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Ross King’s Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling narrates the four years from 1508-1512 that Michelangelo spent laboring over the immense project handed to him; to fresco the 12,000 square foot ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome. King’s book describes the battles that Michelangelo faced; the internal struggles, political turmoil and rivalries among fellow artist that encompassed his surroundings. Michelangelo’s battles with his health, family problems, financial burdens, rival artists and the

While researching the style period the Renaissance, I came about the composer William Byrd. He played a large role in the paper I instructed and thus caught my attention. I chose William Bryd as the subject for this paper merely because according to “The Top 8 Renaissance Composer” Article by Aaron Green, he was considered by many to be a “genius” on the keyboard and perhaps the greatest English composer of all time. Other aspect about William Bryd I found interesting was his interact with Queen

painters were commissions insisted by the Pope which rendered high significance from one another. Michelangelo’s triumphed in the Sistine Chapel (1508-1512) and Raphael’s gem, Stanze di Raffaello (Raphael Rooms). A story was said to believe that Raphael, at the time, were painting frescos and was deeply inspired by Michelangelo’s paintings. He had accessed the Sistine Chapel still in its making without the consent on Michelangelo and later scraped his frescos of the wall to paint and repainted it, imitating

Giotto di Bondone’s Lamentation: Subject and Symbolism Giotto Di Bondone’s Lamentation depicts the mourning of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The Virgin Mary is pictured holding her son’s body, mourning his death. Saint John the Evangelist is seen with his arms thrown back, dramatizing his grief (Kleiner 409). Mary Magdalene is seen at his feet, in sorrow, looking at the wounds of the crucifixion. Four other disciples are seen with the golden halos above their head, two expressing outward grief

with that he completed the 65-foot ceiling in October of 1512 by himself. The works on the chapel had taken its toll on him and he soon turned his focus to architecture. He designed the Medici Chapel and the Laurntian Library to hold the Medici book collection. These buildings were considered an architectural turning point in history. When he unveiled his ‘’Last Judgement’’ on the far wall of the Sistine chapel in 1541 there was an immediate reaction to the naked figures and it was deemed unfit for

Michelangelo Buonarotti Simone Michelangelo was born in Caprese, region of Florence – Italy on March 6, 1475, was born to a family that had for several generations belonged to minor nobility in Florence but had, by the time the artist was born, lost its patrimony and status. His father was an official with a well-off position in the city and his mother died when he was 6 years old. Son of the Florentine arts, this magnificent sculptor, painter and architect, of the Italian Renaissance manifested

The early Renaissance art in Florence focused on an elaborate, Gothic style of painting; very formal and traditional, yet there was always something that seemed to be lacking. Perspective and depth were two very important qualities in painting, yet up until the time of young Masaccio, (born Tommaso Guidi), paintings were beautiful, but seemed to just be art that hung on the wall. In Masaccio’s work, “rather than recede in space, the figures seem to come forward” (Cole 120). He may not have known

Masaccio’s depictions of Adam and Eve as part of a ritual complex that communicated expectations of feminine-gendered behavior. Beginning with an analysis of both images, the text continues by briefly contextualizing the images within the Brancacci chapel. Masolino’s Adam and Eve: The Fall materially approximates “mankind’s earliest and most far-reaching act of selfishness” to the female body. In this segment of the entrance archway, Eve has presumably bitten - or is about to bite into – the forbidden

Objective: Michelangelo best represents the Renaissance period due to his artistic abilities that exemplified individualism through his extraordinary ability to showcase emotion and great skill in his artwork which enlightened people. Experience: 1475-1488 Caprese, Italy He is raised by a foster mother. The mother dies when he is six years old. He did have anyone to look up to, so he quit school

that he created numerous masterpieces, his works demonstrated high level of skills and innovative content. His style that formed in Florence was exposed to Classical art and humanist thought. For instance, the paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo painted the scenes in reverse chronological order, and the complexity of figures presents a relaxed and relived mood. Besides, he emphasized the power inherited in the human body, especially torso. David is a example in this case, it