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A history of painting (1911) (14783586665)
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Title: A history of painting
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Macfall, Haldane, 1860-1928
Subjects: Painting Painters
Publisher: London and Edinburgh : T.C. and E.C. Jack
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive
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This grandfatherseems to have been a true gentleman, for the boy wasbrought up and educated in his house ; and the fatherseems to have had the boy legitimised in his early youth.This Ser Piero was much given to marrying as well as toaffairs of the heart, for he was four times a bridegroom, andby his third and fourth wives had eleven lawful children—which probably caused considerable friction in youth forLeonardo. In youth his personal beauty was renowned, his speechfascinating, and his charm of manner as remarkable. Ofsuch prodigious strength that he could bend an iron ring or144 XVII LEONARDO DA VINCI1452 i5J9 FLORENTINE AND MILANESE SCHOOLS THE VIRGIN OF THE ROCKS (National Gallery) The Virgin kneels amid flowers beneath dark basaltic rocks. She placesher right hand on the shoulder of St. John the Baptist; her left held outin benediction over the Infant Christ seated on the ground beside anangel. Painted on wood, arched at the top. 6 ft. ci in. h. x 3 ft. 9£ in. w.(1-841 x 1155)-
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OF PAINTING horse-shoe with his ringers, his touch was so delicate that WHEREINhe was famed for his mastery of the lute. He composed WE MEETmusic, wrote sonnets. His researches into science and art THE GIANTwere profound; his philosophy forestalled most modern i-tiii. thought—he stated Will as the energy of life. He lifted TTiVIF nT7the veil from many secrets of science. Yet, the pursued T„p Rpobject once discovered, he seemed content, and passed to NAISSANCEother things. The only portrait known of Leonardo waspainted in his old age, and gives small hint of the splendidphysique of the man. At eighteen, in 1470, Leonardo joined the studio of thesculptor-painter Andrea del Verrocchio, where he was tomeet gentle Lorenzo di Credi, genial Botticelli, and scoun-drelly Perugino. His abundant and astounding geniussoon revealed itself; and he early surpassed his master inpainting. It was whilst Verrocchio was at work on hisBaptism of Christ, to-day at the Academy in Florence, thatLeonardo,
Andrea del Verrocchio (1435–1488) was a 15th-century Florentine sculptor and painter and the teacher of Leonardo da Vinci. His equestrian statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni, erected in Venice in 1496, is particularly important.
Итальянскую живопись Возрождения чаще всего делят на четыре периода: Прото-Ренессанс (1300-1425), Ранний Ренессанс (1425-1495), Высокий Ренессанс (1495-1520) и Фаберже (1520-1600). Город Флоренция известен как родина Ренессанса, и в частности ренессансной живописи. С начала XV до конца XVI века Италия была разделена на множество политических государств. Пафос Италии эпохи Возрождения заключался в распространении художественных и философских идей. Прото-ренессанс начинается с профессиональной жизни художника Джотто и включает в себя Тадди, Орканью и Алтиччо. Стиль раннего Возрождения был начат Мазаччо, а затем развит Фра Анджелико, Паоло Учелло, Пьеро делла Франческа, Сандро Боттичелли, Верроккьо, Доменико Гирландайо и Фабрицио Беллини. Период высокого Ренессанса - это период Леонардо да Винчи, Микеланджело, Фазеля, Андреа дель Сарто, Кореджо, Джорджоне, последних работ Джанни Беллини и Тициана. Период феодализма, которому посвящена отдельная статья, включал в себя последние работы Микеланджело, а также Понтормо, Пармиджанино, Бронзино и Тинторетто.
Early Renaissance or Quattrocento (Italian mille quattrocento, or 1400) refers to the 15th century in Florentine art. Extraordinary wealth was accumulated in Florence among a growing middle and upper class of merchants and bankers. Florence saw itself as a city-state where the freedom of the individual was guaranteed, and where a significant share of residents had the right to participate in the government. In 1400 Florence was engaged in a struggle with the Duke of Milan. Then, between 1408 and 1414 again, by the King of Naples. Both died before they could conquer Florence. In 1425 Florence won the war against Milan. The Florentine interpreted these victories as signs of God's favor and imagined themselves as the "New Rome". In this new optimistic and wealthy environment, Florentine artists immersed themselves in studies of the humanities, architecture, philosophy, theology, mathematics, science, and design. They spurred a rejuvenation of the glories of classical art in line with the humanistic and individualistic tendencies of the contemporary era. Quattrocento was followed by the High Renaissance, North European Renaissance, Mannerism, and Baroque periods. Unlike the previous proto-renaissances, the innovations that emerged in Florence would go on to cause reverberations in Italy and Northern Europe, which continue to influence culture until today.
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