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The Cinquecento
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Historic Context Rome and Venice arose during the 16th century
Characteristics of Cinquecento The CINQUECENTO is a period of maturity in which artists demonstrated their mastery of the laws of perspective and proportion.
Artists and artworks Michelangelo Buonarroti Leonardo da Vinci Raffaello Sanzio
Mona lisa Catedral de San Pedro The birth of Venus Capilla Sixtina
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The school of Athenas The Cinquecento formed part of the second phase of the Italian Renaissance during the 16th century in which Rome and Venice arose as important artistic centres in Italy. It was developed in the late 14th and early 15th centuries after the court of the Sforza of Milan revised the aesthetic assumptions of the Quattrocento that lead to severe and monumental language. The conquest of Milan by the French allowed artists to spread their artistic conceptions through the Italian territory and especially in Rome, after the return of the papal court from Avignon and the patronage of a new generation of popes.
The Cinquecento includes two phases: it begins with the denominated High Renaissance; the last years of the 15th century (by the first decades of the 15th century) the Quattrocento had reached its peak disposing of features typical of classical arts and the first decades of the 16th century). It finishes with the denominated Low Renaissance or Mannerism. The Cinquecento featured the culmination of the perfection of the artistic language making way to Renaissance Classicism. Furthermore, it was also linked to proportion and the concept of symmetry and worked for the harmonic relationship of the parts of the body.
Detail of Capilla Sixtina
CHARACTERISTICS
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The CINQUECENTO is a period of maturity in which artists demonstrated their mastery of the laws of perspective and proportion. It is a period of time where the artistic ideals of beauty and harmony were recovered. It revolved around three main things: Human anatomy and nature: Reflected classical canons of beauty and proportion. Mathematics was used to explore the laws of perspective.
Harmony and clarity of lines: Ideal beauty and proportion returned to the construction methods. Buildings were designed on a human scale.
Religion and new themes.: A more classical aesthetic was applied to religious themes. Themes like mythology, portraits, landscapes and topics related to new interests and needs.
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MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI Michelangelo Buonarroti was born in 1475 in Caprese, He was an architect, sculptor and Renaissance painter with more than 70 years of artistic work.
Michelangelo Buonarroti
It was the first occidental artist which will publish two biographies: · Le Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori de Giorgio Vasari · Vita de Michelangelo Buonarroti, write by Ascanio Condivi in the 1553.
Some of the most important works of Michelangelo Buonarroti: David Volta de la Capella Sixtina La Creació d'Adam The Pietà Pietat rondanini Judici Final de la capilla Sixtina
LEONARDO DA VINCI
Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1452 on April 15. He was a Tuscan artist and at the same time a scientist, engineer, inventor, architect, musician, poet, writer,etc. He was a student of the famous Florentine painter Andrea del Verrocchio.
Some of the most important works of Leonardo da Vinci: Home de Vitruvi La Gioconda Autoretrat Salvator Mundi Dama amb un ermini Annunciaton Virgin of the rocks Benois Madonna
RAFFAELLO SANZIO Was born on April 6, 1486, he was a painter and architect of the Renaissance, he is famous for the perfume in his paintings.His works are successful because of his passion for Greek classicism and and his skills as a painter. Its main theme is the reason.
Raffaello Sanzio Some of the most important works of Raffaello Sanzio: Florence, path of pictorial perfection The betrothal of the Virgin Thanks Self portrait The beautiful gardener The school of Athens The sacrament dispute The Parnassus
ART WORKS
Catedral de San Pedro This building is the largest in the Catholic era and the largest in the world, built in the 17th century. It is located within the territory of the Vatican.
It was used as a church where the Popes lived and at the same time the most important liturgical ceremonies are celebrated. It has a style typical of the Renaissance and Baroque.
LA MONALISA The woman is sitting and has a null expression Da Vinci one in the hands and in the eyes, shadows and lights to create a feeling of volume that gives it a touch of realism.
This work that was created in the year 1503-1519 is also known as the Mona Lisa. The painter: Leonardo Da Vinci It is exhibited in the Louvre museum (Paris). The style on which it was based was the Renaissance. The sfumato * technique is used (characteristic of the painter. The measurements of the painting are 77 x 53 cm
La Mona Lisa/ Leonardo Da Vinci
FAKE
The birth of Venus The Birth of Venus is a painting by the Italian painter Sandro Botticelli. It is made in tempera on cloth. It was painted between 1482 and 1486, and is currently in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.Traditionally, it has been believed that this work, like The Spring, was commissioned by Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de Medici, to adorn Villa di Castello the Florentine campaign. The idea stems from the fact that it was there that Giorgio Vasari saw them years later.
According to legend, Venus, goddess of love, daughter of the god Uranus, murdered by her son Cronos and then thrown into the sea. The quadro represents the arrival of Venus, on a shell, on the beach of one of the islands that she is traditionally dedicated to, such as Cyprus, Paphos or Kythera. The goddess is pushed by the bellows of the winged gods, amidst a shower of flowers.
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Capilla Sixtina The Sistine Chapel is one of the most famous artistic treasures of the Vatican City, built between 1471 and 1484, at the time of Pope Sixtus IV, from where the name by which it is known comes from, although it was mainly called the chapel Palatine. The architect was Giovannino de Dolci, although it was designed by Baccio Pontelli. It is known throughout the world both for being the room where the conclave and other official ceremonies are held, such as the Pope's coronations, it was decorated by Michelangelo Buonarroti.
It is located to the right of St. Peter's Basilica, after the Scala Regia, and originally served as a chapel inside the Vatican fortress.
The chapel has a rectangular shape and is 40.93 m long by 13.41 m. The height is 20.7 m.
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