The technique of realism, where people are portrayed realistically, is a renaissance revelation that can be seen in many Renaissance artists" work. Botticelli's work of art possesses the characteristics of the realism, but other characteristics as well. ... Botticelli did such wonderful work "establishing realism in this painting" that many do not notice the neck of Venus is abnormal in length (Canto, 1994, 42). ... If looked at closely, one will notice that the waves are quite flat and appear as if they were fish scales, but this technique of impressionism, "sketchy recordings of imme...

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Donatello, whose David was the first life-size nude statue since Classical times, struck a balance between Classicism and the realism by presenting a very real image of an Italian peasant boy in the form of a Classical nude figure. ... Donatello balanced realistic elements with an idealized classically inspired torso whereas Verrocchio's goal was absolutely realism in minute details. ...

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Leonardo Da Vinci Leonardo Da Vinci, was one of the greatest painters and geniuses the world has ever seen. He was one of the key figures of the Renaissance, a great culture movement that had begun in Italy in the 1300's. It was the period of the Renaissance when Leonardo was born on the fifteenth ...

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The Renaissance was a time of economic and intellectual changes in Europe. Three ideals of the Renaissance were individualism, humanism and secularism; one who personified these characteristics was coined as a "Renaissance Man". One such man was Leonardo Da Vinci, an Italian artist, sc...

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Baroque art featured realism and naturalism, daily human life and times. ... Styles of art such as: Expressionism - A style of art with very high depth detail allowing many different people to be able to interpret many different things, Realism - Illustrations of inanimate objects, Cubism - Style of art using complex shapes and angles to portray people and scenery. ...

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For the gallery report assignment, I went with my class to the Art Gallery of Ontario, located in Downtown Toronto (317 Dundas Street West) on Thursday, November 6th, 2014. The main reason to visit the AGO was to look at a particular exhibition, related to our drawing course – Michelangelo: Quest ...

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Leonardo Da Vinci Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452 in Vinci, Italy and died on May 2, 1519 in Amboise, France. Leonardo lived in between France and Milan in Italy during his lifetime. He was an Italian polymath, painter, sculptor, a...

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use to have much trouble in answering this question. There are countless events and points of time in history that I would absolutely love to get to see with my own eyes and experience with my own body and mind. However, I now find it rather easier to respond without having to stop and think for so ...

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This paper will be discussing a time period in southern and northern Europe called the Renaissance. Some topics that will come up include the transformation of a new form of art, what the importance of humanism was, and the artist that were prevalent during this time. The Renaissance is defined ...

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"The Renaissance" This research Term Paper will attempt to prove that one may truly call Donatello a Renaissance person. What is a renaissance person? A Renaissance person can best be described by the following terms Greco-Roman and Judea-Christian. Greco-Roman is not only the Greek culture b...

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Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso...all famous painters notorious for evoking emotion with their paintings. The whole purpose of painting is to make the viewer feel something, not just think a painting a lovely wall decoration. Painting is a form of self-expression, elegance, and ...

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When I was in high school, I had a scary dream. In this dream, I was chased by my ex-girlfriend. For many who regret that they ever left a past lover behind, this might have been a good dream. But for me, this dream became one of the scariest dreams that I could recall in my recent lifetime. In t...

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The Renaissance was a time of great achievements and cultural change. This "re-birth" marked Europe's transition between the medieval times to modern Europe. According to The Renaissance, the Italian Renaissance began with the merchant class, many whom became patrons of the arts, and included the rediscovery of Greek and Roman science, art and literature (Hunt 8). This movement affected all of Western Europe, but it was Italy that it affected the most. As Sayre said, " the Renaissance was an age of intellectual exploration, in which the humanist strove to understand in ever...

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