Michelangelo Merisi Da Caravaggio

From the 14th century to the 17th century the Renaissance took place and was consider the cultural bridge that connect the middle ages to modern history. During this time many spectacular things took place. Artwork was created that looked as though it were from the heavens. Sculptures were generated that looked as an angel had sculpted the masterpiece. The architecture that took place looked as though it were created from the 19th century. Many architects, artist, and sculptures were present during the Renaissance, but there was one person that stood out the most. He all of the abilities that three men combined did not have and his name was Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni. Michelangelo has many painting that our still around today,

Upon walking into Gallery 250 of Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, one will find on the wall a particularly eye-catching piece of art. The piece, set high on the corner of the wall encompassed by pictures depicting scenes from the life of Jesus Christ, is Giulio Cesare Procaccini's The Scourging of Christ. In this piece, Procaccini's masterful use of light and shadows in a technique called chiaroscuro dramatically portray the torturing of Christ, and it is this very application of chiaroscuro that immediately caught my eye. Through his masterful rendition of value, Procaccini successfully evoked within me a crushing sensation of agony. While I did not initially realize that the piece was one of Christ, research enabled me to witness how

In general, both Giotto’s Lamentation and Caravaggio’s Entombment are idealistic paintings for their times. They both show the artistical achievements for their era by their use of detail and new techniques that are available for them to use within their perspective paintings. These

During the Baroque Ages a man by the name of Caravaggio was a very prominante artist,

Caravaggio lived through a dark period of time. His behavior, however became more and more violent as he began to challenge the beauty of art. He becomes more and more of a murder and uses more dramatic composition heightening his view of the situation.

An accomplished sculptor, Andrea del Verrocchio was a painter, draftsman and goldsmith, and the leading sculptor in Florence at the time. His two piece David is nearly four feet tall and over 300-pound created by Verrocchio between 1465 and 1470. Andrea del Verrocchio. It is not a classical nude but his shape is visible. David is shown with a blade in his hand, slight smug smile as young lean yet muscular brash and proud. He is wearing a military leather doublet short tunic and sandals in a contrapposto pose with Goliath's head, which is the second piece, at his feet as he looks at the viewer with a direct satisfied gaze. He has curling hair with one hand on his hip and the other holding a dagger. There is not an agreement as to where Goliath's head should go it has been shown with the head at the

I am writing about Caravaggio a famous artist in Rome. Caravaggio is known for his tenebrism technique that he used in his art. Caravaggio was known for getting in trouble by fighting a lot. He killed some on once and then not long after he fled Rome. Caravaggio has also painted a chapel.

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio better known as simply Caravaggio was an Italian Baroque master painter born in Italy around 1571. After he apprenticed with a painter in Milan, he moved to Rome, where he lived for most of his life. His work influenced painters around Europe. He’s most known for his gruesome subjects and use of Tenebrism, which was a technique that used heavy shadow to

Italy boasts about how beautiful their paintings are, they have some of the most spectacular artists. When I hear the word Italy I think about a few artists such as Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci, and Donatello.

Known as a successful painter, sculptor, architect, and poet, many believe that Michelangelo was the most famous artist during the Italian Renaissance. Michelangelo was born Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni in Caprese, Tuscany, on March 6, 1475. His mother and father had five sons and he was the second child. Michelangelo’s father was in the banking business and realized when his son was only 13 that he was not interested in education and was continually watching the painters at nearby churches. (Bio.com)

The great thing about art, is that there are multiple portrayals of one idea but, the artist’s own personal style allows one to feel something that another may not. Early Renaissance painters, Giotto di Bondone and Duccio di Buoninsegna established their own unique style to depict a biblical scene known as, The Betrayal of Christ. Through a close analysis of each artist’s representation of, The Betrayal of Christ, one is able to compare and contrast the artists own understanding of the scene through their attention to detail, character, and space throughout the painting. When examining these two works, one will have a stronger emotional response towards Giotto’s interpretation rather Duccio’s, due to his methods of handling organization, figures, and space.

Vittore Carpaccio’s symmetrical input truly served it’s purpose. Focusing on the center third of the painting, there’s a mere perfect symmetrical contrast of life and death top to bottom. Most impacting is the symmetrical division of the malnourished and tortured body of Jesus Christ, The left side of his body is in a lively sitting posture on the throne. While his right side is the embodiment of death, his punctured ribs and dangling arm. From the ground up, Carpaccio illustrates the contrast of life and death with minimal details in the painting. The supporting stones of the throne, directly below the arm rests, are divided by breakage, the left stone is cracked and falling apart, while the opposing stone appears to be intact. Vittore Carpaccio managed to capture the cycle of life with many elements one wouldn’t think of comparing life and death with. The top left portion of the throne is a half broken, followed by Jesus’s deadly posture to the falling apart ground stone of the throne, Death is captured in a very recognizable minimalistic form.

Until the late 19th century many biographers and art scholars deliberately ignored Caravaggio work. Some people felt as if his work was to natural or just ordinary. (Sayre, 2010) His work of art was characterized by displaying weakness or humankind. Sometime people had a difficult time trying to figure out if his painting was religious or not. In fact the contrast in his paintings between light and dark tones was evident in the spiritual content and its representation in the painting. (Sayre, 2010) Caravaggio became ill on a beach in Port Ercole. Caravaggio passed away July 18, 1610 after battling with malaria which he fought to overcome.

Though Michelangelo had a brilliant mind and a tremendous amount of talent, he also had a belligerentious personality and a quick temper. This not only got Michelangelo into trouble but it also created a dissatisfaction in his perspective for the artist, who constantly strived for perfection. This caused him to occasionally

This painting exemplifies many of the characteristics of Caravaggio’s paintings, which is typical in the Baroque period.