Mckay pages 422-433
Subject:
European History [1]
Tags:
Renaissance [11]
Mckay. 422-433 Art and the Artist Florence- led the way in all arts ?There were so many good critics there, for the air of the city makes men quick and perceptive and impatient of mediocrity.? High Renaissance- 1500-1527 Rome took the lead as well. Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael and Michelangelo all worked in Rome. Art and Power Powerful urban groups, guilds or religious confraternities commissioned works of art. Filippo Brunelleschi- was delegated by the Florentine cloth merchants to build the dome on the cathedral of Florence Lorenzo Ghiberti- designed bronze doors of the Baptistry. Religious themes appeared in all media Individuals and oligarchs also started sponsoring works of art.