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… "He was celebrated as the greatest artist ever because of his great work in the areas of sculpting, painting, draughtman, architecture, and poetry" (Tazartes 431). He has painted many great paintings and wrote many poems in his life. He is known…

… talented creators in the history of art. As a sculptor, painter, architect, and poet, he exerted a tremendous influence on his contemporaries and on the subsequent art world. His works are well know and easily recognizable. His life and works are…

… on display in the Italian wing of the Detroit Institute of Art. Due to the renovations being made to the newer sections of the museum, only the "old", main area of the museum is open to the public during the construction, so Gladioli had to be moved…

… da Vinci, as a part of the Italian Renaissance, used his innovative ideas to further science and art. This insight revolutionized the thinking of his society. "The Renaissance was poised between the humanists' links to antiquity and the challenges…

… that searching for a suitable candidate as an icon and role-model was not an easy task to complete in the last few days. There are very few men I look up to, and even fewer who I believe changed the world in one way or another. Finally, a minute…

… Sebastian Bach. The particular work that I have enjoyed the most is called: "Cantata No.80, A Mighty Fortress is Our God," on the first disc of the Norton Recordings. I enjoyed this the most because of the vocal melodies and harmonies of the…

… Italy. He was raised like all children. He was taught to read and write. He was also going to learn the goldsmiths art. Luca began to learn to model and design in wax. As he got better, he started making small things out of marble and bronze.…

… had a rough childhood. Contracting polio before the age of eight, she walked with a limp for most of her life. Instead of studying and working on an education, Lange spent most of her time wandering the streets on New York. Finding pictures along…

… musical composition "Poème Électronique" is the first musical piece that was composed solely with synthesized sounds. This piece caused quite a disturbance upon its debut in 1948 at a multimedia exhibition in conjunction…

… throughout history have influenced those who came after them. Ludwig Van Beethoven had influenced composers such as Schubert, Berlioz, Liszt, and Schumann. Many of these men used Beethoven's way of composing as their starting point. With their own touche…