Pope Urban II

In Nelson Minnich's religious interpretation of Raphael's famous portrait of Pope Leo X, Minnich first begins with the very basics of the portrait; what is contained within its canvas and why it is there. From small clues such as these, he is able to lay the foundation for which theories and conclusions can be based. He first points out the location of the figures in the painting. Minnich believes that they are in a large room, seated before a green cloth on the wall, or cloth of honor. There

a reasonable commission he finally settled down in Florence where he stayed for many years. He fell in love with the city and the opportunity for work. His first real job came with the interest of Pope Julius II. Julius assigned Raphael with many challenging pieces, one being a self-portrait of the Pope (Vasari 23-29). In 1511 Raphael painted his greatest masterpiece during his stay in Rome, the School of Athens. The fresco brought more than 15 brilliant writers, philosophers, and theologians into

In the time of the Renaissance there were many artists but one really stood out to me, he was Michelangelo. He stood out the most to me because he had some of the most beautiful work I have ever seen. He painted some of the most beautiful building that is still around today. One of the most that I enjoyed looking at was the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. It took him a lot of time to paint the entire building. I feel this was his best piece of art ever. He had many accomplishments that were outstanding

The man chosen for this paper will be no one than Niccolo Machiavelli. Machiavelli was a many things during this life such as a politician, humanist, a writer, but most important he was the founder of modern ideas on who we look at politics and day to day situations. Machiavelli was born May 3 1469 in Italy. He was born during a important era in Europe called the Renaissance era were art, and humanism began to flourish. Machiavelli had other idea as giving in depth look how rulers and states must

Taking a journey through the historical time line of the past, it is clear to see that change occurs. Some periods illustrate more change than others, some of them are of greater influence than the period before it, and then there are those that are not only influential from an art perspective, but also from the perspective of the styles ability to spread across a whole region. A period that specifically displayed this capability was the Romanesque era. The Romanesque era was a period in time which

long for Erasmus to target Pope Julius II, nicknamed “The Fearsome Pope” and “The Warrior Pope”. Erasmus produced a skit that was created to ridicule Pope Julius II to all extents; it was named Iulias exclusus. Soon after Pope Julius II’s death, the skit spread like wild fire amongst the communities, quickly becoming the hot topic of various cities. The Roman Curia of the Holy See were very displeased with Erasmus and his actions. The Curia acted in the name of Pope Julius II, so when they learned of

Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare, is a play about a prince who needs to get revenge for the murder of his father. The Prince, written by Niccolò Machiavelli, is a treatise on how to take and hold on to political power. Both Hamlet and The Prince contain the concept of fortune as a common theme throughout each work. Fortune is talked about in similar ways in both, including how fortune is a woman, how much control fortune has over people, and how fortune is like water. Fortune is associated

they served. One of the largest that Michelangelo was given was to complete the tomb of Pope Julius (Vasari 439). This was a massive and significant undertaking by Michelangelo which required six full sculptures of various biblical figures arranged along one wall. Michelangelo not only created beautiful art in the form of his sculptures for the pope’s tomb, but also created a work that commemorated the late pope and served as a final resting place and monument to his accomplishments. In this respect

Chapel was falling apart and after getting it fixed church needed someone to decorate the inside with the most intelligent strokes of a paint brush. After searching Pope Julius ll chose the famous artist Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo may or may not have wanted to paint the Sistine Chapel for the Pope. Symbols are everywhere in art; Michelangelo was able to put large and even some insulting symbols on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo Di Lodovico

painter                                   D.     Study in Perugia. II.     Florentine Period