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Comparison Essay
FDN 131
Archana Raj (2200)
Section 1
30th November, 2014
“Art is never finished…only abandoned”
- Leonardo da Vinci
“A man paints with his brains and not with his hands”
- Michelangelo
The Renaissance Period was the time in Western history where the classical culture and arts were revived. The word itself means ‘rebirth’. Renaissance Era was divided into three parts…
1. 15th Century Italian Art: Early Renaissance (1417 – 1494)
2. 16th Century Italian Art: High Renaissance (1495 – 1527)
3. Late Renaissance (1527 – 1600)
With the political stability and growing prosperity, the development of new technologies was accompanied by the flowering of art along with literature and philosophy. In the late 14th century, the style of sculptures, paintings and decorative arts identified with renaissance era emerged in Italy. It reached it’s peak in the late 15th and early 16th century with the help of Italian renaissance master artists like Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael.
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Although in the present world, they are considered as a splendid work of art, then they were used as devotional objects. Renaissance artworks were used as altarpieces for the amalgamation into rituals connected with Catholic Mass and were donated by patrons. In addition to that, renaissance art also captured the beauty and mystery of the natural world and the experience of individual.
Before entering into the field professionally, Renaissance artists worked as apprentices under the tuition of a much more skilled master. Coming from different parts of society and having a less than well of family background, these artists worked on commission. Once they are steady and reliable from the training, they were hired by the patrons of