renaissance (Beverly Hills of the Italian Renaissance) * Florentine mercantile families began to dominate European banking on both sides of the Alps. * The Florentine wool industry was the major factor in the city’s financial expansion and population increase. * Florence purchased the best-quality wool from England and Spain and made really badass techniques
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do the necessary to go to heaven was not enough‚ they had to do their very best in their every day lives. Cosimo de´Medici along with supervisor Marsilio Ficino and Pico della Mirandola founded the Florentine Platonic Academy‚ which was actually not a formal school‚ but an informal gathering of Florentine humanist. There they worked to revive the works of Plato‚ an ancient writer whom humanist greatly admired. Such Platonic influences are evident in Pico della Mirandola´s statement which says that
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Current Section Figures from Hartt: Figure- 8.2 Artist- Gentile da Fabriano Title- Strozzi Altarpiece‚ Adoration of the Magi Date- 1423 Medium- tempera on panel Location- Sacristy of Sta. Trinita‚ Florence. Now: Uffizi Gallery‚ Florence. Physical concerns‚ iconography‚ patronage (context and function)‚ perspective‚ etc- This was commissioned by Palla Strozzi for his family burial chapel. The Adoration of the Magi marks the moment when the infant Christ was first shown to the Gentiles.
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S2 Topic 1 The Renaissance Explanatory Notes to Teachers Level: S2 Topic: The Renaissance Supporting Teaching Materials: Students’ worksheet Students’ Prior Knowledge Before this ELA unit‚ students have learnt about the masterpieces and inventions during the Renaissance. In these lessons‚ they should have learnt some English terms related to this topic. Aims and Objectives I. Content Objectives After the ELA activities‚ students should be able to 1. learn about the features of the Renaissance
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Baroque in the Vatican Throughout the ages‚ civilizations around the world have expressed themselves through various kinds of art such as dance‚ music‚ painting‚ and architecture. Styles of art vary from culture to culture‚ and over time each style evolves into something completely new. In the mid 1500’s‚ there was a change in culture that completely reshaped the European world. Known as the Renaissance‚ individuals persevered to recreate‚ and reinterpret the forgotten knowledge and accomplishments
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major part in influencing his famous writing‚ Inferno. Dante grew up in Florence‚ a significant artistic and intellectual center throughout the 13th century‚ says Jay Rudd. Dante had private tutors in his youth and studied Christian theology at the Florentine Dominican center of Santa Maria Novella (Rudd). According to the Literature Resource Center‚ Dante enrolled at the University of Bologna and studied philosophical works of Boethius‚ Cicero‚ and Aristotle. Also‚ Saint Thomas Aquinas and
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Aesthetic and the ‘Disegno-Colorito’ Controversy” 1. Florentine Acadaemia delle Arts del Disegno – represented values first formulated in quattrocento Florence 2. New Renaissance artist = valued fame over money‚ work = liberal‚ not mechanical‚ intellectual not material 3. One of Vasari’s greatest contributions = assembling various artists within a single organization 4. Disegno – three “padre” art= architecture‚ sculpture and painting a. Florentine artists had no issue with going across mediums so
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on May 3‚ 1469 in Florence‚ Italy and is best known for being a diplomat and writing the manual‚ The Prince. He was the second son of Bernardo di Nicolo Machiavelli‚ a repute lawyer‚ and of Bartolomea di Stefano Nelli‚ who were members pf the old Florentine nobility. Niccolo had 3 siblings‚ 2 sisters and a brother‚ and he started his education at the age of seven with a typical humanist education. His humanist education consisted of learning Latin which he was exceptionally good at and reading the
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On 1st September‚ 1725‚ I attended a performance of “The Four Seasons”‚ a concerto by the Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi at the Pieta. The composer‚ often known locally as the “Red priest” (Heller‚ 1997) for his ostensibly red hair and ordainment‚ wrote the piece in 1723 in Mantua; Italy’s music sure seems to be increasing in its grandeur. However‚ I would doubt the sincerity of Vivaldi’s concertos; ever since Corelli these instrumental pieces are pumped out massively for the aristocracy (Michalik
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