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When Perfection Cracks
There are many art movements that differ from the Italian High Renaissance (c.1490-1527), such as: Northern Renaissance (c.1430-1580), Mannerism (c. 1520–1600), and The Baroque’s (c.1600-1750). When we look at each, it is important to understand the overall characteristics of each. The High Renaissance in Italy felt perfectly balanced, had the ideal beauty with unified compositions…
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Antiquity Reworked by Renaissance
While there are many, many, MANY examples of the Italian Renaissance taking from Greek and Rome, we are going to look at the architectural style of specific structures. In an architectural sense, two buildings that share the same values as one another is the Pantheon and the Dome of the Cathedral of Florence. The Pantheon…
