Essays on Italian Renaissance

In the late Middle Ages, the Italian peninsula became a battleground for the lords that rose to power in the region and the surrounding areas. This paper will discuss how an increase in Florentine wealth brought on by the rise of the merchant class eventually...

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni has been considered to be one of the most inspirational and talented artists that lived during the early modern world. The western world during his time was undergoing possibly the most significant period of change since the fall of the...

The transition from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance reflects a time of great change in the way of life at the time. During the Middle Ages life was in constant turmoil and bleak. After the Fall of the fall of the Roman Empire Europe...

One Body, Multiple Meanings Without a doubt, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo are two of the most influential artists in the history of modern civilizations. With their array of detailed and accurate works, both da Vinci and Michelangelo are both regarded as two of the...

Michelangelo Buonarroti, known to most of the world as Michelangelo, was born in the small village of Caprese, Italy on March 6th, 1475. The greatest of the Renaissance artists died in 1564, but not before leaving a mark on fine art that is still appreciated...

Leonardo Da Vinci was a pioneer of many things and shaped the way the world is today. Leonardo Da Vinci was born is Anchiano, Italy. He grew up Anchiano, near Vinci, Republic of Florence Italy. His parents was Caterina da Vinci and Caterina da Vinci....

The saying usually goes, a jack of all trades, but a master of none – although when it comes to Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti he was not only a jack of all trades, but a master of each and everyone. Michelangelo was considered the greatest...

When you hear the word “Renaissance Man”, the first name that usually pops up in a person’s head is that of Leonardo da Vinci. Da Vinci is the epitome of the Renaissance humanist ideal. He was not only an outstanding painter, but also an engineer,...

During the year 1475 one of the greatest sculptors was born. He was a revolutionary, or in other words a sudden, radical, or complete change. But he also created new techniques and style to express emotion through his sculptures and paintings. He also introduced or...

While Kehinde Wiley’s “The Two Sisters” and Jan Van Eyck’s “The Double Portrait” are both greatly detailed portraits, each one contains its own style, form, content, and context that give the paintings a unique presence in its own way. Kehinde Wiley’s “The Two Sisters” is...

Though “notion of genius” can be defined as many things in various ways, two of the most influential Renaissance artists Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni are still well recognized as the genius of art today. Both Leonardo, whose worldly famous for...

Leonardo Da Vinci was an Italian renaissance genius born April 15 of 1452. Much of his early years are a mystery and are undocumented. His father was Messer Piero Fruosino di Antonio da Vinci and his mother was Caterina, a present from the Middle East....

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was born on 6th March 1475 in a place called Caprese near Arezzo, Italy. This man was a painter, poet, sculptor, architect, and an engineer, a true jack of all trades. He has remained to be the most famous High...

The Renaissance is the time period in Europe immediately following the Middle Ages. It was witness to the discovery and exploration of new continents, the founding of new ideas, and innovations to powerful tools, such as paper, the compass, and gunpowder. It is a time...

Twenty-six-year-old, Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, or more commonly known as just, Michelangelo, was an Italian renaissance artist from Jerusalem. One of his most famous works was his sculpture, “David” which stands 17 feet tall, is made from marble and is of a biblical hero,...

Abstract In this essay I will discuss the relationship between the arts and the growing body of scientific knowledge during the Renaissance, Baroque, and Rococo periods. Beginning with the Renaissance and then continuing on to the Baroque and Rococo periods, science and art were closely...

David with the Head of Goliath, by Bartolomeo Bellano in 1470 was an homage to the original David statue by his teacher Donatello in the 1440s. Bellano’s sculpture was vital in popularizing early Renaissance development of bronze statuettes in Northern Italy. In this sculpture, David...

Humanism – A program of study designed by Italians the emphasized the Critical study of Latin and Greek literature with the goal of understanding human nature. Humanism contained the philosophy that states, human nature and achievements were worthy of contemplation. It was the main intellectual...

Italy is a country of south-central Europe, occupying a peninsula that juts deep into the Mediterranean Sea. Its longitude is 11. 255814 and latitude is 43. 769562. Italy has been described as one of the most beautiful places in the world and it also often...

Michelangelo was a Renaissance artist who lived from 1475 to 1564. He changed art in the Renaissance by sculpting and painting with precision and detail that had never been done before, particularly focused on the human body. This change was revolutionary and has changed the...

The Creation of Adam is a fresco painting created by Michelangelo Buonarroti, or more commonly known as Michelangelo. The well-known painter of the renaissance era lived throughout Italy from 1475 to 1564. After being born in Caprese his family moved to Florence where Michelangelo’s art...