2. He commissioned Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. In fact, Michelangelo refused several times, until at last the Pope absolutely insisted. 3. He commissioned Raphael to paint frescos in several rooms in the Papal palace (that place in the Vatican where the Pope lives and works), including the School of Athens.
Critically analyse Michelangelo’s tomb for Pope Julius the second. I will be analysing Michelangelo’s tomb for Pope Julius ii. This tomb is credited to Michelangelo, however only one sculpture on the finished tomb was actually carved by Michelangelo. This is die to many delays and disputes in the construction of the tomb. 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.
Sistine Chapel Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel, during the Renaissance period, there were many great artistic achievements that were incredible. Michelangelo Buonarroti was one of the most famous personalities from this era. He was an accomplished artist, sculptor, architect, and poet who created many astounding works. Some of his great accomplishments were his sculptures of David and the Pieta. He is probably most remembered for painting the ceiling at the Sistine Chapel in Rome.
Verrocchio was born to Michele di Francesco Cioni in Florence in 1435 and died in 1488 in Venice. During his short life, he had several students, including both the famous Leonardo da Vinci and Lorenzo de Credi. His work also influenced Michelangelo, another famous Italian Renaissance painter and sculptor. Andrea del Verrocchio was known for many famous paintings, and sculptures such as Christ and St. Thomas, but it was believed that he had reached the pinnacle of his career as an artist through his work on this particular piece. In fact, a widely spread story believed among the common folk was that del Verrocchio felt himself out painted by da Vinci upon completion of Baptism of Christ and vowed never to pick up the brush again.
Filippo Brunelleschi was a mastermind who greatly influenced the renaissance. He was a fat, short, ugly man, but despite his physical appearance he had a brilliant mind. It all started when Florence, a very prosperous city, was ashamed that nobody could find a successful way to structurally support the dome that was needed to finish the great cathedral, Santa Maria del Fiore, that they had started to build. Long before the cathedral was going to be built, the cathedral’s committee, the Opera del Duomo, sent out a contest for anyone to design a cathedral. So Neri di Fioravanti’s design and model was chosen.
TECHNIQUE Leonardo's method of working on the Last Supper was unprecedented. The Last Supper is not a fresco. Leonardo's intense concentration and hesitant manner of execution did not suit the commonly used medium for mural painting, in which the pigment had to be applied quickly before the plaster dried, precluding any changes during the course of execution. Instead of fresco, Leonardo devised his own technique for mural painting, a sort of tempera on stone. The wall was first coated with a strong base of some material which would not only absorb the tempera emulsion but also protect it against moisture.
He was naturally therefore excellent in architectural painting, and, in point of technique, he advanced the practice of oil-coloring in Italy. Excelled in chiaroscuro, the use of light and dark. • Abstraction, Naturalism- polished surfaces of gems and armour, luminous skies, sparkling rivers and streams, The church at San Francesco in Arezzo was founded in the late 13th century. The Bacci family agreed with the friars to sponsor the decoration of a section of the church called the Cappella Maggiore. In return the Bacci family was able to use the grounds for family burials.
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. The painting is located in the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan. The Duke, Ludovico, had already chosen this church as the location of his burial. A fresco of the Crucifixion of Jesus had just been completed on the south wall of the church and the duke commissioned da Vinci to paint a religious scene on the opposite wall. The painting illustrates the Last Supper, which is the last meal Jesus shared with his twelve apostles.
Three of the major artists were, Donato Bramante, Michelangelo, and Andrea Palladio. Bramante was an architect and painter and was known as the chief architect in Rome. He expanded on the 15th century idea of self-awareness, which he transformed into a perception of one's position in a complex by response to mass and volume (Donato Bramante, 2011). During this era, Bramante designed many works that labeled him an artist of the High Renaissance. One of his most beautiful pieces of architecture, Tempietto is Italian for small temple.
O Successores was a musical selection written by Hildegard Bingen. A mass which played a huge role in the catholic church was a worship service done in the latin language. Guillaume was one of the motet composers during this time and he wrote the Notre Dame Mass which is located in Paris, France. A motet is a number of choral musical compositions.Also during the middle ages the troubadours and trouveres were nobles that traveled throughout Europe. The songs usually performed by court minstrels most of them dealt with love.