Italian Renaissance

A detailed Summary of Italian Renaissance

Throughout history many art movements have emerged that artists and styles are classified under. One large contributing movement over the time period from about 1450 to about 1600 was known as the Italian Renaissance. However, what a large portion of people do not realize is that the Italian Renaissance was actually two main movements during that period of time. Each movement had key artists and a variation in style from the other movements. These two movements in the Italian Renaissance have been named the Early and High Renaissance.

The Early Renaissance which took place from c.1450 to c.1495. During this period three key artist emerged from the group these being Sandro Botticelli and Donatello. Each in there owns field painting and sculpture respectively.

Botticelli had become know for his amazing "unnatural allegories and extensive elaborated history painting." This was key in the time period because the success of an artist was related to how well the artist could combine the present with the past. One of Botticelli's work that pushed him to the for front of his time was the "Punishment of Corah", which depicted Corah and the other rebels revolting against Moses and Aaron and the punishments that Corah and th

The next stage if the Italian Renaissance came to be known as the High Renaissance. During this period three artists came to the forefront. Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael each of these artists had there own style however each where considered now to be some of the best artists ever known to man.

Donatello is another great artist during this time even though his genre was different from Botticelli, however in his field he was the best during this period. Donatello would sculpt "thing in his own vivid and revolutionary way." Donatello was one that didn't care about lines or proportion he was one that worked directly with the material at hand. One of Donatello's first known sculpture is called "David". However, he is better known for "St. George and the Dragon". All of the details in Donatello's work "come to climax in the relief." This effect brings out the object and how light and point of view controls the detail one sees.

Michelangelo was a man with great talent that did not stick to a given genre. Michelangelo did painting, architecture and sculpture. The painting, which he is best known for, is "Last Judgement"; created displeasure because it was "considered lewd and unseemly in a religious setting." This was because of the portrayal of nudes and sensuality in the church. Which is something one must agree with that there is no need for private scenes to be show in a place of G-d. This painting however did not change

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