Pietro da Cortona was an Italian painter, interior designer, and architect. He was born on November 1, 1556, in Tuscany, and died on May 16, 1669. Pietro was an exponent of the baroque style. In fact, he was considered the most important baroque painter in Rome. He had two rivals, Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini. Moreover, Pietro acquired knowledge from the painter Andrea Commodi, later he went to Rome to work with Baccio Ciarpi. Also, he was guided by antique sculpture and the work of Raphael, who was a master painter and architect of the Italian High Renaissance. According to the sources, after Pietro spent a lot of years practicing, he was taken up by an influential patron, Marcello Sacchetti, to whose household he was attached from 1623 onwards. Sacchetti was a very influent man, thanks to him Pietro da Cortona ended up painting frescoes …show more content…
He worked on this project from 1633 to 1639. The salon ceiling fresco was named " Allegory of Divine Providence and Barberini Power" and it was located at the Barberini Palace.
Pietro da Cortona also worked at the Pitti Palace in Florence. He was employed to decorate a small room with four allegorical scenes of the four Ages of Iron, Bronze, Silver, and Gold. Thereafter, he was assigned to paint five ceiling of the ducal palace to represent Venus, Apollo, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. On the other hand, Pietro painted, in Rome, frescoes for Pope Innocent X at the Doria Pamphili Palace.
Architectural projects of Pietro da Cortona
Pietro's most important architectural projects were the Church of Santi Luca e Martina (he finished in 1664), the church of the Academia di San Luca, located in Rome. Thus, he renovated the exterior of Santa Maria Della Pace (1656-1667). Pietro also decorated and design Villa Pigneto, the garden palace was characterized by a variety of features in a novel fashion.
Legacy of Pietro da
Raphael Sanizo, usually known just by his first name, was born in 1483 in Urbino, Italy. He was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. He was celebreated for the perfection and grace of his paintings and drawings. He was very productive in his life, but had an early death at the age of thirty-seven years old, letting his rival Michelangelo take the reins on the art world. He is one of the great masters of his time. He died on March 28 of 1483 at the age of thirty-seven years old.
The most famous commission by Cosimo is probably his home place - the Palazzo Medici. Remembering his father's word: "do not draw attention to yourself," Cosimo abandoned the original plan by Brunelleschi, which was twice as large as the actual building; and adopted Michelozzo's more humble design. Yet the exterior look of the building is still forbidding and fortress-like. Three layers, with each layer indicating a different level, compose the exterior wall. Rustication, an element that was also applied to the city hall, was used on the ground floor of the palace. Along with the double arched windows, the Palazzo Medici reminds anyone who looks at it of the actual role of its master. Unlike the low-key exterior look, the inside of the house is expensively decorated with frescos, paintings, sculptures, valuable antiques, and the finest furniture.11 For instance, The Bronze David by Donatello and Judith and Holofernes by the same sculptor, the famous fresco masterpiece Procession of th...
Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus was born in approximately 163 B.C.E to Tiberius Gracchus the Elder and Cornelia Africana. Gaius Gracchus, his younger brother, was born in 154 B.C.E. In the 2nd century B.C., the two brothers formed “The Gracchi”. The two, born plebeians, belonged to one of the most influential families in Rome, the Sempronia. Their father was the tribune of the plebs, the praetor, consul and censor. Fatherless from a young age, they were taught democratic views by tutors. As they grew older and gained influence, their goal became to restructure Rome in a way that benefited the underprivileged and unfortunate. At the time, their help was especially welcome as members of the Populare, a political group whose purpose was to serve the people, rather than the aristocracy (like the Optimates). The ideals of the Gracchi leaned towards what people today would call populism or socialism; in fact, they are almost reverently called “the founding fathers” (Fife 1) of the aforementioned political parties. The brothers were perhaps so interested in restoring the rights of the people because of the dichotomy of their plebeian births within a noble line.
Pietro Cavallini (1259-1330) was an Italian painter and mosaic originator who was viewed as the best fresco craftsman of all times. His work was in a large portion of the acclaimed temples. Pietro's artistic creations were said to be devastated and painted over. " Both the recently revealed frescoes and Cavallini's other known works showed that Cavallini's was at that point utilizing viewpoint and painting normal representation of energize subjects - people, holy messengers, creatures "."The Last Judgment" was one of the main compositions to survive which was found first and foremost of the twentieth century and was concealed to save it.
In the early years of the Quattrocento, the Calimala guild decided to erect a second set of bronze doors showing scenes from the Old Testament. As with most large commissions at that time, a competition was held to find the artist who could create exactly what the guild was looking for in this work of art. Seven of the best sculptors in Tuscany were given one year to complete a panel showing the Abraham’s sacrifice of Isaac. However, the real competition was between Filippo Brunelleschi, the future architect of the Cathedral’s dome, and Lorenzo Ghiberti. Opposing stories state that the Calimala guild asked Brunelleschi and Ghiberti to create the panels together. Brunelleschi could not see the panels to completion because he agreed to complete another commission outside of Florence. Ghiberti claims that he won with a unanimous vote from the judges and Brunelleschi was never a part of the creation of the second set of doors. Lorenzo Ghiberti cast one en...
In 1520, the first Medici pope, Leo X, son of Lorenzo the Magnificent, passed the Medici project to Michelangelo, who was at the time working under pressure on his designs for the façade of San Lorenzo, the Medici Church. Michelangelo had constructed a wooden model of the projected design in the end of 1526. Michelangelo was worried about taking on the new commission, which would involve designing the Chapel with all the monuments. The construction had to match Brunelleschi’s Sacristy on the other side of the transept in the Basilica of San Lorenzo. He wanted everything about the new building; the appearance, supporting elements, conception of space, architectonic decoration and ornament, to be original and unexpected.
During the Renaissance, people were dedicated to studying human works. They would observe from real life to gain inspiration, new ideas, and to try to recreate the world as they saw it in their art. New techniques such as scientific and atmospheric perspective were created, changing art forever. Artists would use their skills to create works for patrons, from the Church, various guilds, and other religious orders. During the High Renaissance, Julius II commissioned Raphael to decorate the Vatican Palace. The first of the rooms he decorated was The “Room of the Signature”, where he painted The School of Athens. Originally, this room housed Julius II’s personal library, but later on it would be the room where papal documents were signed. In 1508, Raphael began painting four frescoes that represented theology, philosophy, law, and the arts. As stated in Janson’s History of Art Volume II, This fresco “represents a summation of High Renaissance humanism, for it attempts to represent the unity of knowledge in one grand scheme.” Raphael’s The School of Athens is a prime example of humanistic art, as evidenced by the subject of the art itself, the classical elements in the piece, and it’s scientific and illusionistic rendering.
While Michelangelo was occupied with the David (1501-1504) he receive a commission, paint a mural, the Battle of Cascina, destined for the Sala dei Cinquecento of the Palazzo Vecchio. With this work, he demonstrates his ability as a painter.
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Mark Harden’s Artchive. “Michelangelo – Renaissance Art”. Artchive.com. Mark Harden, 2014. Web. 16 Apr 2014.
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5).17 This fresco was painted between 1509 and 1511 and is located in the Stanza della Segnatura (one of four in Raphael’s Rooms) in Vatican City. Known as one of the most prominent masterpieces that were created during the Renaissance, this painting represents a total of twenty-one diverse figures in deep conversation, work or amusement as they share ideas, talent and philosophies. In his painting, Raphael incorporated his view on education as such an important aspect of human life. Through doing so, he utilised both the subject matter and the style of