Leonardo da Vinci is considered my many one of the greatest artists of all time and perhaps one of the most talented minds the world has ever known. Leonardo created some of the most famous Christian pieces of art in history; however, his religious beliefs are somewhat of a mystery. In the first edition of Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Italian Artists (1550) Vasari writes “Leonardo formed in his mind a conception so heretical as not to approach any religion whatsoever … perhaps he esteemed being a philosopher much more than being a Christian”. Was Leonardo Roman Catholic? Was Leonardo even a Christian?
Comparing and Contrasting Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo Leonardo da Vinci can easily be referred to as the renaissance man; he was regarded as more or less, the most skilled painter in renaissance times, and a highly accomplished scientist. Among other things, Leonardo was well schooled and grew up as an apprentice under other great artists. He mastered music by playing the lute and filled notebook after notebook with ideas theories, and fascinating concepts of the world around him. Though Leonardo was also an artful sculptor, he regarded painting as the highest form of art, and he did so for many reasons. As a scientist, Leonardo could not be idealistic, he looked at the world as it was, and found reason in how it worked and how things appeared, such as
I also think that it is one of the greatest accomplishments in the Renaissance era and it is also a testament to the greatness of its creator, Michelangelo. Pope Julius II was a "warrior pope" who in his papacy undertook an aggressive campaign for political control, to unite and empower Italy under the leadership of the Church. He invested in symbolism to display his temporal power such as his procession, in the Classical manner, through a triumphal arch in a chariot after one of his many military victories. It was Julius who began the rebuilding of St. Peter's Basilica in 1506, as the most potent symbol of the source of papal power. In the same year, 1506, Julius II conceived a program to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
From the formation of the first tomb plan to the building of the finished result the whole process took 40 years, and ended up being a huge strain on Michelangelo, on top of this it is supposed that he found the finished result an embarrassment. Michelangelo was commissioned to create the tomb in 1505 by Pope Julius ii, and following his death his family, the Della Rovere family, carried on with the project. Pope Julius’ ii papacy is marked by both active foreign policy, earning him the status of warrior pope, and also a humanist and patron of art. These ambitions can be seen in Julius’s first intricate design for his tomb. In this plan the tomb, situated in St. Peter’s Basilica, is huge and free standing.
Gauguin is best known for the unique style he used while creating his paintings but also dabbled in a variety of different artistic outputs such as sculpting, wood carving and even writing. Gauguin left his family and his secure career as a stockbroker to become a painter. Throughout his life he experienced vibrant waves of depression and even contemplated killing himself. He (like many other artists of his time) was not only friends with other artists but he would study their work to better his own. He was good friends with Van Gogh and he painted with other great artists such as Cezanne and Pissarro.
Its reproduction has allowed this famous piece of art to become accessible to nearly everyone. The implications of the reproduction of art are profound in that the aura is destroyed and the image becomes commonplace. The true intentions of The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci have been challenged throughout history. The painting was commissioned by Ludovico Sforza, the Duke of Milan, in 1494. The painting took four years to complete which is an unusually long period of time, but understandable due to da Vinci’s known procrastination and propensity to leave projects uncompleted.
Frederick Douglas inspired people and accomplished more than any other African American at the time. Malcolm X grew up without a father as well, his father was killed when he was a kid and he ended up stealing most of his life because his family had no financial support.
In Malta in 1608 he was involved in another brawl, and yet another in Naples in 1609, possibly a deliberate attempt on his life by unidentified enemies. By the next year, after a relatively brief career he was dead. Huge new churches and palazzi were being built in Rome in the decades of the late 16th and early 17th Centuries, and paintings were needed to fill them. Caravaggio's novelty was a radical naturalism which combined close physical observation with the dramatic contrasting bold with light and shadow affecting a whole composition. Between 1600–1606 he was considered the “Most famous painter in Rome In 1599 Caravaggio was contracted to decorate the Contarelli Chapel in the church of San Luigi dei Francesi with two works, the Martyrdom of Saint Matthew and Calling of Saint Matthew.
Hunter was a Scottish man born February 13, 1728. The youngest of ten, he grew up on a farm with his siblings. Ironically, for the most part he disliked school and hated books. After his father’s death in 1741, John dropped out of school. At around 20 years of age he began to work alongside his older brother William Hunter, a well-known Obstetrician.
He was born on Monday between 4 and 5 in the morning, at Caprese, where I am the Podesta.” Even though Michelangelo was born in the small town of Caprese, he always considered himself as the “son of Florence,” as his father considered himself as “a Citizen of Florence.” Buonarroti’s Childhood and Youth Francesca Neri, Buonarroti's mother, was too sick and fragile to nurse Michelangelo when he was born, so he was placed with a wet nurse, who was part of a family of stone cutters, where he, "sucked in the craft of hammer and chisel with my foster mother's milk. When I told my father that I wish to be an artist, he flew into a rage; artists are laborers, no better than shoemakers." Buonarroti was only six years old, his mother passed away. But even before then, Michelangelo didn’t have a great memorable childhood, since it lacked so much affection and he was very uncommunicative, keeping all him feelings and thoughts to himself. He intended to keep to himself any touchy or fierce words, some considered him as shy young fellow, and other said he had lack of trust in his fellow companions.