House of Sforza

possibilities of a human mind, which entailed a lot of consequences. One of them was the spectacular development of the architecture, and the new role of architecture and the architect in society. New forms of secular buildings such as villas, palaces, houses and town halls were exemplified, but most of building activity was centered on sacred buildings like the famed Tempietto by Donatano Bramante. Tempietto is a prime example of Renaissance architecture because not only it represents key characteristics

painting. This painting depicts the gathering of the greatest philosophers and scientists of the ancient world such as Plato, Aristotle; and his biggest influences, Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci. A painting that I am well familiar with in my house is Raphael’s Angels, also known as The Sistine Cherubs’ (http://rubyslipper.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/cherubsraphaellg.jpg). Like the neo-platonits ways, this painting depicts a balance of spirituality with mathematics. The angels are

The Renaissance was an important cultural movement which brought a strong period of scientific development that transformed in Italy. These changes happened in the cities like Florence, Venice, and Milan. The Renaissance was manifest in the late thirteen centuries which was the custom of primitive life and values that governed by the church toward the central theoretical beliefs of the human. In fact, the Italian people were educated middle-class human being that became interested in individual

Leonardo Da Vinci Ariel Richardson 3/4/17 Early years Leonardo Da Vinci was born April 15th, 1452 in a farm house. He was born in Anchiano, Tuscany which in now Italy. His full name was Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci. He was 5’8. His moms name was Caterina and his dads name was Ser Peiro. Da Vinci’s parents never got married but his mom got married another man while he was young. He has 17 half siblings, that’s a lot of kids. Their names were Bartolomeo da Vinci, Bernedetto Ser Piero

Billie M. Gordon Professor Welborn Art History 101 21 September 2015 The Last Supper The Last Supper is a mural painted Leonardo da Vinci. He was considered a “Renaissance Man.” Leonard da Vinci was born in 1452 in a village a few miles from Vinci, Italy. His father, Piero da Vinci was a Florentine notary and his mother was believed to be a peasant woman named Caterina. Leonardo da Vinci did not have much formal training outside of reading, writing, and math. At the age of 14, Leonardo da Vinci

He was told to bring it as a peace gesture to Ludovico Sforza, who ruled Milan as its regent. After doing so, Da Vinci asked Ludovico for a job. He then sent a letter to the future Duke of Milan that barely mentioned his talents as an artist and instead talked about his more useable skills as a military engineer

a significant impact on the Christians of the time. To date, the two arts are considered the most imitated religious paintings of all time. With respect to the age of Baroque, I expect to unravel The Inspiration of Saint Mathew and Christ in the House of Mary and Martha. Caravaggio produced The Inspiration of Saint Matthew in the early 17th century (Cheremeteff, 2000). Diego Velázquez produced the second art during the year 1618. The two arts reflect a lot about the religious and cultural settings

misrepresented in early colonial literature. Guillermo Coma of Aragon, who went on Columbus’ Second Voyage, wrote to his friend in Sicily, Nicolo Syllacio—who translated his letters to Latin and distributed them to the Duke of Milan, Lodovico Maria Sforza—about the people they encountered. Coma writes of “Peter Margarita, a Spaniard whose word cannot be impugned . . . saw here a large number of Indians fixed on spits and roasted . . . . The cannibals do not deny this but openly affirm that they eat

as a way to combine families and increase political or financial growth for both families. Lucrezia Borgia is a perfect example of how young women were used during this time. When Lucrezia was just thirteen years old, she was married to Giovanni Sforza who was twice her age. She was married to him because an alliance with Giovanni would bring great political advantage to Lucrezia’s family (Hibbert 44). These marriages were basically business transactions with the daughters and sisters of the family

Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday between January and March. Buckingham Palace was built in 1703 and originally built for the Duke of Buckingham and was called the Buckingham House. In 1761, King George III acquired the house and made it a private residence for Queen Charlotte and was from then on known as The Queen's House. It was enlarged twice in the 19th century and then once more in the 20th century. The next place we visited was the Westminster Abbey. The Westminster Abbey is a large, Gothic