Name of chosen work: Vitruvian man

What media is used to create it: paper and ink

Artist (If known): Leonardo DaVinci

Date it was created created: c1490

Where it was created: unknown
Where it resides now: Gallerie dell'Accademia
Where I found the image: http://www.theredheadriter.com/2012/05/artistleonardo-da-vinci-53-interesting-facts/
Why I chose this work of art: This is an early example of art applied to
science. It helped inspire further medical inquiry. At the beginning of the
course, one of the criteria of art is that it must either make an impression or
inspire a feeling. I also add that it shows some creativity or skill. This work
fits the category of making an impression on me relating to skill and
scientific detail. You can also argue that depicting the human in a
simultaneous position, where he is both in a jumping jack position and
standing with feet pointed in front, is a form of creative expression, even if
the initial purpose was to just depict biometrical range of motion.

Name of chosen work: Crouching boy

What media is used to create it: white marble
Artist (If known): Michelangelo
When it was created created: 1530s
Where it was created: unknown
Where it resides now: Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Where I found the image: https://tonynarducci.wordpress.com/
2013/02/13/crouching-boy/
Why I chose this work of art: The fact that the Church would permit such
a sculpture with nudity, especially that of a young boy (the only naked boys
allowed up to that time were images of baby Christ), which must have been
pretty challenging for the Church, shows how marginalized and less
influential the Church was becoming during the Renaissance. The
sculptures details also reflect the trend toward exploring realism to its
fullest extent, in both literature and art.

Name of chosen work: regal organ

What media is used to create it: primarily wood, metals
Artist (If known): unknown
When it was created created: ca 1600
Where it was created: unknown
Where it resides now: Frauenfield Abbey, Switzerland
Where I found the image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
List_of_period_instruments#/media/
File:Frauenfield_Abbey,_Switzerland,_ca_1600_-_regal_organ__IMG_3904.JPG
Why I chose this work of art: Up to the beginning of the Renaissance, the
creative keys of the European music world were held by the Church. It was
not until the Renaissance that the keys were beginning to slip out the
Churchs hands. As monarchs began rejecting the distant authority of the
Church, they also wanted music to listen to in their courts, which did not
necessarily conform to Church standards. This lessening control of the
Church over music, and the shift to the courts, spurred the growth of the
great European composers of classical music.