Philosophy of the renaissance
Humanism is the term generally applied to the predominant social philosophy and intellectual and literary currents of the period from 1400 to 1650. The return to favor of the pagan classics as Greeks and Roman.
Just as it happened with the Ancient Greek culture, art at this time passed through three stages. The behavior of the artists and the pieces created were a result of this. Look at the following comparison chart between Greek periods and Renaissance ones.
Just as it happened with the Ancient Greek culture, art at this time passed through three stages. The behavior of the artists and the pieces created were a result of this. Look at the following comparison chart between Greek periods and Renaissance ones.
greek art
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renaissance
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situationThe artists of this period researched and gathered information from the previous cultures and / or styles. They used to create innovations and new proposals, but they were experimenting. Thus, their products are going to wait for the approval and recognition.
The artists at this moment, gained recognition from society. Their role in it, was a very important one. They felt that their innovations, researches and proposals contributed to a new way of expression, thus they felt themselves as secure and masters. The artists managed extremely well the techniques and innovations created that at this moment they tended to exaggerate.. |
the period of the apprentices
In the Quattrocento, the painters that started here, came from the Gothic Schools. Obviously they wanted to make some changes here. For now one, we are going to focus on the relevant artists of this periods due to the huge amount of them that appeared.
In painting three of them were really important:
Get into the webpage of the Allentown Art Museum's Samuel H. Kress Collection of European art.named Renaissance Connection and play, taking the role of an Ancient Art patron and evaluate the relevance of Patronage in the life of these artists. Post a comment in the discussion space of the Facebook group. |