Discussion: Chapter 17 - The Renaissance and Mannerism in Cinquecento Italy
Why do works of art from the High Renaissance continue to be understood as the most famous art in the western world?
A: Works of art from the High Renaissance continue to be understood as the most famous art in the western world due to the fact that the High Renaissance brought with it the perfection of Renaissance art. As aesthetics were mastered, some of the most famous works of art come from the High Renaissance.
New techniques were established as well, such as da Vinci’s sfumato shading. Humanism and classical Greco-Roman were infused with realism (to portray the world as it were). Much attention was given to the human body/shape/pose (the perfect human) . *The primary mediums used were tempera, oil, and fresco. With the use mediums, artists were able to show distance via tonal variations (aerial/atmospheric perspective), and the expert skill of "colorito" (color or "colouring").
Sources:
http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/painting/colorito.htm
http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/history-of-art/high-renaissance.htm
http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/history-of-art/renaissance-paintings.htm#high
What are the significant features of Michelangelo's Pieta?
French cardinal Jean de Billheres commissioned Michelangelo for a statue to be made for the cardinal's funeral monument (later moved to its current location of Saint Peter’s, Vatican City, Rome). It represents Christ in his Mother’s arms after being taken down from the cross.
Michelangelo Buonarroti of Florence’s first masterpiece (at age 24) was Pieta.
A: This piece was significant due to its unprecedented level of realism, with its sadness, grief, gentleness, and love (raw emotion). Add to ...
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...g upon the style of Mannerism, against the Church that needed reform (via the outspoken Martin Luther). It was ‘an artistic image that arose within the artist’s soul’.
A:
Mannerism’s stylisitc characteristics were that of
Darker Tone;
Elongated Figures;
Strange Composition;
Fantasy ;
Conflicting;
Overlydramatic/Unreal Countenance ;
Emotionalism,;
Strained/ Poised But Unnatural/Inhuman Poses;
Unusual Effects;
Contradiction Of All Classical/Traditional Aesthetic ‘Law’;
Gaudy/Vivid/Clashing/ Intense Colors;
Distortion;
‘Individual Vision’;
‘Uncomfortably Contorted’;
Small Heads;
‘Bizarre Themes’;
Sources:
http://library.thinkquest.org/C0118063/time/mannerism.htm
http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/history-of-art/mannerism.htm
http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Mannerist+style
http://arthistory.about.com/cs/arthistory10one/a/late_ren.htm
Art today isn't really thought of as something big or important, but during the Harlem renaissance
Leonardo Da Vinci was one of the most famous artists during the time of the Renaissance, The Mona Lisa for example, was a painting created between 1503 and 1506, it is the most famous painting ever painted. It is a portrait of the young wife of a Florentine silk merchant. It shows a young woman with her famous smile sitting on a balcony high above a landscape.
Before the Renaissance, art was all about religion, and lacked emotions and details. Renaissance Art had stronger emotions, well defined landscapes, and utilized 3D figures. The Renaissance is also when artists started making names for themselves, and began being recognized for their works. During the Renaissance time people learned how to make more complex things such as art and this in the future will change the way people will see art. For instance in (Document A), the [clearest] evidence of the break with medieval culture comes from the visual arts. It was the essence of the Renaissance one begins to know the names of the artists, feel stronger emotions in the subjects, see well
Michelangelo began work on the project off and on, but he became disgruntled when the pope’s priorities changed and the funds became more focused on military events. Michelangelo left Rome but then later returned in 1508 when Pope Julius II called him back for a less expensive, but still ambitious painting project: to depict the 12 apostles on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, a most sacred part of the Vatican where new popes are elected and inaugurated. Michelangelo began the project and after four years, the original plan for 12 apostles developed into more than 300 figures and scenes from Genesis on the ceiling of the sacred space. Michelangelo did not use any assistants or apprentices and completed the 65-foot ceiling alone, spending endless hours on his back and guarding the project until revealing the finished work, on October 31, 1512. The most famous Sistine Chapel ceiling painting depicts the Creation of Adam, in which God and Adam outstretch their hands to one another. Although the frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel are probably the best known of his works today, Michelangelo thought of himself primarily as a sculptor. Michelangelo continued to sculpt and paint until his death, although he increasingly worked on architectural projects as he aged. In 1546, Michelangelo was appointed architect of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. The process of replacing the Constantinian basilica of the 4th century had been underway for fifty years. Successive architects had worked on it, but little progress had been made, and Michelangelo was persuaded to take over the project. He developed an idea for a centrally planned church to strengthen the structure both physically and visually. The dome was not completed until after his death and has been called the “greatest creation of the
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During my second time visiting the museum, I looked at paintings from the 15th and 19th centuries. Two of the art works that I choose is “The Story of Joseph” from the Renaissance period and “The Marketplace” from the modern art period. Both of these paintings were from different time periods but they were also very similar in content and style.
most famous is because it was stolen! It was never a popular painting until it was taken in
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Artists, writers, and Renaissance thinkers used realistic technique to reflect the Renaissance ideals of humanism, curiosity, and an appreciation and interest of the classics.
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