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Renaissance art
Renaissance art began developing in Europe through several influencers who got inspired
by the increase in nature awareness, individual characteristics in the mid centuries, and the
renewed classical learning. According to the French People, the Renaissance was a mark of a
rebirth left behind old fashioned values. Other Scholars believe that interest in nature,
individualism, humanistic learning existed before during the prehistoric period; however, it
became more dominant in the 15th and 16th centuries (Nagel 327). The Renaissance indicated a
significant rebirth for Greece and Rome, and it was characterized by art, ethical philosophies,
and literature. In Italy, they adopted a style of painting scriptures in the late 14th century.
In the late 13th century to the early 14th century, the proto Renaissance period began after
St Francis had inspired a radicalism that opposed Christian theology's scholasticism (Gabrava 6).
He instead sought to sensitize the poor on the significance of spiritual value for nature. As a
result, many Italian poets felt inspired as they cared for the environment. Other artists included
Giotto di Bondone, who established a pictorial style based on simple design and psychological
penetration. It portrayed shades of the individualistic nature of man. Another artist of the time
was Giovanni Boccaccio and Petrarch, who had comprehensive studies of Latin literature. By the
late 14th century, this period was stifled by plague and war and the early next century was the
birth of Renaissance art.
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After defeat during the 1401 competition in Florence, most painters and goldsmiths such
as Ghiberti Donatello and Filippo moved to Rome and studied the ancient sculptures and
architecture. They then returned to Florence and put the newly acquired skills into practice, thus
marking the rationalized art's rebirth. Masaccio founded the Renaissance through his painting in
1404, and his paintings were termed as naturalistic and intelligent. Later on, a new generation of
artists emerged and, after a series of research on linear autonomy and aerial perspective,
developed scientific naturalism. The circumstances in Florence favored the Renaissance artists
who set up statues of San Michele. In Florence, the Medici dominated for an extended period
until the Medici government was created, and it was against the humanistic and artistic activities
of the Renaissance in 1942.
Cosimo, a wealthy merchant, gathered several artists who advocated for the Neoplatonic
ideas. This philosophy became more dominant in the late 1500s to the early 1600s (Engel, 50).
The rise of Michelangelo, Raphael, and Leonardo da Vinci marked these aspects' significance in
the Renaissance period. Michelangelo was the primary study revolved around the projects that
enables the human body to become a channel of expression of emotions. Michelangelo also
painted the Sistine Chapel. Leonardo da Vinci was a genius whereby humanistic study was alien.
Raphael's work portrayed a generous spirit that was harmonious, serene, and beautiful. Raphael's
best and exemption work includes the School of Athens, which was painted in the Vatican.
Raphael's artwork also had the modeled faces of the Virgin of the Rocks. Donato created the
High Renaissance and created The Tampireto.
The fall of Rome was accompanied by the end of the Renaissance as it created battles
between humanism and Christianity. The Renaissance, however, continued in Northern Europe
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and Italy. Italian painters such as Titan and Correggio set up Virgin Mary and Venus and
developed Venetian painting styles that contained pagan and color sensation matters.
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Works Cited
Engel, William E., Rory Loughnane, and Grant Williams, eds. The Memory Arts in Renaissance
England: A Critical Anthology. Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Gabrava, V. A. "Architectural Image in the Art of Trecento." Components of Scientific and
Technological Progress 3 (2020): 6-10.
Nagel, Alexander. The Controversy of Renaissance Art. University of Chicago Press, 2011.
