Friday, November 18, 2011
Renaissance Era Synthesis
Ever since the Renaissance Era, most paintings had always been associated with the life and origin of the Church. Religious arts were considered to be the only form of living art in the old Christian world. According to recent researches, the art of profane painting in Europe dates only back to the past five centuries and took the lead in the early nineteenth century. Researchers concluded that the history of painting linked up to religious paintings. One of the major works by the great artist Michelangelo, the ceiling of Sistine Chapel, consists of over 300 figures, the nine episodes from the Book of Genesis, and the state of Humanity presented by Noah and his family. In addition, Michelangelo also completed arts on ceilings of buildings such as “The Creation of Adam” and “Adam and Eve,” all representing the religion and events of Christianity. Another famous painter from the Renaissance Era, Leonardo da Vinci, painted “The Last Supper.” The painting represented Jesus’ last meal and his shares of disciples before his death and capture. Furthermore, Leonardo da Vinci also painted the “Mona Lisa” in the 1500s. The painting was famous for its amazing drawing of the woman’s smile, which was drawn in a way that people could not determine the exact nature of her smile. By contrast, Leonardo da Vinci’s drawings were magnificent for his style of drawing and his way of dealing with realistic body. Michelangelo expressed his paintings in a form of good body looks and muscles, as opposed to Leonardo da Vinci’s expression of body with realism.
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ReplyDeleteThis is an interesting answer, and you obviously included many examples of both Michelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci, so in that respect you meet the requirements. However as our group read your synthesis we noticed a distinct lack of analysis, to be more specific the absence any effort of and we quote from the assignment: “reveal the synthesis of religious asceticism and secular aestheticism”. You make a proper contrast between the two artists, which is wholly appropriate in your synthesis as it adds additional information and enhances the analysis of their styles. But as fore mentioned you did not reveal how the artist reconciled his own personal ideologies and sensibilities with the views of the church. Additionally, was the use of the painting the Mona Lisa suitable to answering the question? I would think not, for the painting has no religious implications or connections whatsoever. Apart from the several mentioned weaknesses in the writing you mention an interesting topic: the spread of licentious and profane art, which quite possibly was influenced by the naked depictions present in many of Michelangelo’s sculptures and murals. Unfortunately you failed to make a meaningful and understandable connection between the two points. And your attempt to declare religious paintings as the origin of all paintings, blasphemous or not, is foiled by your groups failure to clearly state the idea, instead saying: “Researchers concluded that the history of painting linked up to religious paintings”, which is understandable but imprecise. Your essay has some flaws but shows great potential for improvement by virtue of it’s undeveloped points.
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