Essays on Michelangelo

One of the most popular Baroque artists was Caravaggio. Look at it his painting of Biblical hero David and Goliath, and consider and answer the following questions:

Question 1

What point in the story of David and Goliath does Caravaggio choose to focus on? How does this compare to the images of David made by Donatello, Michelangelo, and / or Bernini?

Response 1

Caravaggio chose to focus on the moment of victory as David defeated Goliath, and it is focused on both David and Goliath. David’s victory transformed him from a shy boy to a strong man. One thing that is unique ...

Introduction

The characters of Dante and St. Francis represent the changes that were occurring in the emergence of Romanticism. The Hero lives in a world that is created by his destiny and the hero makes use of his skills to overcome barriers to his goals of self-achievement. The Romantic hero was quite different from the typical hero and always stood outside the norms of the society. He questions the standards of the society and gets alienated in the process. Dante gives a good example of romanticism in The Divine Comedy, where the lead character struggles against society and achieves unity ...

David the hero

Introduction
The three varying representations of David by the different artists who lived in different ages are all based on the biblical character of the Old Testament. The sculptures represent three crucial phases of Italian Renaissance during which the artists created them. All artists represented different moments in David's heroic role of killing Goliath with a sling and rock. Donatello and Michelangelo presented their sculptures completely nude vividly enhancing their mastery in body contours and proportion. All sculptures are found in Italy where the ancient artists lived. This study seeks to explore the various emotions and attitude on David ...

Michelangelo Buonarroti and Gianlorenzo Bernini are among the best known artist who curved the statue of David. Michelangelo’s Statue of David is thought to come its completion at around 1504 (Lieberman, Ralph, 11). This is the most acknowledge works of the high Renaissance Period. On the other hand Benini’s David is thought to come to its completion at around 1623-1624. This is one of the sculpture that was fourth to be commissioned as life sized statue by Cardinal Borghese. It is therefore worth examining the two statues of David brought by the two artists to find out ...

"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" (“Prufrock”) was first published in the June 1915 issue of Poetry: A Magazine of Verse (“Poetry”). It was written by American-British poet T. S. Eliot (“Eliot”) (1888–1965). Eliot first started work on the poem in February, 1910. As the Overseas Editor of Poetry, Erza Pound (“Pound”) had instigated the whole business (n.a., n.d., “Bio,” 2014; and McCoy, 1992).
Prufrock has been studied by many, many talented scholars. In fact, what makes it such an outstanding piece of poetry is the fact that people can read so many meanings into it. For ...

The life of Michelangelo Buonarroti is deemed immensely interesting and dynamic. One aspect of his life found fascinating was the fact that he was pegged by Pope Julius II as ‘terrible’. His character and personality was depicted as significantly rude and brusque which allegedly contributed to the inability to establish social bonds. Concurrently, another interesting facet of his life was the fondness reportedly developed with Vittoria Colonna who was described as a poet. Despite the pictured preference for a solitary life, the camaraderie established with Vittoria exhibited the need for man to socialize with another human being. As learned, ...

Michelangelo has been studied as a think tank of art ever since he painted master illustrations that nurtured the style of renaissance period. It should be noted that he brought the concept of man as a subject of art work that generated a lot of debate during the era of renaissance period. Sistine Chapel Ceiling includes illustrations shows mere interest in men as Michelangelo claimed that men brought the beauty of world together. Sistine Chapel Ceiling is the art work that has been selected for the purpose of evaluation in this paper. In addition, a discussion will be carried ...

Question 1: what is the Renaissance? Include in your response that which the renaissance is not.

Renaissance is a term that simply denotes “New birth” of a “Re-birth”. The term is used to describe the period between 14th and 16th century during which major revival of intellect and classical art that took place in ancient Rome and Greek during the Middle Ages. During this time, the literature, philosophy, architecture, art, and science that emerged in Europe changed the views and perspective in such a way that Europe was re-born. Normally, history is divided into three major ages; ancient Europe-classical age, medieval, age-middle age, and the modern age. Renaissance took place during the Middle Age when ...

