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Nicolaus Copernicus Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story - Biography.com - 0 views

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When Copernicus was 10 years old, his father passed away. His maternal uncle, Bishop of Varmia Lucas Watzenrode, generously assumed the paternal role, taking it upon himself to ensure that Copernicus received the best possible education.
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Famed astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (Mikolaj Kopernik, in German) came into the world on February 19, 1473. The fourth and youngest child born to Nicolaus Copernicus Sr. and Barbara Watzenrode, an affluent copper merchant family in Torun, Poland, Copernicus was technically born of German heritage—by the time he was born, Torun had ceded to Poland, rendering him a citizen under the Polish crown. German was Copernicus's first language, but some scholars believe that he spoke some Polish as well.
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The Influence of Neoplatonism on Michelangelo - 1 views

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Michelangelo's theory of the concetto and intelleto was in opposition to these theories. He was often criticized for not faithfully representing his subjects. The statue of Lorenzo de Medici, for example, bore little resemblance to its subject. The Virgin of the Rome Pieta appears to be around twenty five years of age -- not much older than her crucified son. The proportions of Michelangelo's figures were often unrealistic. According to Vasari, his figures "were often nine, ten, and twelve heads long; he departed not a little from the work regulated by measure, order and rule which other men did according to a common use and after Vitruvius .. . to which he would not conform" (Blunt 75). Michelangelo also violated the rules of perspective, often making objects in the background appear larger than they should be.
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Michelangelo did not, then, stress the literal imitation of nature. Michelangelo disliked this trend in art, since this was an area where "one cannot make fixed rules, making figures as regular as signposts" (Blunt 75). DÃ…rer relied on precise proportions in representing the human figure, and Michelangelo found his work uninteresting. Flemish painting was equally distasteful, since their painting is "expressly to deceive the outer vision ... and all this, although it may appear good to some eyes, is done truly without reason or art, without symmetry or proportion, and without attention to selection or rejection" (Clements 207-208). For Michelangelo, the function of art was to represent ideal beauty. As such, Michelangelo portrayed figures which are not engaged in any particular activity -- the stance of the David is twisted, and the manner in which he holds his slingshot would make any action impossible. The Virgin is portrayed as a young woman because her beauty is timeless. The David and the Virgin are ideal types, not particular individuals.
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Michelangelo saw the body as a reflection of the beauty of the soul. David's inner strength, for example, was reflected in a strong and beautiful body. Most of Michelangelo's figures were nude and, on the surface, this would seem to support Burckhardt's contention that the Renaissance was basically worldly in nature. The use of nudes, however, had a positive connotation within the iconographic tradition.
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The artist, for Michelangelo, resembled God. Just as God implanted Beauty in the physical world, the artist attempts to create the concetto in matter. Beauty in the physical world "awakens in the soul an inner image", and this image is superior to anything in the world, since it is closer to ideal beauty. "The beauty which you see comes truly from your lady; but this beauty grows, since it ascends to a better place when through mortal eyes it passes on to the soul ... There it is made into something divine" (Clements 7). Anything the artist creates, then, will be inferior to the concetto. Many of Michelangelo's works were unfinished. If the artist's function was merely to release the forms imprisoned in matter, the unfinished work had as much merit as the completed work, since it "communicates the whole image even though it is itself fragmentary" (De Tolnay 95). Vasari argued that "one can recognize the perfection of the[se] work[s] even though [their] parts are incomplete" (De Tolnay 95). Faithful representation was not important to Michelangelo; rather, conveying the concetto and the ideal forms was the aim of Michelangelo's art. Michelangelo's theory of art, then, was opposed to contemporary theories and reflects the influence of Neoplatonism.
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Michelangelo also violated the rules of perspective, often making objects in the background appear larger than they should be.
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Michelangelo Biography | Biography Online - 0 views

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Virgin Mary, nursing her crucified son - Jesus Christ.
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Michelangelo's Pieta
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Michelangelo's David
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The Creation of Adam from Sistine Chapel
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How Did Michelangelo Change the World? | Entertainment Guide - 1 views

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Michelangelo Buonarroti lived from 1475 to 1564
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Best known as a sculptor, he also excelled as a painter, architect and military engineer.
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painted the ceiling of the Papal chapel and sculpted the tomb of one of the most powerful families in Italy
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It has also been the pope's personal chapel since its completion in 1487
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Sistine Chapel is visited by millions of art lovers every year.
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New popes are elected in the Sistine Chapel.
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aspiring sculptors from all over the world study these works of art.
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The Passions of Michelangelo - 0 views

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Michelangniolo di Lodovico Buonarroti-Simoni
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