renaissance art

Renaissance art is a component of the Renaissance, it was a period of literary, artistic, and scientific revival occurred in Europe in the sixteenth century. The key aspect of the Renaissance period as is the renewal of themes and art in Europe after the middle ages. For the first time, art enters the private sphere; the works are no longer just driven by religious or secular power, but enter houses. The renewal of philosophical reflection provides artists with new ideas. Painters and sculptors do not hesitate to represent the beauty of the naked human body. The four great masters of art create art forms that are still references for many artists from the renaissance till today.

Katherine Sanger writes in her article David Michelangelo vs Donatello’s, “The sculptures of David that were created by Michelangelo and Donatello are so different that the only thing I can find in common with them is their title. Donatello’s sculpture is bronze, stands only five feet tall, and appears to be a young, possibly teenage boy. Michelangelo’s is marble, approximately eighteen feet tall, and seems to be fully-grown man. Donatello’s work seems to have more Greco-Roman and Hellenistic influence than just the pure classical Greek hero influence of Michelangelo’s. The differences are amazing because even with them, we can still recognize the same character in each of them” (Sanger).

Donatello's David is a bronze sculpture made between 1430 and 1432, and is remarkable for the fact that it is the first sculpture cast in bronze. The statue depicts David after his victory over Goliath. First, the life-size statue is on a round hump since ancient times. Donatello had already realized an amber David for the cathedral of France. The statue only wears legg...

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...trates the life of Helen who according to the authors, describes the vicissitudes of a woman whose beauty sparked the Trojan War, or the exploits of a hero. Eleanor Antin shows both sides of the ambiguous character of Helen, revealing the complexity of a figure who, after three thousand years of fame, remains curiously silent, despite being the most beautiful and disastrous objectification of anxiety and male desire.

The period of the Renaissance was a period of change and creativity in the areas of political, cultural, social and economic. Humanism during this period focused on the intelligence of man, that affect the subjects of art, but also the curiosity to capture the personality. Renaissance art has changed the way people viewed themselves, other people and ultimately the world around them. It was an era that really produces the greatest artists of all time.