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Type of paper: Coursework
Subject area: Paintings
Academic level: College
Style: MLA
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Author: Augustine Mcmillan
Date submitted: 2009-10-10 06:03:11
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A National Artist .
A national artist refers to a person who has been given a high
recognition for having made significant contributions towards the
development of national arts in regard to music , theatre , literature ,
film , visual arts and other allied arts . Italian artists are
professional artists who have mastered all the themes of fine arts and
are Italians by virtual of either working or living in Italy . Italy is
well known for its art and artistic culture . It has been globally
recognised for its numerous monuments such as the Leaning tower of Pisa
and the Colosseum in Rome . Italy is also famous for other fine arts ,
music , cinema , theatre and other forms of arts .
History of the Italian art .
The origin of Italian art can be traced many centuries back with major
happenings having began in the early 14th century (Feller 85 . Art in
Italy has been marked by several eras or periods as they are commonly
known this includes :
The Roman period .
This began immediately after the the end of the Punic wars which was
marked by the invasion of the Greek into the Roman empire . This era was
marked by Hellenistic styles which were common in the Greek
civilization . There was cultic and decorative use of sculptures and
mosaic pictorial presentations which are still evident from the remains
of many temples and villas . As the Roman period came to an end , more
naturalistic and severe styles of art were developed at the centre of
the empire and were later spread to the East of Italy and before moving
to the Constantinople .
Byzantine period .
Due to the collapse of the western capital of the Roman empire , Italy
stayed under the leadership of Constantinople for close to a thousand
years . During this time , artists in the region were involved in many
projects throughout Italy and the Byzantine styles were most dominant in
all these projects . This style extended throughout the 14th century .
Gothic period .
The Gothic era was marked by various religious disputes and the
Franciscans and the Dominicans were struggling to address the
controversial issues within the aim of uniting the Roman catholic .
During this time , Giovanni and Giotto being the first painters in Italy
revolutionised the role of an artist from being a copier of traditional
social norms and beliefs to being a creative individual . These two
artists strived towards improving the depiction of the whole artistic
figures into more realistic pictures (Gibbons and George 19 . By the
19th century , the art of Italy was marked with a lot of resurgence .
Italy 's unification which happened in early 1871 had all the local
paintings which had been painted decades earlier already expired . This
caused a lot of embarrassment for the Italian artists who had to deal
with the lost glory in order to define the national voice of a
pre-Garibaldi state which had now been unified from dozens of
antipathetic small states .
Panaroma period .
Garibaldi Panaroma marked a special form of survival period...

 

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