Michelangelo began in 1508 the Sistine Chapel and in a period of 4 years he painted the ancestors of Christ, the Old Testament Prophets and the pagan Sibyls. He included the Old Testament heroes and leaders defeating enemies of Faith. In 1530 he painted the Last Judgment on the altar wall. The complete work of the Sistine Chapel of Michelangelo shows a complete world history from the very beginning of Creation, the Old Testament including the Prophets and Moses, the pagan world all the way to the Life of Christ and Peter, including the history of the Church portraying ...

The Renaissance period refers to the era in history that occurred around 1400 through to the sixteenth century. This era came immediately after the middle Ages. Its trends reflected classical antiquity in science, music, literature and philosophy. It would be right to say that this era was initially noted in Italy and was common in Europe. The style also incorporated innovations of emerging trends as time passed and this form of art came to be known as Renaissance art. The foundation of this art was traditional royalties. The works of artists in this period so strongly created a culture ...

The Drawing Technique of Leonardo Da Vinci

Drawing is a form of expression in the study of visual arts. An artist marks lines and areas on the paper to express the visual world on the surface. Most of the traditional artists used monochromes in their plane surface, unlike the modern artists, apply a wide variety of colors. There is a difference between drawing and painting. In the painting, the artist uses liquid paint and applies onto a canvas or a panel while drawing uses dry media such as chalk. Drawing is a form of composition to pass on a message and solve problems. Some artists often ...

Describe two artworks you have seen in person

Michelangelo’s David has often been termed as one of art-history’s most remarkable masterpieces. It is a depiction of David before the battle with Goliath. Numerous visitors from all over the world have travelled to Florence to experience the 500-year-old sculpture. Undoubtedly, the sculpture holds timeless appeal. David was sculpted in 1501 from a block of leftover marble. The sculpture is an oddity in that the upper body and head are not in proportion with the rest of the body. This is unlike the Renaissance age and style of art which embodied an obsession with harmony of proportion ...

Change in the ecstasy conception of Hero and saint in the materialization of Romanticism are seen in the characters of St. Francis and Dante. The Hero reveals on how worldview which the humanist are leading a money-oriented life. The distant forces of fate necessities destiny and indifference of human desires forms the world. The Hero finds his way to self-efficiency and goals of self-achievement right through the success and skills, and overcoming the difficulties in order to conduct his fate wholly and perfectly (Stone).
Conversely, the Saint put emphasis on diverse judgment of the way of life. Saint’s ...

Module

Response to Reading
For the greatest part of the historic period prior to 1800, visual culture was informed by the Classical traditions of Ancient Greece and Rome. The ideal of Classical antiquity set the norm for how art should be made and how it should be experienced. In this respect, particular evaluative standards about what is appropriate visual culture existed linking it to the Classical ideal and excluding everything else. The modern period saw the re examination of these values and contemporary visual culture specialists have expanded the field in order to include not only the traditional artistic methods ...

Classical Art styles were instrumental in the development of early Christian art.When one looks at the time periods when religious artwork was at its height of popularity, the majority of people were illiterate. At these times, religious themed art would have been instrumental in teaching common people about the lessons and stories of the bible/
One if the greatest examples of well know religious paintings is Michelangelo’s works on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo’s brilliant work featured nine different scenes from the biblical book of Genesis. Each figure is a fine example of Michelangelo’s ...

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni simply known as Michelangelo is arguably one of the greatest artists ever. He was a painter and a sculptor by profession. Born in the 1470s in Caprese, Michelangelo followed his passion to become one of the greatest artists of his time. His influence was not only felt in the religious world but he also influenced both the western culture and political being at his time. During his lifetime, he made some of the world’s most famous sculptors and paintings. He also wrote poems and sonnets that have been inspirational to many even today. ...

