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Medici commission
Roman copy of a greek original: The Modest Venus |
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| Engravings can be enjoyed by the masses. The function of this was to be enjoyed by the masses, it would be from a series of these, and it would be used for collection and decoration. |
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Painted for the refectory (dining hall) of an abbey of friars
relationship between the friars eating and a biblical meal |
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place where new popes are elected
purpose of Michaelangelo's figures:
his arrangement illustrates the first few chapters of Genesis, with accompanying Old Testament figures and antique sibyls--many based on antique sculptures |
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decorates Pope Julius II's library
One painting in a complex program of works that illustrates the vastness and variety of the papal library
Building behind reflects Bramante's plan for Saint Peter's |
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Put in a monastery hospital where people were treated for "Saint Anthony's Fire" (ergotism)
St. Anthony is present in third and first panel bc. of the nature of the disease.
ergotism causes convulsions and gangrene
message to patients that earthly diseases will vanish in the next world |
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| experiment with composition and symbolism (empty center represents loss and grief) |
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Educating the masses in an inexpensive manner so that the protestant church may circulate numerous copies.
Depicts the differences between Catholicism and Protestantism |
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1)gift from the Duke to his wife.
2) served as a “teaching” model to Giulia Varano, the young wife of eroticism, fidelity and motherhood.
3) The eroticism of the painting reminded the woman of the marital obligations she would have to fulfill to her husband. |
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One of a series of paintings representing the months--november/december in this case It expresses the poetry of life; man's quest for meaning and purpose by means of, and beyond, the everyday struggle for existence. Because they are deeply involved in their quest, the hunters and their dogs are oblivious of the three small figures they pass on their left, working around a fire in front of the largest house. The difference between the hunters and the fire-tenders is that the latter are unaware of any higher purpose or quest beyond their daily tasks, while the hunters doggedly pursue greater meaning, symbolized by the distant, craggy peaks (they are "hunters," after all, men who "hunt," look for, seek to find...not game in this instance...but truth). The hunters may be dispirited at the moment, doubting, wondering if they will ever reach their goal – carrying their darkness with them -- but they are aware that the goal exists, and continue to plod forward despite their weariness and doubt. |
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