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The first piece of artwork I critiqued was the famous Virgin of Guadalupe. The Virgin of Guadalupe is currently exhibited in the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City. The piece of art is not solely a painting, but an enconchado. It was made into wood, and it essentially creates a reflective surface that appears as moving. Also, I like how they explain their theory on the woman of the apocalypse and how it relates to this piece of art.
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was born March 6, 1475 in the Tuscan town of Caprese. He died February 18, 1564 in Rome, Papal States. He was 88 years old. Michelangelo was an Italian sculptor, architect, painter, poet and engineer of the High Renaissance who influenced the development of Western Art. He was a legend and a genius and no one could come close to his perfection.
Tiziano Vecellio, known as Titian was an extraordinary artist who made many works of art during his long life. According to the traditional date of birth, Titian was born in 1477, but many critics today say his birth date is around 1488/90. Titian was born in Pieve di Cadore, Italy to his parents Gregorio di Conte dei Vecelli, and Gregorio’s wife, Lucia, who were neither rich or poor. His early education included a bit of reading and writing, but he was not literary. When Titian was nine years old he went to Venice with his brother, Francesco, and lived there with his uncle and became Sebastiano Zuccato’s apprentice.
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Donatello was born in Italy sometime in 1386. Donatello first received artistic training from a local goldsmith. In 1403 he apprenticed with a Florien metalsmith and sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti.
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Art is one of the widest spheres of human activity. Art can be used to achieve certain goals, such as making a visual record, seeing the world from new perspectives, creating or decorating objects and structures, and giving form to the immaterial. Artists however are not strict to follow a single goal, and can combine them. One of the samples in art can be seen through the work of Fra Andrea Pozzo. Fra Andrea Pozzo is an Italian artist.
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