Renaissance Synthesis - Ash. Per. 3 Tm. 7
Leonardo Da Vinci was famous in part for his mathematical approach to painting, such as his use of the center of gravity and laws he studied about equilibrium. Especially in “The Last Supper,” in which the center of gravity lies in Jesus and his disciples are positioned in a very centered, focused way on the canvas. This piece illustrates a biblical, religious scene, but is changed in that Judas is not present. Da Vinci made this judgment, as well as choosing to paint this in a very nontraditional way. He paints this on dry wall, not plaster, making it not a true fresco, inventing his own techniques of painting. Michelangelo’s famous painting, or mural, centered around the Book of Genesis, of the Sistine Chapel, was commissioned by Pope Julius II. Originally, Michelangelo was only commissioned to paint the twelve apostles against a starry sky, but wanting something more challenging, the painting eventually contained more than 300 figures and included different parts of Bible, including Adam and Eve, the Garden of Eden, and The Great Flood. Like much of the thinking of the Renaissance, Christianity and religion play a dominant role in the subject choice of artworks, but both painters incorporated individual artistic opinions and aesthetic judgment to their pieces. These two artists created a marriage of traditional religious thought and creative standpoints that resonates very clearly in the entire Renaissance period.
Although research is clear and incorporated within your synthesis, it does not show quite a depth of commentary. The linkage between the works of Da Vinci in the fields of the sciences and his artwork is a marvelous idea, and one that has been captured myriad times, but, even this link is hazy. The statement, "Judas is not present" is meaningless to those who do not understand the piece personally and the implied symbolism, and marks off from the science-art similarities of the previous few sentences. Throughout the synthesis are very clear and present grammar errors that take away from the clear research that was put into the entire piece, such as errors in the ability of the writer to maintain proper verb tense. This error in verb tense was present even in the same sentence, not just sentence to sentence, and shows a carelessness that is a odds with, again, the quality of the research that went into this. Finally, in the last sentence, you create a hasty conclusion that speaks of the resonance of the pieces within the time period, ironically clearly, yet is built up off of the ideas of "creative standpoints" and "religious thought" with no mention of the blend of science and art by Da Vinci. Overall, the ideas of the synthesis are concrete, but the implementation and execution of these ideas was seemed a bit lacking, if not shoddy.
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