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Archive by Date | Archive by Article Title Albrecht Durer, German Renaissance Artist Albrecht Durer was a German Renaissance artist and printmaker. His woodcut engravings are amazing in their subject matter and complexity. Son of a goldsmith and working in the field himself gave him a skill with delicate depictions perfect for engravings and woodcuts. Why The Battle of Anghiari Matters The New York Times reported that there is a possibility that Leonardo's lost work has been discovered in Florence...behind a wall. Five Ways to Recognize Renaissance Art Five ways to distinguish Renaissance art from that of the Middle Ages. Donatello and the Art of Rilievo Schiacciato Many works depicting a Madonna and Child were created as private devotional items. Donatello’s Madonna of the Clouds is one of several half-length Madonna reliefs that may have been in the collection of the Medici family or one of their contemporaries. Cassone - hope chest for a Renaissance Bride In our culture, it is the bride who usually purchases the hope chest for herself or inherits it from a female member of the family. However, in fifteenth-century Italy, some historians have alleged that it was the groom who not only purchased it, but had it decoratively painted. Renaissance Clothing The rebirth that happened in the Renaissance affected all aspects of life from politics to art to education and everything in between. Nothing escaped the change including the styles of clothing worn by the people of the time. Girolamo Savonarola -- Zealot Monk Although there were many characters who lived during the Renaissance, none struck me as more memorable, albeit in a bad way, than Girolamo Savonarola. El Duomo - Florence's Cathedral Unlike the Gothic style of religious edifices which had a strong vertical movement, the Florence Cathedral emphasized a horizontal movement which was prevalent in Italy, particularly in the Renaissance. Jubilee Celebrations Life was not all toil and trouble during the Renaissance. The wars did keep people busy, and the infighting from powerful families was on some level entertaining – depending on whose side you were on. But were there any really big celebrations? Michelangelo...the poet? Michelangelo Buonarroti lived from 1475 to 1564. He created many fabulous and famous works of art: David, the Sistine Chapel ceiling, The Last Judgment mural on the back wall of said chapel, but did you know that he was also a poet?
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