Renaissance+Art

-"The Medici Family." //World History: Connections to Today//. Print. || -The School of Athens. N.d. //Art History//. Web. 31 May 2010.-"Perspective." //World History: Connections to Today//. Print. ||
 * The Procession of the Magi || The School of Athens ||
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 * //Procession of the Magi// is a famous painting by Benozzo Gozzoli. He was asked by Cosimo de’ Medici to decorate the Palazzo Medici-Reiccardi in Florence, which was a private church for the Medici family. The painting represents the Three Kings in the Medici family. The family had created a successful banking business and expanded into wool manufacturing, mining, and other things. They were the richest merchants and bankers during their time. Because of their economic power, they became political rulers of Florence for many years. Cosimo de’ Medici was a patron, or financial supporter of the arts, and gained more social status by doing so. The Medici family affected the economy by producing more jobs for people such as artists. They gained political power and climbed up on the social ladder. || //The School of Athens// is a very famous painting from the Renaissance era. It was painted by Raphael in 1510. This painting represents the Renaissance because it has perspective, which was a new technique during the Renaissance. This new way of painting helped Renaissance painters because it gave them more things to paint. If an artist could paint perspective well, then they would be hired for more things. //The School of Athens// portrays the example of pint that if an artist knew how to paint perspective, they’d become richer and more socially popular. ||
 * -Procession of the Magi. N.d. //The Reality-Based Community//. Web. 31 May 2010.
 * St. Peter's Basilica || The Creation of Adam ||
 * [[image:St.Peter'sofRome-Art+Architecture4.jpg width="400" height="300" align="center"]] || [[image:TheCreationofAdam-Art+Architecture2.jpg width="438" height="202" align="center"]] ||
 * St. Peter’s Basilica is a church within the Vatican City. It was designed by Michelangelo and was started in 1506. The church is famous for it’s dome, being the third biggest in the world. The dome was a big part of the Renaissance era. It was something new and was only seen in two other places, the Pantheon and the Hagia Sophia. Domes are not only beautiful for the eye, but they also won’t collapse if built right. The laws of science prevent the dome from ever collapsing, making it the ideal roof over anyone’s head. During the Renaissance, architects wanted to bring the domes back into their work. Because of the domes, architects became more popular and richer. St. Peter’s Basilica and the Florence Cathedral are both excellent examples of renaissance architecture and domes. || Along the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel is the painting, //The Creation of Adam//. It was painted by Michelangelo and was started in 1508. It took him four grueling and painful years to complete this painting and the others decorating the ceiling. You many notice the details in the paintings and how realistic the two characters, Adam and God, look.. During the Renaissance, detail was key in artwork. Also during that time, there was an increase in knowledge of anatomy. Anatomy was being re-analyzed and many artists took this knowledge of anatomy and put it into their paintings. Because of this medical explosion of knowledge, doctors were becoming richer and more socially ranked. The Creation of Adam is a good example of the anatomy being discovered by the people in the Renaissance era. Because of this painting, Michelangelo made a lot of money and was hired for other jobs. He became very popular and is now recognized as one of the greatest artists of all time. ||
 * -//St. Peter's Basilica//. N.d. //Essential Architecture//. Web. 31 May 2010.//-Beyond Books//. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 June 2010. || -The Creation of Adam. N.d. //Beyond Books//. Web. 31 May 2010. ||