Il protagonista del Rinascimento italiano
Eleftheria-Christina Theodorou B’1
Teacher: Grigoria Menti
Artist’s details
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buanarroti Simoni was an Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect, poet and engineer. He was born on March 6,1469,in a small town near Florence. His mother died by the time Michelangelo was six years old, leaving him to live with his father.
He began to show interest in art by the age of ten. When he was 13 he was set to be an artist. Then , he became a pupil of the great sculptor Donatello. Michelangelo lived to the age 89 ,and died in 1564.
His work
Michelangelo was noted for use of color light and tone design .As he grew older , he became interested in the male nude.
The Creation of Adam
(1512,Sistine Chapel’s
ceiling,)
Pieta ,1497,Marble
Davide 1501-1504
Michelangelo’s tomb monument in Santa Croce
Caravaggio
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was born in 29 September 1571 and died in 18 July 1610,was an italian painter active in Rome for most of his life.
His paintings have been characterized as combining a realistic observation of the human state ,both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting.
his paintings
Bacchus 1596-1597,Galleria degli Uffizi,Florence
Medusa ,around 1597,Galleria degli Uffizi,Florence
…and more
Saint Jerome writing, 1605-1606
The Vocation of Saint Matthew, 1599-1600
The Cheaters, around 1595
He was born in Pieve di Cadore in 1576 and died in 1576
Paintings
Venus of Urbino
The Rape of Europa 1560-1562
Born in 1445,Florence and died in May 17, 1510(age:65)
Paintings
La nascita di Venere,1485-1486
Arianna Addormantata,1512,Galleria degli Uffizi,Florence
Renaissance, in general
During the Renaissance era , the main concept was that it put human life , security and religion at the interior. Renaissance means ~rebirth~ and it is a perfect visualization of what the renaissance is. The Renaissance, a time defined as the rebirth of classical ideals, occurred in Italy between 1350 and 1600. Spreading quickly throughout Europe, with the innovation of the printing press, it caused rippling effects. The Renaissance ultimately altered the aged education of theology from the Dark Ages and renewed it with studies of more ancient, classic works. Classic art and literature grew extremely popular, contrasting the lack of interest in them before. Many artists became prominent advocates for the revival of the ideals of the classical past. The artists, using their masterpieces, and determined how modern historians view the era. While several aspects of the Renaissance contributed and influenced the time, artists like Michelangelo Buonarroti ,Leonardo da Vanci and Raffaello Sanzio had a stronger effect on and are greater representations of the time. The Renaissance is a period in history and a cultural movement marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity, covering the 15th and 16th centuries and characterized by an effort to revive and surpass the ideas and achievements of classical antiquity, it was associated with great social change in most fields and disciplines, including art, architecture, politics, literature, exploration and science. It began in the Republic of Florence. The term rinascita ("rebirth") first appeared in Lives of the Artists by Giorgio Vasari, while the corresponding French word renaissance was adopted into English as the term for this period during the 1830s.�
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