By 1440, he was well-known enough to be commissioned for his art. One of his first works was multiple frescoes, painted on the Palazzo del Podestà, showing traitors being hung by their heels after the Battle of Anghiari. For that artwork, he was given the nickname of “Little Andrea of the Hanged Men”. By 1442, Andrea was in Venice and painting frescoes in the San Tarasio chapel with
When peace was finally made two years later between the Papal and the Imperial factions, Charles V agreed to militarily restore Florence to the Medici. After a restriction of eleven months, Alessandro was brought back as the Emperor 's designated head of state. In 1532, the new Florentine constitution stated Alessandro the permanent gonfalonier of the republic. Though his common sense and his feeling for justice won his subjects ' affection, the others in sympathy with the displaced opposition hated Alessandro and accused him of using his power to sexually exploit the public. However, only two illegitimate children with the possibility of a third, have been attributed to him and even these he fathered with one woman, Taddea Malespina, a distant cousin of
Tradition says that Giorgione was a handsome man. His name Giorgione is translated to ‘tall George’ or ‘large George’, but it could also mean ‘great George’, because he was such an innovator. Over time Giorgione became an unequaled master of oil painting. After he was trained by Bellini, Giorgione began painting many little, devotional Madonnas, of which he became a true specialist.
In addition to painting and architecture being changed, writing changed as well. Dante Alighieri, an Italian author, focused on writing the real life of individuals. Another writer, Niccolo Machiavelli, wrote a book in 1513, The Prince, about the realistic look at the world of politics. Before that, in the late 1400s, a war broke out in Italy, Many artists fled to the safety in Northern Europe. Eventually, they shared their styles and techniques with the Northern
Most people know Leonardo Da Vinci as being painter but he was also a sculptor, architect, engineer, musician, inventor and scientist. Da Vinci was a hard worker and had a creative soul that reflected in all his work. From the Renaissance to present day Leonardo Da Vinci work is still admired and constantly influences people all around the world. Leonardo Da Vinci was one of the most gifted, well rounded artist of the Renaissance. This can been proven through research and collected data.
He was born in 1435, Florence, Italy and was truly one of the most amazing renaissance artists. Andrea eventually died in 1488, Venice (Passavant). During his lifetime, Andrea accomplished many great things, such as creating many famous sculptures and beautiful paintings. However, I think Andrea’s
He composed sacred as well as secular music in his lifetime in a number of vocal forms ranging from masses, chansons, to motets. His stay at Rome had been highly productive for it was here where he developed his mature style. While working in Milan, he had absorbed Italian secular light music; but in Rome, he refined his sacred music and wrote several motets. Before he left Italy, he wrote one of his most famous secular compositions, the ‘frottola El grillo’
Dante Alighieri was exiled from Florence in 1302. He had joined the political scene, and after holding a few different positions, the leading political party at the time called the Black Guelphs, decided they didn’t want Dante in their city anymore. Dante, began traveling, withdrew from all political activities and focused on one thing, his writing. The next few years and until 1321 when he passed away, Dante was in the most creative period of his life. His most popular work being La Divina Commedia (The Divine Comedy), an epic poem describing the journey through the Christian afterlife.
He was an Italian painter who created many famous paintings. He was born in 1445, Florence, Italy, and died May 17,1510, also in Florence. As a kid Botticelli was known to have been a very impatient person, however, he was highly intelligent for his age. After he was done with school his father made him apprentice a goldsmith. Botticelli was not very interested in becoming a goldsmith as his mind and heart was set on painting.
17 1510. Sandro Botticelli real name is Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi Botticelli. Sandro Botticelli was an Italian painter and draughtsman in the early of Renaissance era. When he was fifth teen years old, he already had his own workshop and this helped him to create his own unique artistic style. His workshop was not the reason that helps him to become famous, but it did help his skill to improve faster.
(March 6th 1475 - February 18th 1564) born in Caprese, Italy Michelangelo was an Italian painter, architect, poet and sculptor. Before his name was known he was just an apprentice to a painter and eventually began studying in sculpture, in the gardens of a wealthy and famous family known as the Medici. He has been remembered as the most famous artist in the time of the Renaissance. Some of his famous works include The Last Judgement (1535-1541), David (1501-1504), and the Pieta (1498-1499). Perhaps the most recognized work of his, is located on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, which took about 4 years to paint.
This, in Ghiberti’s opinion ended the paintings of art and the teachings of art and sculpture for over six hundred years (153). He felt as though they created the art of paintings and sculpture that lack the little intensity of strength and the people that were sculptured were painted with such roughness and crudeness (153). But, he does deny the ancients (Greeks), he states that they were very skillful in their craft (153).
Francesco del Giocondo, a silk and cloth merchant, had requested a portrait of his wife, Mona Lisa; however, del Giocondo never received his portrait. After Leonardo had left Italy for the last time, he finished the portrait and Mona Lisa was then hung in the Louvre Museum of Paris, where it became a mystery all over the world. What makes the Mona Lisa so extraordinary and vastly different, is that, da Vinci painted his model in the most natural way. Also the way he painted her eyes makes an intimate connection between the spectator and the
Born on 6 of March 1475, Caprese Italy, Michelangelo is known as an architect, artist, poet, engineer and sculptor. His famous works includes Saint Peter’s Basilica, Rome. When Michelangelo was 33 years old, he was working on Pope Julius II’s marble tomb. He was hesitant when asked to decorate the Sistine Chapel by Julius without any experience.
One of his famous buildings is the Vatican Museum, which is the world’s biggest collection of antiquities. He also builds a great number of churches. In 1509, when Raphael was introduced to the Julius, he let Raphael began his masterpiece for the pope in the Vatican Museum. He starts to draw the frescoes in the three rooms of the Vatican Museum. It combines many different ideas like “the school of Athens” and “Disputa”.