Leonardo lived in between France and Milan in Italy during his lifetime. He was an Italian polymath, painter, sculptor, architect, and more. ... Michelangelo Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was born on March 6, 1475, Caprese Michelangelo, Italy and died on February 18, 1564, Rome, Italy. He was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer of the High Renaissance that influenced the development of Western art. ... His patrons included royalty and churches, and his art portrayed subjects from religion, history and mythology. ...

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During the Italian Renaissance, social and humanistic values started to be expressed in many forms: literature and architecture but most importantly sculptors and paintings. ... These values that were so intricately weaved into the Renaissance through art started movements that would change history. ...

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The Italian Renaissance is no different in this aspect as it was one of the greatest artistic times in history, especially for Italy. ... This paper will discuss in depth Italian Renaissance Art, as well as Leonardo da Vinci, and more Specifically Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. The Italian Renaissance began in the 14th century and lasted until the 16th century. ... One such family was the Medici family of Florence Italy. ... The Renaissance has left our modern society great works of art, and more arguably some of the greatest artists of known history. ...

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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 of August of 1452 and probably in the farmland in Anchiano, but probably outside the village of Vinci, near Florence in the central of Italy. ... Leonardo had one of the greatest scientific minds of the Italian Renaissance. ... However, he had little interest in literature, history, or religion. ...

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History of Perspective drawing Perspective is the art in which three-dimensional space can be portrayed on a two-dimensional surface. ... It wasn't until around 1400 when the Italian Renaissance artist, Filippo Brunelleschi, developed an instinctive understanding of perspective. ...

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Raphael was a painter of the Italian High Renaissance. ... In his short, tragic, lifetime he was able to display some of the most prolific and sought after pieces of artwork in the history of the world. ... He was, however, in constant contact with the advanced ideas of the artwork around Italy. ...

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Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452 in Anchiano, Italy outside of Florence. ... In 1469 his father noticed his potential in painting and sent him to be an apprentice in the workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio in Florence Italy. ... In 1516 Leonardo left Italy for good to become and architectural advisor to King Francis I of France. ... 26 November 2003. ...

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Pablo Picasso LEONARDO DA VINCI Leonardo Da Vinci, (Leonardo, as he is almost always called) was one of the greatest painters of the Italian Renaissance. But he has also been defined as one of the most boldest & versatile geniuses in history. ... For example, he had no interest what so ever in history, literature or religion, which may have been the reason why most of his inventions were never fully developed. ... Leonardo supervised work on the fortress of the Papal territories in central Italy. In 1503 he became a highly respected member of a commission of artists, who were to de...

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I think that the Renaissance was the most important time of change in the history of the modern world; the influence of many different artists and thinkers had an extremely important lasting impression on the world, and the world today would not be the same if the Renaissance had never happened. ... Italians who were smarter than their neighbors suddenly did not try to hide that fact. ... Italian bankers and merchants began to discover new ways to make and increase their money. ... After all, no time period in history has proved to be completely perfect. ... Although many people argue tha...

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The Renaissance The Renaissance was a period of European history, considered by modern scholars as that between 1300 and 1600. ... The Renaissance was started by many rich Italian cities, such as Florence, Ferrara, Milan ,and Venice. ... Also many books were published in languages other than Latin, such as English, Portugeese, Spanish, French, and Italian. ...

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Through this biographical analysis , Leonardo's spirit, aspirations, and diversity will uncover the reasons that we have come to associate him with the Italian Renaissance. ... Leonardo Da Vinci was the father of the High Renesaince and most definately deserves his place in history. ...

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Da Vinci's work was created during the Italian Renaissance, which is when linear perspective was introduced - as shown in the work - to create space and depth. Both works are about the same important event in Christian history, when Jesus was having the Passover meal with his disciples before Christ was brought to trial and crucified. ...

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Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci is one of the greatest men that history has produced. His contributions in the areas of art, inventing, and science are still among the most important that a single man has put forth, definitely making his a life worth knowing. Leonardo, born on April 15, 14...

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Leonardo da Vinci is one of history's most brilliant minds. ... Leornado da Vinci was born in Italy in 1452. ... Da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa while he was in his early fifties, and as he painted the portrait, he was creating a work that would be heralded as one of the greatest works of art in history. ...

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