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Final Project
Through the ages, artistic activity has often been focused in particular cities or groups of cities. Three of these concentrations stand out, each representative of a different time and era in the history of Western art:
• The Rome-Florence-Venice triangle (Renaissance and High Renaissance)
• Paris (Impressionism and Post-Impressionism)
• New York (Abstract Expressionism).
Consider all three locales and discuss artists, works of art, and historic periods associated with each locale.
As each movement throughout the history of art took place, it required a central Mecca from which the greatest representation of the ideas could spread from. It would be from these cities that artists would travel to learn from the masters of those styles. As the artists could converse and expand upon one another, the locations of their work would operate as a concentration where all of the qualities of the art style would be honed and expanded upon. Among these areas of concentrations was the Rome-Florence-Venice triangle for the Renaissance and High Renaissance, Paris for Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, and New York for Abstract Expressionism.
The Renaissance period spanned the 14th through the 16th centuries with its birthplace being in Florence, Italy. During this period, Rome was becoming a religious focal point with the church utilizing artists to bring more people to Christianity as a means of bringing the support of the people back. With the patronage of the Medici family and migration of Greek artists to the area, there was an ability to create new ideas that evolved into the Renaissance ways of thinking. Commerce and colonization were bringing the ideas of the Rome-Florence-Venice triangle outwards while bringing new ideas and ways to experiment with techniques inwards.
The Renaissance was a principle of returning to the old styles but with new ideas. It saw an interest in the development of new philosophy, science and styles...