Humanism in European Renaisaance

    Michelangelo's plays a huge role in the way that art was created during the Renaissance and well into today's society. His painting allow historians to grasp on to many more ideas that were expressed during the Renaissance. He is still one of the most talented human beings to walk this earth. There has been very few that have accomplished what Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni has accomplished in the short life of a human

The Medici family was the most powerful political family of Florence. They saw themselves as being the reason for Florence’s supremacy and wanted to used Florence’s symbol of David as their own. The Medici were aware of Donatello’s earlier sculpture of David in Florence’s town hall and commissioned Donatello to create them their own sculpture of David. Donatello’s bronze sculpture of David possesses both the relaxed contrapposto and the nude beauty of the Classical period and the style of the Greeks. He was the first Renaissance sculptor to portray nude male figure. “In the Middle Ages, the clergy regarded nude statues as both indecent and idolatrous, and nudity in general appeared only rarely in art”

We all know the famous Ninja Turtles, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael, but what do these names have to do with the Renaissance Art Movement? These famous names were all part of the great masters of early Renaissance art. Their talents included sculpture, painting, architecture, music and drawing, while also diving into sciences and literature. Throughout this time individual expression and worldly experience became the main themes of the century inspiring many budding artists to come.

The renaissance was a thriving time for the fine arts and architecture, and this allowed Donato Bramante to thrive. Born in 1444 Bramante had a quite childhood and went to the college of Mautana to study the art of perspective (Sarti). Bramante’s first architectural achievement was collaborating with other architects to build the Church of Sandra in Lombardy. By 1477 Bramante was doing smaller jobs for little cost trying to go

One of the most obvious examples in which Greco Roman culture was displayed in the era of the Italian Renaissance was through the works of art; and more specifically the medium of sculpture. Take for example, the piece by Donatello, Saint Mark, this piece harkens back to the artwork of the Greek culture by having the character whom is sculpted to be positioned in the contrappasto style, where the audience may view “the drapery covering his body beneath, particularly his left knee as it projects forward… He is, in other words, a fully realized human form”; this technique was predominantly used by Greek artists, and was relatively abandoned by all other artists after the fall of the Greek empire to the Romans (Sayre, 2015). Yet, the artists of the Italian Renaissance saw the beauty and value of

The Bronze David by Donatello of the Early Renaissance shows a subtle transition through style and form to the High Renaissance when compared to the marble David by Michelangelo. Yet a similar Renaissance interpretation of the character of David is seen in both pieces. Donatello’s David embodies the humanism and classicism of the Italian Renaissance, and pioneers styles that would influence a generation. The perfection of David by Michelangelo creates a similar allusion to humanism and classical form while indicating Donatello’s lasting influence and inserting neoplatonic ideas of the High Renaissance.

There has been many changes during the middle ages to now of days in the twentieth century. Even humanism has affected us today through many obstacles every now and then. It is the belief that people can achieve happiness and live good without religion in their life. It helps in many ways one is Education that includes students. Another way is poetry or music how it has changed over the years. Their are other reasons, but many movies replaced to better ones throughout.

Did you know, Donatello was a famous Italian sculptor and not just a ninja turtle? Donatello was a very important part of the renaissance and contributed many different techniques, skills, and designs to improve his art and make him one of the best artists and sculptors of the renaissance. Donatello made a great contribution to the renaissance through his sculptures and work. He helped create a big impact-along with many other great artists-on the way art is interpreted. Donatello’s life, career, and contributions were very beneficial to many cathedrals and churches in the renaissance along with his art.

First, growing up in Florence gave him a reason to build the Cathedral of Florence, plus all of the art he saw around him influenced him to pursue a career in that field. Florence is a very impactful city during the Renaissance exposed Brunelleschi to art at a young age. Brunelleschi’s exposure to art at a young age allowed him to.be well rounded and successful in multiple subjects. Secondly Brunelleschi had such a passion for art and architecture that sometimes made him hard to work with throughout his life. Brunelleschi always knew his way was the best way and others approaches were simply inferior to his is why he became so successful. Third a trip with his friend changed the Renaissance when “According to early sources, Brunelleschi's architectural career began sometime after 1402, on a trip with Donatello to Rome, where he was drawn to the remnants of ancient monuments.”. The friend he made in Donatello was proven to be very important relationship to his career. The Renaissance is defined rebirth, and when Donatello and Brunelleschi went to Rome and studied architecture from the Greek and Romans ruins he later added and

     Donatellos, Verrochio’s, and Michelangelo’s figures compare in the sense that none of them show any physical activity and are shown as prideful as they stand over oppressors. Bernini’s rendition of David is unique in the sense that he creates a more narrative figure instead of one that is poised and more classical in style. Protestants strongly believed that imagery presented in the church could cause people to venerate figures in statues rather than focus all their attention on God during the

In the early years he had worked in Rome with Fillipio Brunelleschi studying in this ancient city. In the work of the early renaissance sculptor Donatello’s life seems to come out of metal and stone. Donatello’s great pieces of art includes the marble of Saint George in the Orsanmichele museum, located in Florence; the figure of David, and the beautiful equestrian statue of Gattamelata that goes back into ancient Roman art. Donatello’s use of sinuous forms which encouraged the eye of the statue to move around this figure, influenced generations of Italian sculptors mostly and notably who was Michelangelo in the sixteenth

Donatello’s David is life size standing at 5 feet 2” and was the first unsupported standing work of bronze cast during the Italian Early Renaissance. David is completely naked apart from the cowboy hat and boots. Donatello used his skills to prove himself a prominent artist of the Renaissance period. He was influenced by ancient scriptures made by Greeks and theories of humanist. This inspired him to develop statues which were mainly the representations

Michelangelo (1475-1564) was arguably the greatest artist during the Italian Renaissance period. His talents included sculpting, painting and architect, just to name a few. Michelangelo’s s most popular work was his Pieta and David sculptures and Sistine Chapel ceiling paintings. His works have been carefully preserved over the years for future generations to see his amazing work.

The Renaissance is the rebirth of Europe, and considered as the beginning of modern history. In this era of time, people looked back and studied the Greek and Roman knowledge, skills, attitude, and art, while stepping out of the Middle Ages artwork techniques and creating new techniques to breathe realism, individualism, humanism, mannerism, and more into the art. The Middle Ages artwork majorly focussed on the religious aspect of the art, leaving out the techniques to make the art look realistic. However, the Renaissance artwork used many new techniques that they developed, like chiaroscuro, the use of light and shading, to create an effect that the Middle Ages artwork had not seen before. The art shows how the Renaissance evolved from focussing

David Donatello was a famous painter and sculptor. He was born in italy 1386 and died 1466 he was buried next to his major patron cosimo de’ medici. He was famous for some sculptures called the zuccone and the david. He used bronze in some of his sculptures.he was friends with the famous architect filippo brunelleschi.