Sunday, March 21, 2010


The machine is in the notebook of a sketch from Leonado.Roboticist Mark Rosheim made the machine who is spring driven cart.People worked on his sketchs but failed.This one is work.The function is like the machine of the robotic vacuum cleaner.I think that Leonado is so amrt can make a robot by some woods and other stuffs.



It is the machine who can make the milk more soft to mix with the cofee.The coffe can be more good and softer.It use steam to make milk be hot and full with froth.The machine is similar with the capuccino machine.I didn't know that people before also drink coffee.However,I think the machine is a pretty good ivention.

Saturday, March 6, 2010



The Birth of Venus c. 1485 Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

In this painting.I think it was perfect to the age of Rennasance.In the painting.The trees are all straight.The people also stnad like trees.There is a mistake of this painting is that the trees is so huge.In our sight.If the tree is far away, it might look small. In the pianting,the sky and the sea is 5:8.It is almost perfect.In the face of the painting.The faces are almost so perfact that is so beautiful and handsome.I see Venus in the picture is also stands in the middle of the painting.


This painting is "The last judgement" by Michelangelo in 1536-41.


The painting is full of the people.Each peopl have big muscle.In the painting there are heaven and hell.It is about the balence of the people.In the middle,there is a person who is lighting.I think that is the god.Each side there are the same much people who were looking at him. There are some people who are pulling down to the hell.Same,there are the people who are sitting on the coudes who looks just like going up to the heaven.It looks the same ratio between heaven and hell.

In this painting,I think there are some balence in it.In the distance between the god and the man.The painting just like cutting to half.In the painting,there are angles in sides of the god.The man is ledding down on the hill.Two side look very balence.
In the painting,the focus of thier eyes between the god and the man.That might be the piont of the middle of the painting.

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Images of Devotion in Renassiance art

http://www.mrdowling.com/704-art.htmlIn this website that the patrons hope that the art can show the beauty of humen's life.In the art of Renaissance,people learn to perspective and the things far away to close.That is a big improve in that time.

There is a painting is the painting in the dome of a church.The whole pictures in there is all designed by him.The paintings on the doom are all about the illustrates of the book Genesis.Painting a long with a such a big work and lie on his back.It is very difficult.
The last supper
by Leonardo da Vinci
1495-1497

In the last supper this painting,Jesus and his twelve followers have a dinner.He had a forecast that there is a person might betray him.He would be caught.Die on the cross.He also told that the followers that the bread is his body and the wine is his blood.I think Jesus is a great person that he has such a lenient heart to forgive people's offense.

Saturday, January 9, 2010

appreticedship and workshops in renaissance

http://www.renaissanceconnection.org/artistslife.html
This website is a pretty good website.There are many information about apprentices.In this website it told us that every artist is began in apprentices to learn craft from their masters.If they try to do the art that is great.They might be famous and become masters and open their own workshops.
Many parents would send their sons to the workshops to learn some art and help with their masters.
Apprentices first would do some easy job like mixing color or prepare the tools to paint...
I think to be a apprentice is very difficult and busy.Now,parents sent their children to school study different knowledge.If I was in the past.I might be crazy to help the masters to do some small things.Now I need to learn more and study more.This is the way to be more easier to success.
http://www.all-art.org/early_renaissance/leonardo_da_vinci2.html
This website is about the Verrochio's apprenticeships and workshops.He is the head of the important workshops.The illegitimate son is the one who was received by others that he had a good education from Verrocchio.He has many students and worked with other young artist.
I think if people want to have their own workshop is very uneasy.Our ownself need to have great skill of paunting and need to have own patient to learn.Now, there are seldom workshops.Everyone is studying in school,but same we need to work hard as the people before to have a nice life.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

The Brancacci chapel

http://employees.oneonta.edu/farberas/ARTH/Arth213/Brancacci_Chapel.html
In this website there are a lot of instructions of frescoes in Brancacci Chapel.I choose this website because it is easty to understand and the information is very abundant.
I learned that the Brancacci Chapel is very important point in fifteenth century of Florentine painting.Also the change of the style of painting is because there are a lot of Tribute Money.Masaccio use a lot of methods to paint,such as perspective, foreshortening.I think it is the big improve of painting.
Masaccio contribute the coherent sense of light and space make the drawing can see the far and close.In the subjust of his paintings often narrate one thing in life.


Donatello, Ascension of Christ and the Giving of the Keys to St. Peter
I choose this embossment because this piece is very beautiful the people and sceneryare all from back to front.This art now is in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.It perhaps was in the altar of the Brancacci family,so it is very rare.The piece of art belong to Brancacci untile Felice Brancacci exiled and the embossment also confiscated.In the embossment Donatello(the author)carved himself in this embossment as a beggar.


Crucifixion of St. Peter and Disputation with Simon Magus before the Emperor Nero
By Filippino Lippi
I choose this painting because the painting is talking two stories in the same painting.In the right place of the painting we can se that the white hair old man had loosen the debate.
In this painting the story is about the debate with Simon Magus.St. Peter's Crucifixion upside down didn't in the New Testament,but it waas in the Medieval compendium.

Saturday, October 3, 2009

Renaissance Florence


http://www.flickr.com/photos/guaida/1454565527/
"The Abduction of the Sabinas"By Giovanni de Bologna, Flemish

In this website there are many information of art,but searching the art of Renaissance Florence is pretty difficult. I choose the statue because the statue is very lifelike beause of thier appearances.I can see the woman's eyes are paintful and nervous.The man'a eyes also tell me that he want to make the woman to belong to him.Even so I can see that the woman has the behavior of fight back.I also can see the musle of the man.I can see how the force the man uses on the woman.the man's mouth is opening just like he talking "Please stay with me,my lover.Can you just understand my love to you?"The woman's mouth opens wildly"I hate you,you monster.Live me along!"(It just my fiction of conversation )
I also learned that men can't not be getting love by this kind of rude actions.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/byray/2597333257/

I choose this painting because I think this picture is a little bit cruel.In this wensite there are some expositionof this painting.The painting is talking about the story of Judith and Holofernes.Judith was a pious woman.She saved her people from dengerous.Holofernes was a general who attacks her town.Judith killed him when he drunk.This painting is good at telling the story without words.Judith in the picture also seemed bravely and strong.(I can't put the picture in my blog,sorry.)

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Painting of Siena

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ggnyc/2540184077/
This painting is Madonna and Child by Duccio di Buoninsegna.The website is nice because there are some introduction of the painting.


Maddnna and child
I like the painting because the color makes me feel warm and Madonna and the child are all happy that I can understand that the emotion between them.The color of the background and their clothes are in a contrast.
When I see carefully in the background I sow many small thins that make the painting be more holly.I like this painting because it make my heart to be peaceful and the colors are very beautiful.




This painting is St. Stephen.There is no introduction about it.I choose it because it seemed funny.I like the paiting because the man in this painting the hading on the ceiling.When I sow it.I thinked the man like monkey.Everyone are looking at him.There is an old woman who is praying to him.Even the people on the wall(there are paintings)who also gaze at him.
I can see the flowers on the paintings that made by gold.I think it might be spend a lot of time to make on it.Also the shadow in the painting is very nice.The expression on the people's face are all true to life.I think the painting is very nice.