Leonardo Da Vinci

Leonardo Da Vinci is one of the world’s most recognized artist (and scientist). His works of art are stamps of the Renaissance period and of the themes that characterized those times. Da Vinci’s style, however, had its unique traits, that made him stand out from the rest of his period colleagues and give way to new art movements inside this History period.
He used oil painting in ways that would emphasize and embellish details, like luminosity and transparency on the skin, higher shine of depicted jewelry and silkiness on hair. On his painting he has also perfected ...

Michelangelo was an Italian architect, sculptor and painter among other things. This was during the renaissance period, a time when there was immense cultural transformation and accomplishment. That alone speaks volumes on the artist. However, what makes Michelangelo worth consideration as a great artist is his works and his contribution to art in general. His skills as an artist are respected by admirers and critics alike, some even his name is synonymous to genius (Muntz, 8).
His genius is evident from the fact that his abilities were spread over several genres of art including painting, sculpturing, poetry, architecture and ...

Analysis of Michelangelo’s Art

Michelangelo was an artist of tremendous talent and vision. Accounts left by his father, masters and friends undoubtedly confirm this statement . Through his work as a painter, an architect and above all, as a sculptor, Michelangelo managed to single out art as a vocation and an occupation in itself, separating the job of an artist from the job of an artisan. Michelangelo believed that an artist’s duty was, above all, to reflect the beauty that universally resided in the natural world; primarily defining himself as a sculptor, he humbly proceed towards unlocking the images he thought were merely “ ...

Hellenistic Greece

Hellenistic Greece is the period between 323 BC and 30 BC. This is the period that marks by diminishing of the Greeks’ dominance and prosperity before the Roman Empire. This is when the influence Alexander on Greeks came to an end due to his death. After the death of Alexander, Roman Empire took over dispersing the Greeks. Hellenistic culture originated when the Greeks mixed with other cultures especially from the Asia and Middle East. One of the notable arts of this age is the Venus de Milo (Kousser, 4). This is a piece of architecture sculpture of a woman ...

Art and Architecture

The Representation of David in the Sculpture by Bernini

Gina Lorenzo Bernini was born in Italy in 1598. His artistic talents were recognized when he was very young. Lubow (2008) reports that Bernini was only eight years old when he “carved a stone head that was ‘the marvel of everyone’ who saw it” (p. 77). Throughout Bernini’s life he accomplished great works of art, including paintings, sculptures and the creation of great fountains throughout Rome. Bernini was always involved with making art from an early age until he died at the age of 82. One of his great ...

Whether it is traveling back in time to the later part of the 16th century or keeping with the current time, Florence, Italy has changed very little since Michelangelo Buonorroti grew up. Michelangelo is a humble man and wishes to start the day with showing me other artists’ accomplishments for which Florence is famous. We grab a loaf of bread, some fruit, and a small jug of wine from a street vendor as we briskly walk the narrow winding streets toward Santa Maria del Fiore, whose massive dome we can see As we walk and eat, Michelangelo tells me the history of this great cathedral The Duomo. In 1294 Arnolfo di Cambio was commissioned to construct ...

Research on Da Vinci and Michelangelo (Draft)

This paper will discuss the three works of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci and contrast them according to the elements of the artistic techniques and standards with emphasis on individual style and composition. This paper will also discuss how they two artists influenced art in the 16th century in Italy and Europe. How they were able to raise the benchmarks in European art and establishment of high renaissance period. Several examples will be mentioned to support the facts of their influence and detailed description of their own work in comparison to one another.
I. Introduction

Da’Vinci and Michelangelo

“The two biggest names ...

Chapter 13. Art in Thirteenth and Fourteenth centuries (Italy)

1.  Discuss the impact of the mendicant orders on church architecture of the thirteenth and fourteenth-centuries. In what ways did these orders influence the cities in which they were located?
Mendicant orders greatly influenced the architectural image of the cities where they were based. For example, the mendicant Order of Cistercians, which was originally founded in France, introduced the architecture of Burgundy to the Italian soil. The style is known as Italian Gothic now. Franciscans, who settled in Florence, also built new churches in the city. Besides, they enlarged the territory of the monasteries and church premises constructing lots ...

