Arte

In the 16th century, the city of Florence booms with cultural and creative revival in celebration of the Renaissance. Arte, a delightful young lady from an aristocratic family, dreams of being an artist and contributing to the renewal of civilization. However, with her father's death, she ends up losing the only person who believed in her passion for art. Now she is expected to marry a nobleman and live as a refined housewife without disgracing her family name. Reluctant to accept her fate, the headstrong Arte steps into the streets in search of a master artisan to take her on as an apprentice.

In her quest for a mentor, Arte has to face harsh reality when she is completely shunned for being a female artist. No one believes that women are capable of fine craftsmanship, and therefore none are willing to accept her. Luckily, a renowned artisan by the name of Leo is persuaded to take her as his disciple since he has none anyway. And thus, Arte's new life begins, far from the comfort of her noble upbringing. As an apprentice, she must earn her keep while tackling various challenges along the difficult path to becoming a full-fledged, master artisan.

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Arte Main

Komatsu, Mikako Japanese

Leo Main

Konishi, Katsuyuki Japanese

Katarina Supporting

Ichimichi, Mao Japanese

Veronica Supporting

Ohara, Sayaka Japanese

Parker, Angelo Supporting

Enoki, Junya Japanese

Narrator Supporting

Sugita, Tomokazu Japanese

Ubertino Supporting

Akimoto, Yousuke Japanese

Yuri Supporting

Toriumi, Kousuke Japanese

Arte's Mother Supporting

Sonozaki, Mie Japanese

Arte's Father Supporting

Aoyama, Yutaka Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Kaneko, Hirotaka Producer

Itou, Shousei Producer

Oomori, Shinji Producer

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Dec 29, 2023

LordofMoo96

Recommended

If you enjoy Art and Crafts I think you'd like this Anime for seeing how it was all done in that past. I'm not sure if this view is frowned on or not here, but I'd recommend you watch at least parts of it in Dubbed. I feel that the budget that may have came with the Universal the English version is the best I've watched in ages, just from the simple part of there being Italian words thrown in from time to time. It feel's to me that a lot of attention went into making every character you meet in the show feel real, ... I don't know I just feel this show hit at the right time of my life for me. if you like the history of the time period then it's an easy recommend from me.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Dec 21, 2023

petrichorbones

Mixed Feelings

Disclaimer that I have not read the manga for this. Don't know if I will, but in case the manga is much more well done, I just wanted to let you know I cannot testify to that.

I think if you expect this anime to be good because of its unique setting and main character, I would tell you not to expect that. Overall, this anime is fairly generic. It's not really bad, but its also not fantastic which is why I felt like writing a review, it feels like most of the reviews already out there are very polarizing.

The first few episodes are ... extremely heavy-handed with the sexism, and it felt like the author didn't trust the audience to get the message the first time. It was kind of awkward. But it got better, or at least, it got more subtle and natural in the ways it brought up the feminist themes and Arte's own feelings about her place in the world. Sometimes it was even too subtle.

The animation and art style is very generic. It's not bad but it's nothing special. The only way it really stands out is with the historical clothing, especially for the women's clothes. I really liked that detail, although I think even that was unable to reach its full potential. At some point we learn that Arte's knowledge of lace and jewelry has a hand in her personal touch as an artist, but it's far too late in the show and we have to just take that as "obvious" just because she is a woman.

I think some people expected the art of the show to be more captivating and creative, especially as the cities it takes place in are also gorgeous cities filled with unique and beautiful architecture and scenery. But ultimately, this show is about feminism and classism more than it is about art. I do think it could have elevated the viewing experience to have more detailed scenery but the show could also very well have spent even less time displaying the scenery and it could have still been done well. As it is, it feels like the show has an identity crisis. It wants to portray Arte's passion for art and infect the audience with it, but that's not the main purpose of the story so it ends up just being a distraction to the other more meaningful themes.

Overall, this anime is more of a light entertainment than a truly meaningful piece of commentary. But if you like your entertainment to have meaning to it as well, I don't think its a bad show to watch. It may be a bit forgettable but sometimes there is value in watching shows like that too. It may motivate me to try out the manga and see if I like it any better. Thanks for reading

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Jun 22, 2020

placido

Not Recommended

This anime is about a girl who aspires to became an artist in 16th century Italy where apparently women are not capable of drawing like Michelangelo and da Vinci and all the men are. You will see her hardships as she upgrades her level of drawing at an astonishing rate. You ll be seeing that most of the time.

Now, since the anime and main heroine share the same name of course the plot will revolve around her 99 precent of time and that is expected. The problem, at least with me, is that the main heroine is so boring and annoying most of the time ... that the whole anime gets boring too prety fast. Also,the story is too slow paced.

Its basiacally a shoujo where the main heroine can do anything if she just puts some will and a background past of loving to draw, into it.

The animation is done really well and for me that was the best part of the anime. I loved how they animated Firence, Venice, the drawings. It is animated really well. Unfortunately that is the only thing that gets a good grade from me.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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