THE ARTS HISTORY FTA411

The Arts of the High Renaissance And Mannerism  Introduction : the High Renaissance painting sought a universal ideal achieved thorugh impressive themes and styles. Tricks of the perspective or stunning renditions of anatomy, stapples of the early Renaissance, no longer sufficed.  the figure also emerged as types again, rather than individuals-godlike human being in the Greek classical tradition.   the Artists : MICHELANGELO Scluptor,painter, architect and poet, he is the greatest artist. he came from a respectable Florentine family and when twelve years old became an apprentice to the Florentine painter Domenico Chirlandaio. During these early years he became a master of anatomy. one of the masterwork of Michelangelo was DAVID(1501-04). michelangelo, David, 1510-04.marble 4.1m. Italy. MICHELANGELO-DAVID   this nude champion exudes pent-up energy, as a body seems to exist merely as an earthly prison for the soul. the upper body moves downward...

  The Renaissance Art Name : "The Lamentation of Christ" Date : 1305-06 Artist : Giotto (1270-1337) Medium : Fresco mural painting Genre : Biblical art Movement : Proto Renaissance Location : Scrovegni (Arena) Chapel, Padua A new sense of space, three dimensionality, and mobility are clear in Giotto's masterpiece. The limitation What is the Proto Renaissance? - Characteristics In fine art, the term "Proto Renaissance" refers to the pre-Renaissance period (c.1300-1400) in Italy, and the activities of progressive painters such as Giotto (1267-1337), who pioneered the new form of figurative "realism", which was fully developed by artists during the era of Renaissence Art proper.her the art of Italy between 1200 and 1400 is the last phase medieval art or the beginning of rebirth, or Renaissance, of Greco-Roman nuturalism. Some art ...

THE GREAT STUPA NAME :The Great Stupa WHEN IT WAS BUIL T:  3rd century BCE. WHO BUILT IT : By the Emperor Ashoka in Maurya dynasty LOCATED : Sanchi , North-Central of India. The Stupa are the one of important monuments reflecting gem of Bhuddhist art and architeture. Originally commissioned in third century BCE by Emporer Ashoka this huge hemispherical dome also know as "anda"mean as Egg and the Garbha.  The height of 54 feet consist and the whole of the Great Stupa is encircle by a railing and four gateway, which are richly decorated with relief sculpture  depicting Jataka tales, event in the life Buddha and popular mythologycal figures. The Great Stupa (Mahastupa) was built at the birthplace of Ashoka’s wife, Devi, daughter of a local merchant. in the village of Sanchi located on an important trade route in the state of Madya Pradesh, India A chatra that is an umbrella like structure made are made of stone crowned the hemisphere brick t...