Medici played a significant role not only in politics, but also in the cultural life of Europe of their time. Like other wealthy and influential people, they ordered a work of art for the greater glory of themselves, their family, of the city and God. Under the influence of the new ideas of the Renaissance, Medici saw in the artists not only artisans. They were interested not only on a beautiful pieces and its content, but also on its creator. Not by chance, as an example of Renaissance patron relationship to the artist, Cosimo the Elder quoted words of ...

Renaissance and Baroque – are two remarkable styles in architecture, which are bounded inextricably. For better understanding these two styles, their derivation and connection it is worth to begin with the first of them – Renaissance.
The beginning of Renaissance started in 15th century. There is a version of the derivation of Renaissance in Italy. It was a contest on the best bronze relief for Baptistery in Florence in 1401. Two failed participants - Filippo Brunelleschi and Donatello considered the results of the contest unjust and left for Rome to explore the ancient ruins of the city. Their aim was to ...

Art and Architecture

Baroque is often considered to have offered only dark and heavy art, maybe because so much painting, music and sculpture so often represented important figures of the Catholic religion and the Bible. The epicenter of the European Baroque period from 1650 to 1700 was Italy. Both Rome and Venice were influential in creating and popularizing Baroque art and music. Rome though was more influential because it was the center of the Catholic Church and the Church was undergoing a reformation during that time. The writings that were allowed had become more mystical. The ...

The artistic and scholastic novelty which swathed Europe in the 14th to 17th century (Wikipedia, 2012) led to the creation of some finest artefacts and portraitures. With the emergence of great artists, architects and sculptors, a new horizon was discovered to express the beauty of nature and repercussions of middling life (Perry, retrieved 2012). The existing art was augmented with the concepts of light and shadow (Vasari, 1568). In depth observation of nature bestowed the cosmic genre of depicting human anatomy through paintings and statues. Legendary artists like Leonardo Da ...

For the final project I will present and analyze two famous Renaissance artworks: Michelangelo Buonarroti’s “ The Creation of Adam” and Lucas Cranach’s “Paradise”. Both of them were painted in approximately same time and belong to the same artistic epoque. Still both are very original and significant for the history of Art. The decision to compare these two works, which will be central for this essay, came to me with a thought that both of them represent the same artistic wave, show the flow of humanist ideas, and include religious characters, but at the same time they are ...

Interview with Leonardo da Vinci.

Leonardo; first, I am a person who likes coming up with new things every day. You will realize that I started my art work at the age of 14 years. Some of the people I worked with also inspired me with their work which made me to like this work. In addition, I liked drawing so when it came to painting; I just enjoyed the whole work (Franklin, 15).
Leonardo; actually, it might be true that people do not understand easily the meaning of my paintings. It is important to state here that my paintings have meanings that someone ...

The different versions of David’s sculpture are all based on the Christian Bible, Old Testament. According to the Bible, David was young man who had the courage to face the gigantic Goliath and killed him during a war. In Florence, David was seen as a political and religious symbol. Different arts men were commissioned to make of statues of David. Each of the works had certain distinctive features.
Donatello was commissioned to make a statue of David in 1408. His first piece was made of marble. Later, in 1440, Donatello made another statue using bronze. It was a ...

Michelangelo Buonarroti’s Creation of Adam and Lucas Cranach’s Paradise are famous works painted in approximately the same time. Still both of them are very original and significant for the history of Art. Comparing these two famous artworks will be central for this essay.
Painting of the creation of Adam belongs to an Italian painter Michelangelo Buonarroti. It was carried out as a part of a series of ceiling frescos for the Sistine Chapel in Vatican, Rome. It was completed in 1510-1512 and its sizes are 280x570 cm. The painting illustrates a famous scene from the Bible, the ...

