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 Who is Albrecht Dürer? Self Portrait Albrecht Durer 1500 Albrecht Dürer, an artist of paint and print, in the northern Renaissance who is famously known for work in details of human bodies. Born in Nuremberg, Germany, Durer's earliest education in art started from his father's work in wood engraving. Durer later in his early life visited Venice, Italy which is where he first encountered " linear perspective ". From here and on, Durer " adopted Renaissance humanism's concept of the artist as an inspired genius, creating a unique personal world."  ( Cunningham 336 )  The Work in Germany and Italy Though Albrecht Durer's works were influenced by the contemporaries of the Renaissance in Italy,  Durer had his own unique skill that transpire from his origins in Germany. " Durer's vision was enriched but not profoundly changed by his two journeys to Italy. Yet Durer did not just copy his strong, Southern impressions, but translated them boldly int...

  In " Titian's Venus and the Lute Player ", George Martin Richter introduces Titian who surrounds his work with the subject matter of " The Venus" and the influence of " The Venus" through the works of Titian. Titian, whose real name is Tiziano Vecelli, has works of art that were struck by the eyes of many popes and princes in the time of the Renaissance. "Only very gradually did Titian show a greater interest in antique and humanistic ideas" (Richter 53) As a humanist, Titian portrayed many works of "The Venus" from portraying nudity and beauty of the female body though it took him a while to catch up with the Giogionesque revolution.   Titian, Venus of Urbino Video Deeper details on the composition and background of Titian's famous work     A piece of information that Chapter 13 did not succeed to address was how Titian built his work around the Madonna and the Venus. I felt this was interesting in support of how Titian was a...

   Machiavelli wrote The Prince to suggest new rulers or princes ways of being an effective ruler and how they should be perceived, specifically to be feared. Erica Benner wrote the article " From Machiavelli's Prince: A New Reading" in hopes of allowing readers a deeper insight into Machiavelli's The Prince  and how it was viewed as a "godless handbook for tyrants" (Benner 300) Benner talks about the ironic techniques that Machiavelli uses to make his points of how to be an effective ruler and the ways young princes should maintain their power. She points out the writing of Machiavelli and how it " appeal constantly to stable standards of truth against falsehood and misleading appearances..." (Benner 306) It's interesting to point this out because, in The Prince, Machiavelli speaks a lot about imaging of a generous prince and how it can be misleading.  Portrait of Niccolo Machiavelli Santi di Tito The article that Benner wrote helped me unders...

  The Early Renaissance: The Birth of Venus   In Culture and Values A Survey of the Humanities: Chapter 12 , Lawrence Cunningham introduces the early Renaissance in the city of Florence. In the text, I was able to understand and see how Florence prosper as this new city that's full of aesthetics and how it shaped itself through the blooming of artistic ideas and perspectives. Despite the fact that Europe was recovering from the plague, there was a great, new growth in economics and trades through the rebirth ( Cunningham 266 ).  Through this era, artists such as painters, sculptors, etc. begun to emerge and introduces the rebirth through classical works of art. These classical rebirth works of art were created by artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Fra Angelico, Donatello, Paolo Uccello, etc. But one artist from this era caught my attention through his piece of work which is Sandro Botticelli. Botticelli's piece, The Birth of Venus , has become one of the major painti...

The Roman's Language     One of the ideas that I found intriguing that I encountered regardings one of the five influences was the language of the Roman Empire. You may wonder what language did the Romans speak or write? To answer that: it's Latin. De Agri Cultura Cato the Elder 160 BC Roman Empire I liked how Latin became a foundation to most modern European languages and how it also became a foundation for what we speak and write today. It's quite interesting how ideas such as language can bring a connection to the world and make an impact on communication.  The influence of Latin made its way to the present-day yet "the language itself was also inspired by the Greeks" (Legends and Chronicles). Latin may have made its domination but the Greek language has influenced Latin. It's interesting how one language has made a major impact on another language that has become a dominant language in Ancient Rome.  Monotheism     Monotheism is the idea that ther...