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…miniature statues of Prophets. Leonardo Bruni created the iconographic formula, taken from stories of the Old Testament. Ghiberti followed the plans and created 10 scenes ranging from the Creation of Adam and Eve to the reign of King Solomon. The top left panel…

…, Leonardo and Giovanni Bellini (1430-1516), Durer was stimulated and influenced to develop his unique style. While looking for two specific artworks to compare and contrast, I first found Durer's widely familiar work 'Hands of an Apostle' or 'The Praying Hands…

…, believe this new artistic movement to be nihilistic and, at times, gratuitous. Art, a non-static entity, has undergone several significant metamorphoses in its history. It has seen greatness in Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Rembrandt, and Vermeer…

…Gibson and Leonardo DiCaprio playing lead roles, and wonder if they are the right men. I believe that Gibson did an outstanding job portraying Shakespeare's tragic hero. DiCaprio on the other hand, while doing a decent job, was thrown into a more modern…

…. Luhrmann's movie version of Romeo and Juliet is set in a modern, lively and exciting city. On the fictional Verona Beach, the story is essentially the same, except the appeal to the audience is different because huge movie stars such as Leonardo DiCaprio…

…, believe this new artistic movement to be nihilistic and, at times, gratuitous. Art, a non-static entity, has undergone several significant metamorphoses in its history. It has seen greatness in Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Rembrandt, and Vermeer…

…and volcanic eruptions, electric chairs, giant pandas, Santa Claus, the hammer-and-sickle, transvestites, and Leonardo's Last Supper. "With infinitely more speed and wallop than a complete run of New York Times on microfilm," Rosenblum writes, "Warhol's work…

…was a breakthrough in the support and respect of the arts as well as humanism. From it came great people who today stand out as some of the most known from this period. Some of these people were Michaelangelo and Leonardo Davinci. Another was Machiavelli who became…

…, the High Renaissance introduced perfection in art through the work of Leonardo, Raphael, and Michelangelo. During the High Renaissance, artists tended to reduce their subjects to the bare essentials. Details were excluded to ensure that the spectator would…

…themselves gradually into the space. He recovers aerial perspective from Leonardo, and with strong brushwork seems to set his figures in a vibrant atmosphere. One of Rubens' major innovations in procedure, which many later artists have followed, was his use…