The culmination of artistic explorations and developments known as the High Renaissance began with the works of Leonardo in 1480´s and ended in 1527 with the sack of Rome. High Renaissance represents a wide range of outstanding talents who worked in the same area and the same period of time, they did not follow strict rules of antiquity anymore. The main ideals of classical humanism were already successfully put into effect in painting and sculpture, now the artists had the tools, technology, ideas and belief in their own powers and abilities to go their own way. The smaller ...

Andrea Pozzo is an architect, decorator, art theoretician and a stage designer as well. Pozzo was best known in architecture and were the producer of the nave ceiling of the church of Sant’lgnazio. The article produced by Pozzo talks about a Saint Ignatius who went to heaven and the images of the saints description are provided. The Sistine chapel in the Vatican City is a renowned chapel in the palace of Apostolic (Gardener et al 78). This chapel is said to be the Pope’s residence in the city of Vatican. The Sistine chapel is also said to ...

Introduction

Caravaggio, also known as Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio lived between the 1571 and 1610. He is recognized as the paramount and the most prominent artist of the Baroque style. Despite of being connected to controversies of scandalous lifestyle, Caravaggio was a genius of artistic work that has won his position in not only history of art but also in the contemporary imagination. It is due to this that his contributions were forgotten until 20th century that his contribution to the development of Baroque style among other Western art (Cable, p.55).
Baroque is an Italian style that was developed in ...

The Hero David:

Donatello's Bronze David and Michelangelo's Marble David

Created an estimated seventy years apart, Donatello and Michelangelo were commissioned to sculpt images of the hero David. While both became important cultural symbols of Florence in the Renaissance, they differ in symbolism and presentation.
Considered to be the first free-standing nude statue since Antiquity, Donatello was commissioned to create a sculpture of the Hero David by the patriarch of the powerful Medici family, Cosimo de'Medici. Placed in the Medici's Palazzo courtyard in Florence, the exact date of completion is not known, but the five foot bronze statute is estimated to have ...

Introduction:

Baroque art and literature are important characteristics of the human being and personify beauty in several ways. There have been several artists who came out with various beautiful works such as Michelangelo, Bernini from Italy as well as French ones such as Fragonard and Boucher although the latter correspond more to the classical period. In ‘The Theatrical Illusion’, the author discusses several terms as length and one can observe a certain sense of exuberance in the works of Bernini for example whilst the portrayals of Michelangelo especially in his 'Pieta‘ series conveys a sense of contrast between the pain ...

Introduction:

The Baroque period was an important one for artists and architects since the aspect of perspective came into being. Perhaps one of the greatest exponents of baroque architecture was Bernini with his incredible work in the design of the Vatican dome and churches in the vicinity. The link between God and humanity is thus immediately apparent especially in the works which we see at the Sistine Chapel where Michelangelo surpassed himself especially in what can be termed as his greatest painting work which is The Creation of Adam and which has been immortalized the world over (Bazin, 1964, p ...

Many talented artists lived during the Renaissance period in Italy. For example, Andrea del Verrocchio, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Benozzo Gozzoli, Carlo Crivelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Pisanello, Donatello and others. One of the great artists of this period is Raphael, who created numerous great works, which are still valued highly all over the world. His artworks are the reflection of his great artistic talent that will never die. He is considered as one of the famous artists of all time, who made a contribution to the development of art. Today, Raphael’s works can be found in almost all museums ...

Compare Bruegel’s Hunters in the Snow (figure 16.14 on page 260) with Whispering Pines on a Mountain Path by Tang Yin

Coldness and the desire to go inside to rest next to a burning fire is a sensation that reveals from Bruegel’s painting “Hunters in the Snow”, combined with the vivid desire to stay out and enjoy the excitement of winter, facing the cold. This is an antagonist view portrayed by Bruegel who surprises the winter season with its hardships and its joys: while some men and their dogs are coming back from hunting tired and seemingly dull, for having a small capture (solely a rabid seems to have been hunted) a group of women are in charge with ...