Giorgio Vasari

Name Professor Course Date Comparison of the Girl with a Pearl Earring and Mona Lisa  The Girl with a Pearl Earring and Mona Lisa are the two most famous portraits ever painted (Courtauld 36). The girl with a pearl earring follows the Mona Lisa painting, which is considered as the most famous painting. The girl with a pearl earring, by Johannes Vermeer, and the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci were created during the same historical time. Historians believe that Leonardo da Vinci created his art

Ferrara for the d’Este dukes. His two most important contributions are being an official court painter and being an important figure in the School of Ferrara. Tura was born in 1430 in the city of Ferrara, Italy where he lived for most of his life. Giorgio “Vasari wrote that Turo was a student of Galasso Galassi and the the two worked together at the ducal seat of Belriguado, where Tura would decorate a chapel

An iconographic approach to interpreting Correggio’s Madonna and Child with Infant John the Baptist asks us to look for hidden meanings or symbols within the work of art. A pre-iconographic description of Correggio’s Madonna and Child with Infant John the Baptist would be the identification of a two babies and a woman. An iconographic analysis of Correggio’s Madonna and Child with Infant John the Baptist would show that the Madonna and child are common motifs represented in Christian paintings, as

The Duomo in Florence, otherwise known as the Cattedrale de Santa Maria del Flore, is one of Italy’s most celebrated works of art. “The Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore was the major church in Florence in the Renaissance period, but it was a building which was largely built in the fourteenth century (thus pre-dating the Renaissance).  The origins go back to the Middle Ages, when Italian cities competed to build larger and greater cathedrals.” (Italian renaissance). “It was dedicated to Santa Maria

In 1418, the town fathers of Florence realized they had to face a major problem. Il Duomo, the cathedral that was built to best all others, was missing its roof. This cathedral had been constructed in 1296 to commemorate Florence’s new status as one of the most prosperous cities in Europe. The cathedral would serve as a symbol of this new Florence. The town fathers had a vision of a colossal dome that would rise to the heavens without support, pulling one’s attention upwards. The only obstacle was

Life and Works Who is Leonardo Da Vinci? Leonardo had a keen eye and quick mind that led him to make important scientific discoveries, yet he never published his ideas. He was a gentle vegetarian who loved animals and despised war, yet he worked as a military engineer to invent advanced and deadly weapons. He was one of the greatest painters of the Italian Renaissance, yet he left only a handful of completed paintings. It may seem unusual to include Leonardo da Vinci in a list of paleontologists

Renaissance Art in Fifteenth-Century Italy The renaissance era is the mark of the “rebirth” period. It’s the beginning of the modern world and the ending of the Middle Ages. Renaissance era means the revival of great art and literature and it began in Italy and spread into Europe between the 14th century into the 17th century, and made that transition from medieval to modern time. (Dictionary.com) Most of the towns turned into cities and businesses. Italy was forming into an urban city. A city that

of tempera and then a layer of oil on his pieces which leads to the common misconception that he is the father of oil painting. There is a common misconception, which dates back to the sixteenth-century Vite of the Tuscan artist and biographer Giorgio Vasari, that Jan van Eyck invented oil painting. It is however true that he achieved, or perfected, new and remarkable effects using this technique.cited While he is the master, he is not the father. He is, however, credited with the invention of the

with a “ water framed by rocky precipices and bathed in a misty atmosphere” (“Leonardo da Vinci”, Encyclopedia 1) revealing his sincere love of nature. According to Giorgio Vasari, one of Leonardo Da Vinci’s first biographers, Verrocchio thought he should “never touching colors again, [was] angry that a boy should know more than he” (Vasari, 1). When Giovan Galeazzo, Duke of Milan, was dead, and Lodovico Sforza became duke in the year 1494, Ludovico Sforza gave assignments to Leonardo and supported

Addison Folse Mrs. Rezza World History, period 4 November 26, 2017 Research Report Leonardo da Vinci was born when his mother was not married, his parents were Florentine notary Ser Piero and a peasant with the name of Caterina. He was brought up by his father and stepmother. When he was five he moved to his father’s estate which was close to Vinci, the Tuscan town where he lived with his uncle and grandparents. He did not have a great education. He only new the basics, which were reading, writing